Dem Medals

Sydney welcomed back the nation's Olympians this earlier this week.  There was a big parade in honor of Australia's proud athletes... and I missed it.  meh, I got there just as they were wrapping up and signing autographs and stuff. 

 Dozens of yellow and green trackies crowded around with bright smiles and sharpies at hand.  This is probably the closest i'll ever get to a gold medal, but check out the size of that piece!.  it's pretty big, i'm sure some athletes had some aching necks afterwards.

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Anyways, I didn't get to watch much of the olympics (cause my cable was all wack), but the bits/ highlights were all focused around the Australian athletes.  Of course this shouldn't be a surprise, though I wish there was some coverage of other events that didn't have a water element.
Well, every olympics, for a couple weeks, the world gleams of national pride.  Australia was no exception,  though I had to question... what are the national colors (colours) of Australia?  the flag got some red, white and blue.. but everyone seems to rather sport the yellow and green... which is a better color combo according to the fashion police (citation needed).

'getting gelato, they're just like us'  - people magazine

If you ask any Australian about the results of the 2012 olympics, 'disappointment' is probably the most common answer.. i've actually done this survey myself.  Although the Australians usually show a justly dominant force in water sports, these games seemed to prove otherwise.  But what the Australian athletes seem to capitalize on is approachability and character.  lemme xplain.  I've seen some elite athletes who appear at these big events, but tend to hide from the crowds and lurk behind the stage to avoid interaction with us 'normal folk'.  Well the Australians stayed around for hours after the parade ended to sign autographs, take pictures and pretty much hang around.  I would have been inclined to get an autograph or a picture... if i knew the name of just one Australian olympian....but I didn't... so i bounced... besides.    'merica