It is amazing how much less stressful being at the Olympics is once my event finished….. Now if I could just manage to get to bed before 4am. My job now is to network, network, network and it is going fairly well so far. I have met a potential agent for both me and our new book and been told of a potential opportunity to do product development for a company to name just a couple of the meetings of chance so far. A bit of a smaller night tonight for recovery purposes and then back on the trail again tomorrow.
Last night I managed to get myself and two friends into the Hockey house (which is an impossible ticket to get) and it was a great re-union of sorts. In 2006 I met Keith and Steve under random circumstances and we managed to get ourselves into the Hockey house in Torino. Then, it was a much much smaller affair as it was in a small restaurant and was basically for family and friends of the hockey players only. This time they have ramped it up by about 100x. It is a huge tent with 3 gigantic TV screens, a huge stage, a giant lower ‘public’ area, and a nice VIP area raised up at the back over looking it all. In the VIP area drinks are complimentary so I got my money’s worth to be sure (apologies to my liver). Sam Roberts gave a live concert from 10-12 and the crowd loved it. I was fortunate to meet Shaun Majumder from This Hour Has 22 Minutes last night and talk with him for about a half hour right before the concert began. He is a really nice guy and we had some good laughs. I also hung out with Jon from the curling team and his entourage as well. This is the second time I have been out with them and they are a great group.
Right now I am sitting watching both the Canada / Russia hockey game and the Women’s Bobsled race at the same time. GO CANADA!

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