Holding a torch

The Olympic folks were over in Greece this week getting the torch lit for the 2010 games.

We had a torchy preview in Chilliwack a little while back and it'll be back in town in February I guess.

I took this shot out in east Chilliwack, in Rosedale, as they tested the lit torch briefly even though organizers told the media the torch would be unlit. No one was out in Rosedale with me when I got this, and all the media horded around when the unlit torch rolled into downtown Chilliwack.

Not to suggest I'm something special, but I got this shot, the Vancouver Sun used it, but after I took this shot and then later went to where VANOC told the media to show up I had to laugh at the pretense of the Canadian Press shooter. It reminded me of a while back when another guy, some Reuters git, was at an RCMP display of illegal ammo and body armour with me in Chilliwack. I tried to chat with him and I was amazed how arrogant he was. Maybe photographers are just socially retarded, but it felt more like arrogance. I laughed further when I saw his photo that the Sun printed, which was no better or basically the same as mine.

At the torch run a couple of weeks ago, a couple of obviously out-of-town guys were looking dumbfounded in the park where they were told to be. Not necessarily a good place to be, but whatever. I asked who they were with and the one guy from Canadian Press was such a pretentious twit I found it funny, but a little intimidating because, well, he was a pro shooter with extremely expensive equipment and, well, I'm a writer who just has to shoot.

But then I saw the shot he got (below) with all his equipment and all his pretense and all his money and I laughed.

That's it?