July 31, 2008 4:59 AM
A.M./P.M.: Sleeves Are In
Temperatures in Beijing have been sitting in the mid-to-low 90s for the last month. It's humid, but without any of the unusual benefits of humidity (i.e. eventual rainfall). You have to be crazy -- or on official business -- to walk around in anything but a t-shirt and shorts.Which brings me to my next point: why then is the Chinese women's track and field team voluntarily wearing sleeves?
The photo at left is the uniform that Nike unveiled yesterday for the women's team. The sleeves caught my eye immediately. I suppose that Nike will say that the sleeves make the athletes more aerodynamic -- and I suppose that yes, they did work for Lynda Carter, so maybe Nike has a point.
Or, maybe the Swoosh was stealing from Allen Iverson's wardrobe, but they were afraid of going with the asymmetrical sleeve look. I'm sure that having one arm with sleeve and another without just doesn't work feng shui.
It's 7 p.m. in Beijing, and 5 a.m. in Denver. Here are the stories that are making Olympic headlines on this Thursday evening/morning:
>Two amazing things about this official Olympic video, titled "Beijing Welcomes You": Thing 1.) The video was translated by a group calling itself the "Anti-CNN Voluntary Translation Team." Thing 2.) The first two lines of the song apparently are: "Dawning of another morning filled with refreshing air/The air has changed, but emotion still scents like tea." That's certainly an optimistic view of things. (Thanks to ESWN for the link.)
>The Chinese are not going to be pleased that a Korean TV crew has been filiming the rehearsals for the Opening Ceremonies.
>The menu for U.S. athletes will include lamb chops, filet mignon and salmon.
>Your could-be-an-Onion-headline-of-the-day: "Quake-hit Chinese students spend joyous time with Medvedev in Kremlin."
>The argument against distributing news through spokesmen, as opposed to, say, an independent media.
>Some Beijingers are concerned about superficial renovations to the city.
>An interesting article about how China's CCTV censors TV shows. Now I'm wondering what exactly the censors are doing to "The Dark Knight," which has not yet been released in China.
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