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No Lie, I am a total Olympics junkie. When you've grown up with a sister who very nearly made it there for basketball and then later went to like three of them for her job? Kinda mandatory.
I did a lot of twitter snarking of the opening ceremonies as it was going on, but aside from the commentary I did find some parts of it pretty awesome, especially considering that being they are the first Olympics since Beijing, Vancouver had a very tough act to follow. They did a decent job, even despite the torch/cauldron malfunction at the end.
Really my favorite part of any opening ceremony is watching the Parade of Nations. This one, I think was especially poignant given the death of the Nodar Kumaritashvili - when Georgia came in with the black ribbon on their flag, I choked up, probably along with half the world. Their delegation is so small too - 7 now... I can't even imagine what it was like for them to be there marching onwards without their fallen teammate. Just... wow.
Anyways. Things I will be watching in the next couple of weeks:
Other than that, it's gonna be a "quiet" weekend with Drew and the kiddoes. Also hoping in the evenings to manage to get stuff done that I've been neglecting all week. The state of my room is going to make the baby jesus cry.
I did a lot of twitter snarking of the opening ceremonies as it was going on, but aside from the commentary I did find some parts of it pretty awesome, especially considering that being they are the first Olympics since Beijing, Vancouver had a very tough act to follow. They did a decent job, even despite the torch/cauldron malfunction at the end.
Really my favorite part of any opening ceremony is watching the Parade of Nations. This one, I think was especially poignant given the death of the Nodar Kumaritashvili - when Georgia came in with the black ribbon on their flag, I choked up, probably along with half the world. Their delegation is so small too - 7 now... I can't even imagine what it was like for them to be there marching onwards without their fallen teammate. Just... wow.
Anyways. Things I will be watching in the next couple of weeks:
- I'm not usually big on skiing, so I probably will be skipping most of that. I know, that's like half the olympics, lol. Same with most of the snowboarding, though considering I just want to grab handfuls of that ginger glory atop Shaun White's head and, like, rub it all over me, I'll be watching the halfpipe.
Yes, I watch the Olympics for the man candy. DEAL. - Speeeeeeed skating. Because damn, Apolo Ohno be PRETTEH. Also will be looking for Shani Davis, because damn, it is NICE to see a fine-looking brotha in ice skates.
- Figure skating. For the usual amount of sparkly pretty and the drama surrounding it (though nothing will top the Kerrigan/Harding craziness of '94). Also these two:
Bonheur and James from France. Oh very my. We will be looking for them, yes, precious. Again, fine lookin brotha, ice skates, nom nom nom - Curling. Because seriously? WTF.
- May also check out luge, bobsled, and womens hockey.
Other than that, it's gonna be a "quiet" weekend with Drew and the kiddoes. Also hoping in the evenings to manage to get stuff done that I've been neglecting all week. The state of my room is going to make the baby jesus cry.
