Olympic Update #1: The Opening Ceremonies and Day 1
The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things. This line from one of my favorite poems from Alice in Wonderland really does epitomize what this post will be about because there are so many things to discuss after just two days of the Olympics. From the Opening Ceremonies to swimming to basketball to gymnastics and many other sports that had competitions yesterday. Until August 12th I love NBC and my TV is constantly on NBC because I get a chance to just sit and watch sports and people understand when I say that I can't do anything because I just want to watch the Olympics. It's a time period when everyone indulges in their inner sports fan to the fullest.
To the Opening Ceremonies, there were quite a few touching moments and some moments that were a little bit strange but over all I really liked it, it was simple and moving and brought out the best of British Culture. I figured that these opening ceremonies weren't going to be as extravagant as Beijing and if England had tried, it would have been a major disaster. It was elegant and thought out. I can't lie and say that it wasn't awesome to have the Queen being escorted by Bond, James Bond and having them jump out of a plane, though I am certain that was a stunt double of the Queen. The dance numbers were poignant and showed many different aspects of British culture but there were some glaring emissions from the dance number that showed favorite British literature references such as CS Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia. I'm sorry when I think British literature those are the first books that come to mind. The march of Nations is always entertaining and its nice to see the athletes from all over the world marching in. Though don't have your drunk roommate watch it with you if you're on a date because then he will start talking about how hot all of the female athletes are which can be somewhat uncomfortable. Yes this is speaking from experience, as it happened to me on Friday; yet he was right and there are a lot of gorgeous male and female athletes. My favorite part of the opening Ceremonies was when they light the cauldron and used young athletes to light it and every nation had brought in their own torch so the flame was a combination of all of the different nations coming together as one for this Olympic games. I really loved it and loved the symbolic attributes of it.
Alright after that somewhat long discussion about the Opening Ceremonies let's move on the meat of the Olympics the actual games and events. Yesterday I enjoyed a day of watching sports and sports and more sports. It was sports lovers dream. I got to watch the USA beat Croatia in basketball, the men do amazing in the preliminary rounds of Gymnastics and so much more. I love it all and I can never decide what I want to watch more. There were some upsets yesterday like Michael Phelps not medaling in the 400 IM but from what I remember of him in the trials was that he wasn't strong in the IM and thus I'm not really surprised that he wasn't going to win though not medaling is somewhat surprising but don't discount Phelps he will medal and he still has 6 other events.
The gymnastics was so amazing to watch especially the story of the Irish gymnast who suffered so much and made it to the Olympics as only one of two male gymnasts for Ireland. I almost started crying when he made his mistakes because I really wanted him to qualify for the medal rounds on floor but he said it himself that he was just happy making it to the Olympics because of all that he went through. This year we did also see the fall of the Chinese and the Japanese after the first round and how they were proven to be human in the Olympics. I really want to see the Americans win team gold and for the British to do well as well. I haven't yet seen the Russian men and I know that they are usually contenders as well for the gymnastics and I do want to see them.
So this post has been very long but I hope you all enjoyed it and keep following my love affair with sports.
To the Opening Ceremonies, there were quite a few touching moments and some moments that were a little bit strange but over all I really liked it, it was simple and moving and brought out the best of British Culture. I figured that these opening ceremonies weren't going to be as extravagant as Beijing and if England had tried, it would have been a major disaster. It was elegant and thought out. I can't lie and say that it wasn't awesome to have the Queen being escorted by Bond, James Bond and having them jump out of a plane, though I am certain that was a stunt double of the Queen. The dance numbers were poignant and showed many different aspects of British culture but there were some glaring emissions from the dance number that showed favorite British literature references such as CS Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia. I'm sorry when I think British literature those are the first books that come to mind. The march of Nations is always entertaining and its nice to see the athletes from all over the world marching in. Though don't have your drunk roommate watch it with you if you're on a date because then he will start talking about how hot all of the female athletes are which can be somewhat uncomfortable. Yes this is speaking from experience, as it happened to me on Friday; yet he was right and there are a lot of gorgeous male and female athletes. My favorite part of the opening Ceremonies was when they light the cauldron and used young athletes to light it and every nation had brought in their own torch so the flame was a combination of all of the different nations coming together as one for this Olympic games. I really loved it and loved the symbolic attributes of it.
Alright after that somewhat long discussion about the Opening Ceremonies let's move on the meat of the Olympics the actual games and events. Yesterday I enjoyed a day of watching sports and sports and more sports. It was sports lovers dream. I got to watch the USA beat Croatia in basketball, the men do amazing in the preliminary rounds of Gymnastics and so much more. I love it all and I can never decide what I want to watch more. There were some upsets yesterday like Michael Phelps not medaling in the 400 IM but from what I remember of him in the trials was that he wasn't strong in the IM and thus I'm not really surprised that he wasn't going to win though not medaling is somewhat surprising but don't discount Phelps he will medal and he still has 6 other events.
The gymnastics was so amazing to watch especially the story of the Irish gymnast who suffered so much and made it to the Olympics as only one of two male gymnasts for Ireland. I almost started crying when he made his mistakes because I really wanted him to qualify for the medal rounds on floor but he said it himself that he was just happy making it to the Olympics because of all that he went through. This year we did also see the fall of the Chinese and the Japanese after the first round and how they were proven to be human in the Olympics. I really want to see the Americans win team gold and for the British to do well as well. I haven't yet seen the Russian men and I know that they are usually contenders as well for the gymnastics and I do want to see them.
So this post has been very long but I hope you all enjoyed it and keep following my love affair with sports.
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