London calling!

[midnightsjane]

Wow, the opening ceremony of the London Olympics was..interesting. I kind of nodded off for a minute at the start (long day, no sleep) and woke up to see a giant tree(?)rising from the ground, and sheep..live sheep. Oookay. It actually turned out to be more fun, and I really quite enjoyed the whole thing. I loved the humour of the Queen and "James Bond" parachuting into the stadium..and the Queen herself was overheard telling the Mayor of London that she didn't "get to see her bit" and wondered if people enjoyed it. We did, Your Majesty. Loved the shot of the corgis standing on the steps looking up at the helicopter. I really loved the doves on the bicycles, really beautiful. Some of it was pretty surreal..Voldemort and Mary Poppins, and children on hospital beds, and some WTF bits, but on the whole, nicely done. The whole thing was pretty obviously aimed at the home crowd, fair enough, I thought. My good friend Sue is British, and she thought the whole thing was a triumph.

The TV is on, and I'm watching men's artistic gymnastics. I was up early this morning and watched a lot of the bike road race; I was more interested in the scenery, but it was an exciting finish. It's day one, and there's a lot more to come. Going to have to pace myself.

There are fireworks tonight here. It's the annual fireworks competition, and tonight it's Vietnam. I don't think I'll watch, because it would mean I'd have to get myself down to the park and find a seat with a decent view of English Bay. Just a bit too much effort for me tonight.

Instead, I'm going to bake peanut butter cookies.

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[ranunculus]

Donald liked the opening pagent too. Of course I didn't see it.