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it's that time again...

olympics season is here!
i love the olympics...really. love them. like, since i don't have a dvr now will probably stay up way later than i should to watch certain events (because during the last summer olympics, i taped most of it and watched it during normal, reasonable hours). i haven't always been a fan. i didn't really have a huge interest growing up, even when they were in atlanta. i don't think i understood them or appreciated them.
but the olymipcs are beautiful. people from all over the world coming together. interacting both through competition and watching the competitions. athletes giving everything they have. it's amazing.

the opening ceremonies were on friday. if i were vancouver, i might have been a tad nervous about following beijing's opening ceremonies, because they did such a great job.
but oh. my. goodness.
these ceremonies were fantastic! the way they used the light and projectors to show canada (um...the ice breaking up? the whales that swam across the floor...and spouted water? the people snowboarding down the mountain? oh, and that guy running on the field?) was unbelievable. i loved how they incorporated everyone into their show. a big part of their show was focused on the native peoples, which was wonderful. plus, their flagbearers were a good representative of people -- they weren't all athletes, but came from a variety of arenas. and the slam poetry guy did an awesome job.
and oh, when the team from georgia walked in during the parade of nations, it was heartbreaking. to have lost your teammate on the morning the games were beginning. but they still marched, for their teammate. and to watch the faces of the other athletes from several other countries during the moment of silence, you could tell they all felt the loss as well. it was a heartbreaking, touching moment.

so, in the winter olympics, i really like a lot of the events -- figure skating, downhill and freestyle skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, and even bobsled and luge. i'm not such a fan of curling or hockey, though...
anyway, last night i was able to watch some of the first of the speed skating. i really enjoy watching apollo ohno because he's soo good. and this year, he was going to be able to tie, and possibly surpass, the record for most us medals in the winter olympics.
his first heat and race were last night. oh goodness, the first heat he had was incredible. he hung in the back for most of the race, kind of feeling it out and waiting for the right moment, i guess. well, he found that moment and in about a 2 second sweeping move went from last place to first....and passed the guy in front by like a quarter of the track at least! heart-pounding finish. goodness.

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