Olympic Observations
Feb. 16th, 2010 09:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raloriaBeen watching the Winter Olympics from Vancouver since the Opening Ceremonies on Friday night. Thought I'd share some thoughts & observations thus far...
♦ Enjoyed the job Vancouver did with the Opening Ceremonies. It didn't have the awe-struck effect that the Beijing Olympics did, but there were some lovely and beautiful moments.
♦ Love watching Apolo Ohno! Hometown boy! Woot! And J.R. Celski, too! He lives just to the south of me!
♦ It's great to see aerial shots of Vancouver on NBC's broadcast and being able to identify what part of the city I'm seeing.
♦ So happy Canada finally won a gold medal on their home soil!
♦ Is it just me? Or do the outfits for the U.S. Mogul skiers look like blue pajamas?
♦ Wonderful to see Shen and Zhao finally win their Gold Medal in Pairs Figure Skating for China. Well deserved and beautifully skated.
♦ I know Plushenko is great at the jumps, but as far as being artistic goes he's sorely lacking. All he does is flail his arms about (and not to the music). Where's the choreography? Skating's not just about the jumps.
♦ Snowboard Cross. So exciting, so fun, so unpredictable. I love it!
Awesome Hi-Res Photos of the Olympics from The LA Times. Beautiful!!!
♦ Enjoyed the job Vancouver did with the Opening Ceremonies. It didn't have the awe-struck effect that the Beijing Olympics did, but there were some lovely and beautiful moments.
♦ Love watching Apolo Ohno! Hometown boy! Woot! And J.R. Celski, too! He lives just to the south of me!
♦ It's great to see aerial shots of Vancouver on NBC's broadcast and being able to identify what part of the city I'm seeing.
♦ So happy Canada finally won a gold medal on their home soil!
♦ Is it just me? Or do the outfits for the U.S. Mogul skiers look like blue pajamas?
♦ Wonderful to see Shen and Zhao finally win their Gold Medal in Pairs Figure Skating for China. Well deserved and beautifully skated.
♦ I know Plushenko is great at the jumps, but as far as being artistic goes he's sorely lacking. All he does is flail his arms about (and not to the music). Where's the choreography? Skating's not just about the jumps.
♦ Snowboard Cross. So exciting, so fun, so unpredictable. I love it!
Awesome Hi-Res Photos of the Olympics from The LA Times. Beautiful!!!
