Blog Day # 141 in a day of my life. Olympics- opening-one word-AWESOME!

    Last night, as I settled in at 7:30, I thought , OKAY- I will watch this for a hour or so and then head up to bed. Sherry was tired after a busy day and I had been up since 3am. SO GUESS WHAT!

I LASTED THE ENTIRE OPENING AND I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT I SAW! THE PARADE OF NATIONS- HOW MANY WERE A FORMER BRITISH COLONY!

I CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE HOW YOU COME UP WITH WHAT THEY DID. AND IF YOU LISTENED TO THE SCRIPT BY THE COM MENTORS- IT MADE PERFECT SENSE. I FELT PROUD- NOT ONLY WAS I STAYING UP, BUT I WAS ENTHRALLED!





AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PLAYING ALL THESE PARTS, VOLUNTEERS, HOW DO YOU PULL THIS TOGETHER, HOW DO YOU PULL THIS OFF?






THE MAKEUP- THE COSTUMES- THE ACTING WAS JUST PERFECT- MY HAT IS OFF TO THE BRITISH- THEY PULLED OFF A STUNNING TRIBUTE TO THERE CULTURE AND TO THE MEN , WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO MADE THIS COUNTRY ONE OF THE GREATEST ON EARTH DURING THIS TIME FRAME- AFTER ALL, THIS IS WERE WE CAME FROM!



THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION- AND BERT THE CHIMNEY SWEEP! lol lol lol

AND IF YOU ARE A HISTORY NUT OR A SYFY GEEK, YOU WOULD IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISE THE MEANING BEHIND THE HILL! AFTER ALL, THIS IS WHERE THE EARLY RELIGIONS, BE IT WHATEVER THEY BELIEVED IN, STARTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.




I WATCHED IN WONDER AS THE RIVER OF IRON FLOWED DOWN AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN SWINGING THERE SLEDGES!

THEY GOT IT RIGHT- IN THE COSTUMES AND THE PRESENTATION'S!





OH YEAH - AND AS CHER SINGS IT "THE BEAT GOES ON!" AND ON, AND ON!




I DO NOT ABOUT YOU- BUT I WAS MESMERIZED- SITTING THERE, KNOWING I WAS TIRED, BUT TOO ENGROSSED TO HEAD UPSTAIRS AND JOIN SHERRY AFTER SHE BAILED AT 9:35 PM!



WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT HAS SO MANY THINGS BRITISH- STAUNCH COMES TO MIND- FORMAL AND DIGNITY- UPPER CHIN- I GUESS ARE A FEW. I FEEL PRIDE AS I KNOW MY ANCESTORS CAME FROM THE ISLES OF BRITAIN- I ALSO FEEL PROUD THAT AS A AMERICAN NOW, WE SHARE A LOT IN COMMON. THEY TRULY SETTLED THE WORLD, AND AFTER WATCHING THE PARADE, I HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE.



YES , THE DIFFERENT SETS WERE GREAT, AND HOW THEY CHANGED THEM, WELL IT WAS JUST ME WATCHING AND I DON'T KNOW, JUST WONDER!



FROM THE GREEN TO THE ABOVE- YOU JUST HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED!

AND THE BOND PART- A TOUCH OF ROYAL CLASS- IT WAS UNEXPECTED- BUT WORTH THE WAIT AND IT WAS THAT BRITISH HUMOR COMING THROUGH!





THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION , ALL VOLUNTEERS, DOCTORS NURSES FROM REAL LIFE, AND THE CHILDREN. IF YOU DID NOT SEE IT- YOU MISSED SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST I WILL REMEMBER FOR A VERY LONG TIME!



THE LIGHT SHOW WAS VERY WELL DONE-THE WHOLE STADIUM AT THE FLICK OF A SWITCH!


READY FOR THE PARADE TO BEGIN- I WILL ADMIT- AT THIS POINT- THE EYELIDS WERE DROOPING! lol lol lol



                                                      PRIDE OF A COUNTRY!



                                                     A REMARKABLE LADY AND QUEEN!



AND THEN IT BEGAN-WHERE IT ALL STARTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO- GREECE!



THEY CONTINUED TO COME- ALL 204 COUNTRY'S- ALL DRESSED UP-ALL PROUD!







NO MATER HOW BIG OR SMALL THEY MARCHED IN AND AROUND! PROUDLY!




THE TEAM FROM JAPAN-WAVING THE UNION JACK- IN HONOR OF THE HOST COUNTRY! WHAT A TRIBUTE!




                AND FINALLY , IN WE CAME-WAVING OLD GLORY!



AND THEN THEY CAME! THE PAPER CAME DOWN-THE CROWD ROARED-AND THE COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE ALREADY ASSEMBLED- CLAPPED AND SHOUTED.
THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER UNDER ONE FLAG- THE OLYMPIC FLAG. THE BRITS HAD MADE AN ENTRANCE!


YES- THE FLAG WAS PRESENTED-ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS-WE ARE ONE IN THE WORLD-IF ONLY IT COULD BE THIS WAY FOREVER!



A GREAT CHAMPION-RAVAGED BY DISEASE-BUT HE WAS THERE-WITH THE HELP OF HIS WIFE. MUHAMMAD ALI!


YES- IT WAS ALMOST OVER AND I HAD MADE IT THIS FAR- AND I WAS GONNA TAKE IT TO THE END-TAKE ONE FOR THE FAMILY SO TO SPEAK! lol lol lol









THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW CARRYING THE TORCH TO THE FINAL LIGHTING- AS IT SHOULD BE- A GENERATION THROUGH THE AGES- TO LAY THE ROAD FOR THE NEXT OLYMPICS!





QUITE A SIGHT- NO IDEA THESE WOULD RAISE AND FORM THE TORCH!







YES- THE FIREWORKS BEGAN AND WENT ON AND ON AND ON! WHAT A DISPLAY!



AND THEN IT WAS ALMOST OVER- A PERFORMER FROM MY TIME ERA CAME ON.
SIR PAUL- OLDER BUT STILL ABLE TO BELT OUT "HEY JUDE!"

AND THE WHOLE STADIUM- YOUNG AND OLD- SINGING- ARMS LOCKED-SWAYING-THE ATHLETE'S DOING THE SAME- IT TOOK AN OLD BEATLE TO BRING THE HOUSE DOWN! I FELT PRIDE AS THIS WAS THE MUSIC I GREW UP WITH- THE SONG THAT EVERYONE CAN SING AND TRANSGRESSES OVER GENERATIONS OF TIME. HEY JUDE - HEY JUDE- HEY JUDE! LET IT RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND TODAY.

WELL, THAT IS MY LITTLE CONTRIBUTION TO WHAT WENT ON FOR FOUR HOURS LAST NIGHT- AND I AM PROUD OF MY SELF TO HAVE MADE IT THROUGH!

SO TODAY, LET THE GAMES BEGIN-MINE BEGAN AT 7:30 PM LAST NIGHT! LOL  LOL!