Didja watch the opening ceremony?
Loved some of the country outfits-I think I'd like to find the jackets from Turkey (very formfitting and slimming, but what do Olympic athletes need with slimming jackets), the wool hats from the US, and the Canadian scarves.
Loved seeing the Cayman Islands in the winter Olympics.
Loved having friends around to enjoy, kibbutz, comment, Ooo and awe.
Loved having my brother and mother call in from Maryland to add to the fun.
Loved the way they created the wheat fields, and the whales, the fish, and other amazing effects. How did they do that?
Loved how they kept zooming in on Shaun White, the redheaded Snowboard phenom. His authentic gee whiz excitement made me smile.
But under all the pomp and ceremony and joy, there was such grief over the loss of the Georgian athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died on a practice Luge run. I've never seen a stadium of over 60,000 people hold such a thundering silence as they did in his honor.
