Well, the Olympics are over and it is on to a new day. Hard to believe that we won't be watching with anticipation for gold anymore! Hopefully, we can take the enthusiasm and use it constructively for something else. There is always something else out there.
I must admit that I did not feel that we finished the Games on a high note with our final closing ceremonies. I know that we Canadians can joke about ourselves but I think we overdid it. Our humor fell flat if not, a bit self-depricating. I read some comments that said 'get over it, it was humor' but ... I think we could have laughed at ourselves a bit and still come off with a classier finish. I am not sure what happened with all the bands that were used. What was that? Seemed more like a rock concert than the finishing well of a super Olympics! I can't help it, I was disappointed (along with many others I am sure). We had all the names there and could have used them to a much higher and richer level of entertainment. Having said that, Vancouver outdid itself with the Games, in general. The facilities, the energy and enthusiasm by all its inhabitants were contagious and as a host city, it did a superior job. Well done!
Hopefully, Canada and Canadians will take the 'best' out of the closing and move forward with it. We need to identify with the unity it brought as a nation. We need to take pride in what we did through our athlete's successes and learn from our failures and move forward. Four years will fly by and we will soon see how Russia will stand tall and proud as the Host country. There likely won't be any 'put downs' on themselves; only strength and pride will be demonstrated. Let's all move on with this same attitude and show them what we can do in Sochi, Russia in 2014.
2 comments:
I felt the same way. I think a good closing ceremony would have been like a crescendo in music. It should have just gotten better and better but I felt it ended rather flat. Perhaps a shorter version of making fun of all our Canadian symbols could have been included. I was feeling more Canadian pride during the Olympics than I ever have before and I wanted the closing ceremonies to make me feel even prouder! It's not like we both don't have a good sense of humor, and I understand that they wanted to do something more informal, but something was missing.
I also really enjoyed the "camaraderie" that Greg and I had while we watched these events together. Does this mean I may have to try and get into the March Madness of college basketball?!!!
I think so. I never watched curling before much and now I am interested. does that mean I should join a team? No...just get some more information about the game so I can talk sensibly to John who knows a lot about it. He has played the game in his youth.
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