And from your lips they drew the hallelujah~

[candyland]

OLYMPICS GET! \o/

Once every two years, I really watch sports (unless you count wandering in and out during the Superbowl or tuning in whenever something really important is about to happen), and those sports are the Olympic competitions. I love 'em. Especially because I tend to find myself watching sports that I've never watched before, and enjoying them.

Last Summer Games in Beijing? I actually started cheering out loud during a water polo match. A sport I know absolutely nothing about. In my basement. DON'T JUDGE ME, IT WAS A VERY EXCITING MATCH.

But yes, watched the opening ceremony with my mom. It was all absolutely beautiful to watch, I adored the tap dancing and fiddling (two of my personal weakness *o*), free-style poetry, the lights, the music (they sang "Hallelujah" gaaaaah I love that song so much ♥♥♥)...I've always enjoyed the opening ceremony. 'Tis a shame that the fourth leg of the indoor torch didn't work right D:

(Also, we called the final flame-bearer. Who else but the Great One?)

So yes, let the games begin! *readies the DVR*


...totally random and unrelated, but I woke up this morning to find that one of the lights on the minute side of my digital clock has burned out. It's a bit jarring when you're attempting to wake up to look at your clock and see 7:43...and glance at your cell phone and have it say 7:49. So yesh, guess I'm stopping at Target on the way home and getting a new alarm clock.

THREE DAYS TO GYAKUTEN KENJI!

...okay yeah time to get ready for work *toodles off*

Comments

[gomath02.livejournal.com]

Loved 'Hallelujah'. Loved even more the key kd lang sang it in. I was able to sing along, although I will admit that the cat gave me several 'WTF' glances during the thing.

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

It was gorgeous and performed extremely well. My mom was dozing off, or else she probably would have told me to stop mouthing/singing along ^^;;

[juneaddams.livejournal.com]

Totally stoked for figure skating, yo. YuNa Kim! Johnny Weir! Patrick Chaaaan! Shen/Zhao! Lots of past Awesome coming out of retirement too. Should be exciting.

A Georgian athlete died in a practice accident (luge), though. ;___; Some of the races look awfully dangerous...

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Shen/Zhao!! ♥ I was also stoked to see Plushenko out of retirement to perform at the Games :D I love watching him skate! So now that the pairs are behind us, we look on ahead! Figure skating has always been my favorite sport to watch at the games~

They moved the starting point on the track down to get a safer speed. The whole thing was just heartbreaking - at the opening ceremony they had a moment of silence for the Georgian athlete and lowered the flags to half-mast. Sixty thousand seat auditorium, and you could have heard a pin drop on the stage.

[juneaddams.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Plushenko is going to make the men's event very interesting, mostly because he's going to bust out the quads and the rest are going to have to gamble with that jump if they want to be on the podium. He is one hell of a jumper, although I wasn't always sold by his presentation.

I would love Johnny Weir to medal-he moves like water and is an awesome dancer on top of being a great skater. If he's in top 3, he'll get to skate to Lady Gaga in the exhibition, and wouldn't that just be the greatest. At this point he's kind of a longshot though...

[chakrus.livejournal.com]

I didn't know they showed that last night :/ ah well

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

Yup! Once every two years I watch sports XD

[pyro-o.livejournal.com]

;asldkfj I'll be watching all the figure skating events XDD♥

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I'm watching everything! Just...watching some of it in fast-forward XDD

[yamanaika.livejournal.com]

MAMA! GO FOR THE OLYMPICS!

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

:O IN WHAT EVENT, BB? ♥