Let the Games Begin!

Okay, so I’m not a huge sports fan (or maybe I’m lying to myself) but I do love the pageantry of the Olympics and other such grand gatherings. I mean - how could you not?

Their youthful exuberance and the desire to strive for excellence on the international stage is contagious.

Not that I have any desire to compete, mind you - but the sense of potential brought forth through the gathering of such power and energy in these youthful athletes, inspires one, no matter what age, to strive to be the best that you can be - no matter how corny that sounds.

And I must say - London, or rather, the United Kingdom, has done it right; combining the solemnity of the historic aspects of the games and the country, with a certain amount of ‘English humour’, that made the entire event quite entertaining for a change.

Usually, you get these ‘symbolic’ large group numbers that you can’t really tell what the heck is going on - but somehow - they made it work.

Perhaps the trick was to get a movie director (Danny Boyle) to create the opening ceremonies, for directors, such as himself, are the ones who can truly visualize a ‘new’ take on what had become routine and expected.

I mean, having Mr. Bean become a part of the ceremony was priceless and added a bit of levity to the usual three hour extravaganza(which the opening ceremony has become) from which you are likely to being to drift away - brilliant, truly!

And don’t get me started on the Queen and James Bond.

You see, only the English could have pulled this off - because they own them. And Peter Pan too - and a whole slew of other characters that we may forget had British origins.

No, we owe a great deal to these people and it was a gentle reminder for them to include what ‘they’ are about and who ‘they’ are, to awaken, at least in me, a slumbering appreciation for what the United Kingdom has given the world - we can so easily forget…

But back to the Olympics!

We’re definitely getting a PVR because we missed much of what happened in the opening ceremonies because we had people for dinner and could not watch.

Besides - how can you live without a PVR these days!?

I don’t know - but we’ve been doing it. I know - hard to believe, huh!?

I’m getting one tomorrow…