Did anyone else watch the opening ceremony to the Olympics last night? I started watching towards the middle, and it was really cool. They had this whole theatrical performance about London's history, complete with wars and different time periods, all going on at once. When the camera showed the scene from an arial view, you could see that the stage they were on was a map of London. At the end, the five rings joined together in the air and fireworks rained down on the stadium. The Queen even jumped out of an airplane with James Bond! (Not really, but they made it look like it). Then it showed the age ot technology, and there were a ton of giant screens in the center displaying TV shows and singers from England. After that, an orchestra played that song from Chariots of Fire with Rowan Atkinson (other wise known as Mr. Bean) playing one note repetively on the piano the whole time, while checking his phone, mocking the other piano player, and doing a bunch of other funny stuff. Afterwards came the part where all of the countries march through and hold their flags. I didn't watch every single one walk through, but I saw enough to get the general picture. Over half of the countries I have never even heard of like Kyrgyzstan, or Saint Kitts and Nevis. I think it's really cool that amidst wars, crimes, and disastors the Olympics brings all of the countries together no matter what battles they are fighting with each other. I am so excited to see all of the games, especially gymnastics, and I will root for team USA all the way! :^)
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