28 July 2012

elisi: 2012 <3 (Olympics)
effinawesome

Although really, the best word is magical.



(We were at my in-law's last night, and put up a big screen, and ended up staying the night due to lateness. Hence the lateness of this post.)

ETA: I think The New York Times might have said it best: "With its hilariously quirky Olympic opening ceremony, a wild jumble of the celebratory and the fanciful; the conventional and the eccentric; and the frankly off-the-wall, Britain presented itself to the world Friday night as something it has often struggled to express even to itself: a nation secure in its own post-empire identity, whatever that actually is."

(And Kenneth Branagh as Isambard Kingdom Brunel was just... *hands* And Jerusalem! So much there. A million brilliant little touches. Really, in a nutshell, this show was like Doctor Who: Madman with a box Stadium.)
elisi: 2012 <3 (Olympics)
effinawesome

Although really, the best word is magical.



(We were at my in-law's last night, and put up a big screen, and ended up staying the night due to lateness. Hence the lateness of this post.)

ETA: I think The New York Times might have said it best: "With its hilariously quirky Olympic opening ceremony, a wild jumble of the celebratory and the fanciful; the conventional and the eccentric; and the frankly off-the-wall, Britain presented itself to the world Friday night as something it has often struggled to express even to itself: a nation secure in its own post-empire identity, whatever that actually is."

(And Kenneth Branagh as Isambard Kingdom Brunel was just... *hands* And Jerusalem! So much there. A million brilliant little touches. Really, in a nutshell, this show was like Doctor Who: Madman with a box Stadium.)

Also...

28 July 2012 03:42 pm
elisi: 2012 <3 (Olympics)


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Re. the Romney trainwreck:

#romneyshambles

(Related articles: #RomneyShambles: Olympic Winner Says Some Americans Shouldn’t Leave the Country, Romney in Shambles as Britain Proclaims Him Worse than Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama Shows Mitt Romney How Diplomacy is Done.)

ETA: Ooooh, there's a slideshow! *g*

ETA2: Romney's main achievements: a) Getting everyone in the country to patriotically support the Olympics, and b) Making our politicians look good. (The first one would probably have happened anyway, but the second one is a friggin' miracle.)

Also...

28 July 2012 03:42 pm
elisi: 2012 <3 (Olympics)


~~~

Re. the Romney trainwreck:

#romneyshambles

(Related articles: #RomneyShambles: Olympic Winner Says Some Americans Shouldn’t Leave the Country, Romney in Shambles as Britain Proclaims Him Worse than Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama Shows Mitt Romney How Diplomacy is Done.)

ETA: Ooooh, there's a slideshow! *g*

ETA2: Romney's main achievements: a) Getting everyone in the country to patriotically support the Olympics, and b) Making our politicians look good. (The first one would probably have happened anyway, but the second one is a friggin' miracle.)