I like watching the Olympics and I'm glad they're on TV, but could they possibly get more self-important? I know the Olympics only happens every 4 years, but it's just a big track meet, with a few extra events thrown in for amusement. And one thing that track meets don't have is a 4 hour-long opening ceremony. I want to start all of my classes with a parade of students, followed by a performance art piece, followed by the students reciting an oath that they will participate fairly and then I will recite an oath that I will grade them fairly and then someone special will come in and set something on fire. That would be fun. And ridiculous. So how about next time we start the Olympics with an athletic competition of some kind?
I actually liked a lot of the opening ceremony this time, but it really crawled to the conclusion. After all the athletes and the spectacle, you start with the speeches in 2 languages and then the whole torch lighting extravaganza. This time it seemed to go on forever, first because they had a mechanical malfunction and were waiting for the thing to operate properly. Then, it seemed to occur to people that the torch was inside where nobody could see it, so they threw poor Wayne Gretzky into the back of a pickup truck to drive him across town in the rain to light yet another torch that they were keeping behind a cyclone fence just for this kind of occasion. That part of the proceeding took almost an hour, and was enough to ensure that I will watch the next one at double speed.
Oh, and didn't those torches the people were carrying look like something that someone might want to smoke?
I actually liked a lot of the opening ceremony this time, but it really crawled to the conclusion. After all the athletes and the spectacle, you start with the speeches in 2 languages and then the whole torch lighting extravaganza. This time it seemed to go on forever, first because they had a mechanical malfunction and were waiting for the thing to operate properly. Then, it seemed to occur to people that the torch was inside where nobody could see it, so they threw poor Wayne Gretzky into the back of a pickup truck to drive him across town in the rain to light yet another torch that they were keeping behind a cyclone fence just for this kind of occasion. That part of the proceeding took almost an hour, and was enough to ensure that I will watch the next one at double speed.
Oh, and didn't those torches the people were carrying look like something that someone might want to smoke?
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