Opening Ceremony - London Olympics 2012

Even though I dislike sports, I appreciate the spectacle of the opening ceremony, so I tuned in and thought I'd share my thoughts with you. .

• Oh, my God, it's starting, it's starting! I'm so excited! Ooooh, "Isles of Wonder" is a really good title! Okay, this river thing is amazing! 
• This scene is just adorably bucolic and I love the children's choir! Love this! And they have horses too? So cool! I need to know the name of this song, the one with "Jerusalem" in it. 
• Oh, my God, is it me or is the guy in the top hat quoting a line of Caliban's? Wait, wait, that's Kenneth Branagh!!! Oh, my God, this is why we need to let the British do this every year. Shakespeare was just quoted and I am crying with happiness. Finally, sports piques my interest!
• Wow, this Industrial Revolution sequence is amazing! I have chills people, this is that good. One thousand drummers? Oh, my God! And they have suffragettes too! Do they sell this on DVD ever? I really want it. 
• That was sweet, with the silence. All these different groups are so cool...this is by far the best Olympics opening ceremony ever! 
• Whoa, the Olympic rings are in the freaking sky! I really have chills now, they are coming together in the sky! How much cooler could something be? Seriously, Danny Boyle, you are my  hero. 
• And now we're at Buckingham Palace? Oh, my God, that's Daniel Craig! And the Queen's Corgis (Awww!) Oh, I get it, he's James Bond and that's the Queen! Oh, my God, they have James Bond and the Queen! And a metal statue of Churchill just waved...I'm down with that I suppose. This film, "Happy and Glorious," I believe, is awesome...OH, MY GOD! PARACHUTES!!!!!!! That. Was. Awesome. 
• The Queen looks lovely in peach, if anyone didn't catch the show. 
• And the national anthem is done out loud and in sign language. How awesome is that? I just think this bit, with them raising the Union flag and singing/signing the national anthem is beautiful. And Britain just has a pretty national anthem in general. 
• Dance number with the National Health Service? Wow. I don't even know what to say about this. Political feelings about socialized medicine aside, this is freaking awesome! :) 
• OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD! J.K. ROWLING!!!!!!!!!!!! It's J.K. Rowling!!!! Okay, hands down this is the best Olympics ever, like in the entire history of the Olympics. And Mary Poppins! What a number! Wow!
• And they're doing "Chariots of Fire"! This is what awesome is made of...I'm legitimately crying into my tea right now. Oh, my God, it's Mr. Bean! And he's in the running scene! Whoa! Seriously, Britain, you are the most awesome country in the world for having an opening ceremony this amazing. 
• Oh, my God, is this...Oh, my God, this thing with the TV is super cool. And they're doing music! YES! This is like four decades of hits or something, how amazing is this? Oh, my God, is that "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones? IT IS! The rest of these I can't identify ...No, wait, that's the Beatles! This dance number is really, really awesome! SEX PISTOLS! Wow, props for the pyrotechnics! Oh, my God, I actually new that was the West Ham theme song! Oh, my God! Hugh Grant! Shrek and Fiona! Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes kiss! I don't like rap, so I won't comment. Oh, my GOD! They have Sir Tim Berners-Lee! The guy who invented the world wide web! What an amazing sequence! That was beyond perfection! 
• Ah, yes, flashback to 1948 Wooo! Oh, I love these torch sequences! Oh, my God! That guy just proposed! How cute! Love the boat! Is that David Beckham? It is! :) 
• Aw, are you guys going to make me cry again? This is quite touching!
• I was excited before, and now the actual athletes are showing up. Two hundred and four countries! Yes, Greece! I like that they get to go first! Very pretty dress on the Albanian girl with the metal petal thing. Same with the girl from Algeria. I'm not going to list every country because that would take too long, but this is really cool. American Samoa has very cool tribal outfits. The Argentinian athletes are very enthusiastic, I like them. I like that that one guy from Armenia had a camera...I would be that excited too. YAY! It's Australia! I love them! Their outfits are really stylish! That one Azerbaijan girl had beautiful hair! Wow, really cool outfit on the Bahrain flag bearer! The men from Belarus have really cool suits. I love the dresses the Belgian women have! I love the people from Bermuda! And the Bhutan flag bearer seemed so happy! :) Brazil has cute outfits! I also really love the Burundian women's dresses. Woooooooo! Canada! YES! Canada is in my top four favorite countries. I love them so much! The flagbearer for Chile has a beautiful dress! Wow, the flagbearer for China is SO tall! I love the Columbians hats! The flagbearer for the Cook Islands has beautiful hair and I love all the dresses their women have. The flagbearer for the Czech Republic is really cute...and I love that they are all wearing Wellies...just saying. I like the Danish outfits at lot, too. The flagbearer for Ethiopia is really pretty. Fiji has cool outfits, and I love they are having all these countries walk to the "Stayin' Alive" by the Beegees. Yay! France! Georgia looks nice! Wow, Germany really went for the bright and cheery look. They don't match their flag - oh, no, wait they have stripes on their hats that do! The Guam flagbearer is beautiful with a beautiful dress for all their female athletes. Wow, Guyana has some intense suits! Haiti looks so excited, I hope they get something! Aw, the Hungarian women's outfits are just darling! Iceland looks very nice. Wow, the independent athletes look very happy to be here :) The Iraqi flagbearer is really pretty. YAY! Ireland! Katie Taylor, their flagbearer for Ireland is pretty, too. I love that the Italians show up in gorgeous Armani, just saying. Jordan's outfits are really pretty! South Korea is wearing fedoras. I love you guys. The Latvians look really pretty. Oh, my God, Liechtenstein is a really cool country name. The Luxembourg people look very happy. Wow, the Malaysian team has a very vibrant set of outfits. Mexico has really gone all out with the colors and gems and hats and stuff. Props to you guys! I love Monaco so much as a country! Mongolia's outfits are very classy. The Dutch are gorgeous...I like that they wear tulips. Wow, the New Zealand flagbearer has a cool cloak. I absolutely adore the Nigerian women's dresses. Wooo! Norway! Gorgeous outfits! The woman in the blue for Oman has a stunning ensemble. I love the outfit on the Palau flagbearer, that is awesome! The Paraguay people have absolutely stunning outfits, red dresses for the women, blue and white suits for the men. I love the Polish women's outfits. Props to Qatar for bringing women for the first time! Wow, Russia brought 436 people! Ah, that's Maria Sharapova! Rwandan women have cool headpieces. The dresses for the women from San Marino are very nice. Good job Saudi Arabia for bringing women for the first time! Love the Senegalese yellow. The Serbian flagbearer looks super happy. The Spanish look super excited. :) Suriname is the first country I haven't heard of...sorry, Suriname. You gotta love Sweden! Love the Swiss outfits! Like the Trinidad and Tobago dresses. The Ukrainian flagbearer is very excited. Here's the United Arab Emirates, so that means we're next! Ah, yes, here we are! Wow, we brought 530 people?! I don't care what people say, I love the Ralph Lauren outfits! We looks suitably excited and exuberant, so I'm happy! Vanuatu is the second country I've never heard of. My apologies Vanuatu! I'm super excited to see Britain when they come in. YAY! Here they are! Oh, my God, I love the white and gold! Wow, they have 541 people! That's so impressive! Okay, I'm in tears again. And they have seven billion bits of paper, one for each person. This is just the best moment ever...I'm so rooting for you guys! 
• Whoa, these are the coolest fireworks ever! This performance from the Arctic Monkeys is awesome, too. Oh, my GOD! They've got cyclists with lit up wings! How amazing is that? 
• This is a nice welcome speech, and his description of London is very poetic. 
• The second speech is nice as well. I like the "inspire a generation" portion. 
• This is the first time I've ever heard the Queen speak....just wanted to mention that. 
• Oh, wow those fireworks were amazing!!!!! 
• This part, with the Olympic flag, is really, really nice. 
• I didn't know they had an Olympic anthem. Learn something new every day, I suppose. 
• Wow, I really like the pyrotechnics on the boat's pathway. Oh, yay, Stephen Redgrave has the torch!
• ...And the oaths...
• Yes, back to the torch! Aw, the torch being carried up by all these teenagers is a really great. The flames in the dark is a really great image. Oh, wow! I love how the copper petals all light up in like a circle...too cool! And then they go up to the top! Wow, that was beautiful!  
• Yay! More kickass fireworks! 
• Oh, my God, Paul McCartney is doing "Hey Jude"! That's my favorite Beatles song! Only because it was Mary Winchester's on Supernatural but still. Oh, my God, the entire stadium doing the "Na na na-na-na-na," bit is a beautiful moment. Seriously, I want this on my iPod! 

I think this was the best Olympics opening ceremony ever and that Danny Boyle is my freaking hero. We should abandon whatever method we have for choosing a country to do this and just let the British do it every time, because this was amazing. Kenneth Branagh doing Shakespeare, J.K freaking Rowling, Mary Poppins, Mr. Bean, James Bond, the Queen and Paul McCartney with "Hey Jude"? What more do you want in an opening ceremony?

Seriously, this was the best Olympics opening ceremony in the entire history of the Olympics, in my opinion, and I love you Britain, and I want you to win because your opening ceremony was that amazing.

Thank you for reading,and check back for more thoughts from me as the 2012 London Olympics progress.