Oh, China. Also: nostalgia!

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My parents and I were about to go out for dinner when we got distracted by the live broadcast of the Olympic/Genocide Games' opening ceremony. We never made it to dinner.

The World According to Sports AnnouncersINDIA: "A nation of 1 billion, only 57 on the team

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[mumblemutter]

oh seriously seriously! i was watching it with my whole family, and i was pretty much the only one actually listening to their insane chatter rather than just watching the pretty people go by. it was HILARIOUS. also i wanted to wait for a) singapore and b) germany, but then we had to go home and um, i loved how they kept saying "well they're going by the chinese alphabet so we don't know which country is coming up next!" i think my favorite is when they kept commenting on the countries that kept sending people and yet always managed to fail to win a medal.

THERE WAS A GUY. during the humans as pixels thing. who rose early! and then realized it and fell back down! I WAS AMUSED BECAUSE I AM TWELVE.

[downtheavenue]

OH MY GOSH YES THE CHINESE ALPHABET THING! "Just in case you were wondering why we've just got to Albania." Precious. Also how they kept on mentioning that it is really hot and humid here in Beijing.

when they kept commenting on the countries that kept sending people and yet always managed to fail to win a medal.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
omg
how needless
and yet strangely entertaining?

I didn't see that! When the rising-boxes-of-Chinese-characters-out-of-the-scroll thing was going on, my dad and I were discussing whether it was people or programming! He thought programming! I wasn't so sure! I get to push him around about it! MY GOD, this humans-as-pixels thing! I am filled with awe. How do people even begin to envision this, and practice it, and yell at those ones that are screwing up? "HEY YOU, PIXEL #112, A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT."

[mumblemutter]

did you know that it is hot and humid in beijing? no really, it is hot and humid in beijing!

OH OH DURING THE WHOLE OPENING CEREMONY THING, THE GIRL KEPT TALKING ABOUT HOW THE CHINESE INVENTED EVERYTHING. did you know that the chinese invented air? BECAUSE THEY DID. idk i was entertained!

the pixels thing was awesome. and then they all popped out and started waving and smiling and it was the best thing ever! they looked so proud! <3!

[downtheavenue]

i knooooooooooooooooooooow, everyone was so adorable and BEAMING, all like "wow this is going awesomely!" but how can it be going otherwise when there are hundreds of people wearing acid-trip costumes SOME OF WHICH ARE FIBEROPTICS-CAPABLE doing everything in tandem and then PILLARS RISE OUT OF THE GROUND and the guy lighting the torch CAN FLY.

AND THEN THE ANNOUNCERS.

the opening ceremony is on some special crack. makes me flail!

[labelledcaustic]

RIDICULOUSLY FANTASTIC.

Did you know that Taiwan is not allowed to use their flag at this olympics?

[downtheavenue]

No I didn't! So what flag did they use??