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September 2016 Moms
MamaSquishyB
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NBR: Olympics!
MamaSquishyB
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Anyone watching the Olympics? What's your favorite event? I love men's gymnastics, diving, and the opening ceremonies, of course!
Re: NBR: Olympics!
It's kinda weird lol but cool!
I really liked the rainforest part.
The dancing tin foil part I didn't get
And i I thought the whole third segment was way too heavy handed. Though I like that they are planting a tree for every country, that's a nice concept.
The outfits for most countries made them look as though they were ready to check my bag and show me to my seat. US looked like a beret and a baguette away from French characatures. (Though when the French came out, I thought they classy and fashionable)
My favorite sport is definitely gymnastics! But I love men's beach volleyball, swimming, and track & field.
BFP: 12/29/15 EDD: 9/15/16!! Please be our miracle baby!
(accidental double post)
I would not want to be there right now between the Zika, water issues and security issues. I heard some of the top American athletes aren't even staying on land - they're staying on a cruise ship docked off land. For security reasons etc.
My favorite summer events are probably swimming, gymnastics, and volleyball.. can't wait!
Like in my one friends city every house has a 10 ft tall metal fence with spikes because if not your house would get broken into every night
The opening ceremony put me to sleep too, though from what I saw I agree that too many of the countries looked like flight attendants. I loved that Bermuda outfitted their athletes in Bermuda shorts!
They had an interview with the planners before it started (did anyone else see that?) Where they said their opening games were better because it was a celebration of the world, not just an introspective look at their own country like all past hosts have had(internal belly button gazing were their words I think). Um seemed pretty country specific to me?
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I'm actually impressed that they highlighted the dark areas of their countries history i.e. slavery and colonization rather than glossing over it and going directly to the samba. Informed people around the world know the realities that the general public of Rio deal with on the daily, like raw sewage in their water, rampant disease (such as Zika), and lack of security from the incredibly underfunded police and firefighter agencies; to gloss over that is to basically say "we don't give a flying F@^# about our people, but here's some pretty lights, and we planted some trees guys, TREES!" Then again, they probably had to say something about it, because considering the boos that were heard through the crowd during the IOC's speeches, people are not fully supportive of this event for some very legitimate reasons.
I totally agree about the countries outfits... Seriously, are they ALL going to boarding school?! And yes, I will have the chicken entree Mr. Flight Attendant.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, I know a lot of people get super excited for the Olympics, and I love the events, but I don't think any event/concert/festival should come at the expense of it's native citizens, especially when the vast majority of them live in abject poverty and get to see their government put more money into a temporary event than they do into their own people.