Vancouver 2010 Olympics Day 1

a sad note before the games even official began ... a Georgian Luger died after a crash during training on the course ... it was a sad way to begin the games, but as they say the show must go on ... check out http: bit.ly 9diqMN for more info ...

Here we are ... opening ceremonies ... Ì Beleive`
never been prouder to be a Canadian then at the moment these ceremonies begin!
Oh Canada in deed ... welcome to the RCMP bitches!!
Awesome job by Nikki Yanofsky singing our Nations Anthum with the WHOLE world watching!
Yep, welcome to Canada from our Four Nations!
Wow ... its only the 21st Winter Olympic Games Hard to belive but i guess ith it only happening every 4 years it makes sense
Aw! Algeria represent!! One athlete with a huge smile on his face! and Andorra ok sure lol
Cayman Islands, ummmm ok lol go Cayman Islands!
Croatia yea yea!
Wowzers look at the Czech Republic uniform & could Jaromir Yager look a LITTLE more excited to be carrying the flag
France is the first country with more than 100 athletes wow we made it all the way to F!
Georgia ... still cant believe their team mate is gone ... so so sad that theyère leaving as soon as this is done
love the flo-yellowgreen pants on the Irish! But only 6 atheletes really
Jamaica baybee ... 1988 ... Cool Runnings ...
Tomomi Okazaki first woman to lead Japan into the Olympic Games
Wow Mexico and their 51yr old alpine skiier ... his 7th Olympics awesome!
First Olympic Winter Games for Peru ... good luck to them ...
From Russia with Love Oh no 5 athletes tested positive for banned substances last year, but theyère still here hmmm
ooooh were close Canada ... i believe!
Ok why is Taiwan actually Chinese Taipei im confused!
Welcome Team USA and VP Biden ...
Canada Baybee ... look at that beautiful sea of red!!
Clara Hughes flag bearer for Canada ... wow weère the 2nd largest team only 2 members short of the US
Canadian Music Royalty Nelly Furtado & Bryan Adams singing bang your drum ...
Thank you Donald Sutherland for our voice overs through this whole build up to the olympics!
And as the stars light up ... White Buffalo for the North, the Eagle for the East, the Great Wolf for the South, and the Bear for the West ...
Spirit bear puppet ... sure lol ... looks like the Coca Cola polar bear to me!
Sarah McLaughlin bitches!! And dancing in the grove ... beautiful!
The Dancers are from the Alberta Ballet ... Canadaès 3rd largest company!
Beautiful simply stunning opening ceremonies so far ... now onto the rhythms of the fall letès all bust out our fiddles ...
Fiddling and tapping at the same time, now THATS talent!! Feels like ièm down home in Newfoundland!
Ashley MacIssac ... Nothing like some devil in the kitchen!!
Amazing visual effects in these opening ceremonies!! have you seen the wind
The birth of the Rocky Mountains ...
I want to go skating now ...
Please and thank you ... thats right!! We are Canadian!! and i do believe!
The true north strong & free ... we made it be
Here comes the torch! ... visually blessed rich in history and inevitable human ... that we are!
wonderful speech! i appreciate your French thrown in there too lol
KD Lang ... Hallelujia ... beautiful!
The Olympic Flag enters the stadium ... Terry Foxs mom cute! Donald Sutherland, Anne Murray, Barbara Ann Scott, Bobby Orr ...
Mishas performance of the Olympic song awesome what a voice!
And now the Torch is in the building ... 45,000 kms later ... Rick Hansen Passes to Catrina LeMay Doan ... Passes to Steve Nash ... passes to Nancy Greene ... passes to #99 Wayne Gretzky (as if there was a doubt)
Only a few technical difficulties as they all go to light the flame for the first time from a domed stadium ...
And Gretzky is now being transported from BC Place to light the external Olympic calderon
And the external calderon is now lit ...
The world was our stage tonight and will continue to be for the next 2 weeks ... we played wonderfully and i know we will continue to do so! Way to go Canada!!
also .. donèt fail us for not getting the torch up in time, Canadians invented insulin not viagara!
Never felt more proud to be a Canadian than i do right now! my heart is full and i will sleep well tonight ...