Proud to be Canadian

I just watched the opening ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. It was a beautiful show. I loved the colours and the feel of it. I thought Sarah MacLachlan and kd lang were wonderful. And I really loved the poem by Shane Koyczan, which was beautiful not only in its words but in its performance. (The text of it is here, and I encourage you to go and read it.) It was amazing to feel the reactions of the crowd, to feel those same emotions myself. It felt slightly un-Canadian to toot our own horn that way in public, but oh, it was wonderful to feel that proud of my country and know that the world was watching.

Go Canada!

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