The Winter Olympic Closing Ceremonies are on TV, and I'm thus beginning the end of my extreme patriotism.
Canada beat the US in hockey this afternoon. It was sweet revenge after all the ribbing I took last week when we lost. Of course, staying true to my Canadian nature, I am avoiding the temptation to gloat to a few certain key people. I DID send an email back to the guy on my learning team who rubbed in the loss last week saying congratulations on the silver medal, though.
Speaking of which, if you are an American reading this, congrats on the silver!
Several other things are making me swelteringly proud of my country today.
1) We broke the record for most gold medals ever in the Winter Olympics. In 1976, USSR had 13. We finished with 14.
2) After the Olympic torch fiasco at the opening ceremonies, we chose to laugh it off and opened the closing ceremonies with a spoof.
3) While people DID watch the game down here in Charlottesville, most of my friends showed up minutes before it started. Back home, people were lining up outside the bars at 7:30 in the morning to get in and watch the game. Way to love hockey!
So, I'm not done with being patriotic, but I think that with the Olympics ending, I won't feel the same swell of pride and homesickness that have haunted me over the past two weeks. If you are up there in Canada, know that I wish I could be celebrating on the streets and spontaneously bursting into the anthem with you all!
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There is just nothing like reading a post from another fellow Canuck living in the US about Canadian Hockey pride...no one else quite "gets" it. yeah Canada!
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