User:Stronach

First edit September 2008.

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London 2012 articles
I thought the London Olympics and Paralympics were just fantastic, from start to finish. I was so moved by the Olympics opening ceremony that I wrote a very drunken 'thank-you' card to Danny Boyle that night (long after my other half had bailed and I had polished off the second bottle of wine - hey, it was a night to celebrate!), telling him how proud I was of what he and all his team and all the volunteers and technicians had achieved. I didn't know his address, so just put 'Danny Boyle, Olympics Maestro, London' on the envelope. I hope it got to him. I loved the way the ceremony made me feel about my country. I was expecting it to be rubbish and it completely confounded my cynical expectations. So I consider my work on the following articles as a little thank-you to everyone involved, and of course the fantastic athletes who took part in both Games.

also edited on this as IPs
 * 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony  Did a lot of editing on this one, especially the music
 * 86.133.210.193; 86.134.91.227; 86.174.65.126; 86.133.213.39; 86.141.99.147; 86.134.116.173 and 86.133.214.31 so far
 * And I Will Kiss Made this one.  The Pandemonium/Industrial Revolution section of the Olympics opening ceremony was stunning, and Underworld's music was epically awesome.  Buy the soundtrack and PLAY IT LOUD!!!
 * Caliban's Dream Made this one.  Beautiful piece of music that accompanied the cauldron lighting.
 * Suttirat Anne Larlarb Made this one. Loved her bird bikes
 * 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron Made this one.  This was one of the many highpoints of the Olympics opening ceremony for me.
 * Pandaemonium (history book) Made this one. Thought the book that inspired Frank Cottrell Boyce and Danny Boyle to make the Pandemonium section deserved a page.
 * Isles of Wonder (album) Did some editing on this one
 * Harder Than You Think Edited this one. Stonking Public Enemy track, soundtrack to the great Channel 4 trailer for the Paralympics.
 * Made pages for those involved who were nominated for an Emmy and didn't already have a page: Sascha Dhillon, Tim Routledge, Adam Bassett and Al Gurdon.
 * Olympic Bell. Made this one. odd that, a year on, it didn't have a page of its own.
 * Pages for those involved who were nominated for Emmys for their work on the ceremony and who didn't already have pages: Sascha Dhillon, Adam Bassett, Al Gurdon and Tim Routledge.
 * My user page of references to blogs, articles etc by participants in the "Green and Pleasant Land" and "Pandemonium" sections of the opening ceremony, for a page I might get round to writing.

2012: a very happy summer

 * 6 June: The Transit of Venus. Got up early to watch this one on the web (it was cloudy out). Yay!
 * 12 July: The 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay passes within 5 miles of my house. Yay!
 * 22 July: Bradley Wiggins becomes the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Yay for Wiggo!
 * 27 July, (08:12 BST): Took part in Martin Creed's Work No. 1197: All The Bells, by ringing (well, tinkling) a goat rumble bell out of my bedroom window to welcome the Olympics. My neighbours were clanging their ship's bell doorbell with gusto.
 * 27 July, (21:00 BST): 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Triple yay! And yay for the first Olympics where every single team had women athletes on it. About bloody time ...
 * 6 August: NASA's Curiosity rover lands on Mars. Got up early to watch this one on the NASA website. Yay for NASA!
 * 12 August: The Olympics end. Yay! Didn't they do well?
 * 29 August: The Paralympics kick off. Yay for Professor Hawking rocking the Orbital specs!
 * 9 September: The Paralympics end. Yay! Didn't they do well?

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How could I resist making the page for this film?
 * The Moo Man.

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