I'm a big fan of the Olympics. I look forward to them every 2 years- don't care if it's the summer or winter. Matter of fact, attending an Olympic Games is on my bucket list. So I'm gearing up for either the Vancouver Winter Games in 2010 or the London Summer Games in 2012. Weird planning your life so far ahead of time but that's what I've got to do to get there! Most folks I've talked to say go to Vancouver. We'll see!
I've enjoyed the summer games in Beijing. While I'm not a fan of their politics at all, the country is fascinating. The games seem to really embody the VISA campaign of "GO WORLD". I can't say that I'm a big swimming fan but I sat on the edge of my seat during the Tour de Force of Phelps. AMAZING- I think he has a negative body fat count BTW too. Sat in agony when BOTH the USA relay teams dropped the baton. I ran track for 4 year in HS including the 4 x 200 relay and the 2x 400 relay and I'd say we dropped the baton twice in all four years. We had plenty of crappy passes but RARELY a drop.
Seems like NBC got knocked during the Sydney games for telling too many stories and not enough of the events. Gotta say I love the athletes back stories and even I thought there was too much emphasis on that. However, I think they went back too far the other way this year. Seemed like there were hardly any back stories told of the athletes that weren't swimmers or gymnists or volleyball players from the US. I'll never forget in the Sydney games when the swimmer from an African country who was let in on a waiver (the Olympics will let in some athletes who don't meet the requirements to encourage sports in that country) who had been 'training' in a motel pool for a month. He came in dead last in his heat but NBC showed his whole swim including the crowd cheering him on and going wild when he finished. Plus the back story. It was what the Olympics are about in my opinion. GO WORLD!!
As a side note: GO OBAMA/BIDEN 2008! We need new leadership. Go vote in November.
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