I love the Olympics!

Because I am a loser and had nothing better to do on Friday, I watched the entire opening ceremony of the Olympics in Greece. The opening show was beautiful. And then I watched the teams from something like 8,000 countries (or maybe it just felt like that many) file into the stadium. I kept thinking I should turn the channel or do something else, but no. I just sat there. I disgust myself. Not only because I watched the opening ceremony in its entirety, but because I watched ALL WEEKEND LONG. I even watched rowing.

The cool thing about the ceremony is that you get to watch all the athletes for every country come in. I loved seeing Iraq there. I thought Katie Couric's commentary was stupid and very negative overall, especially right before the U.S. came in:

Katie Couric: Hmm. Let's see what kind of reception the U.S. teams get when they come in.
(huge applause)
Katie (obviously surprised): Wow. Well, you know, Greece has always been able to separate what they think about the U.S. government with the American people themselves.

Please.

My favorite event has to be men gymnastics because I like watching men in tight clothes flexing their muscles. (My friend Mike says he doesn't know many women who would admit that.) But really, their strength amazes me. They are amazing on the rings. I can't even do a pull-up. I'm also a big fan of volleyball and swimming.

I cheered when the Iraqi soccer team beat Portugal. But I laughed when I found out the U.S. basketball team lost to Puerto Rico. Don't even get me started on the tragedy that the NBA is. It's sad when pro athletes turn down the offer to play at the Olympics because it's not lucrative enough to justify the effort.

Anyhow, I'm pulling for the U.S. athletes over there now and hope they make us proud. GO USA!