In no particular order:
1. Olympic swimmers should not wear nose plugs. If you're in the Olympics, thus one of the best
swimmers in the world, you should be able to handle a bit o' water up the old schnoz.
2. The women swimmers are really good about congratulating their competition after a race. Hugs
and all. I don't know if the men just find it awkward to hug in the pool while they're scantily clad
in their little compression shorts, but I think they could pick up a good dose of Olympic spirit
from the women's side.
3. Gymnastics- will it ever end? I can't handle any more late nights.
4. The media is fickle. I never realized just how desperately they want to shape public opinion until
I watched their Michael Phelps coverage. ("Now we love him, now we speak with scorn of his
lack of training, now we dredge up nasty comments from teammates, now he's winning so we
need to respect his amazing Olympic record. And just for kicks, let's play up a little rivalry
between Phelps and Lochte that may or may not really exist). How am I supposed to blindly
follow whatever the media tells me now?
5. I don't think I'd make a good Olympian. I start finding myself cheering for other countries because
hasn't the US won enough medals yet? Can't we spread the gold around? Also, I just don't like to
work very hard.
5. Olympic commercials rock. Thanks to some commercial (that must not actually be that good
because I've seen it a million times and still can't remember what it's advertising. Something
related to computers) I have a new favorite song:
And a new favorite commercial. I'm not going to admit to weeping. Maybe a poignant tear
trickling down my cheek:
Sleep...I so desperately need sleep...must watch women's individual all-around...Jamaican sprinters...
--Kae--
For real, I have been going to bed every night at approximately 11:00, when in theory, I could actually watch it live during the day, but somehow in my mind, Olympics should be at night. And two times I have accidentally seen the results and watched all of it anyway. I am not sure I can handle another entire week of it.
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