FREEDOM FRIES!

OMG! Did you just see the US snatch victory from under France's nose in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay?!? It was unbelievable. We were jumping up and down and screaming along with Michael Phelps and his teammates. If you missed it live, do yourself a favor and find it on YouTube ASAP. The water cooler crowd will thank you tomorrow.

UPDATE: video here. Ho. Ly. Crap.

Olympic opening ceremonies

I missed most of the opener because I was on the train, but I'm back in time to catch the athletes' parade. The speeches are going on now. When the Chinese guy (a party leader) was making his speech, the announcers talked alllll over it, giving only a vague translation of what he was saying instead of a word-for-word translation or subtitles. When the IOC dude got up: total silence.

And now, a Chinese children's chorus is singing the Olympic theme, in perfect pitch, in Greek, and the stupid announcers are talking all over it! What is wrong with them!