Saturday, August 09, 2008

Beijing 2008

I'm a sucker for the Olympics. I was excited to watch the Opening Ceremonies last night and I've got to say, the Chinese didn't disappoint. I'm usually bored by a bit of the pageantry but this one was so over the top that I was fascinated the whole time. The sheer magnitude of it all is just astounding. 15,000 performers, $300 million performance!

Last night I helped to clean the Bountiful Temple from 9:30 to 12:00. When I got home I watched a bit of fencing, air rifle shooting, badminton and boxing. Like I said, I'm a sucker. Here's to the US winning the medal race! Here are the current standings:

3 comments:

Sandy said...

I love the Olympics too. and I loved the countdown to the opening ceremonies the best...with the drums. And its like the first day on vacation...we still have a long way to go before its over! Go USA!

JTENMAN said...

I wasn't watching hardly any Olympics until I read this post. I love the Olympics too, but their is hardly time to watch. Not to mention I am sleeping while they are going.

Perry's said...

I looooove the Olympics. Great post. Thank goodness for Tivo or I would miss almost all of it! My favorite is the gymnastics. Those guys on the rings are crazy strong!!