Olympics and poo

So I'm watching the Olympics and I have a few observations.
1. The opening ceremonies were unbelievable. My favorite part were the drums. I can honestly say that I have never seen 2008 drums all playing at the same time. The precision of the drummers was awesome. The rest of the show was great as well and the Chinese should be proud of it. They said that 15,000 people participated in the performance. WOW, that is a lot of people to get to go in the right direction at the same time. When you watched all of the "actors" run off the field, I was just waiting for 2 to crash into each other, but I didn't see it happen. I read an article about people who were pissed that the Chinese government would spend that much money on a show, when there are so many people who need the basics in life. Agreed, there are much more important things in life other than a good show for us to watch, but lets not forget how the Olympics pull the world together, all be it for 2 weeks. I know the conflict in Georgia is going on, but most of the news you hear now is positive things about the Olympics. I'm even hearing less about the pollution than in the beginning, even though the air still looks like a "dark and foggy night" in a thriller movie.

2. I saw the most exciting swimming race I have ever seen. I like to watch swimming in the Olympics, but the 4x100 free was the best. I'm sure you heard, but just in case you haven't, let me tell you why this win was so good. The top team going into this race was actually the team from France. One of their swimmers decided to run his mouth and say "we will crush the Americans." Apparently this dude has never heard of giving the opposition incentive. The french got out fast and were ahead by 3/4 body length, or more. The guy who made the comment was the anchor leg of the race. Well I'm sure you did hear that the Americans passed the french and won the gold. I've never cheered so much for a swim race as I did that night. I remember my days of volleyball and I liked nothing more than to beat the team that either whined about everything or were cocky. Go USA!!!!

3. The women's gymnastics was on last night and the Americans took silver. It was sad to see Alicia Sacramone fall twice, but the girls did great and we should all be proud. To see them hug and smile at the Chinese team, after they had just lost to them, shows what the games are supposed to be about. Not running your mouth, but doing your thing, and then, win or loose, smile and keep your head up. Keep watching and rooting for Shaun Johnson, our local girl. She did great in the team competition and will compete in the all around and individual apparatus.

4. While looking at some Olympic pictures on the web, there were some photos that came up after the Olympic ones ran out. There was on of a guy with a bushy beard that caught my eye, so I clicked on it and read the caption, and I'm not making any of this up. In fact, I will include a link to an article so you can see it if you want, but here is the story. The guy is an "artist" who had a piece of his "art" in a gallery in Switzerland. This "art," was an inflatable piece of dog shit. Apparently, this piece of "art" broke loose, as large inflatable pieces of dog shit are prone to do, tore down a power line and crashed into a children's home. The "art" piece is called "Complex Shit." Where has are school system gone? Can we get some federal funding back into the arts so we can teach people that Macy's Thanksgiving day parade balloon rejects, do not constitute art. I haven't found a picture yet, but the article says the turd is as big as a house. Of course it is, it was made by an American and we go big or we go home. This still makes me laugh every time I read it and picture those poor children watching a huge turd smash into their home. The smell must have been horrible:) I can only imagine the phone call to the electric company to tell them their power lines were taken down by a piece of shit. Oh to be customer service that day.

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318241/1997763