Now, for the next seventeen days we will be watching the best in athletics, not necessarily amateur athletics. There are quite a few players that are getting paid through sponsorships and other means to help them train on a full time basis. Most of the countries and even here in the U.S. there are still athletes crawling out of bed at 4am after working the night shift at the Buswani Food Mart, tying on the old sneakers and taking it to the street---or water buffalo path. But last night's opening was pretty fun. Nothing better then the Queen of England, having relinquished herself to being a 'Bond Girl', parachuting in to the games right before the crowd stood on their feet and sang 'God Save the Queen.'
Those crazy Brits.
I won't eat up more of your time. I know this Saturday morning you have lawns to cut and laundry to wash before you even think about turning on the TV to see that highlighted bike crash on the men's 10K, or maybe the girl from Italy missing the pummel horse all together and crashing into the first row of folding chairs. I think a lot of us watch the games for the great performances, but I have to admit, I am one of those that watches sports like I would ever, which I never do, want to watch NASCAR-for the crashes. Nothing crippling, of course, but come on. Who doesn't want to watch the diving competition from the high platform and see a belly flop? We all do if we were honest.
So, get the laundry and lawn squared away. Order that pizza or get the hot dogs grilled before tonight's show. Who knows, the Olympics might be as good as a Daytona 500 on a rainy day.
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