I'm sleep-deprived and my butt is starting to fuse with the leather on my recliner.  I remain enthralled with the Olympic games. 

I might have thought, at first, that synchronized diving was unnecessary.  We already have single people diving, why need two to perform in tandem?  Well, after watching a couple of nights of competition, I'm considerably more impressed.  It's difficult enough to do a triple twist, double somersault, back swan dive in the pike position by yourself, but this sport requires you to do it in synchronization with your dive partner and lots of points are given for "synchro".  Wow!

The Chinese divers?  Mosquitos have more body fat.

The Canadian men's syncho team of Alexandre Despatie and Arturo Miranda live and train here in the Keys.  Last night I mused how great it would have been if they'd competed under the flag of the Conch Republic .  If they'd won, perhaps Margaritaville would have been the anthem.

Michael Phelps consumes 12,000 calories a day including eggs, ham & cheese sandwiches, an entire pizza, chocolate chip pancakes, french toast, grits, several energy drinks, a couple of cows and a side of pig.  Every single day.  When he finally gives up swimming, he's going to have a radical eating change or he'll blow up like a house.  Then his next competition broadcast on NBC will be The Biggest Loser.

I know about 18 channels are broadcasting Olympic sports, but I didn't train for this much channel surfing.  I'd like to keep the television tuned to NBC and not have to switch around.  I know that swimming and gymnastics are marquee events, beach volleyball attracts a lot of male viewers to watch women compete in bikinis and the world revolves around Phelps quest for 8 gold medals, but I'd like to see a few additional competitions on the prime time coverage.  Show me equestrians, fencers, and that all-family martial arts team.

I actually get to the point where I can't watch the gymnastics competitions unless the American teams are nailing every routine.  More than any event, these draw me in emotionally.  I don't know how young athletes don't crack under the stress.  I'm sitting at home and can't handle the pressure.

Do you have a favorite event to watch?  Are you as sucked in as I am by the games, or don't they grab your interest?

I sat intranced by the rowing, cycling and shotput last night until 2am since until that point NZ hadn't won any medals and in one day we changed that with 5- 2 bronze, 1 silver and the all import 2 golds. Huge day for the kiwis and the fact that we nailed the Saffas in the rugby as well made me get that big massive happy buzz at being a kiwi. :)

I do love the gymnastics, but I hate the new scoring system. Can't figure out if a score is good or not. Plus, NBC always seems to put it on after midnight. I didn't see any of the all-around competitions because I couldn't stay up that late. They show more on Saturday.