I'm back in touch with the internets now that I have caught up with all of the swimming.

DARA TORRES! SILVER! OMG! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

And oh yeah, Michael Phelps is pretty cool. And I'm glad the cute Tunisian guy (Mellouli) won the 1500. Yay for cute!

So, I missed the swimming last night because my stupid body demanded that I sleep since the largest chunk I'd had in the two nights previous was five hours. Yeargh. I simply could NOT stay awake or get up past seven last night. N told me that Michael Phelps won, but I don't know anything about the other races ( Read more... )

OMG! IAN THORPE!!!!!!!!

Ok, yeah, he was only in the stands, but even then, he beats Michael Phelps in the 200 Free. Why? Because he is THAT AWESOME. His awesomeness > Gold medal. Yes.

I asked MomBoss today if they had been watching any of the Olympics and she said something about "Oh, yeah, I saw Michael Phelps in the 200 free, but I wasn't going to stay up for the relay." I bet she wished she had just said "No. I hate sports." so that I would just shut up because I started prattling on and on and on about the relay and how ( Read more... )

Do you think the baby wants to watch the Olympics....?

Because I can't stop. Oh no. It's 24/7 swimming inside my head. I watched with catherinejulian on Saturday afternoon (and was able to dissect the finer points of backstroke technique. Apparently, I did learn something on swim team all those years ago.), OF COURSE I watched the finals with Michael Phelps and ( Read more... )