Saturday, February 27, 2010

How To Flunk a Test


Now onto flunking. The past few weeks have been draining as I try to keep on top of my school work while planning this class trip. While, I haven't yet posted my 2010 goals, I have some that I'm keeping an eye on. I have been running consistently for five weeks and bike commuting every day this semester. This week, I've been fitting in runs after school when I'm too exhausted to get up in the morning (or even hear my alarm). After the dance last night, I slept as long as I could, before getting out for 5 miles (longest run of 2010!).

After my five miler, I bolted to my blood donation appointment. This is how it went: First try at blood pressure: too low. How low? In the 80s? What!?!? I've never had blood pressure in the 80s. She tried again and I ended up with 96/66. Again, lower than usual (how this makes sense after the annoyances of the dance is beyond me). Then she took my temperature. It didn't even register on the tab, which means less than 96. Then, my pulse. Can you see where this is going? 58 bpm. When I take my heart rate in the morning, it's usually 58-62, but that's supine and first thing. After a run and hustle over to the clinic, how is it 58? Finally, the hemoglobin test. I failed.

Nurse Wendy assured me that women have a difficult time getting their hemoglobin back up after a blood donation for an 8-week turn around, and I should come back in two weeks. It seems like my body was giving me every possible sign that I shouldn't donate blood today. I have done well with every donation so far (I feel fine afterwards and can resume normal activity easily), so I expected for all to go smoothly today.

I think my low hemoglobin is the result of three changes in my life since my first two blood donations: 5 days a week of running, 5 days a week of riding at least 45 minutes on the bike, and being a sometimes vegan/sometimes pescatarian. Going forward, I need to take my vitamins and probably donate only every 10-12 weeks.

I just watched the bronze medal curling match. For some arbitrary reason, I was rooting for the Swedes over the Swiss (maybe it's blonde allegiance). Sweden lost the match in the last end and I just felt so sad for them. On to the gold medal match and hockey!

How To Give Yourself Wrinkles

Last night, I decided to go to my school's Winter Formal. I wasn't planning on it, but the kids always know how to guilt me into going. When I got there, it was immediately apparent that there were not enough chaperones. So, it looked like I was going to stay.

Everyone knows I love to dance at these things, which gives me some cred with the student, but it also works to my advantage as a chaperone. I can spend the whole night dancing, but doing it through all the kids, to keep an eye on everything. The worst stuff is going on in the middle of the crowd and you won't see it unless you get in there. It's odd how kids change their dancing as soon as they see you looking at them. To the kids: if your dancing makes you feel uncomfortable around your teacher, maybe it's not a good idea.

I think I have deepened the wrinkle in between my eyebrows as a result of being at the dance. I thought I smelled alcohol on kids and many of my girls just looked trashy when they dance with boys. So, while I danced around, I was giving a lot of frowning looks at my kids. Without sounding ancient, I want to say that I get that this is how kids are going to dance now (facing the same direction), but as soon as I see a girl with her hands on the floor with a boy right behind her, I flip out. My line to them is usually: "Have some respect for yourself and get it together." Many times, I also have to motion for dresses to be pulled down. So gross! On Monday, I expect that I'll be having further conversations with girls about this. I'm sure they could care less what I think, but their actions make me really sad. It's only a few girls, but part of what we try to teach is character and theirs was questionable last night.

I was out until past midnight because the entire social committee (except one girl) left without cleaning up. I went from just showing up for the fun of it, to helping close everything up.

Best lines of the night:
I walked past a couple slow dancing (a couple that I didn't know was involved) and I heard the guy say, "I'm so sorry for the last month." I just smiled. It's such a high school guy thing to say during a slow dance.
My Finnish exchange student brought his sister who is visiting the States. She was awesome and stunning and I told her that her brother was just a great guy. She said, "I know. We are related after all." Who knew the Finns had such a great sense of humor.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Planning A Wedding

Did I get you to read this post? I'm not planning one, but I feel like I am. And after this experience, the thought frightens me.

So, we're planning our study trip. We're taking 95 seniors, 30 parents, and 5 teachers to the greatest national park of them all. But I now hate this place. They have screwed me over and deceived me in every possible way. And it's incredibly hard to understand this world when you don't have a partner to plan this with. I have my teaching team, but we all split up the work. I always get "stuck" with logistical stuff. It's my curse for "having a brain for these things." I am very lucky to be a bit flush with money for this trip (how did that happen) and so we'll actually survive. But, the parents might hate me for all the driving around we're going to do. But planning a 3-day affair with dining and lodging and activities and room assignments and entertainment...it's like a wedding. What if I had a wedding and only invited my students? That would be odd. Thank goodness I haven't done that.

Here's the video I needed to watch today. Fall down 8 times, get up 9.

I Am Not Stoned

Every day, I have to deal with the fact that my eyes are bloodshot. I think it's a combination of no sleep, wearing contacts, and maybe even the cycling (even though I wear eye protection). It was pretty bad yesterday...so bad that I almost said, "I don't know why my eyes are so red" to my hairdresser. It makes me feel uncomfortable, especially at school.

I don't have a Twitter account and I don't really want one, but I would get one, just to read Conan's tweets. As of yesterday, he's online and still funny as anything.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Best

I think these (linked) are the best Olympic events I've ever seen. True, the outfits are no match for ice dancing, but the cross country team sprint is beyond compare. Is there such a thing a NXCDate...for Norwegian cross country athletes? I am clearly not one, but I like those guys.

Hurra!

Setting out to watch US v Switzerland because my mom told me to. Don't tell me what happens!

Monday, February 22, 2010

The Countdown

Today, I felt like I worked in an ER. Triage all day. When I started the day, I planned to leave work at 3:30 and be asleep by 8. I left at 6:15 and I'm still up at 10. Tomorrow will probably be the same. I'm trying to stay positive, so I had to come up with this list of what to look forward to.

How my semester will end:
t-minus 16 - Olympics...hockey finals, relays, the figure skating fun fest, curling finals, closing ceremonies and a new haircut on Wednesday
t-minus 15 - Class trip to Yosemite and snow.
t-minus 14 - KL in town. Ranger reunite!
t-minus 13 - Supper Club: West Coast Edition kicks off in Oaktown
t-minus 12 - Curling clinic
t-minus 11 - Jerry Seinfeld first row!
t-minus 10 - Go home!
t-minus 9 - JHa in town!
t-minus 8 - my sis comes to visit and we see the Avett Brothers
t-minus 7 - first visit to Nola to see J and Jazz Fest!
t-minus 6 - 200 mile relay through Cali...of which I will run 18 killer miles in about 24 hours
t-minus 4 - Tour of Cali? Lance? Sunshine for sure.
t-minus 2 - Mem Day...something fun needs to happen
Liftoff! - Graduation

On the other hand...
What did I do to deserve to teach sex ed again this week when I haven't had a boyfriend in over two years? I think the term for this is double jeopardy.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Things I've Seen

A sensational (!) victory by the US over Canada in Men's Hockey today. Did anyone watch? It was so exciting!

Yesterday's curling match between the women of the US and Great Britain. I still love curling.

An entire weekend of Olympics (I did hike with KR and go for two runs, lest you think I'm a complete couch potato).

And this:
Some woman roaming around Stanford campus on one of these. You can get one for a couple thousand. It's called Elliptigo.


And my most favorite moment from the weekend...my attempt at a screen capture from the 15 km freestyle when the Ethiopian and Nepalese XC skiers (both in red) helped the last place Portuguese skier off with his skis. I was crying at this point. They then carried him. And I fall even further in love with the Olympics.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

May Your Wishes All Come True


Guess what my Olympic obsessed colleague asked me today? "Do you want to go to a curling clinic?" She is my Olympic wonder twin and we are going to go to an introductory clinic within the next month. Yeah!

I'm watching the halfpipe. I love it, but it is really a sport if you can do it with your pants falling down?

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Let's Talk About All The Good Things and The Bad Things

So, I'm preparing myself to teach sex ed. tomorrow. Never in a million years did I think I'd be in front of a class talking about sex. I can still remember throwing some sort of tantrum and literally feeling like my throat was going to close and I was going to vomit when my parents tried to talk to me about sex. Luckily, I was scared of boys until I was about 18, so no harm came from my aversion to the topic. So, here I am, trying to remember what the labia is (too much?) and other things I'm hoping Google doesn't keep track of. I'm not worried about the conversation itself...just worrying about having no clue what their slang is...oh and I hope that my kids don't feel like they are going to throw up during this. Should I play some Salt 'n' Pepa?

Random student quote: "I would never even dare text in your class. You see everything!" I love that my students think that I have bionic hearing and sight. I don't dare tell them that they aren't the smartest at hiding things.

Another random thought: I'm finally watching full replays on NBC.com. Buuuuutttt...the full replays have no announcers. So, I'm practicing my skills. I can't tell who the people are in a race, so I make up the names and have a grand ol' time in my room with this.

More: Curling is awesome. I wish I had experience with the sport to understand it a bit more, but I love watching it. The aerial views make me feel like I know what's going on, though.

My thoughts are with the Heintz fam. They are dealing with something fierce and I hear young FelJo is not pulling his weight around the house. What's up with 6-week-olds these days? Heads up and feet pointing forward, Heintz clan. Sending you love from the foggy west.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

You Didn't??

I keep asking people if they are watching the Olympics. No one is. What's up with that? I thought (maybe stereotypically) that my Finnish exchange student would be all over the games. But no. That guy at the Opening Ceremonies claimed that billions of people were watching. Is everyone in Asia watching and there are only 20 of us in the U.S. who care.

Why wouldn't you watch Johnny Weir if you had the chance. Someone just threw a pillow on the ice with his name on it that coordinates with his outfit. How did they know what he'd wear?

I have found a way to watch live Olympics. Now I need to find a way to watch the replay of curling and nordic sports that happen while I'm at school.

Monday, February 15, 2010

What I Like To Hear

From Paste's Interview with David Rawlings, Gillian Welch's partner in crime and music:

Paste: Can you tell me anything about an upcoming Gillian Welch record?
Rawlings: I can tell you that it is we’ve started recording some stuff, and that I’m excited about what we’ve recorded. Someone else just asked me when Gillian’s record will be released, and I think the answer is, on the happiest day of my life.

Paste: Have you been playing any of the new songs live?
Rawlings: There’s a song on my record called “It’s Too Easy” that has fiddle and is done in an old-time style, and there is a version of that that’s more of a minor, moody style, that’s going to be on Gillian’s record. We’ve been playing that live, and then there’s an older song called—well, I don’t know what it’s going to be called, honestly—some people call it “Throw Me a Rope,” some people call it “The Way It Will Be,” that we’ve played live for a long time and will be on the record.

Yes! I love It's Too Easy and Throw Me A Rope. I really need to get DR's album to help me get through these dark days until GW's new album. That will be the happiest day of my life.

We Are The World Side By Side

You should judge for yourself, but my comparisons are below.

1985:


2010:




1985

2010

Winner?

Lionel Ritchie

Justin Beiber

1985 because I don’t know this kid and he sounds over-produced

Lionel Ritchie

Nicole Scherzinger

1985

Stevie Wonder

Jennifer Hudson

2010 - more bravado

Paul Simon

Jennifer Nettles

2010 - more umph

Kenny Rogers

Josh Groban

1985 – more country

James Ingram

Tony Bennett

1985 – more soul

Tina Turner

Mary J. Blige

1985, but not by much. I love MJB!

Billy Joel

??

none – Joel doesn’t do it for me and you can’t see his replacement

Michael Jackson

Michael and Janet Jackson

1985 - Janet superimposed is a bit odd

Diana Ross

Barbra Streisand

1985

Dionne Warwick

Miley Cyrus

1985, by a hair. Miley –you’re not bad.

Willie Nelson

Enrique Iglesias

1985 by miles! One of the most disappointing parts of the 2010 song.

Willie Nelson

??

1985 – new people not shown. But no matter what, Willie is amazing here.

Al Jarreau

Jaime Foxx

1985

Bruce Springsteen

Wyclef Jean

1985 but not because Wyclef is bad. Bruce is just a legend in WATH

Kenny Loggins

Adam Levine

2010 – Levine sounds like he could have been in the ’95 video

Steve Perry

Pink

1985, but Pink contends

Daryl Hall

BeBe Winans

2010, but mostly because Hall’s hair is absurd.

MJ

MJ

Tie

Huey Lewis

Usher

1985

Cyndi Lauper

Celine Dion

1985 – no contest

Kim Carnes

Fergie

1985

--

Orianthi (on guitar)

2010, I guess.

Chorus

Nicole Scherzinger, Nick Jonas, Toni Braxton, Mary Mary, Tony Bennett, Isaac Slade

2010 – for the ability to work in more people

Bob Dylan

Lil Wayne

1985 – Say what you want about Dylan, but he doesn’t need Auto Tune.

Chorus

Carlos Santana, Pink, Mary Mary

2010 – if some artists is good, more is better.

Bob Dylan

Akon

1985 – More AutoTune

Chorus

T-Pain

1985 – Do these people ever sing without Auto Tune?

Ray Charles

Jaime Foxx as Ray Charles

1985 because the 2010 version is just embarrassing

No rap in 1985

LL Cool J, Will.i.am, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rymes, Swizz Beatz, Iyaz (why is Jaime Foxx here again)

2010 – I love this part!

Stevie & Bruce

Jennifer Hudson & Mary Mary

1985 – but how can you really compare?

--

Will.i.am & Kanye

2010, despite the controversy

Al Jarreau

Wyclef

2010 – Pretty sweet ending

Chorus Spottings: Dan Akroyd, Tito, Bette Midler, Harry Belefonte, Smokey Robinson,

Jonas Brothers, Gladys Knight, Brian Wilson, a young boy, Vince Vaughn, Randy Jackson, Wilson sisters, Natalie Cole, Faith Evans, Jeff Bridges, Jason Mraz

Both choruses have lots of people I don’t recognize. Toss up.


Winner: 1985. There's a lot of great stuff about the 2010 video, but so many of the new artists can't come close to the original. But, I'm hopeful that in 25 years, I'm going to love this new one.


A Gem:

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Melting Down

So, yes, I did have a meltdown on the slopes of Homewood Mountain yesterday. And I'm nearing meltdown again.

Yesterday, I just couldn't ski and then it got into my head and then I really couldn't ski. That's why, when I got home from Tahoe, I had to run really fast through my neighborhood. It was about 9 o'clock at night and I almost never run at night, but I just had to. I had to feel good about something.

And now, I learn that I can't watch the Olympics online. I don't have cable and unlike every other Olympics before this one, you must have a cable account in order to watch the Olympics online. As someone who is obsessed with the Olympics, this is devastating. I'm sure someone out there knows how to help me. I might have to resort to paying for the downloads in iTunes soon.

It seems that 2010 is kicking me just as hard as 2009. Shoot! I thought I was in the clear.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Order of the Nations

Greece is always first in the parade, to honor the country that started it all.

Host country is always last.

Other countries come in alphabetical order by the home language, which in this case is English. It could have been French, but for some reason, they went with English, as I think Vancouver has little French going on. Of course, the official language of the Olympics is French, so you hear a lot of it during the Opening Ceremonies.

Ali was paying attention when she noticed this:
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
North Korea
Estonia
Ethiopia

North Korea is really the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, so they were in the right order, even though it seemed odd.

In other nation orderings:
I loved Slate's commentary about Ireland being the buffer between Iran and Israel.
Chinese Taipei is apparently the official name for Taipei in this Olympics. I think there's some politics around that, but I don't like to talk politics during the World's Games.

Songs I Don't Want To Listen To

What I've skipped on my iPod in the past few minutes:

"Book of Love" - Magnetic Fields
"Most of the Time" - Dylan
"You are My Joy" - Reindeer Section
"Crazy In Love" - Beyonce & Jay-Z
"Outloud" - Dispatch
"This Year's Love" - David Gray
"Forever" - Ben Harper

Just to name a few.

Here's to my least favorite day of the year. At least it seems that I'm back to being a runner.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Tape Delayed Blogging of the Opening Ceremonies

Much to my dismay, I am not in Vancouver tonight. I am in snowy Truckee, CA, getting some skiing in over this four day weekend I have. Fitting for today, we skied at Squaw Valley, home of the Eighth Olympiad. The mountain is huge and pretty beautiful and they are still completely obsessed with the fact that the Olympics were here in 1960. The rings are everywhere! It's not my first time on the mountain, but my first time on skis. It was a windy, windy, windy day, but I had a blast.

Around 5:30 pm, I sat down to get ready for the opening ceremonies. Of course, NBC has to stick it to their viewers somehow. Here I am, in the same time zone as Vancouver, BC, yet we here are not allowed to watch the Opening Ceremonies live. I'll try not to be too mad, but rather excited about on-demand television coming to the Internet. I have no idea when that will happen, but I think it will. Frankly, NBC, I don't have much sympathy for your stated financial problems. You're making too many mistakes to be successful by default.

Have I told you that I want to carry the torch one day? I hope that happens. I was going to apply for the relay before Beijing, but there was a lot of animosity towards China at the time and protests against the torch bearers. Yikes.

This post is going to be long...as long as I can stay up watching. It's more for me to have a memory of these Games. But, if you want to reminisce (because you got to watch it live), read on.

Pre-Ceremonies: Lots of fluffy stories with sentences that don't have a logical ending.

We Are The World: Okay, I watched the original video like crazy when I was little. It may have even been on a VHS that also included Olympics. My family used to record most of the Olympics and I'd watch Opening Ceremonies and events over and over. The original "We Are The World" was my soundtrack through the late 80s. Seeing the new one, I think, "who are most of these people?" It's pretty good and definitely for a good cause and Will.i.am has been doing some good activism with his music, but no one, repeat: NO ONE, can replace Cyndi Lauper.

Interviews: Why do these sports interviewers ask awkward questions and try to make these superior athletes feel bad about themselves (e.g. "You don't have a gold medal, but your friends do. How do you feel about that?" and "Lindsey Jacobellis, you showboated and lost the gold medal last time. How has that affected you?"). Awkward!!

Ceremonies: I love listening to French! I have no idea what they are saying, but I still love it. I am so upset about the luge athlete who died today. I can't really handle that.
Hearing the reading of the cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics gave me goosebumps. Sarajevo was so magical. I loved Lillehammer so much. Salt Lake City and Torino were when I watched every moment I could.
I will name my first born Jacques, as it seems like that's how you become IOC President.
Yes! The Canadian National Anthem. I'm singing along in my head, which means that I'm making up the words I don't know and the ones that are in French.
Mounties! I am so excited about every moment of this. How do you get to be one of the chosen Mounties tonight? That is a beautiful flag. Gosh, if you read this blog post, you might think that I'm ready to defect to Canada.
As the announcers spout random facts, I am reminded to check my friend's Opening Ceremonies drinking game. I am not participating, other than laughing at how amazing it is (please drink responsibly). Here's a gem from the game: When the opening ceremonies performance includes something the Canadians are proud of, take a shot of Bud Light if the American equivalent is clearly superior.
That woman is on a platform floating in air. And singing the anthem. And from Slate's Live Blog: John Swansburg: So is there a shabbily dressed girl actually singing this in the wings, or did the Canadians learn a lesson from the Chinese?
Apparently, everyone in the crowd has been given an "audience participation kit" including a blue or white poncho, makeshift native drums, electric LED candles, and Canadian flags. So no, when you saw everyone waving them, it wasn't some coincidence.
The first nations! I love the native tribes...especially their beautiful costumes. I thought this section was beautiful. Did we recognize the natives during the Salt Lake City games? Probably not, but Conan told me not to be cynical. I don't think that this is something we are superior at...so have some Molson. This reminds me to go to Stanford Pow Wow again this year. I am in awe of the clothing of these people.

Parade of Second Nations! Just kidding. Yay for the athletes. I was once in the Jewish Olympics. The opening ceremonies remains one of the greatest experiences of my life. And the trading of official gear was a sport unto itself.
There are many drinking rules for the parade of athletes. Here's one: If there's a team from your continent that's excessively disproportionate in size to the country's actual population (e.g. Luxembourg has 20 athletes; China has 10), finish that same proportion of your drink. (Judges have discretion to define "excessive" disproportion)

Who am I loving:
Algeria's green coats (I'd trade for one).
Andorra's awesome sweaters!
Armenia has sweet scarves.
Austria's brothers both carrying the flag. I love that.
Azerbaijan pants! And fury hats. I am impressed.
Bermuda! Drink if a team is wearing un-wintry clothing (e.g. Bermuda shorts)
I get teary when I see countries that are completely war torn. B&H is one. Torville and Dean is coming back to me.
Brazil always looks so sporty.
Bulgaria is bedazzled!
Chile flag bearer is totally doing his job with that flag. And of course, I love it.
China amazingly has 90 athletes. They look great. Is it wrong that I think they are all gymnasts?
Czech Republic's pants! I hope there's a pants-off.
The Danes look cute. And mostly blonde.
Estonia...there's something I love about them tonight. The rules for the former Soviet block countries: pour some of your drink into a communal cup and share around the group.
Ethiopia reminds me of how 8 years ago, I realized that I might have a better chance of being an Olympian if I became an Israeli citizen and trained to be a cross country skiier. My roommate reminded me that I'd probably have to be in the army for a few years. Biathlon it is!
Amazingly, the first nations are still celebrating and dancing in the background.
Finland's jackets are sweet.
Thank you Bob for recalling something correctly from high school. Yay high school teachers.
Oh, Georgia. Stay strong.
Germany - what are you all wearing? The vests that you are wearing over your jackets say "team."
First athlete from Ghana ever in the Winter Olympics. Congrats!
London is pumped. They look so Euro and kind of French, actually. Drink because NBC is telling us that all the curling stones still come from Scotland. And then they mentioned icepartners.com
Flag bearer from Iceland knows how to work a flag and a fur hat. Drinking should occur whenever you see outfits with fur.
Whoa, India! Love the hats. "I'm a flag bearer. I do what I want."
Iranian woman! Holla! This really is AMAZING. I love everyone during the Opening Ceremonies.
Ireland has bright yellow'green pants. Seriously, pants-off NOW! John Swansburg: Ireland agreed to wear those pants to give Israel and Iran a common enemy
Israel. My people! You all are too cute jumping around a such.
Italy demonstrates why they are known for fashion. They brought it tonight.
Jamaica - love the coordination of this outfit with the summer Olympics gear.
Oh, I love the Japanese. They are waving both Japanese and Canadian flags. They get it. We Are The World.
Kazakhstan - will we hear the Borat Kazak national anthem? I love the flag bearer's hat.
South Korea - not with the North. Tough stuff there. You guys need to talk to the Japanese. They seem to like everyone.
Drink for Liechtenstein and being out of proportion!
The blondes of Lithuania looks great in the green.
Mexico in fur. And the oldest athlete. This is getting fun!
Moldova flag bearer's birthday. Matt Lauer thinks you should send him a card.
Monaco with the sweet sweaters and scarves. Like it.
Mongolia flag bearer's outfit is gorge!
Montenegro's outfits are fierce. Pride of the scarf! And the Slate live blog continues to make me laugh.
The flag bearer from Morocco accidentally is throwing some gang signs. Cut away!
The Nepali delegation looks great.
Netherlands. I love them. The royal color of orange is awesome and the ever flattering orange butt stripe.
New Zealand is pumped and they look good in all black. Nice nod to the rugby team.
Norway! My homeland! I love them so much. Love, love, love them. I'm a bit disappointed by the baseball caps.
Pakistan. This is also known as the Parade of Nations Who are Fighting with Other Countries.
Peru is probably not wearing Patagonia jackets. But they kind of look like them.
Poland lookin' fresh!
Portugal - one athlete. You know what to do.
Romanians looks pretty cute too. Flashback to Nadia. Thanks Matt.
Russia! They get the next Olympics. And they have awesome jackets that I can't even describe.
What is up with all the white pants?
Slovakia, you're going to love the way you look.
Slovenia...my other homeland. Very, very nice. Why can't the U.S. do classy?
South Africa. You all are awesome. Especially since you stopped the apartheid stuff.
Spain - where are your name scarves? I expected more.
What is with the people in white dancing in the background? It doesn't seem like they are dancing to the rhythm of the music.
The Swedes in yellow. With Swedish flag gloves! Those are totally awesome. Trade for those, Lindsey Vonn! Those Swedish women are pretty beautiful.
The Swiss. Mmmm your chocolate is so good. I like the tote bags you have. And did everyone get a video camera with their gear?
Chinese Taipei with a special Olympic flag. I want to know more.
Tajikistan. So cute. I'm totally teary.
Turkey had the best stuff at the Jewish games. They look good here too.
And the aborigines still dance.
USA! They are wearing weird white pants with boots. Oh, but they are happy and I love them.
Oh, Canada! You look awesome! And look at all the white teletubby people jumping around for you. It's crazy that all these people are athletes. So impressive. I'm totally crying. I love this part of the Olympics. When there's so much hope and optimism.

And I'm off to sleep. I'll watch the rest of the OC on even further delay.