The Olympics.

I don't think I have ever been so intrigued in watching the Olympics as I have this year. I can always remember them coming on TV and such, but I feel like it's being covered so much more this year. Quite possibly because of all our Rockstar stellar U.S Athletes. It's not just the Olympics that I keep turning on, but every 20/20 type news station and such are doing two hour long specials on China.

There has been this whole controversy of the opening of the Olympics which I thought were beautifully done. But, some would argue that we took all this money from such a poor country (parts of it), to stage a show with over 3,000 Chinese men and women (2,500 alone) for the opening drummers... just for the Olympics. As in, there are starving children in China and other parts of the Southeast Asian world; every DAY 16,000 children around the world die of hunger related deaths (www.bread.org). Then there are the children who are being used as prostitutes in Malaysia etc, yet instead of giving money to the poor economy in countries where it is needed - ourselves and China choose to spend what is estimated to be $100 Million on both the opening and closing games this year. And in total it is estimated that $43 BILLION will be spent on the overall Olympics this year. Wait...what? Seriously? There are children dieing every day of AIDS in Africa, and people who eat one bowl of rice per day and we can spend this much on the coverage of who is going to dominate the world in their profession of sport? That is ridiculous and beyond necessary if you ask me. It makes me mad. But while I could ramble on and on about this, and how I think China and ourselves obviously do not know how to spend money properly; on a lighter note I do want to share one reason why I am so fascinated with the Olympics this year.

Two Words: Michael Phelps.


Now ladies, I know we all want a date with him, but I get first dibs!! Even if it means I'm a cougar by a couple years. Not only is his body - perfect, but he seriously seems like a such a cool, chill guy. At 23 years old he just broke the global record for winning the most golds ever - 8 this year which puts him at an overall total of 16 Olympic medals including the 2004 Olympics (6 gold, two bronze).

I have also been proud of the two young Gold (Nastia Liukin) and Silver (Shaun Johnson) young ladies who won in gymnastics. They are only 16 and 18 years old - what an accomplishment!

And if you missed the opening you can always YouTube it.