The Olympics start this week, and I couldn’t be more excited! Ok, maybe I was more excited for the last Olympics, but that is because I was going to see them in person. The Olympics are when I clear out my DVR so I can watch every single minute of televised coverage. The last summer Olympics in '08 I also got RoB hooked, we were getting much less sleep every night because we had to stay up so late to get through all the coverage! And now there is the Live Extra app from NBC so you can stream pretty much anything (live events or what is being shown on TV) to your phone or computer (it looks like they finally have it up and working, but I will be suspect to see how it works through some of the high demand events).
Soccer starts TODAY and even though there isn’t a USA men’s team playing I can’t convince you enough to watch and support our US Women’s National Team. They are phenomenal and women’s soccer has come a long way with many other countries on top of their game as well. US opens play against France (whom they beat in the semi-finals of the world cup last year) at noon (EST) today, and I hope some of you will be watching it!
Soccer starts TODAY and even though there isn’t a USA men’s team playing I can’t convince you enough to watch and support our US Women’s National Team. They are phenomenal and women’s soccer has come a long way with many other countries on top of their game as well. US opens play against France (whom they beat in the semi-finals of the world cup last year) at noon (EST) today, and I hope some of you will be watching it!
I’ve been trying to keep up with qualifiers for other sports too. Big ones like swimming and gymnastics are always fun, but I like hearing about some of the more obscure sports as well. For example, Women’s boxing will be premiering at these games and there is a strong USA contender.
As I said before, I attended the last winter Olympics in Vancouver and it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done! Here are some pics from that adventure, but it was really amazing just being part of such a worldly event. The first night we got into Vancouver we were just walking around the streets amazed by all the Olympics had to offer and all the fun we were about to have!
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| The first event we went to was women's aerials and we had to be in line before ti was light outside and got to watch the sun start to light up the mountain behind us |
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| Yup, that is someone flying through the air! |
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| Curling was super fun to watch! |
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| And they even put up with all the obnoxious American fans! |
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| The torch |
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| The flags leading into the Nordic events |
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| Rings at the biathlon range |
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| CRAZY biathlon fans, probably the best event we went to! |
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| Biathlon |
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| This was our view for the Nordic sprints, we were right at the fence and saw them come flying by! |
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| Wouldn't really be in Canada if we didn't go see a hockey game! |
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| Women's hockey semi-finals Canada vs Finland |
The 2012 Olympic Games are one of the most highly anticipated events on TV. I remember my mom made sure that we watched them whenever they were on growing up. I’ve come to discover that I’m an Olympic junkie and I’m pretty excited for things to get started tomorrow. I’ll be missing most of the games since I’ll be at work but I just upgraded to the Hopper. The Hopper comes with 2 terabytes of space for recording which is fantastic. That’s four times more space than your average DVR. That way I won’t have to clear stuff off of my DVR right away. A Dish co-worker recommended it to me after she tried it for the show Once Upon A Time. It’s too bad that there isn’t a Men’s Soccer team this time but hopefully we will excel in all sports no matter what. I remember going to the 1996 Games in Atlanta and that was amazing!
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