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I'm completely sleep deprived thanks to the Olympics, and I also have a special interest in the more obscure sports that I'd normally show zero interest in. Last winter Olympics I became obsessed with curling and would set my alarm to 4 AM so I could watch the matches. I'm not sure what the lure was, but something in me appreciates the fact that forty year old men well past their physical prime who skillfully use a broom can earn the same prize as someone who is willing to hurl themselves dead first down an icy luge at 80 mph. So far NBC has made it pretty hard to watch anything other than swimming and gymnastics, but that hasn't kept me from spending a whole afternoon watching Badminton. I also really enjoyed the speed walking coverage on Sunday. Apparently, the difference between speed walking and running is that in speed walking you are supposed to "appear" to have one foot on the ground at all times. So if it is obvious it is illegal, but if it isn't, then it's not. So strange and hilarious. Of course, I've also been watching Phelps, partially because I love to swim and he really is remarkable, but also because I think it is my patriotic duty as a female American to oogle him. I'm glad China was allowed to host the games, simply because the list of countries with a spotless human rights record is pretty short, and ignoring that many billions of people because of their mode of government seems ridiculous to me. That being said, I think that the networks should do a little bit better job covering what China is really like, instead of the cleaned up version that we've been presented with. Even if you ignore Tibet and Tiananmen's Square, the games feel like a tribute to the country's authoritarianism. Something like 2 million people were ordered to leave the city to make room for the games and manufacturing in the neighboring provinces has been shut down for weeks to keep the pollution under control. And that gymanstics team that they're so proud of? Most of those athletes were taken from home before they were 5 and haven't seen their parents in years. I live in Salt Lake and I was here for the '02 olympics, so I know there is a certain degree of "cleaning up" that goes on when you are playing host, but really, I don't think the China we're seeing on TV is a real place.

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Cranial analysis

left brain		right brain
math/logic - 0.00%		romance - 2.50%
physical - 44.44%		reminiscing - 0.00%
rants - 55.56%		art/music - 97.50%
total: 69.23%		total: 30.77 %

Results: Primarily strong-willed with artistic tendencies.

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