I don’t know about you, but I love the Olympics. It started in 1996 when the Olympics were in Atlanta, while I lived there. It was the best time to be living in that city. And ever since then, J and I have loved to watch the Olympics when they are on. For each season, winter or summer, we have sports that we like to watch better than others, and certain ones that one of us likes more than the other (ahem, I love gymnastics and ice skating, J could care less). But what we also do during the Olympics, is that we will watch ANY sport as long as it is on during the two-week Olympics window. We will even watch games or matches between other countries - because it’s the Olympics.

So far for the 2008 Olympics, after watching most of the Olympic ceremony (what? I can’t watch it all - my brats get up at the crack of dawn!), we’ve watched some indoor volleyball, some boxing (wha?), some handball (another wha??) and some of the rowing events. I really have no interest in any of the above, have never even heard of Handball (J had, and you can find out more here, thank me later) until today. But I enjoy it because it is a chance to watch sports that I may not normally watch, support the US (no matter what if the US is competing we tend to watch), and support the Olympics. I love seeing the spirit of all the crowds and athletes, too.

Oh and don’t get me started on the commercials during the Olympics! Anyone else love the ones for Visa with Morgan Freeman and the current Home Depot one? Love, I think they should be broadcast in all war zones.

So what about you? Love or hate the Olympics?