What Olympics?

I've been looking forward to the Olympics almost all summer. I have always enjoyed watching the sports that never get any airtime between Games, but even more I love the stories of the competitors, the highs and lows, boundaries and breakthroughs. So, with anticipation, I stayed up this afternoon (usually I'm dead asleep after staying up all night reading and writing) to watch the opening ceremonies tonight.


Unfortunately I share the TV with twenty other guys, most of whom couldn't care less about the Olympics in general and the opening ceremonies in particular. Instead of the torch-lighting and march of nations, we watched Hellboy.


I suppose it's just as well because the NBC station comes in with snow and a little crackle. The all-metal building that I live in blocks a lot of most channels' signals, producing a show of mostly electronic snow, but NBC is one of the worst. The Olympics will have better viewing on Telemundo. So I will be rooting for the EEU to va por el oro.