To say I've been watching the Olympics would be a lie. It's more like I've been absorbing them. While I'm not in China, I do have two high definition televisions depicting Olympic splendor pretty much 24-7 and two roommates glued to them. The Games kicked off on Friday night (or thursday depending on how you look at it) and it was an amazing display of technology and man power. There really is no way to describe what the Chinese put together for the opening ceremony. I found the epic scope of the production frightening to be brutally honest. Check out the first ten minutes (this thing lasted hours and it was all fantastic). The ceremony was straight up Cold War propaganda as much as it was a welcoming party