Running total hours recorded on my Tivo, starting with the Opening ceremony through midnight Wednesday--154 hours so far.
- Watching the women's Cycling Time Trials--I love that the current leaders sit in actual thrones watching the others come in
- Scandal in Badminton? Doubles teams from South Korea, China, and Indonesia threw matches in order to get a more favorable spot in later matches. From the video I saw, it wasn't subtle--they were obviously serving into the net, over and over. The other countries basically said "Well, China started it". If China jumped off a cliff, would you do it? The teams involved have been disqualified.
- Had a minor crisis before prime time--my Tivo started rebooting on it's own. I think it's fixed--fingers crossed. Today's notes may be a bit truncated.
- So why can the male swimmers wear long trunks, but the divers have to wear tiny briefs?
- We're seeing almost real-time ads tonight--Phelps winning his 19th medal in a VISA ad, and the women's gymnastic win referenced in a AT&T ad
- Also during diving, there was a dramatic music drop that seemed out of place--it was just an analyst going into technical detail, and in the background, it's DUHH-DUM-DUHH-DUHHH...
- In order to look hip, NBC brought in Ryan Seacrest to provide Facebook and Twitter stats from last night. Looks like Gabrielle Douglas is getting the majority of the "Fab 5" love.
- Danell Levya--one of the male gymnasts--has a favorite blankey, apparently
More to come.