Olympics - conversation with mrs. fung

Day and Time: Friday Evening
Setting: Our hero has just finished din din and is beginning to clean up. He has the whole evening ahead of him to sit in front of the computer (a.k.a. dork out).

The phone rings.

MOM: Matthew. This is mom.

ME: Yeah.

MOM: What are you doing?

ME: Nothing really.

MOM: Turn on the TV and watch the opening ceremony.

ME: Well, I was going to after I clean up the dishes. I was thinking of 'casually' tuning in and out. There's also a big pile of DVDs (pirated) that I wanted to get through.

MOM: No, turn it on now.

and truly it was a moment that i was glad to catch on TV. much like the first Olympics i witnessed on TV (the 1984 LA Olympics - this might unnecessarily date me), mom plopped my brother, sister, and me down in front of an aging RCA. there we were awestruck at the sight of 88 (why 88?) Baby Grand Pianos hammering out George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'.

TV COMMENTATOR: Would you just look at that sight... EIGHTY EIGHTY Baby Grand Pianos...

Last week, Team China took that cherished childhood memory and plowed it over... dammed it up... outsourced it with a cornucopia of lavish images. Believe the hype. China's coming and they're taking and not asking anymore.

***A little side note: Don't try downloading that video or checking it out on Youtube b/c NBC ain't having it.