Anyone up watching the Olympics?

[emmasmom]

I love Johnny Weir...he looks amazing right now :) anyone else watching the skating tonight?

[Jakajer]

Yep!! I am!! I don't know too much about the figure skating peeps. I'm a Canuck, so I wasn't rootin' for Johnny, but I did wonder why he didn't score higher, I thought he was pretty good. That was my first time seeing him.. quite a character!
I'm totally into the Olympics this year.. I found myself stuck on the couch for WAY too long today watching them.

[emmasmom]

I thought the same thing Amanda...he did really well. I thought Patrick Chan did better than what he scored as well.

[mrshobbes]

Aaargh, i don't have cable, so i am (im) patiently waiting for people to upload to youtube. I'm a fan of that Chinese couple that won the gold for pairs, they are unbelievable! Johnny Weir is funny (I've read a few of his interviews) but I've never seen him skate. I understand he got into hot water for wearing fur or something?

[emmasmom]

I was soooo happy for that Chinese couple Lex! This was their last chance and they truly deserved it.

[Joyce]

My hubby is watching every now and then, but I'm not ...

[Sokee]

Aaargh, i don't have cable, so i am (im) patiently waiting for people to upload to youtube. I'm a fan of that Chinese couple that won the gold for pairs, they are unbelievable! Johnny Weir is funny (I've read a few of his interviews) but I've never seen him skate. I understand he got into hot water for wearing fur or something?

Is'nt there places online to watch? Do you have FAST internet? I have always been an addict of the Olympics and Winter is my favorite!!

[Aagje]

Yes!! I watch Sven Kramer, a dutch iceskater! He won his first golden medail this saturday. And he is a real cutie!!

[christinap]

We've been watching hockey and the speed skating, some home town girls are on the ice!

[tishawj]

We've been watching everything...we've got 3 channels here (I'm a canuk too) that have live coverage pretty much all day so we can take our pick.
My boys (4 and 2 1/2) are enthralled with the snowboarding (yay Canada...gold and silver in snowboard cross!!). They are both telling me they want to do that when they get bigger. We were watching the half pipe prelims today...yikes, not sure I'm ready for that even if the 2 1/2 year old tells me "I-ya careful mommy"

[mrshobbes]

Is'nt there places online to watch? Do you have FAST internet? I have always been an addict of the Olympics and Winter is my favorite!!

There are actually--except that they are only available to those in the US!!! The official site, any news outlets, they all link back to the official site and I can view the vids because I'm out of the US! :bawl:

[christinap]

My 6 year old was at hockey practice tonight, after practice he was racing around the ice with his arm behind him. Just like the speed skaters LOL

The snowboarding is so cool! I would be worried about my boys too!

[tishawj]

There are actually--except that they are only available to those in the US!!! The official site, any news outlets, they all link back to the official site and I can view the vids because I'm out of the US! :bawl:

Have you tried any of the Canadian Media sites? ctv.ca has live streaming...not sure if they will block international viewers or not...worth a try?

[mrshobbes]

Have you tried any of the Canadian Media sites? ctv.ca has live streaming...not sure if they will block international viewers or not...worth a try?

Oooo, thanks so muchly! I'm going to give this a try! :D It's strange because if I google my hits all lead back to nbcolympics.com, the official site, I think.