Aug 10 Andrea Nott Blog - Opening Ceremony!  Aug. 10, 2008, 3:10
p.m. (ET)  After our regular morning practice, we could
finally start getting ready for the big event. I was supposed to
pack for Korea at the same time, but I was so excited I kept
doing everything out of order. I would do half my makeup, then
throw some stuff in a bag, then heat up the iron and wander
around a bit. When we finally started putting on our actual O.C.
outfits, we were running around giggling and taking pictures of
each other. Then... we went outside and started to melt in our
lined polyester pants, blazers and scarves. Oh, man! More on
sweating later.  Next we all went to the Fencing stadium where
George Bush gave us all a good luck speech and each team got to
take a picture with him. He was, of course, very patriotic, and
he also didn't seem to mind shaking 500 peoples' hands in a row!
The other celebrities in the room were the professional
basketball players. They were also really cool about taking
thousands of pictures. The am