worry not. i'm planning on hosting a "do" at that time and want to hook up as many fters as possible. while i'm sure you guys will have to pay big bucks for your plane tickets, i will do my best to help out on the accomodation (we've been buying hotels at a rapid pace; 3,000 rooms so far) and olympic ticket fronts. i'm certain it will be really fun here then, based on the party that ensued in 2001? when the announcement was made. prior to that, my friends and i had debated whether or not china deserved the olympics in light of some of its government's policies, but the show of enthusiasm (trust me, you've never seen anything like it) convinced us that it was a good thing. so, yeah, put it on your calenders and prepare to "rulebust".

i will try to post more info around the 330 day mark.