13 Times We Didn't Discuss the Elephant (Trunk) in the Room at the Olympics

In a word, the U.S. Olympic Women's soccer team is an absolute dream. We were so sad when they suffered a killer loss on Friday following their game with Sweden because they represent everything good as a diverse group of women, some of whom are queer, some of whom we have major crushes on, all of whom are badass. We already miss them SO MUCH.

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Poorly timed boners.

Urges of infidelity.

Comedian Leslie Jones of Saturday Night Live and Ghostbusters fame has been perfectly capturing all of our feelings about the 2016 Rio Olympics. She started covering the Olympics from her living room on Twitter, but her enthusiasm and joy were so infectious that NBC invited her to join their team in Rio to cover the games. While official announcers tend to drone on about technicalities, Jones watches the Olympics just like we do—by cheering on Team USA and pointing out just how amazing all the incredible feats of strength and endurance really are.

Here are 22 of the best moments from Leslie’s Olympic coverage:

1) When she picked out the most perfect Olympic watching outfit ever.