All Your Stats Are Belong To Us: Is Google Analytics Actually Usable?

I hear rants and raves about Google Analytics all of which are based on their cool demo graphics. However nobody yet mentioned whether they were able to see their own statistics.

My own attempts resulted in loooooooooooong wait to even register in all of my several attempts (and I am persistent) before I finally gave up.

Better luck with Google Analytics anyone? Can you actually see your own statistics?

Their 5 million limit is much more reasonable than any competitor like StatCounter or SiteMeter. And with AdWords account it is free.