So, my best friend loves the Tour de France. And college football. She goes to games, she watches obsessively on television.
Me? I generally hates sports. All sports. I’ll watch the Superbowl if someone invites me to a party. And only if I’m pretty sure there will be awesome food at the party. Other than that? Meh. I might catch a little ice skating occasionally, maybe some gymnastics. That’s about it.
But I watch the Olympics like an OCD little kid on speedballs. I sit. I watch. For two weeks straight. No, seriously. I didn’t move from my chair all weekend. I got some writing done and I watched the Olympics. That’s it.
Why? I have no freakin’ clue. Maybe I feel a little patriotic, but I’m cool cheering for the UK since I have family there. Or Canada, cuz Dayna’s up there and I have a soft spot for Cannucks. Even Australia because they have awesome accents. Or the long shot people the announcers say don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell.
I don’t even like most of the events. I don’t like swimming or cycling or basketball or rowing or shot-put or sprinting, but I watch because it’s just so cool to see people out there representing their country. I love that victory look on their faces when they realize they won a medal. I love it when people have their national anthem playing and they cry.
So, for the next two weeks or so, I’ll be glued to the tube, watching people do their thing in the name of patriotism and personal glory. I even found a nifty widget to help keep track of medal counts. Can’t wait to see what they do for the closing ceremony since the show for the opening ceremony was pretty cool. Those bazillion synchronized drummers were wicked awesome.
Olympic Medal winners at NBC Olympics.com!
August 11th, 2008 at 1:09 am
I’m with you. And watching gymnastics tonight has been a blast. I don’t know why I do it. I watch Wimbledon too even though I’m not a big tennis fan. I wonder if it’s some genetic anomaly kicking in.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Seriously…like I would ever, under any other circumstances, watch a game of badminton.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Normally, as you know, I prefer a feel good sports movie to an actual event lol
But you gotta love the Olympics. The intensity and focus of the athletes, the tension in the air…awesome
August 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
It makes for great drama, doesn’t it?
August 11th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Crys…I am so with you. I was glued to my TV too…all weekend. GLUED!!!! I mean…I like basketball and football…more so when its down to whose going to make it to the Superbowl and the Finals. I’m not diehard…but I watch. But I absolutely LOVE the summer olympics. I found myself watching some of the events I normally don’t bother to watch. My favs are swimming (Go!! Michael Phelps - Whoohoo!!!!!), gymnastics, and track & field. And last night….watching the free style 4×100 relay…OMG I was screaming at the top of my lungs and when they won at the last possible second…I was jumping up and down.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
See, and for me? It was fencing.
FENCING.
And at the Winter games? It’s Curling.