Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Olympic-sized observations
- Chinese figure skaters are damn resilient. Damn resilient. I am, of course, referring to the pairs competition from last night. It's amazing that after that fall, Zhang and Zhang really had a gold medal-worthy run. Huh.
- The preferred method used by women snowboarders for psyching up the crowd is "raising the roof." That's kinda sad.
- I like that snowboarding is an event at the Winter Olympics. I think the winter games were in desperate need of competitions where people could say, "Wow!" or "Cool!" or "Awesome!" Funnily enough, I think skateboarding would have an exceedingly difficult time breaking into the summer program because so many summer events are already blessed with flashy appeal. That would be a direct result of their accessibility. Swimming and track vs luge and curling. You tell me which is easier to grasp.
- Johnny Cheek is a gold medal winner and a humanitarian. Strong work, Johnny. It seems like we all have forgotten Darfur already. Also, Johnny Cheek would be far more interesting if his name were Jimmy Chooch. You'll have to trust me on this one. Plus he beat a scary-ass-looking Russian who had the blood of innocent babies smeared across his lips. It's true.
- Similarly to the Jimmy Chooch tip, a fun game to play at home: see how many names of Korean athletes you can mangle into "[Fill-in-the-blank Mortal Kombat character's] socks." You'll be far more entertained then your faintly racist little heart could possibly imagine. Liu Kang's socks took the bronze medal in the men's 500m speedskate. See? You love it.
- Even in light of this eye-sore, I still side with the host nation's right to automatic qualification into every event. No matter how out of place they seem. What? People just realized this year that Italy doesn't play ice hockey? Pfft. Stupid.
- The Winter Games have so much working against them in terms of "buzz." Unlike the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics (at least in the US) are up against a host of other sports, new television programming, and people just aren't in the celebrating mindset. February is a month for doldrums. Compare that to the summer when people are generally happier, more relaxed and the Summer Olympics can claim center stage, knowing that it's only competition is baseball and reruns.
- It is still completely retarded that we, in this country, refer to the '06 Games as taking place in "Torino" as opposed to "Turin." In English, we say "Turin." Period. If the Games were in Rome, we wouldn't say "Roma." We didn't say "Nippon" in '98 and we didn't mispronounce Barcelona in '92.
- SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together.
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- The preferred method used by women snowboarders for psyching up the crowd is "raising the roof." That's kinda sad.
- I like that snowboarding is an event at the Winter Olympics. I think the winter games were in desperate need of competitions where people could say, "Wow!" or "Cool!" or "Awesome!" Funnily enough, I think skateboarding would have an exceedingly difficult time breaking into the summer program because so many summer events are already blessed with flashy appeal. That would be a direct result of their accessibility. Swimming and track vs luge and curling. You tell me which is easier to grasp.
- Johnny Cheek is a gold medal winner and a humanitarian. Strong work, Johnny. It seems like we all have forgotten Darfur already. Also, Johnny Cheek would be far more interesting if his name were Jimmy Chooch. You'll have to trust me on this one. Plus he beat a scary-ass-looking Russian who had the blood of innocent babies smeared across his lips. It's true.
- Similarly to the Jimmy Chooch tip, a fun game to play at home: see how many names of Korean athletes you can mangle into "[Fill-in-the-blank Mortal Kombat character's] socks." You'll be far more entertained then your faintly racist little heart could possibly imagine. Liu Kang's socks took the bronze medal in the men's 500m speedskate. See? You love it.
- Even in light of this eye-sore, I still side with the host nation's right to automatic qualification into every event. No matter how out of place they seem. What? People just realized this year that Italy doesn't play ice hockey? Pfft. Stupid.
- The Winter Games have so much working against them in terms of "buzz." Unlike the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics (at least in the US) are up against a host of other sports, new television programming, and people just aren't in the celebrating mindset. February is a month for doldrums. Compare that to the summer when people are generally happier, more relaxed and the Summer Olympics can claim center stage, knowing that it's only competition is baseball and reruns.
- It is still completely retarded that we, in this country, refer to the '06 Games as taking place in "Torino" as opposed to "Turin." In English, we say "Turin." Period. If the Games were in Rome, we wouldn't say "Roma." We didn't say "Nippon" in '98 and we didn't mispronounce Barcelona in '92.
- SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together. SBC Global and AT&T are bringing the world closer together.
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