Anyone watch the Olympics?
Until I was about 19 years old my family did not own a TV. However one year, 1988 I believe, when the summer olympics were on we managed to rent a TV and ever since then I’ve enjoyed watching or following the olympics. However the last couple of years I just haven’t been following them like I used to. Not even on the internet when I can get the results before they shown on TV. It’s probably another one of those things about getting older. In total I probably watched 2 hours worth of the coverage. Here’s what I watched a little bit of.
Curling - Yeah you read this right. I’d never seen it before so I watched a bit of it. I still don’t understand it, but I watched the US men play Finland I believe.
Mogul Skiing - Watched Jeremy Bloom bomb out on this one. Always fun to watch because I’ve skiied moguls before and it looks nothing like these guys. They go down the hill close to 35 mph pulling off tricks and I go down the hill at turtle speed hoping to keep all my apendages attached. TV does the size of those moguls no justice people.
Short Track Speed Skating - Probably the one event we totally ruled in 2002 and this year we totally sucked at. Totally. I watched one race where Apollo Anton Ono’s girlfriend raced and totally passed up an opportunity to take a gold.
Downhill Skiing - Not much to say other than Bode Miller probably got what he deserved which I believe is no medal at all this year.
Womens Hockey - This is a much different game than mens hockey. More Finesse involved.
A few others that I watched were ski jumping, cross country skiing and some luge runs. In 2010 I believe the games are going to be in Vancouver British Columbia. The wife and I are tenatively planned on going to them. Who wants to join us?
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