Oh I am not looking forward to this quadrennial time. (I think I made that word up.) I've come to the conclusion after years of denial that I really don't like the Olympics.
I think it reminds me too much of Sesame Street. You know how they would talk about the letter "B" and then move onto Oscar the Grouch. Even at my tender pre-school age, I KNEW we were supposed to learn about the letter "C" next. The show was too ADD. It flipped all over the place.
The same is true of the Olympics. One minute you are watching Men's Freestyle Skate, and the next minute they are doing a biography on some Russian pole vaulter. Then back to... not the skating, Synchronized Swimming! But just long enough to see the judges scores. I'm not sure who exactly they are scoring, but apparently they did really well... I have no idea if the Czech or the Nigerian won the Freestyle Skate. I don't know if the Russian pole vaulter is going to be competing any time... ever. For all I know she didn't qualify. Next they show the highlights from the American PROFESSIONALS kicking butt on Zimbabwe. Yea us, I guess...
O.K. I know I'm evil.
Go America!
God, can you bring Fall a little earlier this year so I can see new episodes of the Office before I lose my mind?
I had this post in mind before my sister posted her Olympic excitement post. So this is no reflection or rebuttal to her!
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I hope you at least watched the opening ceremonies. It was really beautiful!!! I LOVE the olympics but I agree its crazy confusing to keep up with sometimes. :)
You know I wrote that post just for you. You are soooo un-American. Why don't you just move already?
I love to see the Olympics and also some of the places I visited last year on my business trip to China. Smog was so bad when I was there in Beijing that you could hardly see 300 ft. Much better now but still not good. Hangzhou was much prettier!
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Mom said my comment was too mean, and couldn't tell that I was kidding. I should have put j/k or ha ha ha. Sorry to offend. J/K, ha ha ha :)
Michelle, I want to make a comment but if anyone reads this, don't think I'm um-American !! But I don't really get the Olympics. Every year after the Olympics are over somebody is always getting their metal taken away because someone was taking steroids or what ever. Same with National sports. I know your favorite team, and when they play the Giants and later on when it comes out that Barry Bonds was probably taking steroids an he just happened to make three homers in that game, don't that just tick you off a little ? it's like if nothing is fair then what is the point. I ish I could cheat at something and make 40 or 50 million dollars a contract to CHEAT ! sorry this comment turned into a gripe session. Didn't mean to !! I love you.....Uncle Kent ( Maybe I am un-American ! DANG IT !!!
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