Ramble About The Olympics? Alright, I Will!

[unavoidedcrisis]

So um, I love the Olympics. Totally unabashedly love them. And I feel the same way about my country.

And I am so frickin proud to say I was watching when Canada won it's first gold on home soil ever. Oh yeah. I think what also makes it pretty dang cool is that it wasn't one of the huge names on our Olympic team either, it was kind of a random. Bilodeau had an amazing run (also holy crap moguls look like the most painful thing ever) and he just looked so damn excited! It was infectious :)

Also caught the men's 5000m speed skating on Saturday night - a whole bunch of cuties taking home medals. Is it wrong that the main secondary reason I watch the Games is to compile a list of places I want to visit based on how good looking their athletes are? I mean, athletes don't need to be good looking to excel - unlike other celebrities that do, right? I don't know, I always thought of athletes as more like regular people than actors/actresses. Whatever, I'm still shallow, but I'm alright with that.

Watched a lot of the pairs skate short program last night too. Kavaguti and Smirnov (Russians) are my favourites, I think (over Dube and Davidson even, *gasp*) so I hope they do well. They were just so captivating.

Um, so that's me rambling about the Olympics.

Comments

[greenwoodrosie.livejournal.com]

I love the Olympics too ^_^ I like the Chinese pair, the first ones. NBC made their story so romantic, and it's their last Olympics....I dunno, I'd kind of like to see them win.

[cheerful-earl.livejournal.com]

You totally make me want to watch the Olympics! I only caught the opening ceremonies.

There's nothing wrong with oogling pretty athletes, I say! Especially if it's only the secondary reason you watch them. :D