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Olympic Observations
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 12:46 amOnly a couple of days or so of the Vancouver Winter Olympics left.
I have seriously loved the crowds at these Games. IDK if it's a winter thing, ie the cold effectively weeds out the gobshites, but all the crowds I've seen have been awesome and not in the least obnoxious, which happens from time to time at Summer Games, there's always one unspeakable making their presence known at most major venues. However, this time everyone has been great, everyone has had so much fun it seems, everyone cheering for their nation's competitors but being seriously appreciative of other competitors too.
Only negative thing - sounds bitchy I know, but - have any of the women curlers been near a hair salon ever? They all seem to have such unfortunate hair, like it's not been attended to since it grew out of a style a year ago. Even the Canadian woman who looks exactly like an older version of Thirteen could do with a visit to the hairdressers.
On the other hand, have you seen the women skiiers? They are all so pretty! It must be all the fresh mountain air, they all seem to have bright sparkly eyes and soft glowing cheeks and look cute underneath a woolly hat.
Was watching the bobsleigh earlier, was cool to see that the Brake for Great Britain I is Allyn Condon, who was a sprinter at Sydney 2000, only the second British person to compete at Summer and Winter Olympics (the first also being a sprinter-turned-bobsledder). Less cool was to see them crash and slide over the finish line on their sides. Bah. But from an interview it seems they're eager to get back to the track tomorrow even though their chances of worrying the top sledders have faded. Have decided I rather like bobsled, they all seem very nice-looking young men, sort of a cross between oarsmen and astronauts (ie enormous muscles, not a gram of fat anywhere, with a touch of Young-Officer-and-Gentleman about them).
Hee, watching the Curling because there's nothing else on. Thirteen keeps staring deep into the camera :D
I have seriously loved the crowds at these Games. IDK if it's a winter thing, ie the cold effectively weeds out the gobshites, but all the crowds I've seen have been awesome and not in the least obnoxious, which happens from time to time at Summer Games, there's always one unspeakable making their presence known at most major venues. However, this time everyone has been great, everyone has had so much fun it seems, everyone cheering for their nation's competitors but being seriously appreciative of other competitors too.
Only negative thing - sounds bitchy I know, but - have any of the women curlers been near a hair salon ever? They all seem to have such unfortunate hair, like it's not been attended to since it grew out of a style a year ago. Even the Canadian woman who looks exactly like an older version of Thirteen could do with a visit to the hairdressers.
On the other hand, have you seen the women skiiers? They are all so pretty! It must be all the fresh mountain air, they all seem to have bright sparkly eyes and soft glowing cheeks and look cute underneath a woolly hat.
Was watching the bobsleigh earlier, was cool to see that the Brake for Great Britain I is Allyn Condon, who was a sprinter at Sydney 2000, only the second British person to compete at Summer and Winter Olympics (the first also being a sprinter-turned-bobsledder). Less cool was to see them crash and slide over the finish line on their sides. Bah. But from an interview it seems they're eager to get back to the track tomorrow even though their chances of worrying the top sledders have faded. Have decided I rather like bobsled, they all seem very nice-looking young men, sort of a cross between oarsmen and astronauts (ie enormous muscles, not a gram of fat anywhere, with a touch of Young-Officer-and-Gentleman about them).
Hee, watching the Curling because there's nothing else on. Thirteen keeps staring deep into the camera :D
