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missing a lot of Olympic coverage due to the whole Big Girl Job thing. every other Olympic summer, I’ve been a student, sitting around the house with not a care in the world except that the US team BETTER win this water polo game that I am suddenly a fan of.
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cozying up to a husband every single night to watch the games. we mostly just crack each other up the entire time, & it’s usually at poor Bob Costas’ expense. we really do love him, but he really is a vampire.
missing a lot of Olympic coverage due to the whole Big Girl Job thing. every other Olympic summer, I’ve been a student, sitting around the house with not a care in the world except that the US team BETTER win this water polo game that I am suddenly a fan of.
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cozying up to a husband every single night to watch the games. we mostly just crack each other up the entire time, & it’s usually at poor Bob Costas’ expense. we really do love him, but he really is a vampire.
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opening ceremonies: scary, giant voldemort puppet, unhappy-looking royals & creepy face dresses.
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opening ceremonies: kenneth branagh (swoon), rowan atkinson (LOLZ) & that cutie patootie, jasmine breinburg, who I maybe want to be when I grow up.
opening ceremonies: scary, giant voldemort puppet, unhappy-looking royals & creepy face dresses.
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opening ceremonies: kenneth branagh (swoon), rowan atkinson (LOLZ) & that cutie patootie, jasmine breinburg, who I maybe want to be when I grow up.
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team USA men’s soccer team :(
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team USA WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAMMMMM. USA! USA! USA! WHERE’S WALDO JERSEYS!!!! USA!
team USA men’s soccer team :(
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team USA WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAMMMMM. USA! USA! USA! WHERE’S WALDO JERSEYS!!!! USA!
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not enough soccer (football, for the rest of the world) coverage. period.
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like, zero vuvuzelas. good job, world.
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the return of the scrunchie, thanks to the Russian women’s gymnastics team
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the curse of the scrunchie, which I’m pretty sure was a contributing factor to team USA’s gold medal
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our poor mens gymnastics team. I couldn’t even watch.
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they are all adorable. well, as adorable as bulging muscles-in-places-that-I’m-99%
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the return of the scrunchie, thanks to the Russian women’s gymnastics team
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the curse of the scrunchie, which I’m pretty sure was a contributing factor to team USA’s gold medal
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our poor mens gymnastics team. I couldn’t even watch.
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they are all adorable. well, as adorable as bulging muscles-in-places-that-I’m-99%
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missy franklin.
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gabby douglas.
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coughing my way through the evening as I get more & more excited (read: hyperventilate) about each event.
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probably associating the taste of cough drops with the 2012 olympics for the rest of my life.
coughing my way through the evening as I get more & more excited (read: hyperventilate) about each event.
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probably associating the taste of cough drops with the 2012 olympics for the rest of my life.
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crying (seriously, sobfest) when the girls gymnastics team took gold. or when that stupid Sia/breathe me/special Olympics coca-cola commercial plays. or any time they show an olympian’s parent/s.
crying (seriously, sobfest) when the girls gymnastics team took gold. or when that stupid Sia/breathe me/special Olympics coca-cola commercial plays. or any time they show an olympian’s parent/s.
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jared trying not to laugh at me whenever I’m misty-eyed.
jared trying not to laugh at me whenever I’m misty-eyed.
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those grey outfits our teams are having to wear on the podium. this is all I can think of when I see them.
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men’s swimming “uniforms”… can I get an amen, or am I the only one will to admit this?
those grey outfits our teams are having to wear on the podium. this is all I can think of when I see them.
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men’s swimming “uniforms”… can I get an amen, or am I the only one will to admit this?
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feeling like a completely inferior human being to these amazingly muscular demi-gods & goddesses, especially when I realize that I was 7 when some of these people were BORN. & in case you haven’t put it together yet, the average gymnast in the 2016 Olympics will have been born in 2000. … I know, right?
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trying really hard to figure out how to involve myself in the 2016 Olympics. you know, like, being the girl who sits on the end of the rowboat, yelling. or one of the volleyball cheerleaders. or maybe missy franklin's personal assistant? I'd be really great at that. I have a feeling it involves laughing a lot.
feeling like a completely inferior human being to these amazingly muscular demi-gods & goddesses, especially when I realize that I was 7 when some of these people were BORN. & in case you haven’t put it together yet, the average gymnast in the 2016 Olympics will have been born in 2000. … I know, right?
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trying really hard to figure out how to involve myself in the 2016 Olympics. you know, like, being the girl who sits on the end of the rowboat, yelling. or one of the volleyball cheerleaders. or maybe missy franklin's personal assistant? I'd be really great at that. I have a feeling it involves laughing a lot.
& those are my personal reflections on the first week of the 2012 games. I'm transitioning into the track & field obsession as I type. myyyy liiiiiiiife...
Yes, yes, and yes.
ReplyDeletePissed about soccer coverage, bicycling coverage, and shooting coverage. Kind of irritated by NBC overall.
Missy Franklin + her parents are my favorite part of these Olympics so far.
I'm not sure if it'll work for you or not, but I have to watch the Olympics on the Eurovision website, since I prefer my sports without noch, ein, & seins. (German commentary:not as good as American) BUUUUT! If it does, you can watch any event/game. AND you can watch the events at the same times we do! Which is like 6 hours earlier, and you will win ANY bet.
ReplyDeleteI've been watching whatever events that I miss live OR on the primetime airing via whateverwebsiteIcangetmyhandson, but SADLY it doesn't work on my work computer (read: where I spend 34875667 hours a week). *raises fists in the air*
DeleteWhat are you supposed to do at work then!?
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