It seems like just yesterday we were making fun of London's orally fixated 2012 Olympic plans, and now it's time for more Olympics---beginning tonight the Chinese host them in Beijing. China I always look forward to the games and am usually more prepared, but they kind of snuck up on me this year. There is a dizzying array of coverage schedules which I can't decode to save my life, so I'm just gonna take it day by day and try to use the VCR for those critical events. One problem is the time difference, most of the events will take place in the middle of the night (our time.) Despite my rabid motivation I'm a bit old to be awake at 3am. And most of the prime time re-broadcasts will be in sports that don't always interest me much, like track and field or basketball. I'd much rather see the little offbeat stuff like archery or badminton.
So, anyone else tuning in? What events are on your must-see list?
3 comments:
I don't really "plan" any of it. If I happen to be watching TV and see that it's on, I just flip to see if I will stay interested.
My favorite event(s) has always been the decathalon. I like all of them enough to watch at least a little while of them.
I happened to flip over last night to watch the Americans come into the opening ceremonies. I don't know why it bothers me that professional athletes can now compete. I mean, a good athlete is a good athlete, right? But somehow, seeing Kobe Bryant walking in there with the nobodies in the events where there is no money to be made, when they're there by their own moxie and financing, well, it just doesn't seem fair/right.
Yeah, I know what you mean--did you see the Nobodies tripping over themselves to get a picture with Kobe? They're as starstruck as anyone else.
I'm embarassed to say that I haven't watched any of the Olympics. Just too much other stuff going on that takes me away from the TV. I have kept up with some of the bigger stories through the news and headlines, but that's about it.
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