I have to admit – I’m not typically a sports fan. Even being from Massachusetts, aka Red Sox Nation, I did not watch the World Series when the Sox won, or the Super Bowl when the Patriots won. I know, I should totally turn in my Masshole card, right?
But now it’s Olympics time. I don’t know what it is about the Olympics that makes me want to watch sporting events on tv. I don’t watch X-Games or any of the figure skating competitions that eventually qualify athletes for the games, but as soon as a sporting competition calls itself THE OLYMPICS, I’m all over it. Suddenly, I can’t get enough. I’ve been staying up way too late to watch the games – I should totally get a gold medal for still being able to work in my sleep deprived state.
I’ve been watching more events this time around than usual. Most of the time I will watch the figure skating, but not anything else. I have a soft spot in my heart for figure skating. In my first two years of high school, we had an ice rink and a figure skating club at school. I joined, and learned a few things, but I wasn’t very good. It’s still my favorite sport to watch, probably because I know how hard it is to do even the simplest jumps and spins.
And national pride! Boy does that ever come out during the Olympics. Watching the USA win gold has me on my sofa, doing a fist pump in the air and chanting, “USA! USA! USA!” along with the crowds on tv. But really, I’m rooting for all the athletes. I think there’s a level of sportsmanship in the Olympics that you don’t see with professional sports. When a competitor falls or misses their mark, the concern shows on the faces of all the other athletes. They sincerely congratulate each other on a job well done. The Olympic spirit is there, and it’s what makes the games worth watching, which I will be doing tonight, and for the next week as the games continue.
I got so bitten by the Olympic bug that I went and downloaded “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus. Don’t hate me.
LOL. I don’t hate you, or that song. It’s cute and catchy.
We’ve been watching a lot of Olympics too. My boyfriend is into both sports and America, so it’s like the perfect combo, hahaha. Personally I’m only really interested in skating (figure and speed, but not ice dancing) and curling. But I still like the overall spirit of the Games.
Figure skating is my favorite, and I’m really enjoying all disciplines this year. In ice dancing, I was interested to watch Belbin and Agosto, but after watching Davis and White, I can’t wait to see their performance in the free skate! I’ve even gotten into the snowboarding and skiing, which normally I don’t care about. But the Olympic spirit is what it’s all about!