Sports geekery

[oyceter]

*points to subject* I bet those are two words you never expected to see together on my LJ ;).

But yes.... squigglesquiggleYAYsquee!!!!! OLYMPICS!!!!

Predictions:

1. Evgeny Plushenko will win, or else I will yell at the TV an awful lot.

2. Johnny Weir and Brian Joubert will have horrible costumes.

3. I will yell at the commentators all the time.

4. I will have the same not-very-deep thoughts about nationalism and country pride and competition that I do every time I watch the Olympics.

5. I will either cheer loudly when "Taipei China" enters while yelling at China about the name change, or pout when Taiwan isn't in the Olympics, despite fully realizing that it is a subtropical island and probably doesn't participate much in winter sports at all.

6. I will cheer for the Chinese ice skaters and then feel bad for cheering for China and then feel worse for thinking nationalistically.

7. I will find random sports that I didn't know existed (biathlon?).

8. I will get caught up in totally random sports that I usually care nothing about, just because.

9. I will cheer for all the underdog countries. (Sadly, my brain just collapsed on me and I forgot the word "underdog." I knew it was "under-animal," but kept defaulting to "underduck" for some odd reason. Possibly I was inspired by the dead duck wine bottle holder that my dad has.)

10. I am entirely too fond of numbered lists.

Comments

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

... the Undertoad (http://www.wordspy.com/words/undertoad.asp)?

And dude, if Kwan wins, I will cry, but it will be Sasha. :(

[veejane.livejournal.com]

1. short-track speed skating. Like Roller Derby, except cold.

2. curling. It is the most bizarrely mesmerizing sport in the galaxy.

[canandagirl.livejournal.com]

I'll be cheering for Canada, but it's always hard to actually see any Canadians compete. It's sort of irritating how the networks just will not show events if there aren't any Americans competing in it.