I can't even.

[ceebee_eebee]

The Olympics is going to be over on Sunday, which shall usher in another deep depression for me. I should be ready for it by now as it shows up every two years, but you know how it is. You never really get used to it. And my loving brother (I'm not kidding, I absolutely adore him in every way) just spent an hour berating me about how I could enjoy race walking and synchronized swimming but not have any interest in Penn State v. Michigan. Well...it's simple. I don't give a flying fuck about popular team sports. I don't care about anyone planning to make a million dollars and drive a hummer and have their face splashed all over magazine covers while fucking supermodels. I care about the dude from Togo who won the bronze in a sport that most people have no idea even exists, or the chick from South Africa who swam the women's open water race with one leg, or the Croatian chick who spent her entire life practicing taekwando and came through to win a medal, or Elvan Abeylegesse from Turkey who won a silver medal in the women's 5000m, or Abhinav Bindra who won India's first ever gold medal despite the fact that they've been participating in the Olympics since 1900, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.....

Women and men and boys and girls who spend hour after painful hour training for a sport that the majority of the world could care less about for nothing more than the love of the sport and the dream of one day being the best. I am choking up just typing this. I LOVE THE OLYMPICS MORE THAN ANY OTHER SPORTING EVENT EVER. Because at its foundation it is the purest, most beautiful, most globally magnificent sporting event ever devised. Excuse me while I go watch some kayaking...

Comments

[vann.livejournal.com]

I've never understood why people (in my opinion) waste multi hours watching the Olympics, or what could be possibly interesting about it, but I think this post gives me a little idea of what some people might enjoy about it. It's still definitely not for me, but I can see how it appeals to you, and I like being able to understand the other side of things like that. So thank you.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome. On a completely unrelated topic, your icon looks like Clinton Kelly from What Not to Wear as a surprisingly happy Borg.