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Olympics, first weekend
Feb. 12th, 2018 10:05 amOn the one hand, I am HERE FOR FIGURE SKATING. Yes, even the team event. On the other hand, Wife gently dragged me away from the TV set to continue working on our Classic Batcave Lego set, because Japan decided that eh, having gotten into the final set was good enough, and sent out Mr. 'no really, he did great in Juniors,' and I may perhaps have been screaming at the TV. (I admit nothing.)
On the third hand, I...kind of have a history of getting over-invested in the Olympics? It was the only sports event we regularly watched when I was a kid. I mean, I acknowledge NBC is totally manipulating me to keep me tuning it, but still. They're like SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING and I'm like, "Don't care," and they're like, "But here is Maame Biney who is joy in human form at being in the Olympics and also really good at short track speed skating," and I'm like, "GO MAAME GO MAAME HOLD OFF THAT - YES YOU MADE IT INTO THE FINALS, YOU AMAZING PERSON YOU." ...and then I go back to not caring about short track speed skating.
On the third hand, I...kind of have a history of getting over-invested in the Olympics? It was the only sports event we regularly watched when I was a kid. I mean, I acknowledge NBC is totally manipulating me to keep me tuning it, but still. They're like SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING and I'm like, "Don't care," and they're like, "But here is Maame Biney who is joy in human form at being in the Olympics and also really good at short track speed skating," and I'm like, "GO MAAME GO MAAME HOLD OFF THAT - YES YOU MADE IT INTO THE FINALS, YOU AMAZING PERSON YOU." ...and then I go back to not caring about short track speed skating.