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...because last night they were pushing the RIVALRY OF THE RUSSIANS so hard on NBC, and I just did not care. ( Cut for Thia being cynical/catty. )
But! Rather than stay up until all hours to watch bullshit rivalry that I do not care about, Wife and I sat and watched the earlier skaters. Sometimes, this was a little painful - one skater fell, like, twice trying for her jump, and was So Visibly Relieved when she finally landed one - but sometimes it was, like, here is the only skater from Country You Never Realized Did Figure Skating! Mostly, it was just the people who don't get shown during prime-time: the people who aren't a US skater and not part of The Storyline. It's the people who are there for the love of it, who are trying for nothing more than saying they skated at the Olympics, and maybe a season's best. It's what I love about the Olympics, more than The Storyline.
But! Rather than stay up until all hours to watch bullshit rivalry that I do not care about, Wife and I sat and watched the earlier skaters. Sometimes, this was a little painful - one skater fell, like, twice trying for her jump, and was So Visibly Relieved when she finally landed one - but sometimes it was, like, here is the only skater from Country You Never Realized Did Figure Skating! Mostly, it was just the people who don't get shown during prime-time: the people who aren't a US skater and not part of The Storyline. It's the people who are there for the love of it, who are trying for nothing more than saying they skated at the Olympics, and maybe a season's best. It's what I love about the Olympics, more than The Storyline.