Wednesday, February 15, 2006

well im in a clear minority. ive been watching some of the winter olympics at night. its somewhat interesting. there are 40 different skating events, 203293 different skiing events, and only 1 team curling event to watch. so what. i watched curling? does that make me a bad american? on the contrary. i actually found the game to be far more interesting than i originally thought it would have been. yes. heaving rocks on ice is still the point. and yes. you can play a similar game on a sand top table in some backwater bars without getting cold. but, the game/sport/boredom-killer seems to have some elements of strategy in it. im also impressed at the accuracy to which a "rink" [team] can glide the "rocks" [stones] down the "sheet" [ice]. the whole game seemed to have a air of darts vs. shuffleboard vs. billiards vs. housekeeping alll rolled together. ah the glory of modern tv to watch antiquated celtic games thousands of miles away. but really, arent all of the olympic games antiquated? who really finds pairs ice dancing to be relative to modern adaptation of the species... of what use is the mogul ski event... or how about the skeleton... or a crew based 4 man bobsled... hell. i think very few of the winter olympic events ever really had a purpose. in the summer games; wrestling, running, shooting, wieghtlifting, all had some applications... curling.. eh. not so much. but ill be damned if i didnt actually start to like the game/oddity/thing by the end of the hour.