Monday, February 20, 2006
olympics
My entry in the Knitting Olympics is coming along fine. I'm spurred on by the physical athletes as well as the birthday on the closing day. Details when it's all done, not now, since I am a serious believer in The Law of Negative Causation (whereby perfectly innocuous and/or good things are soured instantly upon the utterance of a declarative positive statement). Call me superstitious or silly, I don't care, I've seen it in action too many times.
As for the "real" Olympics, is it me or has ice dancing deterioriated since last time? Don't know if it's the new scoring or some other reason(s). The wildly colorful costumes were circus-y and the music was lugubrious or tuneless. Plus, the new extreme athletic requirements detract from dancing and artistry. Maybe by next time it will balance better - one can always hope. And, of course, we are at the mercy of the dreadful coverage. NBC advertised "ice dancing at 8:00!" but didn't show one blade slipping along until 9:02, then showed only a couple of performances before subjecting us to six hundred and fifty-eight commercials followed by skiing and jumping (interesting but not what I wanted to see). At 10:20, those of us who were still there got to see a few more performances before being whipped back to skiing. Since it's all on tape by the time it's broadcast here, why not let skiing fans see the entire event, then skating fans, etc. And what's with the almost relentlessly crappy commentary which is either uninformative or goofy ("he's going fast down the hill so he can finish well" - really? wow! is that what an athlete at an Olympic ski event wants?) It's no wonder that "House" and "American Idol" are trouncing them in the ratings. I really love the Olympics. Maybe things will improve this week.
As for the "real" Olympics, is it me or has ice dancing deterioriated since last time? Don't know if it's the new scoring or some other reason(s). The wildly colorful costumes were circus-y and the music was lugubrious or tuneless. Plus, the new extreme athletic requirements detract from dancing and artistry. Maybe by next time it will balance better - one can always hope. And, of course, we are at the mercy of the dreadful coverage. NBC advertised "ice dancing at 8:00!" but didn't show one blade slipping along until 9:02, then showed only a couple of performances before subjecting us to six hundred and fifty-eight commercials followed by skiing and jumping (interesting but not what I wanted to see). At 10:20, those of us who were still there got to see a few more performances before being whipped back to skiing. Since it's all on tape by the time it's broadcast here, why not let skiing fans see the entire event, then skating fans, etc. And what's with the almost relentlessly crappy commentary which is either uninformative or goofy ("he's going fast down the hill so he can finish well" - really? wow! is that what an athlete at an Olympic ski event wants?) It's no wonder that "House" and "American Idol" are trouncing them in the ratings. I really love the Olympics. Maybe things will improve this week.
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