The Olympics

Everybody else has talked about them, I might as well add my two cents worth.  Boring.  I don't pay a lot of attention to sports.  I'm American enough to like baseball on nice summer days, and I'm always for the home team.  I have an odd preference for the National League over the American League and have no idea why that is so.  Probably something to do with the New York Yankees.

Unlike most Gay men, I don't really give a rat's ass about figure skating.  Yeah, it's great looking, etc., etc., next?  Of course, this year I have a favorite among the men.  Johnny Weir is too fucking much.  The first time I saw that young man come out on the ice in one of his Bob Mackey inspired outfits, I was mesmerized.  I don't know diddly squat about skating, but I thought his style much too feminine for my tastes.  I like those butch boys more, but I had to admire this Johnny's moxie.  It takes real balls to be a sissy.

The other person who has my attention is Bode Miller.

Is that stud hot or what?  "Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun" is my new motto.  I'm sorry he's not doing well in Turin, but he's got a free massage coming at Chez Houston anytime he happens to be in Oaktown. 

I missed Johnny's Swan outfit, and missed Bode when he got disqualified.  Damn NBC.  They can't get anything right.

I've been getting more out of Robin Williams of Good Morning America's spots than I have from NBC's coverage.  Is that sad or what?  I guess I'll have to wait for it to come out on dvd.

I know this isn't Johnny's swan outfit, but I couldn't find a picture on the Internet, but I did find this atrocious outfit attached to a snarky commentary by Nancy Armour.  I have no idea who she is, but she did have an opinion or two about the Olympic skaters's costumes.

I'm looking forward to the half-time show and the new commercials.

 

Comments

[Brenda]

oh yeah, I gotta agree with these Olympics being boring. I've been trying to figure out this curling game. Is it like a big-ass shuffle board game or horseshoes without the shoes? I get so impatient waiting for someone to score and then they do and I don't know why.

Can you tell I've been bored?

[ellen]

I agree that the skating costumes have gotten butt-ugly. Some of the outfits worn by the pair dancers, especially, look more like something you'd see in a Vegas revue than anything. Bad enough the female ballroom dancers have to look like strippers, but now the figure skaters, too? One guy's belt came undone a short ways into the program - that buckle slappin him on the 'nards had to hurt...or maybe he liked it, I dunno. I DO know I'd be annoyed if I had to lift 100 pounds of skating partner into the air and get a faceful of ostrich feathers in return...even if I did outweigh her by 20 pounds.

[Lab Kat]

Figure skating and bad costume designs have always gone hand-in-hand. I'm just going to assume Nancy Armour is new to the sport and let it go. I mean, go back to Katrina Witt. God, that woman had on so much makeup, Tammy Faye Baker looked restrained in comparison. There's always someone with a lot of money, like Michelle Kwan, who can afford tasteful stuff done by good designers. Otherwise, it's flaring colors and weird textures.

Hey, that's figure skating, kittens.

[Mustang Bobby]

Bode Miller may be hot, but I suspect he's high-maintenance. Definitely not LTR material.

[Kathy]

What you miss on TV, you can catch on their website.

Weir's swan costume, here and here.

And here's Bodie straddling the gate.

Desperate Housewives and 24 beat out the Olympics at our house.

[Houston]

I did not have an LTR in mind. Somewhere between an hour and a week-end ought to be enough.

[wanda]

Sounds like you feel about Bode the way I feel about Billy (Currenton). I do love that boys smile. And Bode's motto is just fine with me.

[Spencer]

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM