I love the opening ceremonies of Olympics for many reasons.
Those reasons never include things like “understanding what I’m looking at here” or “oh yeah, this makes sense” but nonetheless, I’m in on giant spectacles that made sense to someone, somewhere at some point.
I’m also in on the broader Olympic spirit of “what if we tried to get along,” which I admit makes me a giant mark because the Olympic Committee is hilariously terrible and corrupt. That’s on top of some of the sports themselves being either rigged or notoriously crooked (hell, we’ve already got a damn penis-enlarging scandal in ski jumping!) And yet, I dunno, there’s something vaguely kind and noble about the idea of yes, the world is going to hell but can we get a game in before the lights go out?
As always, this year’s Winter Olympics ceremony was completely batshit, people in giant costumes running around and waving flags while announcers said things like, “This is meant to be symbolic of the unity between man and nature” and I just nodded along, realizing that I’ve either taken too many drugs or not enough to make it make sense.
Like, I dunno what’s happening here.
DJ on a block of ice? SURE!
Though I do have to give them some bonus points for doing an Italian hand gesture bit. That was fun.
And while the Winter Olympics are fine, they are clearly the lesser sibling when compared to the much-better-looking-and-probably-richer Summer Olympics. Now THERE’S an event you can set your watch to!
But again, no matter! Olympics! Where I will become fully invested in athletes I’ve never heard of and obsessed about sports I’ve never cared about one iota in the past and then will forget it exists the second the torch is extinguished in two weeks!
So, do you care about/watch/notice the Olympics?
Anyway, it’s Friday! Onward!
Rainbow moka pots! because Italy, obvi. I just got one for Xmas and love it. Thanks for the Halloween inspiration!
I’ve never been a big fan of the opening ceremony but will watch a few of the sports, mostly snowboarding. Washington usually produces a few great speed skaters like Apolo Ohno & a few other random skiers & curlers. Fun fact, the most famous snowboarder I have ever got published pictures of in a magazine is Ross Rebagliati, Canadian gold medal winner. My friend’s snowboard company signed him & his signature board was called Second Hand Smoke. He definitely didn’t test positive just because of second hand smoke and look up what he is doing now if you have any doubts. I put his logo in this pic of him, it was not in the original magazine spread, I just loved this logo!
I didn’t even realize it was starting TONIGHT! I’m so ‘merica centric I just figured the Super Bowl was this weekend so that would be the only big sprots thing going on.
…it is objectively hilarious that the italians could cheer the US athletes…flip to boo when JD showed on the big screens…& back to cheering when it took him off again
…& even more hilarious that somehow what used to be twitter is taking down posts under a copyright infringement claim if you put the clip on there
I love the Opening Ceremonies so much!!!
The colorful people – I thought that was a nod to the influence of the Italian Renaissance on changing the European art world entirely? Like how the people who were musical notes are an homage to the influence of Italian Composers.
It seems I won the gold medal for worst time to crack your laptop screen tonight. Shit.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I’m so sorry!
Hahahahah they fuckin booed couchfucker and his wife.
Curling is back! It’s the cricket of the frozen North. I’m not a big Winter Olympics guy, but I will watch a bunch of curling because it’s relaxing and I don’t have a fucking clue what’s going on. It’s like a game some really stoned guys came up with on an icy driveway.