Bahhh bah de dahhh da dahhh dahh! The XX Olympiad opened this afternoon - the Olympic Winter Games of Torino. Constable and I were supposed to be there but instead I went back to grad school and now I have to watch on TV like everybody else, but I'm still stoked. Bring on the theme music, the James Earl Jones voiceovers, Bob Costas waxing poetic, even Jimmy Roberts' nightly video essay. But mostly, make way for the sports. Sliding sports, curling sports, downhill sports, and contact sports. Let amateurs be champions! Let the games begin!
There were some games of a different, non-Olympic sort here this morning - IM basketball. Section 3 managed to field eight able bodies (more than most of our football games) and won two games, albeit one by forfeit. Since then I've been at home; a day passing without a trip to Ross is like an Olympic medal and I pulled it off today. Tonight is TMI hockey night, which will be a change of pace for Jenelle and I. We're not sitting in the student section and that's going to be a new Yost experience.
Friday, February 10, 2006