In honor of the Olympics beginning FRIDAY, I’m reposting this one (one of my all time favorite posts)…and gearing you all up for the barrage of information I plan on posting concerning the USA’s efforts in the 2012 Olympics. I am so excited and just can’t stand it. I plan on giving Bob Costas a run for his money as the most informative method of following the USA and their paths to gold. Bring it on peeps….LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
And for my Hunger Games buddies….may the odds be ever in your favor! U-S-A…U-S-A….U-S-A!!
As some of you may have noticed, I posted a countdown clock to the right of this blog. Yes, this is for the Olympics! I am a huge fan of everything olympical (new word?) and am very excited for the summer Olympics to commence.
As I did the research for this piece, I was elated to find out that my days of possibly becoming a gold medalist are not behind me! SHOCKING, I KNOW! I assumed my ripe old age had eliminated me from even dreaming of the medal ceremony…being at the top of the podium….right hand over heart…gold medal hung loosely around my neck…looking up as the beautiful flag of the United States is raised in triumph…the National Anthem playing in the background (not mouthing the words in case I get it wrong)…tears in my eyes as I so proudly represent my country…well, one can dream, right??!
And as I searched the “2012 London” website, the list of sports caught my eye…oh, the possibilities are ENDLESS…here are each sport with my thoughts as to whether or not I could try out!
Archery (hmmm, how hard could it be? Katniss made it look easy)
Badminton (GAME ON! I think I could do this one)
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Basketball (5’4”?…umm, no)
Beach Volleyball (I don’t like sand in my…umm, shorts?)
Boxing (might break a nail)
Canoe – Slalom and Sprint (the fact that I can’t even recognize slalom and sprint canoeing probably eliminates me from these)
(Photo Credit: London2012.com)
Cycling – BMX, Mountain, Road, and track (I haven’t even had enough guts to buy an exercise bike)
(Photo Credit: London2012.com)
Diving (all that twisting and turning would make me puke mid-air…judges probably wouldn’t appreciate that)
Equestrian (hmm…me…horse…jumping…together? How do I hang on?)
Fencing (ugly outfit)
Football (I think they mean soccer…all that running? Ummm, no thanks)
Gymnastics – Artistic and Rhythmic (those days are LONG gone!)
Handball (doesn’t that hurt?)
Hockey (I prefer my teeth stay in my mouth)
Judo (hahahahahahahaha!)
Modern Pentathlon – fencing, swimming, riding (a horse), shooting (a gun!), and running (again with the running, ugh!)
Rowing (by myself? Or can I sit at the top and yell ROW?)
Sailing (by myself? Or can I sit at the top and yell SAIL?)
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Shooting (not sure they’d trust me with a gun)
Synchronized Swimming (I can’t even get the kids to synchronize their schedules)
Table Tennis (if they promise to hit it softly and aim it towards my paddle)
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Track and Field (running AND jumping? Why don’t they just hold a separate Olympics for runners?)
Trampoline (WTH? This is an Olympic sport?? I can jump on a trampoline!)
Triathlon – swimming, biking, running (oy vey with the running already!! Add a gun we could combine this with the Modern Pentathlon…work smarter, not harder)
Volleyball (can I serve underhanded?)
Water Polo (wouldn’t want to drown the horse)
Weightlifting (see Judo)
Wrestling (I don’t really want to be touched by someone wearing that onesie type outfit)
Ok, so maybe my choices aren’t really ENDLESS, but there are a few…which are a few more than I thought I could do. Are you as shocked by this list as I am? We booted out baseball and softball, but have BMX biking and badminton? And all that freakin’ running…my goodness. Usually when I think of running, the most important part to me is the music on the Ipod. I just don’t see a lot of Ipod’s during Olympic events. That’d be a good commercial though, huh?
What about you? What are your favorite parts of the Olympics?
Favorite part? Not sure but have favs and dislikes of which I can’t say just now. Have to see them!
Well I look forward to a complete breakdown during the games! Get that pencil sharpened…haha, or keyboard dusted off.
My favorite part of the Olympics is the the failed drug tests and the elevation of a 4th place finishes to the bronze medal.
Of course, I might be a TAD cynical…
HAHA, OMG…that’s hilarious….yes, cynical, but since I haven’t thought of it, I love it.
Do we get to see the face of the 4th placer as they’re being told the bronze is ALL theirs?? That would be awesome!
That should be a thing, right? Seeing the reaction of the people who stand to rise in the standings when the cheater (or alleged cheater, I suppose) has their test made public.
Definitely should be a thing! I love it and we should write to the olympic committee. If they would just start to make examples out of the cheaters, maybe people would quit doping???? One can hope, but GREAT idea!
Hi and thanks for following my humble blog! I’m thinking you and I could get a Curling team together. You push the stone- I ride on it, you broom, and broom, and broom..while I’m still riding and now it’s spinning, spinning, spinning, and you are brooming, brooming- OK, enough! There must be something else we could do…
HAHAHA, I LOL’d on this one! You are one smart curler…I push, I broom, I broom again? You just sit and ride?? Did you not see my sailing and rowing comments? Haha, I don’t do the hard part. Wish blogging were a sport…:) Thanks for coming by, it’s nice to “meet” you!
Jill, thanks for following, keep up the solid Olympic coverage, i’ll be checking back in
Will do, thanks!!
Alas, the Olympic team didn’t pick me this year. However, I will at least watch the Parade of Nations and cheer on our team. I like to see the Opening Ceremonies, at least.
You know it’s weird, but I usually skip the opening and closing ceremonies. Not enough action for me I guess, but maybe I’ll check it out this time.
Haha I love this post.
I love the Olympics so much I think I may border on being a bit cuckoo in the head. I did a post about how excited I was a few weeks back http://wp.me/p2cB1L-f7
I’m sorry to be the one to break this to you, but it is almost a prerequisite that us Aussies dislike Americans for the duration of the Games. It’s just our thing
So may the best man/woman/team win.
Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!
LOL…ok, but we can be friends again afterwards, right? I didn’t know ya’ll held that much dislike for us during the games, but I take it as a compliment and look forward to reading your post about it all. Good luck Aussie friend, but we’re going to TAKE YOU DOWN! (haha, just kdding dear blogger friend!)
I was going to apply for nearly all of those! Except I have horrible hand-eye coordination, I can’t run, and I can’t throw/catch/pass/kick a ball properly. So I decided against it
LOL, yeah, not sure that leaves much in the way of sports you could dominate! I’d like to see a Soduko competition myself, but no one listens…as we say down in the South, bless your heart girlie! Haha.
Haha, well I would have tried out for swimming except my suit doesn’t fit me anymore.
LOL no skinny dipping allowed?? Darn olympic committee hahaha…
I love the Equestrian events. I used to event, at a much lower level.
Wow, I’m impressed! Never knew anyone who was an equestrian. I’ll see if I can’t find info during the equestrian events to keep everyone posted.
They’re not very popular here in the US so they’re usually relegated way down in reporting priority.
Yeah, I was scared to admit they probably won’t be shown live over here either. It’s a sad state of affairs when we get to see BMX biking over equestrian activities. Maybe it’s because the bike doesn’t poo? LOL.
You have a good point, bikes don’t make a mess. The really exciting bit of the equestrian events usually take place way outside the city so they don’t want to send a crew. We’ll be lucky if they show the jumping, that’s exciting and close to the other events.
That would be great! I hope we’re lucky…:)
Thank you so much for re-posting! Loved it the first time and loved the second time. Looking forward to seeing how Canada does in the 2012 Olympics! Keep us posted!
Thank you and goooooo Canada!!! Will do my best to keep you informed and wish your athletes the very best of luck, as long as they come in second to USA. Hahaha….:)
Hahahahahaha! I will definitely be looking for your posts!If laughing were an Olympic event, I’d want you on the team because you always make me laugh.
AWWWWW!! That’s so nice, thank you so much. When my family tells me I’m not funny (just goofy) I’m going to show them your message. haha…is last comic standing still a show????? LOL
Ohhhhh! That show was my favorite! You go right ahead and show your family! I’ve got your
back!
I loved it toooooo! Don’t think it’s a show anymore and a GOOD THING CUZ I’D WHOOP UP ON…haha, well no one. I’d freeze and curl up in the fetal position and cry for my mommy.
But thank you for your support! LOL.
Hahahahahaha! I’d make them do a rotten tomato check at the door so nobody could throw them at me!
OMG, Great Idea!! You available to be my manager? 10% too big of an offer??
Oh hell – I’m not even organized to manage myself… Of course you HAVE got a great sense of humor. Maybe when I’d fu oops, screw things up you’d find the humor in it. It could even help your routine. Ok, cool. I’m hired.PLEASE don’t elect me to be the navigator though. I have one sense of direction. That would be down. I can find the direction down IF I am currently falling down. Otherwise that direction goes on the guess list with all the other ones – you know -North, South, Turn right, Taco Bell….
Haha, see? That would be a great addition to my bit. You ARE funny chest, so funny…chest?? I have a funny chest? Making fun of my boobs are you? LOL. I get sidetracked so easily, but ALAS dear manager, I can navigate (as long as I have my trusty Gretchen (GPS) we can find our way out of a soggy taco bell bag!
Oh and did we decide and 2% for you??
Aha! The first test of my managerial skills! That would be 10%…. no side tracking me when it comes to money. Did I mention that I was an ugly teenager and did quite well is school? Did I mention that I aced the final in the accounting class I took for fun?
YES! I hired a NERDY MANAGER and all that for 3%!! Woowhoooooooo, yay me!
May I please have some of the math drugs you are on? I am going to send them to my creditors…. 11% right? ‘
Cause that would be a good bit of stand-up if I say so myself!
HAHAHA, can’t blame a girl for trying Prez Bush’s “fuzzy math”!!!