8/18 Drink from the off topic firehose

I don’t mean it in the way they have it down in Louisiana, you understand. “Humidity” here means 30-40, tops, for a couple days, but we’re used to about 5 so it feels ridiculous. I don’t see how people can live where there’s that much humidity for that long.

Was it a behavioral thing?

In one line he crushed he crushed my hopes, but also affirmed my suspicions: Safeco gouges at the food stands. It’s one thing to try to get into the game for the cheapest amount possible, but when you pay more for a hotdog than just getting into the game, that is ridiculous.

with the exception of dressage, which I just don’t understand why they bother. I think the thing I like most about the Olympics is the athletes – I get so conditioned watching pro baseball/basketball/soccer players, who are so jaded about their skills and about being the best at their discipline, that it’s a really refreshing thing to tune into a women’s 100 meter race and see the woman that won it be so completely elated that she won, even though it was only a heat.

And most Olympians are like that – their medal/good finish is the culmination of a lot of anonymous work, and when they finish on the medal stand they’re just so excited it’s fun to watch.

I would watch Track & Field, but they are on at such an awkward time.

I don’t care for some of the obscure sports because I don’t think they belong. Table tennis, weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, fencing, and equestrian are retarded. We might as well include chess, risk, monopoly, video games, hiking, croquet, rhythmic slip ‘n slip, SAT test taking, etc., in the Olympics. I am not saying these people aren’t talented or athletes, but com’on, some of these events are absolutely ridiculous to be included in the Olympics.