— I love the half-pipe boys. I love the half-pipe in general. Shaun White messed up on his first run. The commentators projected themselves into what they KNEW was his mind … because they are psychic! They kept saying stuff like: “He must be FUMING right now …” “He knows that he only has one more chance …” “He must be so angry right now …” Then – after his run was finished – a reporter finally pulled him aside, to hear all about his outrage, and all that fuming anger he had going on. Reporter says: “So … how do you feel right now, Shaun?” Shaun says, throwing his arm around one of his teammates, speaking in SUCH a ski-bum drawl: “Oh, you know … we’re all just so glad to be here … I mean, we’re a strong team … and hopefully I’ll do better the next run … but as long as we all just have fun, that’s what’s really important – it’s so great to be here!” The commentators were NOTICEABLY silent, listening to all that “outrage”, listening to him “fume”. Good for you, Shaun. They were PROJECTING. You are your OWN PERSON. DON’T LET THEM IMPOSE EMOTIONS ON YOU!!<\/p>\n
— Apolo Ohno! Here he is again! I feel like he literally took over my damn life for two weeks during the last Olympics … I ate, slept, breathed Apolo Ohno. I read all the interviews, I tuned in to the personal stories, I angsted throughout the controversy etc. etc. What? And now here he is again! Old friend!!!<\/p>\n
— I cried watching Chad Hedrick get his gold medal. The first gold for the USA. Just a damn close-up of his face through the entire Star Spangled Banner. Gulp!!! And Bob Costas, thankfully, SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR ONE SECOND SO THAT I COULD HAVE MY OWN RESPONSE … jesus. He is pissing me OFF. Just shut UP and let me get swept away in the ceremony and ritual of it all! But amazingly, Costas shut his trap while the flag rose into the air – and I got to revel in Hedrick’s face – the tears glimmering in his eyes, the adrenaline pumping through him, he was mouthing the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner … and he just looked … completely PUMPED. Like … what a MOMENT in his life! Tears!!! Tears in chez Sheila!<\/p>\n
— Update: (and sorry everyone in different time zones – skip this part):<\/p>\n
Shaun has made the finals after having to do a second run. The commentators have been angsting and psychically projecting themselves into his brain for half an hour now. Leading up to the run, they set up the drama (as though it’s not dramatic enough being in the Olympics): “He has never felt such pressure …” “You know that he is thinking that he MUST do well …” Yadda yadda. So then he makes it into the finals – whoo-hoo! – and the reporter comes up to him at the end, and asks him: “Have you ever felt such pressure?” He started laughing, his long red hair sweaty around his young young face, and he said, “I was trippin<\/i>, man!” hahahahaha There’s something about the half-pipe boys. They don’t have the solemnity of more established Olympics sports and it’s refreshing. “I was trippin’<\/i>, man!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
— I love the half-pipe boys. I love the half-pipe in general. Shaun White messed up on his first run. The commentators projected themselves into what they KNEW was his mind … because they are psychic! They kept saying stuff … Continue reading