My Olympic fever runs about 99 degrees even....
...but I've been watching a bit anyway. Having grown up surrounded by hockey players, I was not inclined to watch any team sports played on ice. Even speed skating doesn't interest me that much. But then I happened across curling, and I thought it was really interesting.
There's a lot to like about curling, even for someone who doesn't know all the rules. Pretty much every turn results in something happening that could change the score. Every player takes a turn at every task. The players' faces are visible. Basically, it banishes everything that bores me about hockey. It's a lot of fun to watch.
Sweety and I watched a bit of the men's curling last night. We were a bit bummed that the last-place match was the one showing live (probably because the US team was in it), but it was still fun to watch.
Me: Wow. Xioming Xu looks like a young Chow Yun-Fat.
Sweety: Yes, he does. And he looks like somebody else, too. Somebody Caucasian. I can't put my finger on it.
Me (thinking hard): Enver Gjokaj?
Sweety: Maybe a little. But that's not who I'm thinking.
We watch for a while. Then we see Mr. Xu yell, "Whoa!"
Me: DAVID TENNANT.
Sweety: YES.
Me: This man is like a cross between Chow Yun-Fat and David Tennant.
Sweety: This will make him very popular with a certain type of geek woman.
I believe that that type is "women who read my LJ."
[edited with better photos; Xu is on the right in the two-person photo]
There's a lot to like about curling, even for someone who doesn't know all the rules. Pretty much every turn results in something happening that could change the score. Every player takes a turn at every task. The players' faces are visible. Basically, it banishes everything that bores me about hockey. It's a lot of fun to watch.
Sweety and I watched a bit of the men's curling last night. We were a bit bummed that the last-place match was the one showing live (probably because the US team was in it), but it was still fun to watch.
Me: Wow. Xioming Xu looks like a young Chow Yun-Fat.
Sweety: Yes, he does. And he looks like somebody else, too. Somebody Caucasian. I can't put my finger on it.
Me (thinking hard): Enver Gjokaj?
Sweety: Maybe a little. But that's not who I'm thinking.
We watch for a while. Then we see Mr. Xu yell, "Whoa!"
Me: DAVID TENNANT.
Sweety: YES.
Me: This man is like a cross between Chow Yun-Fat and David Tennant.
Sweety: This will make him very popular with a certain type of geek woman.
I believe that that type is "women who read my LJ."
[edited with better photos; Xu is on the right in the two-person photo]