Olympics, Templars, Tours

Aug 11, 2008 12:32

Either I am desperate due to lack of original television broadcasting, or bored to tears being stuck inside because of the bizarre weather, or I'm simply intrigued by the downright flawless bodies on some of the athletes by the events themselves, but I have to admit I have been watching the Olympics. o_O I pretty much planned on watching the ( Read more... )

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just_jenni August 12 2008, 10:34:33 UTC
Agghhh...the weather has been terrible. We were lucky for our South American soccer match on Friday night, though...incredibly lucky. The clouds broke and the sun came out, just for us!

I also cannot help watching the Olympics. Once I got a good look at some of the eye candy I couldn't help myself. Initially I was dismayed by the lack of any promoting of the Argentine football matches, especially since they are defending gold medalists! So I started watching everything, just to chance catching them. Finally, I got to see the Argentina-Australia match and I totally agree with you. Fernando Gago is mesmerizing. How someone who looks so exquisite, fragile and dainty can defend and tackle so well never ceases to amaze me. And the way he acts up to the refs is hilarious. Every time I see him I fall in love all over again. It wasn't the best match, but I feel the Argies are saving themselves.

Sadly, I have not seen any of the tennis so far! :(

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lady__croft August 12 2008, 23:52:39 UTC
"It wasn't the best match, but I feel the Argies are saving themselves." I totally agree - they should be in top form by the time the final comes along. And I agree on all counts with your assessment of Gago - he is completely relentless out there. He is full of energy, confidence and determination which just makes me love him all the more ( ... )

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just_jenni August 13 2008, 00:17:09 UTC
I don't know what it is about the Argentines, but I just melt when they're around. I watched the Boca Jrs. game on Sunday (first game of their new season) and I was dazzled for hours afterwards.

I'm extremely passionate about Gago (or 'Gaga' as the inane announcer called him). He's such an intriguing combination of delicate, angelic beauty and steely, focused determination.

Yess!!! I got to see highlights of the three main tennis matches on CBC just after 6 PM and Rafa looked the strongest of the lot when he absolutely killed Hewitt. Federer didn't look that strong in his match, although he won handily. And Djokovich (am I spelling his name correctly?) didn't fare badly, but nowhere near as convincingly as Rafa. So looking good!

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lady__croft August 13 2008, 01:19:06 UTC
The announcer calls him 'Gaga'!! I'm not sure if I should just laugh or question the sexual orientation of that announcer.

You are so lucky you saw the tennis highlights today on CBC - I missed those. I'm watching the Spain/China basketball game on TSN right now. I have reason to believe Rafa is in attendance but they have yet to show him.

As for the spelling - it is 'Djokovic' but I've seen quite a lot of interesting variations from the non-Djokovic fans:
- Djerkovic
- Chok-o-vic
- Djerk
- Joke-ovic
- Jock-of-itch
- Jerk-the-*itch
You name it, I've seen it.

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