I've been a bit under the weather the last several days, and I'm trying to get ready for my mini book tour this weekend with Hank Phillippi Ryan and Julie Hyzy down in North Carolina (if you're in the Raleigh/Durham area, check out our schedule here), so I'm a little discombobulated and have only random thought for today:
Why is it that after days of promoting the women's short program figure skating, they didn't show it until 11 p.m. last night? We were even willing to forgo Girl's Night on American Idol to watch the skaters, but all we saw were bobsledders and even more skiers.
Which begs the question: Just how many downhill/slalom races can the Olympics have?
And further: Bobsledding should be on during the day. Like the curling. Or better yet, move the curling to nighttime and bobsledding to daytime.
American Idol: They kept saying how strong the girls are this year. Seriously? Not from what I saw. Any other opinions?
And more on American Idol: Every year the judges say they should pick songs that they can "turn into their own." And every year most of them don't do that. Don't they watch the show? It's like someone going on Survivor without knowing how to make fire first, or someone on the Amazing Race who doesn't know how to drive a stick shift. I mean, really. We are the only country that panders to drivers and allows them easy automatic driving.
Any random thoughts of your own?
Karen
Very disappointing. Did they really expect us to stay up to see it? My husband won out and we watched Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Its appeal completely eludes me. It's the same show every night. Never watched American Idol. They all seem the same, too.
Posted by: Patti Abbott | February 24, 2010 at 11:40 AM
I'm howling with laughter. Wouldnt the FIRST thing you'd do, if you knew you were gonig to be on Survivor, be to learn to make a fire??The FIRST thing?
(feel better..and see you tomorrow!!)
Posted by: Hank Phillippi Ryan | February 24, 2010 at 01:41 PM
So, luge looks crazy. Skeleton looks remarkably crazy. But I'm just waiting for Ass-sliding. Just you, your ass, and the track, sliding on yourass at fifty, sixty, seventy miles an hour. NO SLED, just your ass. Maybe some sort of metal ass protector, but nothing more.
Posted by: N | February 24, 2010 at 02:13 PM
I was in a bar last night so I missed both of those televised delights. Somehow, I think I'll survive.
However, as to the stick shift question - I made my daughter learn to drive on a stick. I didn't want her to be stuck somewhere because she couldn't.
When she took her driving test, the instructor told us she was the person he'd seen who took the test with a standard transmission. It made her feel ten feet tall.
Her dad, too.
Posted by: David Terrenoire | February 24, 2010 at 03:49 PM
Oops, that should read ... the only person he'd seen...
And we will see you on Saturday.
Posted by: David Terrenoire | February 24, 2010 at 03:50 PM
Neil, the luge is insane, but the skeleton even worse. I mean, what do those people say to themselves: I think I'll go head first down an ice shoot at over 90 mph? What fun...
I think everyone should know how to drive a stick shift. I learned to drive on one, and we have two cars with stick shifts, so my daughter will learn, too. Incredibly important. But it's hard to find a car with a stick shift these days. Sad.
David, really looking forward to seeing you Saturday!
Posted by: Karen Olson | February 24, 2010 at 06:59 PM
I'm not watching the Olympics.
I don't watch American Idol.
My husband taught me to drive a stick shift, as he has taught our oldest two daughters to drive one. Same goes for Armstrong #3
Does printed promotional material work? Yes. But that means I have to freakin' order it. And store it.
I'm up to 50 comments on the MSW blog post I wrote today...I feel really sad that I'll end up with less than 5 over here tomorrow.
Posted by: Lori Armstrong | February 24, 2010 at 07:38 PM
I don't know if the ass protector should be metal, Neil. It should be some kind of space-age plastic that molds to the glutes for maximum speed and comfort. But I'm totally with you on ass-sliding. We need to lobby for that. I'm watching idol, and have been pretty underwhelmed so far. And if Randy says "wrong song choice" one more time I'm going to have to start a drinking game based on it. It's the "just alright, dawg" of 2010.
Posted by: AlisonGaylin | February 25, 2010 at 08:05 AM
I'd watch Idol if they had had ass-sliding as part of the competition, glute protectors and all.
Posted by: David Terrenoire | February 25, 2010 at 08:40 AM
Butt-luge. I'd watch!
Wow, Lori. Way to up the numbers here on FO. Have a contest on your Rough Riders series. For that cover on 6.5, surely someone just put another head on Jeff's or Neil's body, right?
My first car was a manual, which I didn't know how to drive. I puttered up the steep hills in Knoxville TN very, very slowly so I wouldn't have to stop at traffic lights. My hub and I made sure our kids could drive a stick and then stuck them with our older manual car.
Posted by: Becky Hutchison | February 25, 2010 at 05:49 PM