I went over to SP’s last night to watch the Olympics and see what all the hullabaloo is about. The athletes are amazing to watch. And I was shocked to discover that speed walking is an Olympic sport. I was also shocked (but not in a good way) by how intrusive the interviewers were with athletes who had just lost their event. It was like:
Interviewer: Your Olympic dreams were crushed out there. How does that make you feel?
Or:
Interviewer: You’re crying. What’s making you feel so emotional?
Um…yeah. Really? Do you really not know? Oh, and hey, could you not shove a microphone in the face of someone who’s worked their whole life for this moment and just saw their dreams shattered? I can’t think of a worse time for an interview. The person needs a minute. Give the person a freaking minute.
Getting to SP’s place wasn’t easy. His whole street was blocked off with a zillion people everywhere. You weren’t allowed to walk down his block unless you lived there or were visiting a resident. I had to prove where I was going. This kind of fuss usually means a movie is filming, but it was actually the grand opening of Nike’s Soho store. The scene from his neighbor’s window looked like this:
Dang. The last line I saw that crazy was for the new iPhone.
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Who knew speed walking was a sport? Not me that’s for sure! I feel sorry for the athletes, and some of the interviewers have horrible timing!
And, the last time I saw a line that crazy was for the Breaking Dawn Concert series, Comic Con because the Twilight cast was there, and one of Stephenie Meyer’s book signings.
Sorry, I just had to involve something Twilight related. Oh, my mom and her friend love watching the olympics fore ping pong. BTW, what’s SP?
Love the books BTW!
~Catt
Thanks! Too funny – I wanted to watch ping-pong, but it wasn’t on while I was over at SP’s. Which is code for my boyfriend, Sexy Pierre 😉
definitely agree
Haha, “hullabaloo.” I love that word now! 😀 It’s so fun to say, like “brouhaha.”
I definitely agree with your opinion of annoying commentators who stick their mikes in front of athletes who just lost. You’d think that they’d have more sympathy, or empathy in them.
I didn’t know that speedwalking was an Olympic sport either! Until I saw on TV live, and then two replays of it. They’re amazing.