Olympic stuff

[athene]

We've been watching some of the Olympics (it's hard to pass up in HDTV!).

They actually showed women's olympic sabre fencing on Bravo last night!!! Probably just because two Americans got medals. i think this is the first time that an american woman has ever gotten an olympic medal for fencing. Of course they said they would show the bout for first place on "prime time." all we got were highlights between women's beach volleyball and some swimming. yes, women's beach volleyball is an olympic sport. played on sand w/very small bikinis and sunglasses. you know what else is an olympic sport? syncronized diving. mmm...very pretty men in very small bathing suits. and you get to look at two at a time. Now this is a sport I could watch all day!

< geek > They're giving the winners laurel wreaths! So cool!!! And they had a little bit last night on the origional games. How gymnos means "naked" which is how the athletes performed. and how if you were caught cheeting you had to pay for a statue that said you cheeted which would go along the walk to the stadium. They also mentioned how they actually found the site of the games at Olympia. Too bad some of the Olympics this year can't be there. < /geek >

Comments

[sylvanstargazer.livejournal.com]

Yay geek! Did you get to watch the opening ceremonies? They misquoted someone, and said that the greeks invented drama (they may have invented modern western theater, but I'm sure drama has been around ever since there were three people in one place), but over all it wasn't bad and it was all modelled after ancient paintings and the makeup was excellent. The bit that was supposed to represent math was a little strange, but it was still cool.

I've been watching the men's gymnastics. Very flexible, strong men in speedos doing incredible things. ::eyes pop, drool...::

NBC's coverage is the best since the years they sold subscriptions; they are televising every single event, at least for a little while. Of course, equestrian is on at 5 am, but at least it's on.

[athene.livejournal.com]

i didn't catch much of the opening ceremonies.

i did hear someone say something about how the greeks were the first to carve the human likeness out of marble. i had to think, "what about the egyptians?" but i don't think that was marble. also, the greeks usually worked in bronze, and the romans made copies out of marble (and we pretty much only have the copies)