Leave it to me to be the olympic pervert, but I just saw the volleyball semis (foreshadowing pun unintended) and it was U.S. vs U.S. Walsh and May, were favored and won as predicted. But what I couldn't get over was (well two things really) the way those uniforms tend to ride up those patriotic cracks making it appear that there is a match being played by hotties in thongs ( I kept expecting the next set to be played in mud, or creamed corn), not to mention the way that Walsh (widely regarded as one of the best ever) is constantly grab-assing her teamate, May. At first it looked much like what is a regular occourence at any given football game, as the match went on however I was inclined as any average guy would to stare at the well toned asses of said attractive athletes (almost an oxymoron), and as I did, it seemed more and more like spanking or other foreplay. I was less concerned about the outcome of the match than about poping the stitching in my boxers.

Perhaps it was just my imagination, which is a bit overactive, but even so, are girls alowed to do the pat on the ass thing, just because they're athletes? I played plenty of sports where ass pating happened all the time and never once did it seem in any way sexual (excpept for those two guys on the tennis team but thats another story). But these girls. . . well they're sexy, and if I'm to care about the sport that's being played, I need to spend less time thinking about how I can get these girls to spend some time in my DarkRoom.

i never noticed any of the other olympic athletes wearing bikinis. and it's not like these volleyballers are really at the beach, like one of the girls is suddenly going to say, "yeah, i'm going to sit this one out" and then sprawl out on a towel and go for an all-over tan. come to think of it, i'm getting a lot of mixed messages from this sport. the arse-patting is a little disconcerting, too. usually that's not a direct hand to arse slap--there's usually something between them. i'd hate to speculate on the sexual orientations of these ladies, but i will point out that they are athletes. you can draw your own conclusions. whatever the case, it works for me. between the skimpy digs and the kinky congratulatory acts, it's the only olympic event i've watched any of.

Olympic sports that I care about:

Basketball*
Track and Field
Ping Pong

* Yes, I am continuing to root for the U.S. team, even though they piss me off. After all, they are the U.S. team. I mean, what am I going to do, root for a foriegn country? It's alarming to me that so many people apparently are.

And it's a very strange feeling having a team full of NBA players be the underdog in a game.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 11:31 pm on Aug. 23, 2004)

olympic trampolining blew my mind. it looked.... very fake. I had no idea there was such a competition, and man... it was cool.

I've also been watching gymnastics and swimming on my parent's fancy-pants HDTV... the detail is amazing, especially the in-between event shots of Greece. I wanna go.

(Edited by dontstaylong at 12:37 am on Aug. 24, 2004)

Yeah, I noticed the ass-grabbing too. The weird thing is, I've seen Walsh grab opponents' asses, too. I always thought the excuse for football players was that they couldn't feel a pat anywhere else because of their pads? That doesn't work for beach volleyball. The bikinis are ludicrous, but Walsh & May are seriously bad-ass. This from someone who mostly hates sports.