10:58 Reader feedback (no time for quote attribution): “Dude, your olyblogging rocks my socks off, keep it up….” “eating popcorn and hitting refresh. don’t stop. it’s magic…” “I cannot thank you enough for your coverage of the Olympics! It has made all the difference to me….” “i love your wine-blogging of the olympics….” etc. etc. thanks guys!!! WE’RE DOING IT!!! GOLD MEDALS ON THE HOUSE …
10:57 Thanks to reader NA for settling the Chris. Guest argument … in my favor, needless to say!!!
10:56:01:00 SAM AND I ARE PUMPED kokubo on the course half pipe!!! get surly!!! getgnarly! I hope he beats Shaun WHite … oh no he crashed. … Sam: “stick a ruler up there so we can tell how they’re going … this feels sloppy … if you wanna be a sport, don’t be like, ‘Oh he’s as high as that cameraman over there'” goddamn my boy is feeling his oats w/r/t snowboarding!!! (w/r/t = dfw tribute)
10:55 POPCORN AD! I jsut saw an ad about popcorn!!!! REMEMEBR THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN I WAS EATING SO MUCH POPCORN//// I LIVED IT
10:53 Target bringing the lounge music … lots of things for under $20 for all you fashionistas out there reading my blog … Target!!! … now some kind of historical USA ad about how we’re all in this together as long as we use Allstate Insurance if not you can burn in hell … Allstate “I’m over here now!” NEW MOTTO
10:52:01 I knewthat kid would crash i could just feel it but he’s only 19 so it’s all good
10:51 Damn, it’s Shaun White I misspelled it … Louie Vito, 5’5″ and stuck in 5th place! Sam: “Curse of the fives…” Yowch, “the dark side of Harry Potter…”
10:49 Syriana + Bourne Identity
10:48 She’s about get on the cover of “Canadian Wheaties” cereal …
10:47:02 Fuck it, I wouldn’t believe WIkipedia anyway … keep the blog burning … Maelle Ricker is about to receive a medal for snowboarding … she’s from Canada so we’re listening to “Argh, Canada,” the famous national anthem … she has world-weary eyes … what horrors has she seen????
10:47:01 WIkipedia break? SHani Davis age-check?
10:46 Famous USA speedskater Shani Davis being interviewed … damn he’s burnin’ in the replay … big long arms… the best look … how old is he? He looks 40!!! WAIT WAIT Sam says he looks 19??? “Get those cataracts check out, buddy” this dude is totally middle-aged SHani Davis is lookin’ 45 years old!!!!
10:45 POCKET SQUARE >>>> 🙂
10:42 Recap of last night’s male figure-skate dancing … all my old friends … the passion, I remember … donchaknow… “furgaddabeoutit.”
10:40:53 I dunno about Shawn WHite and his private mountainside snowboard course …
10:40 Shawn White gets a 46.8 … is that good? He thinks so? ALl I know is, if he was figure-skating, that score would totally suck a goose’s ass …
10:39 On a phone call … blogging too … here comes Shawn WHite , the most famous snowboarder … here he goes … flying thru the air … he’s happy … who are these guys, wearing blue jeans? SLow-mo replay proves how high in the air he went on his snowboard … look at his hair flying …
10:35 Our next snowboarder — whoevere he is — just flew in the air like 500 feet … a big “WHOA!” from Sam … “a very good run” … what’s this kid’s name? Scotty Lago? I wish NBC would put the athlete’s name — WIAT PHONE RINGING
10:31 Kokubo (Japanese snowboarder) looking GLUM … I’ll root for him … GODAAmn he just something WACKY … “fronside 1080” … ouch … FACE-PLANT … take that face to a greenhouse, kid, b/c it’s a face PLANT …
10:30:25 Okay, it looks cool in slowed-down-motion replay, I admit … then again, what doesn’t? Maybe an old man eating spaghetti? … wait maybe I misjudged this kid Louie Vito … startign to like him …
10:30 Louie Vito maybe ease up on the “human bobble-head” action …
10:29 GOLD MEDAL HAMMER-DROP WINNER: Sam on Louie Vito: “Whoa … five-foot five? That’s why he’s acting like that.” SNAP
10:27 Having argument about whether Christopher Guest directs all the commercials starring his troupe of actors… David = Yes; Sam – NO
10:25 When can we see more of that speed-skating we were watching a few mintues ago?? That was a real sport … not this “triple ollie” rigarmorale (? goddamn how do you spell that)
10:22 Some kid busted his ass on his freestyle snowboard …. he’ll probably talk about it on myspace…
10:23 BTW, merlot drinking very well… Gold medal taste … a great value …follow these guys on twitter: @artisanwineshop
10:22 PIZZA arrived, that’s why there was an unacceptable pause in liveblogging
10:21 Next up: Snowboarding freestyle or whatever … not that interested? Why: BECAUSE I’M A GROWN-ASS MAN
10:14 Sam just told me about a performance art piece he heard about … all I can say is GODDAMN they should give that person a gold medal for “WTF”
10:13 Costas giving a shout-out to our troops in Kabul … much respect guys, stay safe and watch out for pocket squares…
10:11 Here’s that ol’ McDOnald’s commercial YET AGAIN … like Olympians eat Chicken McNuggets … PLEASE
10:10 Now Sam’s talking about some highly confidential shit.
10:09 WHere’s North Korea at the Olympics? HOld up, Colgate commercial featuring Brooke Shields?
10:08 MY NEW FAVORITE SPORT: MEN’S RELAY SPEED SKATE SHORT-RACING or whatever it’s called
10:08 Blog reader S.O., you’er sending me mad emails … I love it but I can’t answer them yet …
10:07 PM Okay you know what? I actually like this event. This is awesome! Everyone is constnatly in mostion, pushing off each other’s butt … going from inside to outside, plus they’re going fast as a “muhr-feh”
10:04:50:23 Speaking of Korea, once I went to China. It was really interesting … I went to Shanghai, Nanjing, WUhan, and Chonqing … I saw the 3 GOrges Dam, as in “God-DAM this thing is a hot mess…”
10:04 Big-ass crash! USA now in 2nd place … push off, guys, push off … USA vs Korea …
10:01:40:12 PM THe race is still going strong … nobody has quit … no crashes … like a well-oiled machine … just chillin’ right now … waiting on that pizza …
10:01 We’re off! THe men are racing … it’s like 200 ice skaters on the course! It’s like a relay or something … Sam: “It’s like the limbo” Umm… calling bullshit on that analogy, Sam. .. they push each other to go faster … I like it… graceful speed poetry in motion … “a testament to form” (private msg to SL) …