This is Not a Competition

After snubbing the Oly-o’s Opening Ceremony Friday night to enjoy the last of Arrested Development, I decided that I’d spend my weekend catching some of the games. When I tuned in Saturday to NBC, I was a bit puzzled. Sure enough I saw athletes going down the half-pipe doing tricks, but something was off. Then I asked myself “When did they rename the Olympics the Next Snow Search All Stars?”

Then when the skiers went off a jump and 20 foot high flames shot out of the ramp, I thought, “Waaaait a damn minute… when did the Olympics get this coooooool?”

It turns out that NBC wasn’t excited enough to air actual Olympic game footage, so they aired some fourth-rate competition of kids between 8 and 15 years of age tooling around on the snow.

Fine and dandy, but next week, when you tune in for the Olympicnic games, you might discover that the Daytona 500 has been added this year. And a monster truck rally.

Speaking of games, here’s a not-so-common BP track:
Bloc Party – This is Not a Competition