I can't complain but sometimes I still do
Finally, the illusion that Olympic athletes somehow aren't capable of being just as big of jerks as NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. athletes has been shattered.
I'm reminded of an old Johnny Rotten quote: "If you don't want to be a celebrity then just stop being one." Really, is it that hard to not be famous? The lion share of the population succeed spectacularly at it without trying.
posted by Steve Hyden @ 2:17 PM
I can't complain but sometimes I still do
My name is Steve and I'm a newspaper reporter and writer living in northeast Wisconsin, which is just below the armpit created by the bulk of the state and the peninsula. I don't live in the actual armpit, which is Green Bay, which is a place where fat people sit on their porches and watch traffic go by when the Packers aren't in season. I live in Appleton, a place where slightly less fat people do slightly more interesting things, like watch NASCAR, which is traffic with better camera work. I like living here 79 percent of the time. I fancy myself a deep thinker, an iconoclast, a man who can enjoy both high and low culture. Think Chuck Klosterman with a dose of Jack Nicholson from "Five Easy Pieces." However, I suspect I am not nearly as cool as I think I am. I may in fact be a dork. For example, look at how I described myself a few sentences earlier. What can I say? I'm the guy who started listening to the Clash when he was 13 not because he was reacting against the repressive Republican regime he had lived under most of his life, but because John Cusack wore a Clash T-shirt in "Say Anything..."
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Yeah, Bode, that Nike contract that features you in those awesomely bad cinema verite commercials was just forced upon you. You certainly didn't sign the contract willingly because you're all about not corrupting the sport.
(And I never said that Olympic athletes can't be jerks like the rest of them, it's just that I don't get the overwhelming impression of jerkiness (which may be the nature of the coverage, but I don't care). Oh, and down with Klosterman!)
paul.... that movie is great.
i thought about they told the police when they came to question him to come back the next day.
next time i shoot someone i'm going to ask the cops to come back a day later
i think i can understand bode. i'd hate the media too but i'd take them for all their worth.. after these weeks he's a never was.. hopefully he's jacked up rich so he can retire and build a nice resort for me to ski at
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