be warned Bilodeau, this guy’s coming for you

i normally don’t get super into the olympic frenzy, but lately i’m feeling a little frenzied up. it all started when my bro, who found himself with an extra olympic ticket, called me up to go with him to see some ladies’* freestyle skiing mogul action. little did he know at the time, that this happens to be my favorite event (non gender specific), and the one event i had always wanted to see in person – that’s right hockey fans, in comparison to the fearless, high speed mogul charge and glorious aerials, your sport sucks! i jumped at that chance and 24 hours later got to see Jen Heil lay down her silver medal run – i don’t know how Heil felt, but it felt pretty frickin’ good to me.(thanks R & J)

Since then i’ve rewatched both the ladies and the men’s freestyle moguls and come to the conclusion that i need to be on skis, trickin’ it out, soaring magnificently through the air, through some majestic, powdered heaven. you got it boarders, i’m going back to the sticks.

Realizing this is both exciting and a bit unnerving, since i a) stopped skiing for a reason (bum knees), and b) am more fragile than i’d like to admit. although obstacle a) is going to be the toughest to overcome, b) is a bit of a competitor itself. this has been evidenced by my torn rectus femoris (quad muscle) last summer and the more recent injuries of the past four weeks, wherin i’ve thrown my back out wii boxing (seriously! that bastard cartoon trainer wouldn’t let up and ended up couch parking me for days) and broken a rib courtesy of some impromptu greco-roman wrestling – this seems to require more of an explanation… but i’m not gonna give it so you’ll just have to make something up. but i will say “damn you S! damn you and your superior natural wrestling ability!”

i tell myself that all these things can be surpassed by an increase in exercise (from zero to some) and flexibility… wha? cardio? pffft, i’m not running a marathon! i’m sliding down a hill, that’s what gravity’s for. either way, my goal is to pick up some planks and be in tip top for next winter. and as long as we get some snow, i’ll be all set… i should probably start stocking up on the robaxacet as well.

*ladies is used here not in the Emily Howard kinda way, but against my better judgment and for the sake of olympic accuracy – i haven’t quite figured out ioc’s system for determining when to use the term “lady” and when to use “woman” but i would guess it’s a feminist issue. sounds like a job for facebook – how about: will more than a million agree the term lady, as  used in the 2010 olympics, is a derogatory tool of patriarchy.