Both.
for me it's not about the spectacle etc, .. it's just... it's the Olympics.
if they made poker and spelling bees part of the Olympics i'd watch because it's THE OLYMPICS.
I like the Winter Olympics because it's more intimate and you can watch more (no matter how much i try I can't do this during the Summer. poor @
Soliloquy of a Dogge had to deal with my whinging about missing all the event riding. AGAIN one day I'll be able to see 3 day eventing)
I like the summer because those are the events (minus curling) that i did as a kid. so it brings me back to when i pretended I was Donovan Bailey or Shannon Miller or Marnie McBean.
the Olympics makes you want to watch ALL the sports all the time (which is why i get pissed when people on the radio poo-pooh on them that no one cares. well it's your job dumbos. MAKE us care. show it on television more talk about them)
I love the nationalism and the "OOOH CANADA IS AWESOME" vibe
I loove it when we dominate.
I'm angry and want it to be 4 years from now so we can get revenge.
I love the stories
i love (yet am emphatic) the heartache and DRAMA
i love catching up with my Olympic Boyfriends (or finding new ones)
I love the crazy uniforms etc
I love watching history unfold.
I love debating with other people why Canada (or the nation of choice) is ___. (ie:
WHY CAN'T CANADA SKI DOWN A MOUNTAIN?!. or from Rio "
HOW DID CANADA FORGET HOW TO ROW!?"). or the inside jokes: "How hard did he choke from a scale from 1 to Shawn Barber" or #ItsHomansFault.
I will always love hockey and watching stanley cup finals.
but the Olympics are far and above the most amazing thing ever.
(and i'm so Olympic depressed right now because they are gone
)