I know that watching the Olympics is kind of a big deal for nearly everyone. In the Nagasawa household, we hold our own Olympics of sorts, and I am a gold medal contender.<\/p>\n
You see, at my house there is only one high-definition television, and it is our largest flat-screen TV, which is 42 inches.<\/p>\n
My wife, our 15-year-old daughter, my mom and I each have our own Olympic events we want to watch. So in the evening when we are all at home, there is a race to see who can snag the HDTV to watch their event, recorded or live.<\/p>\n
I’ve actually been in training for a while now, for my competition is fierce for different reasons.<\/p>\n
During the off-season, I like watching MMA matches or the SPEED channel.<\/p>\n
My wife watches QVC or HGTV.<\/p>\n
Our daughter, against our better judgement, views Keeping Up With The Kardashians<\/em>.<\/p>\n And my mom likes anything on the Nippon Golden Network, especially if sumo is on.<\/p>\n So I will always negotiate the inside lane for the living room recliner and have devised a move I call the “Nagasawa snatch” for the TV remote.<\/p>\n Our daughter is rapidly advancing toward my gold medal, for as a silver medal finalist she has perfected some moves where, if I go to the bathroom, she will overtake my chair and do a wrist twist to snag the remote.<\/p>\n My wife, although a solid bronze medalist, will call us into the kitchen for dinner then surreptitiously change the TV to QVC.<\/p>\n But my mom will come from behind and execute a Japanese overtake move, commandeering the living room based on “respect your elders” guilt and the fact that she gave birth to me.<\/p>\n I’m checking with the Olympic judging committee on that one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I know that watching the Olympics is kind of a big deal for nearly everyone. In the Nagasawa household, we..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-whats-next"],"yoast_head":"\n