Last one before the exhibition where I may (or may not) wax poetic some more. Anyhoo, on with tonight's thoughts on the skating and results. With some overall skating thoughts for the Olympics too.

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Okay, my thoughts on the top six ladies tonight. Warning, if you're a Rachael Flatt fan? You won't like what I have to say about her. Just lettin' you know.

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And the results are ...

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I was blown away by one couple tonight, big-time!!!

( Look! It's a folksy theme! )

Not what you're expecting, I'll tell you that!

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Whee! I'm so excited. And thanks to these wonderful go-to-guides on the men in the competition tonight by mosca ( here and here), I have a few more guys I'm excited about.

Johnny Weir (US)
Jeremy Abbott (US)
Patrick Chan (Canadian)
Daisuke Takahashi (Japan)

I hope they do well. :)

- I'm sorry, does it make me an awful person that I wasn't overly impressed with the opening ceremonies? I really liked the whale effects in the "water." That 16-year old was an amazing singer, but Bryan Addams and Nelly Furtado? Eh. Sarah McLachlan, as always, was glorious and I loved her song. As for K.D. Lang, I adore, adore her voice, and " ( Read more... )

Caught up on some of the Olympics -- still have a few more hours to go, but wanted to jot down some thoughts ... So here goes:

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I've had a fairly crappy day, sat down to watch the Olympics and just finished the LIVE coverage of the 400m relay race. You know the one where the French said that they came specifically to these Olympic games to smash the Americans. Sigh.

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