I let my Dreamwidth paid account lapse. I felt bad, because I like supporting DW, but it was too expensive for how infrequently I've been using my journaling services lately. I'm on the verge of letting LJ lapse, too, after having a paid account for something like eight years. I know a lot of fandom is sad about technology marching on, but I'm ( Read more... )

Wow, ladies' was actually exciting last night. I'm pissed at NBC for chacking so many girls who skated well - Suzuki, Lepisto, Leonova, Makarova, Korpi - although I suppose that is why I have an internet. Really, though, NBC, you had to show a tape of Nordic Combined and all that boring warmup instead of the girl who came in sixth? Okay, I guess I' ( Read more... )

Welcome to the sixth and last installment of my Olympics preview! This one will cover the ladies' singles competition. I'm really sorry for the delay; earning my paycheck came first this week. I hope this is still useful to you as you watch the free skate tomorrow night. I wrote a lot of this before the short program and decided to continue writing ( Read more... )

It's interesting how skaters I never liked all that much (Sasha Cohen, Elvis Stojko) have jumped on the Plushenko train, while skaters I have more love and respect for are saying some smart things in defense of Lysacek. Timmy Goebel, I am sorry I rooted against you in '02, you were totally robbed at 2000 Nats, you are fabulous at explaining why ( Read more... )

Wow! There's a lot of you new here. This is exciting.

If you're just joining me, I'd appreciate it if you read my friending policy in my userinfo. I'm a grad student in the middle of dissertation hell, and I can barely get through my friends list as it is. I am really really glad to have new readers and look forward to getting to know people, and ( Read more... )

Welcome to the fifth part of my Olympic figure skating preview! This one is for ice dance - the prettiest, craziest, and sparkliest of the four disciplines ( Read more... )

With all of the Olympic skating preview posts, I haven't had time to give my actual reactions to the Games. So here they are.

( There are no spoilers in sports, but there is a West Coast tape delay. )

Here's part two of my men's singles preview, since the darn thing got too long for one post, and that's with the guys I convinced myself to cut. The first half of the alphabet is here, and you should read that post before you read this one.

( Bios, picspam, and YouTube! )

Welcome to part three of my Olympics preview. Men's singles! My favorite one! Do I need to warn for unbridled squee ( Read more... )

Welcome to the second part of my Olympic figure skating preview! This post will give you an idea of the top teams in pairs, which will be the first figure skating event at the Olympics. The pairs will skate their short program on Sunday evening, February 14, and their free skate on Monday evening, February 15 ( Read more... )