Olympic figure skating!!!!!
Do you know why the lady in my icon is looking through that spyglass? TO SEE THE FIGURE SKATING IN VANCOUVER!!!!
Yes, the Olympics have begun, so for the next two weeks there will not be a thought in my head or word out of my mouth that doesn't pertain to figure skating, and I foreworn everyone and apologize in advance for the always impassioned and possibly incoherant figure skating babble that I cannot restrain myself from. But why should I? Two solid weeks of non-stop figure skating! It's like the addict being led into the opium den. Freaking yay!
Okay, first off, I figured Shen & Zhao would win and I'm glad they finally did after all this time, but the team that really surprised me was Savchenko & Szolkowy. Their short program was so beautiful and it was the highlight of the whole pairs event. Frankly, I haven't really given a crap about pairs since Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze retired, and I didn't expect to see anything as good as Savchenko & Szolkowy's short in the pairs event at all. But they've really grown as performers, and the delicacy and sweetness of their 'Send in the Clowns' really touched me. I even liked the Pierrot costumes they wore, even if Bob Costas dissed them (what the hell does he know about figure skating?). It's too bad they had that fall in the long, since the quality of their skating is really shining through. I'm so glad they made the podium though.
I'm hugely miffed at NBC's evil decision not to show the medal ceremony though. That's the iconic moment of the Olympic experience, when you see your favorite skater have a medal hung around their neck as the cap of an amazing career. If Meryl Davis and Charlie White win gold in Ice Dance and I don't get to see them physically recieve their medals, it will ruin the Olympics for me and I will send hate mail to NBC. Which I should probably do anyway since they forced out Conan O'Brien. I'm growing to hate NBC more and more each day. Why can't the Olympics be on ABC, where they actually know how to film figure skating properly? Oh well. I just have to keep focused on the fact that the Men's short program is tonight. It's a strong field and it's wide open. This is going to be exciting, people! If you're not watching, you should be!
Yes, the Olympics have begun, so for the next two weeks there will not be a thought in my head or word out of my mouth that doesn't pertain to figure skating, and I foreworn everyone and apologize in advance for the always impassioned and possibly incoherant figure skating babble that I cannot restrain myself from. But why should I? Two solid weeks of non-stop figure skating! It's like the addict being led into the opium den. Freaking yay!
Okay, first off, I figured Shen & Zhao would win and I'm glad they finally did after all this time, but the team that really surprised me was Savchenko & Szolkowy. Their short program was so beautiful and it was the highlight of the whole pairs event. Frankly, I haven't really given a crap about pairs since Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze retired, and I didn't expect to see anything as good as Savchenko & Szolkowy's short in the pairs event at all. But they've really grown as performers, and the delicacy and sweetness of their 'Send in the Clowns' really touched me. I even liked the Pierrot costumes they wore, even if Bob Costas dissed them (what the hell does he know about figure skating?). It's too bad they had that fall in the long, since the quality of their skating is really shining through. I'm so glad they made the podium though.
I'm hugely miffed at NBC's evil decision not to show the medal ceremony though. That's the iconic moment of the Olympic experience, when you see your favorite skater have a medal hung around their neck as the cap of an amazing career. If Meryl Davis and Charlie White win gold in Ice Dance and I don't get to see them physically recieve their medals, it will ruin the Olympics for me and I will send hate mail to NBC. Which I should probably do anyway since they forced out Conan O'Brien. I'm growing to hate NBC more and more each day. Why can't the Olympics be on ABC, where they actually know how to film figure skating properly? Oh well. I just have to keep focused on the fact that the Men's short program is tonight. It's a strong field and it's wide open. This is going to be exciting, people! If you're not watching, you should be!