Comments | anniesj: the purity of sports

anniesj

the purity of sports

Feb 16, 2006 11:00

I am such a bad girl. I overslept this morning. My phone died in the middle of the night, so goodbye, wake-up alarm. Oops. At least I got a lot of sleep last night, so I do not feel so zombie-esque today. YAY ( Read more... )

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dwivian February 16 2006, 16:03:28 UTC

Da elf says the Russian looks like a blonde Snape...

anniesj February 16 2006, 16:07:28 UTC

HAHAHAHA that's so true. He's like a combo of Severus Snape and Prince Valiant. It's crazy. But damn, that man can SKATE. *g*

dwivian February 16 2006, 16:09:29 UTC

I think they'd get an amazing amount of interest if Weir dressed like Capt. Jack and danced to the theme from PotC-II.....

anniesj February 16 2006, 16:11:54 UTC

I wholly and completely support this idea.

And I personally want to see Johnny Weir skate to Velvet Goldmine. Because it's just so obviously perfect. ;)

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swmbo February 16 2006, 16:06:16 UTC

Hee, I love Johnny Weir so much and not just cause he's practically VK :p

I squish and love you and wish you HAPPY THURSDAY! Please give me the inspiration I need to get a LOT done today or tomorrow will be H E DOUBLEHOCKEYSTICKS!

JUST LIKE THE OLYMPICS

anniesj February 16 2006, 16:10:12 UTC

HAHAHA! I love you, swmbo.

I am so unmotivated today! I just want to go home right now and lay around and play The Sims 2 and watch Olympic coverage until I fall asleep.

HERE -- if you finish a LOT of your work today, then I will do a phone post in which I will sing all the words to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. HOW IS THAT FOR MOTIVATION???? :)

swmbo February 16 2006, 16:30:21 UTC

MAN!

I am not sure which way that works in the form of incentive but...

Oh, yeah, it's strong. I AM GONNA BE VERY PRODUCTIVE STARTING RIGHT NOW

anniesj February 16 2006, 16:44:09 UTC

Trust me, it is AWESOME incentive. Because you know you love it when sad little white girls rap. *g*

ter369 February 16 2006, 16:19:51 UTC

Ahhhh, coding fixed

The women are mostly very delicate ...

Ah, you missed the age of Midori Ito, who the Japanese press named "The jumping flea" and who every gay man I knew referred to as "Thunder Thighs". John Curry once said while commentating (and I haven't heard him doing that since), "Midori Ito doesn't have an artistic bone in her body, but she does throw herself into jumps and often hits the boards."

What's happened in women's solo skating is what's happened to actresses and models in the past decade; they are expected to look underfed and ungodly skinny, as if they should take up less space to compensate for any talent that earns them attention.

Katerina Witt always looks healthy, like Kristy Yamaguchi and Tracy Wilson. Maybe the current crop of women skaters would land triples more securely if they had the muscle power most of the men have.

Meanwhile, I'm avoiding solo skating at the Olympics because Dick Button is a butthead and cannot shut up for us to focus on the performances.

There is nothing fake or contrived ( ... )

anniesj February 16 2006, 16:24:51 UTC

What's happened in women's solo skating is what's happened to actresses and models in the past decade; they are expected to look underfed and ungodly skinny, as if they should take up less space to compensate for any talent that earns them attention.

This is so true. It's one of the reasons why I really like Emily Hughes; she's got a very fiery, almost combative edge to the way she skates, and it's refreshing among all the stick-figure girls doing the same old classical routines.

Plus, in the last few years especially, the American figure skaters all seem to be around the age of, oh, fourteen. Which, while it certainly helps with the jumping and all, sort of populates the field with tiny little stick figure girls who haven't yet met the horrors of puberty.

At least we still have Irina Slutskaya to look forward to. :)

ter369 February 16 2006, 16:40:46 UTC

...sort of populates the field with tiny little stick figure girls who haven't yet met the horrors of puberty.

That's why the summer games should be titled Men's Gymnastics and Girls' Gymnastics. I cannot watch those 80 pound chicks with bags under their eyes slam their reproductive organs into a wooden pole.

anniesj February 16 2006, 16:45:56 UTC

GOD no kidding. NO KIDDING. I mean, I thought there was this whole level of competition called JUNIORS, but I guess not. WTF.

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anniesj February 16 2006, 16:25:30 UTC

WORD. She totally deserves a million icons. Her facial expressions fucking KILL ME. <333

zoniduck February 16 2006, 16:34:07 UTC

Joy ROCKS!!! And oh my Lord, wait until you get to Episode 10 - White Lie Christmas, and meet Joy's parents! Brett Butler plays her mom. Could you not just expire from that knowledge alone?

anniesj February 16 2006, 16:48:25 UTC

OMG BRETT BUTLER PLAYS JOY'S MOM?!?!?!?!

All is explained in a sudden rainbow of awesome.

*worships Brett Butler's alcoholic diva white trash self*

ter369 February 16 2006, 17:02:41 UTC

*worships Brett Butler's alcoholic diva white trash self*

Brett Butler is awesome in standup. She does it all with her voice and she possibly was a wee bit tipsy onstage back when I frequented comedy clubs every weekend.

zoniduck February 16 2006, 17:12:39 UTC

Bwahahaha!!! You must post after you watch that episode, because I have to know what you think of it. It's quite possibly my favorite episode so far, though I did love the most recent one with Giovanni Ribisi very much too.