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4 Adar/18 February, 2010
Feb. 18th, 2010 11:00 pmHappy Birthday, Aunt Vera! 60!
The fact that Johnny Weir speaks Russian always throws me, because I don’t expect him to and here he is talking to his coach and saying hello in Russian in kiss and cry area too. I know all his trainers are Russian but still that is kind of cool. (I looked him up on Wikipedia and, according to the site, he also collects Cheburashka memorabilia, which I find funny). Johnny Weir should have been forth not sixth after that program. The rest of the scores, I understand. I even get why Lysacek got a higher scare than Plushenko (since Plushenko was wobbly on his jumps). By Johnny Weir should have been in fourth place. He skated so well to the music and his program had the most heart. He is always an entertaining skater and all the coverage seems to skip him and not treat him as a serious skater.
Plushenko building himself up as a villain is always amusing. It is great to have a villain with a cocky attitude but he can back it up. What I always remember is his “Sex Bomb” exhibition piece– he does have a great sense of humor and he can entertain when he skates. I did actually want him to win, but I understand why he didn’t. Well, he now has two silver and one gold – not too shabby.
Lysacek skated a clean program and I am glad for him and his coach. But his music was a bit boring and I was entertaining myself by picturing him as Snape ice-skating (because Lysacek’s costume was all black and he has a long stretchy thin frame that fits).
What was clear to me from watching the top 12 in these Olympics is that 2014 Olympics will be great with some of the young guys getting stronger – particularly from France, Japan, Kazakhstan and Canada. I hope to see them all again in four years – many programs were interesting.
During the commercials earlier in the Olympic program for the evening I kept flipping channels and I stumbled on ‘Twilight’ movie on Showtime. Oh, the melodrama of the dialogue and the acting and the shots and mood. I realized how mockable that movie is and how I need to watch it with popcorn and snark. Sometime I need to do that, preferable with another person in the room. I’m savoring future amusement.
I managed to also finish “Dances with Wolves” Part 2; again, I’m glad I watched it again as an adult.
A trip to Minsk is looking more and more likely, my parents were checking out airfares a few days ago and Mama and my aunt were talking today of some of the logistics. I spent some time looking at different necklaces I might buy as presents. This is a great website where I've seen some nice original jewelry.
The fact that Johnny Weir speaks Russian always throws me, because I don’t expect him to and here he is talking to his coach and saying hello in Russian in kiss and cry area too. I know all his trainers are Russian but still that is kind of cool. (I looked him up on Wikipedia and, according to the site, he also collects Cheburashka memorabilia, which I find funny). Johnny Weir should have been forth not sixth after that program. The rest of the scores, I understand. I even get why Lysacek got a higher scare than Plushenko (since Plushenko was wobbly on his jumps). By Johnny Weir should have been in fourth place. He skated so well to the music and his program had the most heart. He is always an entertaining skater and all the coverage seems to skip him and not treat him as a serious skater.
Plushenko building himself up as a villain is always amusing. It is great to have a villain with a cocky attitude but he can back it up. What I always remember is his “Sex Bomb” exhibition piece– he does have a great sense of humor and he can entertain when he skates. I did actually want him to win, but I understand why he didn’t. Well, he now has two silver and one gold – not too shabby.
Lysacek skated a clean program and I am glad for him and his coach. But his music was a bit boring and I was entertaining myself by picturing him as Snape ice-skating (because Lysacek’s costume was all black and he has a long stretchy thin frame that fits).
What was clear to me from watching the top 12 in these Olympics is that 2014 Olympics will be great with some of the young guys getting stronger – particularly from France, Japan, Kazakhstan and Canada. I hope to see them all again in four years – many programs were interesting.
During the commercials earlier in the Olympic program for the evening I kept flipping channels and I stumbled on ‘Twilight’ movie on Showtime. Oh, the melodrama of the dialogue and the acting and the shots and mood. I realized how mockable that movie is and how I need to watch it with popcorn and snark. Sometime I need to do that, preferable with another person in the room. I’m savoring future amusement.
I managed to also finish “Dances with Wolves” Part 2; again, I’m glad I watched it again as an adult.
A trip to Minsk is looking more and more likely, my parents were checking out airfares a few days ago and Mama and my aunt were talking today of some of the logistics. I spent some time looking at different necklaces I might buy as presents. This is a great website where I've seen some nice original jewelry.
