Chan choked, he got an unusually high score anyway, but he's not going to medal.
Lysacek had a great skate, has a real chance to win a gold.
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
Aw come on now Pip! Give the guy a chance! He's only 19!Originally Posted by OrphanPip
Edit: our curlers kicked some serious behind today! Woot!
I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
Waiting for a winter to be done.
Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
In all that I could never overcome?
Ha, well I'll forgive him if he wins gold in 2014
Brodeur saved the day in the men's hockey against Switzerland today.
I feel bad for the American curlers, both the men and women have lost every single match.
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
Never have enjoyed the Olympics as much as this one. Yea to Canada and Vancouver from south of the border.
Oooooh, tonight's going to be a deciding factor! Canada vs. America, men's hockey. If they lose, they've still got a shot at the gold but I'm still pretty nervous... I hate being a hockey fan, by the time I'm thirty my stomach is going to be one big ulcer.
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man i wish we got coverage down here
ill have to watch it online or something
Watching hockey. Rooting for Canada because JuniperWoolf told me to. You happy now?
The Moments of Dominion
That happen on the Soul
And leave it with a Discontent
Too exquisite — to tell —
-Emily Dickinson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVW8GCnr9-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGIvr6WVw4
Miller owned us. Period.
I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
Waiting for a winter to be done.
Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
In all that I could never overcome?
bah! we actually did get some of the coverage down here
unfortunately
pretty poor effort. seemed like the yanks were skating circles around us, we were falling over and making stupid moves the entire game
I've really enjoyed the alpine sking. Terrific, both the mens and the womens.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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Mmhmm, out shot the Americans by a large margin. Miller was on his game and Brodeur made one huge mistake in the first period when he decided to bat that puck out of the air.
On a happier note, Virtue and Moir took first place in the ice dance, they have a 4 point gap over the Americans going into the free skate tomorrow.
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
I thought that Virtue and Moir were impressive in the ice dancing, but I found the couple who did the "aboriginal" dance inauthentic and a bit offensive. Funny thing -- there is one more element tonight to determine the medal standings, but a headline in the sports pages of our local
paper said "Canadian Couple Takes Gold." A little premature, don't cha think?
I tell you something, though, as soon as the Olympics finish, there has to be something really, really special on before I watch network prime time again. I'll go to my grave before I spend one minute watching "Parenthood"or the two inane game shows. The commercials were quite oppressive in frequency as well as their length-- one minute of Olympic action followed by 5 minutes of ads?
By the bye, Julia Mancuso has an online business, but she had to take her website down temporarily because of an Olympic rule forbidding participants from using their name, likeness, photos for commercial purposes. If that's the case, how can NBC run ads featuring a U.S. female figure
skater (some cell phone provider), a female snowboarder (AT&T and Chap Stick), and other Olympic participants in commercial ads? Orwellian aspects in the Olympics: Every athlete is equal, but some athletes are more equal than others.
Post script to the last reply above:
I guess I'm not alone in my intense disdain for NBC's oppressive commercials during the Olympics. Norm Chad's funny column yesterday (it may have been in the Washington Post, perhaps) and an article on AOL's welcome screen says pretty much the same thing. NBC's slavish devotion to the bottom line is going to end up biting them you-know-where.
And I guess the sports article I mentioned re: the ice dancing was a good prognosticator-- The Canadian team of Virtue and Moir did in fact win the Gold Medal. And man, did they ever deserve it! Their free-style dance was elegant, delicate, and emotionally moving without being cloying. Both ice dancers were physically appealling with
a boy-next-door, girl-next-door accessibility.
I think Tanith Belbin the American girl who ,with her partner Ben Agosto, won 4th place is absolutely gorgeous, like Julia Roberts, for instance. Hollywood should sign her up.
The American team who won Silver Davis and White were absolutely charming. I loved the Indian folk dance they did the other night, and apparently the folks in India do as well, as they've been downloading the video by the thousands. I loved their costumes last night, but the music? Ugh. What was it Phantom of the Opera by Andrew
Dice Webber? Andrew Lloyd Clay? Something like that.
The Bronze winners--that Russian team -- might be strong and as far as we know they could be as personable as the North Americans, the Israelis, the French, and the Italian teams, who as far as we know, are all "good skates." But just like their "aboriginal" dance, I thought Douminina and
Shabalin of Russia relied too much on gimmicks. What was up with those ropey things last night?
I really enjoyed the ice dancing events but I really miss seeing a team as electrifying as Torville and Dean. (Most of you are probably too young to remember them.)
On the topic of figure skating, Joannie Rochette will be skating her short program tonight only three days following the sudden death of her mother. She's not expected to medal, but I hope she has the skate of her life tonight.
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
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