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One thing I didn't see
Feb. 28th, 2010 11:07 pmWas there a mascot for these Games? Some little creature? I don't recall seeing anything in particular.
Congratulations to the Canadian team and Hawks Seabrook, Toews, and Keith. I'm struck by how much younger Duncan Keith looks without his helmet. He's like, twelve. Ok, maybe seventeen.
I'll miss the Winter Games. I love watching the sports that aren't often televised. Short track. Speed skating. The skiing events like biathlon and Nordic combined. Luge and bobsled and skeleton. I even enjoyed the figure skating, even though I cried during the women's finals for Joannie Rochette.
Made my room reservation for WFC. I'm looking forward to it already.
Monday awaits. Ya-effing-hoo.
I'll miss the Winter Games. I love watching the sports that aren't often televised. Short track. Speed skating. The skiing events like biathlon and Nordic combined. Luge and bobsled and skeleton. I even enjoyed the figure skating, even though I cried during the women's finals for Joannie Rochette.
Made my room reservation for WFC. I'm looking forward to it already.
Monday awaits. Ya-effing-hoo.
Congratulations to the Canadian team and Hawks Seabrook, Toews, and Keith. I'm struck by how much younger Duncan Keith looks without his helmet. He's like, twelve. Ok, maybe seventeen.
I'll miss the Winter Games. I love watching the sports that aren't often televised. Short track. Speed skating. The skiing events like biathlon and Nordic combined. Luge and bobsled and skeleton. I even enjoyed the figure skating, even though I cried during the women's finals for Joannie Rochette.
Made my room reservation for WFC. I'm looking forward to it already.
Monday awaits. Ya-effing-hoo.
I'll miss the Winter Games. I love watching the sports that aren't often televised. Short track. Speed skating. The skiing events like biathlon and Nordic combined. Luge and bobsled and skeleton. I even enjoyed the figure skating, even though I cried during the women's finals for Joannie Rochette.
Made my room reservation for WFC. I'm looking forward to it already.
Monday awaits. Ya-effing-hoo.
Waiting for the snows
Feb. 20th, 2010 07:03 pmFirst they say that the heaviest snow will be NW of the city, which ain't me. Then they say, "And possibly heavy close to the lake..." That's me. So. I'll be getting up way too early Monday morning. Will start the day with shoveling, if I have to. Otherwise, I'll pack the shovel in Kuro and be prepared to dig my way into the driveway when I get home.
Unless the storm fizzles, which could happen. That would be nice.
Baked a couple of pans of eggplant gratin, recipe courtesy of Ina. Dinner tonight, and nine portions for freezing. I love being able to dig something good out of the freezer when I get home late. Tomorrow, pot roast with parsnips and celery and carrots and possibly some of last summer's tomatoes that I stewed and froze.
Found the curling coverage on CNBC. The US women just defeated Great Britain 6-5. They've won two in a row now, though I don't know what their standing is. Now it's back to the mothership to watch Apolo and Shani.
Fresh coffee. Gotta go.
Unless the storm fizzles, which could happen. That would be nice.
Baked a couple of pans of eggplant gratin, recipe courtesy of Ina. Dinner tonight, and nine portions for freezing. I love being able to dig something good out of the freezer when I get home late. Tomorrow, pot roast with parsnips and celery and carrots and possibly some of last summer's tomatoes that I stewed and froze.
Found the curling coverage on CNBC. The US women just defeated Great Britain 6-5. They've won two in a row now, though I don't know what their standing is. Now it's back to the mothership to watch Apolo and Shani.
Fresh coffee. Gotta go.
Waiting for the snows
Feb. 20th, 2010 07:03 pmFirst they say that the heaviest snow will be NW of the city, which ain't me. Then they say, "And possibly heavy close to the lake..." That's me. So. I'll be getting up way too early Monday morning. Will start the day with shoveling, if I have to. Otherwise, I'll pack the shovel in Kuro and be prepared to dig my way into the driveway when I get home.
Unless the storm fizzles, which could happen. That would be nice.
Baked a couple of pans of eggplant gratin, recipe courtesy of Ina. Dinner tonight, and nine portions for freezing. I love being able to dig something good out of the freezer when I get home late. Tomorrow, pot roast with parsnips and celery and carrots and possibly some of last summer's tomatoes that I stewed and froze.
Found the curling coverage on CNBC. The US women just defeated Great Britain 6-5. They've won two in a row now, though I don't know what their standing is. Now it's back to the mothership to watch Apolo and Shani.
Fresh coffee. Gotta go.
Unless the storm fizzles, which could happen. That would be nice.
Baked a couple of pans of eggplant gratin, recipe courtesy of Ina. Dinner tonight, and nine portions for freezing. I love being able to dig something good out of the freezer when I get home late. Tomorrow, pot roast with parsnips and celery and carrots and possibly some of last summer's tomatoes that I stewed and froze.
Found the curling coverage on CNBC. The US women just defeated Great Britain 6-5. They've won two in a row now, though I don't know what their standing is. Now it's back to the mothership to watch Apolo and Shani.
Fresh coffee. Gotta go.
Enough already!
Feb. 20th, 2010 09:31 amLight snow falling now, but that's not the issue. The issue is the upcoming Winter Storm Watch and the 10-12 inches we could get Sunday night into Monday. Of course, there is something going on at the day job Monday morning that I absolutely cannot miss. Depending on how things fall, I may bail right afterwards. One weathergeek is saying that the bulk of the snow may not hit until Monday afternoon. Here's hoping.
Snowiest February in decades. Dammit.
What else? The Tiger Woods Apology Tour--he stays in one place while his apology goes 'round the world altogether too many times. Nothing like the sounds of a multi-billion dollar empire crashing down around you to make you regret your actions, I guess. I feel sorry for his wife. Some folks are saying that she should have known what she was getting into, but somehow I don't believe it would have played out like this if she had.
What else? Oh yes, Mister Plushenko. You did not win the gold. The reason you did not win the gold is because your long skate was about as crisp and clean as bologna juice. Yes, you hit a quad, but one jump does not a routine make. Your landing was shaky. All your landings were shaky. And in between the jumps, not so much with the quality, verve and snap. When looked at side by side with Evan Lysacek's performance, the difference in energy, joy, and quality of landings is obvious. So is the way you frontloaded the jumps so you wouldn't have any in the latter part of the program. Jumps in the latter part of the program earn more points because the skaters are tired and the jumps require more effort. This is apparently one way that skaters build points, and the reason Lycasek scattered triples throughout his program--a triple near the end of a skate earns almost as many points as a quad. You could call that gaming the system, but you tried to do that as well in your own way. You gambled that the quad at the start of your skate would make up for the flatness at the end. It didn't, for the reasons cited above. You made a strategic error, and you lacked the energy to make up for it.
According to Mister Lysacek, you congratulated him for his win. Now you're trashing his performance. That's called hypocrisy, Mister Plushenko. It may win you points with the dick-wavers in your fan base, but all the rest of us see is a graceless whiner. A poor loser. A schmuck.
During a post-performance interview, Bob Costas read your comments to Lysacek, who responded to your slams with praise and good wishes. He said he liked you, iirc, and that he admired your skating and wished you only the best. I'm not enough of a fan to know which of you is the better skater overall. But I do know which of you is the better man.
Snowiest February in decades. Dammit.
What else? The Tiger Woods Apology Tour--he stays in one place while his apology goes 'round the world altogether too many times. Nothing like the sounds of a multi-billion dollar empire crashing down around you to make you regret your actions, I guess. I feel sorry for his wife. Some folks are saying that she should have known what she was getting into, but somehow I don't believe it would have played out like this if she had.
What else? Oh yes, Mister Plushenko. You did not win the gold. The reason you did not win the gold is because your long skate was about as crisp and clean as bologna juice. Yes, you hit a quad, but one jump does not a routine make. Your landing was shaky. All your landings were shaky. And in between the jumps, not so much with the quality, verve and snap. When looked at side by side with Evan Lysacek's performance, the difference in energy, joy, and quality of landings is obvious. So is the way you frontloaded the jumps so you wouldn't have any in the latter part of the program. Jumps in the latter part of the program earn more points because the skaters are tired and the jumps require more effort. This is apparently one way that skaters build points, and the reason Lycasek scattered triples throughout his program--a triple near the end of a skate earns almost as many points as a quad. You could call that gaming the system, but you tried to do that as well in your own way. You gambled that the quad at the start of your skate would make up for the flatness at the end. It didn't, for the reasons cited above. You made a strategic error, and you lacked the energy to make up for it.
According to Mister Lysacek, you congratulated him for his win. Now you're trashing his performance. That's called hypocrisy, Mister Plushenko. It may win you points with the dick-wavers in your fan base, but all the rest of us see is a graceless whiner. A poor loser. A schmuck.
During a post-performance interview, Bob Costas read your comments to Lysacek, who responded to your slams with praise and good wishes. He said he liked you, iirc, and that he admired your skating and wished you only the best. I'm not enough of a fan to know which of you is the better skater overall. But I do know which of you is the better man.
Enough already!
Feb. 20th, 2010 09:31 amLight snow falling now, but that's not the issue. The issue is the upcoming Winter Storm Watch and the 10-12 inches we could get Sunday night into Monday. Of course, there is something going on at the day job Monday morning that I absolutely cannot miss. Depending on how things fall, I may bail right afterwards. One weathergeek is saying that the bulk of the snow may not hit until Monday afternoon. Here's hoping.
Snowiest February in decades. Dammit.
What else? The Tiger Woods Apology Tour--he stays in one place while his apology goes 'round the world altogether too many times. Nothing like the sounds of a multi-billion dollar empire crashing down around you to make you regret your actions, I guess. I feel sorry for his wife. Some folks are saying that she should have known what she was getting into, but somehow I don't believe it would have played out like this if she had.
What else? Oh yes, Mister Plushenko. You did not win the gold. The reason you did not win the gold is because your long skate was about as crisp and clean as bologna juice. Yes, you hit a quad, but one jump does not a routine make. Your landing was shaky. All your landings were shaky. And in between the jumps, not so much with the quality, verve and snap. When looked at side by side with Evan Lysacek's performance, the difference in energy, joy, and quality of landings is obvious. So is the way you frontloaded the jumps so you wouldn't have any in the latter part of the program. Jumps in the latter part of the program earn more points because the skaters are tired and the jumps require more effort. This is apparently one way that skaters build points, and the reason Lycasek scattered triples throughout his program--a triple near the end of a skate earns almost as many points as a quad. You could call that gaming the system, but you tried to do that as well in your own way. You gambled that the quad at the start of your skate would make up for the flatness at the end. It didn't, for the reasons cited above. You made a strategic error, and you lacked the energy to make up for it.
According to Mister Lysacek, you congratulated him for his win. Now you're trashing his performance. That's called hypocrisy, Mister Plushenko. It may win you points with the dick-wavers in your fan base, but all the rest of us see is a graceless whiner. A poor loser. A schmuck.
During a post-performance interview, Bob Costas read your comments to Lysacek, who responded to your slams with praise and good wishes. He said he liked you, iirc, and that he admired your skating and wished you only the best. I'm not enough of a fan to know which of you is the better skater overall. But I do know which of you is the better man.
Snowiest February in decades. Dammit.
What else? The Tiger Woods Apology Tour--he stays in one place while his apology goes 'round the world altogether too many times. Nothing like the sounds of a multi-billion dollar empire crashing down around you to make you regret your actions, I guess. I feel sorry for his wife. Some folks are saying that she should have known what she was getting into, but somehow I don't believe it would have played out like this if she had.
What else? Oh yes, Mister Plushenko. You did not win the gold. The reason you did not win the gold is because your long skate was about as crisp and clean as bologna juice. Yes, you hit a quad, but one jump does not a routine make. Your landing was shaky. All your landings were shaky. And in between the jumps, not so much with the quality, verve and snap. When looked at side by side with Evan Lysacek's performance, the difference in energy, joy, and quality of landings is obvious. So is the way you frontloaded the jumps so you wouldn't have any in the latter part of the program. Jumps in the latter part of the program earn more points because the skaters are tired and the jumps require more effort. This is apparently one way that skaters build points, and the reason Lycasek scattered triples throughout his program--a triple near the end of a skate earns almost as many points as a quad. You could call that gaming the system, but you tried to do that as well in your own way. You gambled that the quad at the start of your skate would make up for the flatness at the end. It didn't, for the reasons cited above. You made a strategic error, and you lacked the energy to make up for it.
According to Mister Lysacek, you congratulated him for his win. Now you're trashing his performance. That's called hypocrisy, Mister Plushenko. It may win you points with the dick-wavers in your fan base, but all the rest of us see is a graceless whiner. A poor loser. A schmuck.
During a post-performance interview, Bob Costas read your comments to Lysacek, who responded to your slams with praise and good wishes. He said he liked you, iirc, and that he admired your skating and wished you only the best. I'm not enough of a fan to know which of you is the better skater overall. But I do know which of you is the better man.
Is it Friday yet??
Feb. 18th, 2010 07:54 pmIt's actually been a decent week. Busy, though. I'm tired. Aaaannnnd I think I may be succumbing to a cold. A co-worker caught one while traveling, and when one person in the cube farm gets sick, it's usually just a matter of time.
Temps in high 30s today. Sunny. Amazing how sun and the promise of warmth lifts one's mood.
Julia Mancuso--you go, girl!
Shinies! Lioness shinies! The name of the piece attracted me. The hint of a face on the surface of the bead, depending on the viewing angle. The tiny keys, which go so well with a woman who keeps house. I am looking forward to wearing this piece.
Temps in high 30s today. Sunny. Amazing how sun and the promise of warmth lifts one's mood.
Julia Mancuso--you go, girl!
Shinies! Lioness shinies! The name of the piece attracted me. The hint of a face on the surface of the bead, depending on the viewing angle. The tiny keys, which go so well with a woman who keeps house. I am looking forward to wearing this piece.
Is it Friday yet??
Feb. 18th, 2010 07:54 pmIt's actually been a decent week. Busy, though. I'm tired. Aaaannnnd I think I may be succumbing to a cold. A co-worker caught one while traveling, and when one person in the cube farm gets sick, it's usually just a matter of time.
Temps in high 30s today. Sunny. Amazing how sun and the promise of warmth lifts one's mood.
Julia Mancuso--you go, girl!
Shinies! Lioness shinies! The name of the piece attracted me. The hint of a face on the surface of the bead, depending on the viewing angle. The tiny keys, which go so well with a woman who keeps house. I am looking forward to wearing this piece.
Temps in high 30s today. Sunny. Amazing how sun and the promise of warmth lifts one's mood.
Julia Mancuso--you go, girl!
Shinies! Lioness shinies! The name of the piece attracted me. The hint of a face on the surface of the bead, depending on the viewing angle. The tiny keys, which go so well with a woman who keeps house. I am looking forward to wearing this piece.
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Feb. 17th, 2010 12:05 amAnd after griping about the figure skating, I wound up watching the guys tonight, Johnny Weir in a corset and Evan Lysacek as Darth Spanglegoth. Rooting for Evan, who's currently 2nd. The top three are within a point of one another.
