Thoughts on Taiwan and Worlds
Taiwan first.- I am never going to listen to my dad again when it comes to weather-related issues. 30-40's my ass. 55-75 was more like it. And he still made me wear that thick fluffy winter jacket when we went outside. ARGH!
- I could never live in a busy city. Air pollution, noise, traffic...the list goes on...
- Speaking of traffic, I'm reminded of a quote from Pirates of the Caribbean regarding the painted street lines. "They're more like guidelines anyway.."
- The subway rocks though.
- The airplane food did too. Yay for congee and rice porridge! And non-peanut snacks!
- When my family can't think of anything to show their love, they feed you. Constantly. *burp* Dang it, I'm getting flabby in the thighs again....why can't this weight go where it's needed, like my arms?! Or my boobs?! *grumble*
- I really should start an overseas book company...
- Japanese-style architecture (in my dad's apartment) is really cool, sans the no-tub-or-shower-stall issue. Showering was an interesting experience...And anyone taller than 5'10" would have to stoop to get anywhere upstairs. But, what did you expect from Japanese-style architecture, LOL?
- Hah. My cousin's fiance reminds me of Brian Boitano. In a good way, of course...
Thoughts on Worlds:
- Men's skating is waaay more interesting than ladies' skating. Besides Fumie Suguri's corset-and-pants program (and music) and Michelle (just cause she's Michelle and doesn't do "pretty pretty") everyone else was ZZZZZZZZZ. I literally almost passed out watching Sasha Cohen's skate, and it was the first clean long program she'd ever done. Someone needs to step up the music choices for the ladies here! I may hate techno for the men, but at least it doesn't put me to sleep. And the men may do a lot of two-footed skating, but it's more interesting than doing crossovers around the ends for every jumping pass.
- Michelle, Michelle, Michelle...I'm not worried about you but would you please do more competitions that utilize the new judging system? Competing under it for the first time at the World Championships was NOT a good idea.
- And for you Evgeny Plushenko, if you decide to tour this summer instead of letting your hip/knee/back heal, I won't be sorry if you skate badly at the Olympics. It will serve you right.
- A note to ABC/ESPN - relegating coverage to only ESPN and then cutting the coverage is not going to help bring back audiences, ya know. Thank God for Eurosport and the people at FSU who graciously upload programs minutes after they're aired.
- Speaking of Eurosport, why must the German commentators feel the need to breathe heavily into their mikes (which are always conveniently on) during performances?!
- The overhead rink camera MUST DIE. DIE DIE DIE!! Spins do not look any more athletically or aesthically pleasing from a vertigo-inducing bird's eye view.
- Would the commentators (and some fans *coughcough*) pleeeease read up on the new judging system before immediately wailing WUZROBBED? Face it: a failed jump that is a fully-rotated triple earns more points than a cleanly executed double (or a landed underrotated triple), spirals have to be held for at least 3 seconds, and any position or edge changes in a spin have to be held for 3 revs to count.
- Jeff Buttle speaking fluent French? Totally hot.
1 Comments:
Hey. Worlds was so depressing. Sigh. Michelle! Missed the bronze by so little. A better salchow...or a better second lutz... or a 2 second longer spiral. Eager to see how she places when she's had more experience with COP. Gahh why did she wear those over the skate tights! And for all three programs! Mens was interesting at least. Love the brand new podium. Back to writing some lousy 20 page paper. Who in the world wants to read a 20 page paper about lame sodium channels.
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