Babble away. :D I always get busy between Olympics and stop keeping up with figure skating, but I really enjoy it when I do watch, and after watching (half of) the pairs' short today, I'm resolving once again to keep following the sport from now on. Or at least until I cancel my cable subscription. ^^;;
Yeah, it was Alexei Yagudin I was thinking of. I loved how he was so earnest and passionate -- which was actually a bit of a change for me, since I usually like the more effeminate and graceful skaters. I'm sure anyone who saw my obsession with Ilya Kulik would have thought I would like Plushenko, too. Maybe it's that smug look on his face that the first article I linked talks about.
If pairs is an example, I guess I'll be relying on the short programs to re-meet all the skaters, and then I'll know who to cheer for in the free program. Two more days!
Oh, and I had the time zone program last Olympics, so I guess it's only fair. :P Both Vancouver now and Salt Lake City before tug at me, because they feel close enough that I could have gone . . . if I had the time, and the money. At least I got to see a Stars on Ice once (back when I was obsessed with Ilya, obviously). I think I'll have to settle for that for a while yet.
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Date: 2010-02-15 07:16 am (UTC)Yeah, it was Alexei Yagudin I was thinking of. I loved how he was so earnest and passionate -- which was actually a bit of a change for me, since I usually like the more effeminate and graceful skaters. I'm sure anyone who saw my obsession with Ilya Kulik would have thought I would like Plushenko, too. Maybe it's that smug look on his face that the first article I linked talks about.
If pairs is an example, I guess I'll be relying on the short programs to re-meet all the skaters, and then I'll know who to cheer for in the free program. Two more days!
Oh, and I had the time zone program last Olympics, so I guess it's only fair. :P Both Vancouver now and Salt Lake City before tug at me, because they feel close enough that I could have gone . . . if I had the time, and the money. At least I got to see a Stars on Ice once (back when I was obsessed with Ilya, obviously). I think I'll have to settle for that for a while yet.