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Well, I’m still stuck in our old house. Instead of moving yesterday, we had an ice/snow storm. Fun. NOT. It is pretty, though. Makes me feel like I should be in Torino on a pair of skis or a snowboard.

So. Since moving isn’t an option today, I’ll catch up on my Olympic Games reports.

Okay, so maybe it won’t be a report so much as a series of possibly rude comments.

Men’s Figure Skating - Evan Lysacek had a disastrous short program, but he was awesome in the long program! If his short program had been as good, he’d have definitely gotten a medal of some color. But what was up with all the guys having that five o’clock shadow thing going on??? Did they all forget to pack their razors?

Men’s Snowboard Cross - What a wild event! It’s like motocross crossed with NASCAR only on snowboards. Four racers run at a time. It’s a real nail-biter! Two of our guys were elimnated in the semi-finals, if I recall correctly. But Seth Wescott won Gold! One of those cute Slovakians, Radoslav Zidek, won the Silver.

Men’s Skeleton - I keep wondering if it’s called Skeleton because the athletes racing break so many bones? The Americans didn’t do well, alas.

Women’s Combined - The downhill portion of this event had to be postponed yesterday because of the wind. So they did the slalom portion instead. One of the Best Dressed Skier Awards goes to our Julia Mancuso, who instead of wearing a helmet (isn’t that kind of foolish? :banghead:) wore a tiara. Yes, you read that right. A tiara! The other Best Dressed Award goes to our Resi Stieglar who skied wearing a strand of pearls. Ooo-kay. Lindsay Kildow was still suffering from her fall several days ago, and fell again during her second slalom run, so she’s out of this event. Janica Kostelic of Croatia won the Gold.

Women’s Snowboard Cross - You may have all heard about, or seen, Lindsay Jacobellis’ mistake that cost her the Gold medal yesterday. She looked like she was showboating as she came off the final ramp. And she fell. She had the race in the bag because she was so far ahead, so it’s understandable she was excited. Hell, I’d have been excited too! And probably would have done the same thing! So I wish all the members of the press who are treating her like she’s a felon would just shut up!!!! She’s only 20 years old, for pity’s sake. Cut the kid some slack! Sheesh. Not that I have any strong opinions about it or anything….

Ice Dancing Compulsory - The compulsory dance was the Ravensburger Waltz which every team has to do. I love watching the waltz. It’s so beautiful when it’s done well. Rude comments first. The chick in the Lithuanian pair looked half-dressed. I kept wondering what had happened to the rest of her costume. For some weird reason the Ukrainian team looked pissed even though at that point they’d been put into first place. Strange. She also had a Really Ugly Costume. (Actually, there was a lot of that going around!) Our team of Silverstein & O’Meara skated very nicely. (And her dress wasn’t ugly.) Our Gregory & Petukhov were nice, too. Then there was the Italian team of Fusar-Poli & Margaglio. Their skating was wonderful! Their costuming… not so much. LOL! But they won the night and are in the lead going into the next round. The American team of Belbin & Agosto did pretty well, though they both said they could have done a lot better. They’re sitting in sixth place at the moment. But there are less than two points between first and sixth place, so anything could happen!

Whew! Now I’m caught up with all I’ve seen and made notes on.

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