Woke up this morning to the news that ’80s teen actor Corey Haim died early this morning from an apparent drug overdose. He had a history of drug addiction and it’s a shame he couldn’t beat it.
As you know, I adored Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Well, from the same genius who brought us that literary classic, we now have:
Reading: Finished up Me and Mr. Darcy which was cute, though I could see why some people were dissatisfied with it. Next up is Take Me If You Dare by Candace Havens. This is a break from her fantasy/paranormal romances.
Yet another excuse I can’t use. 1) I don’t drink coffee, and 2) the nearest Starbucks is 50 miles away. But I suppose if you really need an excuse and you didn’t live where there’s a Starbucks you could substitute something else. “You should have seen the line at the gas station/Dunkin Donuts/Joe’s Pool Hall!”
And now for the Olympics report! (You know the drill, spoilers ahead).
In the ladies super combined (downhill skiing & slalom), the silver medal went to our Julia Mancuso. Lindsay Vonn wiped out on the slalom course and was disqualified. In the ladies half pipe snowboarding, Hannah Teter won the silver and Kelly Clark won bronze.
Then there was the finals of the men’s figure skating. Wow. What a night! So many great kids whose time has yet to come but could be great by the next Winter Games. Patrick Chan of Canada who finished in fifth place, Japan’s Nobunari Oda (who had to stop his performance last night for a broken skate lace) who finished in seventh place, Florent Amodio of France (who was born in Brazil and abandoned on the streets when he was only a few days old, but adopted soon after by a couple from France) who came in twelfth.
But of course, all eyes were on the “big names”. Johnny Weir skated the performance of his life, but was short-changed on the scoring in many people’s opinions (not just mine *g*). He ended up in sixth place. But he may not be crying too much. He’s getting his own TV show on the Sundance Channel. *g* Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland landed in fourth place. Daisuke Takahashi of Japan fell on his quad jump, but he rocked the rest of his program and ended up winning the bronze medal.
Yevgeny Plushenko of Russia can jump like nobody’s business. He’s probably the only skater who can do a quad consistently. But jumping ins’t the only aspect of figure skating which the Russians seem incapable of understanding. As good as his jumping was, the rest of his performance left something to be desired. Which is why he fully deserved to win the silver medal.
Evan Lysacek of the U.S. rocked the house. Granted, he doesn’t have a quad jump. But he has the total package. He can do every triple jump known to man and pull it all together with the actual skating and presentation. He fully deserved his gold medal and I’m so proud and happy for him.
And now a moment to discuss good sportsmanship. Plushenko and the Russian Federation apparently don’t understand this concept either. All they have done since he won the silver is bitch, moan, and whine about how they were robbed by not getting gold. Here’s a suggestion, you guys, GET OVER YOURSELVES!!!
Just so you’re warned, there will be spoilers in my blog during the Olympic games so if you don’t want to know ahead of time, just be careful, ‘kay?
So, we had an exciting day in Vancouver yesterday! We (the U.S.) won our first ever medal (silver) in the Nordic combined (ski jumping/cross country skiing event). This has been a part of the Winter Games since the beginning in 1924 and we have never won a medal until yesterday. Hats off to you, Johnny Spillane! And hats off, too, to Canada’s Alexandre Bilodeau who won the first ever gold medal for Canada on their home turf!
Well, I lost half of this post and I don’t feel like trying to recreate it. Stupid Wordpress picked a lousy time to flip out on me. If it was a physical thing I’d kick it across the room! I mean, what’s the point of clicking on “save draft” if it won’t save it???? Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! I had a bit of a rant about last night’s pairs short program results which I can’t rewrite, so you’ll just have to be thankful, I suppose, that Wordpress screwed up.
Reading: In honor of Dick Francis, I’m reading his novel The Edge. It’s been quite some time since I’ve read it, so it’s almost like reading it anew.
And hats off, too, to Canada’s Alexandre Bilodeau who won the first ever gold medal for Canada on their home turf!
I had a bit of a rant about last night’s pairs short program results which I can’t rewrite, so you’ll just have to be thankful, I suppose, that Wordpress screwed up.