Olympics: Men's figure skating

[winter]

Well, that was predictable. But still, gotta love a guy who goes out on ice and doesn't look like any of what he does takes real effort, and still manages to be perhaps the only guy who doesn't make any mistakes at all.

Apart from the Plushchenko love, highlights included Joubert's Riverdancing On Ice, Savoie's entire program (pretty!) and Buttle's lovely classic ballet - Buttle's second place in the free skate is certainly well-deserved. Also, there was this first moment in Takahashi's program, that little bow he did at the very beginning, that was very charming indeed. I'm just sorry for Lambiel - he's really good, but he overreached himself and when he finished, you could see he was just so angry about it all.

(In case you're interested: got an A in my exam, then came home and slept for 5 hours. One of these days, I'll get a healthy reaction to stress.)

Oooh. It looks like LJ added a draft post autosave. Nifty!

Comments

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the exam!

And I normally am not a Plushenko fan at all, but tonight he was the only one who actually deserved a medal.

[winter]

Yeah, was there actually anyone else who didn't fall? It was like, guy gets on ice, guy gets ambitious and tries a neat jump, guy falls on his arse. Like there was a curse or something O_o

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

I think everybody in the last group fell, aside from Plushenko. Lambiel didn't even do the triple axle and still came second. *sigh*

[winter]

I think that could have been because they watched Plushenko and wanted to match up to him ;) Ah well, ice dancing and women still to go!

[icebluesilver.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for the A!

I only watched a bit of the men's figure skating... some guy with bad acne. Why did they keep zooming in on his forehead?!

[winter]

Hm, who was that? Must have been in the first warm-up groups, because I watched the last two and didn't see anything XD

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Well done on the exam :D

And finally, finally managed to catch some figure skating. My teen sister heartily approved of the tight outfits and I adored the French chap :)

[winter]

Be sure to catch the exhibition gala next Friday :) I think I like exhibitions better than the real thing - people don't push themselves and don't fall so much.

Joubert was brilliant with the riverdancing, wasn't he? Almost as stunning as the Matrix programme he used two years ago - that was the first I'd seen of him, and it knocked me flat. He might not be the natural on ice that Plushenko is, but he's sure having fun :)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Joubert's dancing was brilliant. I loved the fact he got the crowd clapping along with him and looked like he was doing it for them, as opposed to just doing it for the medal. Plus, the fact he wasn't exactly hard on the eyes made it even less of a challenge ;)

[winter]

Pretty, isn't he? I liked his Matrix costume better though. This time around costume-wise I was torn between Takahashi's purple extravaganza, whatever it was that Johnny Weir had on and Jeffrey Buttle's outfit (which IMHO looked more like something a Russian skater would wear).

Mmm. Gotta love a sport where you're supposed to ogle the legs of athletic men in frilly clothes XD

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I loved Weir's! The way the ruffles moved was far too fascinating, although my initial reaction was "bahaha! That's more ruffles than my dignity would let me wear!". And the way the light played on Takahashi's had me mesmerised even more than his perkiness.

Of course, skaters can pull off anything, if it's tight and slinky enough. Although whoever designed the tiger-striped one deserves a smack on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper. The colours clashed far too horribly.

[winter]

The tiger one was Lambiel's, wasn't it? The blue gloves had to go >_< Other duds included Zhang's mock-Alexander the Great outfit (those pants especially) and Savoie's clothes - there are few occasions where tie-dyed beige makes for an appropriate fashion choice. I loved Sawyer's starry shirt though, because I'm a sucker for shiny things :)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

The tiger one I wouldn't have minded so much if they had at least colour-co-ordinated the whole ensemble. The artist in me was staring in horror so much that I didn't even notice half of his routine. Purple, orange, black, white and sky blue? What where they thinking?

Agreed on the others, but I will readily admit I adored the Canadian chap's outfit. It was fabulous with the poofy sleeves and admirably tight pants ;)

[winter]

I think that may have just been a case of "give me more colour!" ;)

Which Canadian chap? :P Though I gather you mean Buttle's, since Sawyer's was pretty tight-fitting. Buttle's clothes just prove that a czarist-style uniform, for a guy, is always the right choice. And talking about being easy on the eyes, whoa. Blond handsome goodness.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

That's the one :) I'm abysmal with names, especially when it's a case of "would you look at the legs on that?". My sister was amusing to observe throughout, because she made a kind of squeaky noise and tipped sideways when they did a closeup on him :D

[winter]

I tend to remember names better when they're attached to good-looking guys ;) I have to admit I went "ooooh" myself. I don't usually go for the squeaky-clean type, but I'd be willing to make an exception in this case... ^_^

[ciciaye.livejournal.com]

Well done on the exam! :-)
CCA

[winter]

The prof asked me about the international-relations consequences of the First World War - after 10 minutes she finally got a word edgewise to tell me to shut up and get out ;)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Go you on the exam result.

[winter]

Thankee :)