V-day and other matters

I couldn't care less about V-day, but the decorations in our building are amusing. The piece de resistance is the street-name plaque - usually it says "Armii Ludowej" (People's Army), but today it's in English and says "Army of Lovers". Either someone's not up on their Plato, or there's a Secret Slasher in the building :>

And I'm still astounded by the pairs' free skating last night. The youngest Chinese pair had a secret weapon - a terribly difficult jump that was supposed to bring them the gold. They were the last pair, and instead of flying through the air Zhang Dan fell so hard, she had to be helped off the ice; she could barely move her knee. And then they came back on the ice and continued - her legs were shaking, her partner had to support her at times, but they did it, every jump and every twirl. And they got silver.

Shoujo sports manga come to life, and I have to admit I had tears in my eyes. Zhang Dan's this tiny little thing like a china doll, and she did it. Movie material, people, especially if they get the gold in four years.

Virtual housekeeping

A very happy birthday to both artela and moustachios :)

In other news, my e-mail works again, and I am going to vivisect my hosting company on a medieval examining table if they pull off one more stunt like that.

I also have nearly 5,000 words of a Coldfire fic for some reason. Woe is me.

Meme from dyoklako:

List five (5) books that you have read and liked. List another five (5) that you plan/will to read. Then list five (5) more that you have read and didn't like and another five (5) you do not plan to read at all. cut and paste the instructions and your own list on your lj/blog.

( Literaryness yay )