OMG totally agree with the music. When I was watching the pairs the other night I was like "blugh boring". The music was so depressing. I know I'm not a judge, but seriously everyone doesn't need to do boring classical music. If you have to do something ochestral in nature, hello there are soundtracks and there are some amazing scores out there! It seemed like all the music was piano or a solo violen, which to me is boring. Give me a full ochestra any day.

I wanna see a ice skater do music from Glee :D

Plus as soon as a team screwed up (i.e. fell), I fast forwarded because I knew they were no longer in the running for a medal.

Plus the commentators... another Ugh. They would be like "this pair is going to be one to look out for" and you watch them and they can't even do a jump in sync and they are slow, have no speed and thier boring and I was like "yeah right". They said that about the two American teams and I was like "your full of crap". I think they were saying it because let's face it at the Olympics you are "go (insert name of country)".

I'm looking forward to the ice dancing though. The two American teams are amazing. The Gold winners from Nationals (can't think of their name) did Phantom of the Opera at Nationals (with singing), so different. I hope they do it for their long program at the Olympics.

I sooo agree about the dirge music in skating! Did anyone see the guy (maybe Swiss?) who used blues-y harmonica music? It was great! He was not, however (nor was his costume, which was an unfortunate one shouldered overall... but I digress) The music was a highpoint. Also, totally agree about Yvegeny... yuckgeny.

Gold and bronze for the US in the 1000m.

I ADORE Shani Davis!

I agree with all of this!!!!!!!

I did enjoy Dick Button's comments about him. Plushenko said, in that pre-recording (of him driving in his car.. wtf?!) that he wanted two golds like Button, and Dick was all, "Well, I don't know.. he's going to have to do this, this and this. And he was rather stiff while skating. And his arms seemed kind of crazy," etc. etc. I was laughing during the whole thing.

And yay Shaun White! I love that he was able to do whatever he wanted on his last run (which was still more amazing than his first!!) :D

Plushenko is a massive a-hole for the comments he made today.

I watched the entire competition, and even I, who knows next to nothing about the scoring system, could tell Lysacek deserved the gold.

He needs to go back to Russia and re-retire.

We luvs our JAPADOGS! You would not believe the lineups at JAPADOG carts... :D

I am all about the bus. It is worth it to walk to Homer Street (btw. West George and Dunsmuir) and catch the bus from the 'start of line' by the Main Post Office. That way, you are guaranteed to get on the bus and get a seat. They have tonnes of buses.

Anyone else watching USA-Canada hockey? It's a great game!

Really, really not sure how to react to Domnina and Shabalin's performance.

Yes! So exciting!

Yeah, it was a wild game! DH and I were on opposite sides of the room watching the game :D

It seemed really cartoonish to me. maybe her facial expressions throughout the whole thing? Not to mention the costumes.

Especially when compaired to some of the other dances that seemed more authentic to the culture they were representing.

The Russian ice skating costume was a bad choice. I'm sure the original intent of the costumes was to honor the aboriginal culture as they claim and their routine was designed to be a shout out to the aborigini. (That sucks even more since their facial expressions were silly and they are even more silly in still photos.)

But, when in doubt, don't do it. Many things aren't opportunities to pay homage or to teach and learn. The lesson gets lost in the jacked up context. They were there to perform and wow the crowd--they should've chosen some catchy outfits to do so so their routine wouldn't get lost in the "awkward silence" that happened during their performance. Their rank went down and it was partly (maybe mostly) a result of the costumes and facial expressions.

I think she broke everyone's. I hope she makes the podium.

*Does wanting Mao Asada to take gold make me un-American? I just think she got so robbed at the last Olympics (86 days too young, come on!).

*Kim Yu-Na made a comment about skating at "The Olympia." Can you not win first place of a competition you can't name?

*Nagasu's nosebleed was MOST unfortunate.

*Rachael Flatt's routine was so cute! I wish it had been cleaner, but she did great!


Can you tell this is the only sport I really bother watching?

Ditto.

I just watched it again on the NBC Olympics site and was in tears (again). Wow.

I just watched it on the NBC site, too, and it was preceded by a Procter & Gamble ad with the unfortunate slogan "Official sponsor of moms." Yikes.

Ok I heard a P&G commercial the other day with that slogan and was totally hoping I misheard. Unfortunately not :(

YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA JOANNIE!!!!!! I'm so happy she made the podium. I feel like such a bad American to be hoping Nagasu wouldn't knock her off but I feel like Joannie deserves that medal to skate the way she did under the circumstances she had. There were a few small mistakes but she was still phenomenal.

Even though I didn't want Nagasu to go above, I don't think she deserved such a low score when her program was clean. And why the heck was Rachael Flatt in 7th place?? Oh well.

You were not the only "bad" American. DoctorD and I were chatting on Yahoo at the time and we both wanted Joannie to make the podium. I don't know how she held it together enough to skate or deal with her situation. I think the judges felt the same way, hence the lower Nagasu score.

Rachell Flatt skated well technically but she lacked grace and ease last night. Maybe it was the choreography of her program, but her movements just seemed more stilted or something.

Rachell also lost 8 points due to her jumps being under-rotated (so what was supposed to be a triple was only counted as a double). And I was so happy that Joannie medaled! and in a way, Brian Orser finally has his gold!

Sorry to double post, but if P&G is my official sponsor, don't they need to show me the money???

What is everyone's reaction to the Canadian women's hockey team's celebration after their gold medal win?

http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/sports-olympicsights4/

Yeah, Rachael wasn't as graceful as the others, I agree. I didn't realize her jumps were under-rotated. But for Nagasu's score to be a whole 12 points behind the pack and her program was virtually clean...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

I felt the same way - loved seeing her blow a kiss to the sky! I was actively cheering her on.

Rachel Flatt had the bad luck of the draw by being first to skate, too. The first one is always the hardest scrutinized & scored. She's young, though, so look out, 2014!

I was thrilled to see Joannie get up on that podium so I guess I'm another bad American. ;) Naw, she deserved it. The American skaters have plenty of time for medals in the future.



I thought it was a bit bizarre but I guess to each their own. :confused:

Yea, I thought it to be a bit too much for the Olympics. I get it. You won. You're excited. But why can't the alcohol and cigars be saved for the locker room?

And apparently one of them tried to drive the Zamboni around :rolleyes:

That's actually kinda funny. I mean, who doesn't love a Zamboni?

I think the IOC has a stick up their butt..lol. They were excited, the medal ceremony was over and the fans were gone. So, they drank and smoked cigars on the ice, big deal. There are far worse things that they could have done.

In short, I feel like this guy does: http://winterolympics.si.com/2010/02...d-medal-party/

I don't think it would be a big deal if they weren't women.

Ok, that's a different story. I was thinking they were still there.

But I think it WOULD be a big deal (even bigger than it is) if the Americans did this (if they won).

But ya never know.

I guess we'll have to see what happens when the US beats Canada on Sunday :D

I think I read it was about two hours after. So fans were gone, but apparently reporters and photogs were still hanging out.

This may be true, especially considering the difference in the nations' legal drinking ages.

I'm interested to see what happens here. I have to be honest, the only reason we beat Canada was the strength of Miller as a goalie vs. Brodeur, because we were outplayed and outshot. It'll be interesting to see if Luongo can hold up to the pressure

I quite like this video:
"Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrA4V6YF6SA

I don't like the title itself, but I do think that the video itself is very succinct about the relationship between Canada and USA. After all, Canada needs USA and USA needs Canada. :)

Congrats to Team Canada (coached by Mike Babcock, head coach of the Red Wings, I must point out). I've never liked Crosby.. as a Wings fan, we kinda love to hate him. Great hockey game. I can't be too upset, both teams are great. SUPER impressed with Michigan State's Ryan Miller (whose brother is a Red Wing, I might add).

And here I thought I'd never be able to watch hockey again..lol. I was wrong, thankfully :) One can still be a hockey fan even when trying to forget about a Hockey Dad!

I realized this weekend that I can't watch Cross Country Skiing while lying on the couch. Instant nap!

Apparently, if you want your son to play for the USA Olympic hockey team, name him Ryan. Weren't there like 4 or 5 Ryans? Lol

I'm really glad I watched the OT. Crazy!

Haha! My FB status right now is "wondering how many Ryans were on Team USA? 4? 5? I lost count"

Never been more proud to be Canadian!!!!!!! That Blackhawks dressing room is going to be uncomfortable for Kane now:cool: