Last night’s figure skating was cool, wasn’t it? Sotnikova- WOW- what a performance! I think she deserved the gold. Yuna Kim was transcendent as usual, which raises the question- if someone is *always* transcendent, is she actually so? Maybe she’s normal, and everyone else is just unevolved.
Gracie Gold is the local girl who could. She was fourth in the standings, but first in my heart. *GUSH*.
Her wikipedia page says that she wants to become an orthodontist. Hopefully she’ll come back to Illinois one day and start up a practice. I’ll need to remember to “lose” my retainer if she does, but that won’t be a problem.
After the drama last night, I found myself wondering what my old role model, Irina Slutskaya, was doing. It turns out that she’s working in the Olympic village! How cool is that? I hope this means that she beat her vasculitis as I did. She was my idol back in the days when I was suffering from a rare version of Lupus called Churg-Strauss vasculitis (which is also the kind she had, if I am remembering her symptoms correctly). Good for you, Irina!!!!!!!! I love you!
Geez, I need to tone it down a little. Ok, whatever.
I like figure skating because of the cute girls and athleticism, yes, but I also enjoy it because of the music. Figure skating is almost unique because of the fantastic way in which it blends pop culture and classic orchestral music. It stands as an impressive contrast to the rest of of pop culture, which tends to cheapen great classical music by using it in the most shallow ways possible.
I’m thinking mostly of the hundreds of commercials that have used snippets of classical and baroque masterpieces simply to create childish punchlines. It’s sick, and it lessens appreciation for great music.
Olympic level figure skating actually complements the masterpieces. I like that a lot.
Cool beans.