Much news this week, and I was distracted by the playoffs, but at this moment in time I prefer to be distracted from the the playoffs, so…
Somewhat sad to see the end of Evora & Ladwig, but at their ages, we knew it might happen. And at least we get to keep him, provided he finds a partner(he better find one quick, though; he doesn’t this summer and there’s a huge danger he’ll stop looking). More sad to hear Lauri Bonacorsi & Travis Mager split.
CD just hit Stars’ “Calender Girl.” I now want to make a montage of Alissa to this song. Though I suppose then I’d have to watch her programs from Nice, which I don’t want to do. The life of the artist…as I said in my Worlds entry, she might very well be back at Worlds next year with a chance at redemption, and I kind of really hope it happens. She and Ashley can do it right next year and then Gracie Gold can join them in Sochi.
I have, on the other hand, now seen both Patrick Chan & Daisuke Takahashi’s long programs, courtesy NBC’s recap show. And I will say this: I absolutely understand why the former won. I’m a little more uncertain as to whether it was absolutely right, or maybe just not caring enough to feel whether it was or wasn’t, but noone should be ranting about Chanadian politics or taking the judges out and shooting them: this is not nearly that bad. As offenses against justice go? This one’s barely a tap against the head. Then again, I still haven’t bothered with their shorts, so…
Missed the first hour of said show, so missed the ice dance, for which I’m kind of sorry, but also Jeremy’s skate, for which I’m not; I fear I might find that more painful to watch than even Alissa might be. On reading he plans to keep one program last year, I hope it’s the long; he’s done the short justice, but he hasn’t skated that long clean yet and unless he final does at the World Team Trophy it would be tragic to lose the program without getting at least one flawless 2010 Nationals-style skate out of it.
Find I’m in no hurry to seek out the top free dances, anyway, simply because, well, I’ve seen them already. Tessa and Scott and Meryl and Charlie were wonderful all year; there’s not much further up they can go. Though one program I have enjoyed seeing performed for the first time is Nathalie & Fabian’s Ex:
