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SUPER good Paralympics today! I was worried it'd be dull because it was all skiing and no sledge hockey, but it was giant slalom, which I like waaaay better than slalom, and biathlon and cross-country which I like better than alpine.
And I got to see Alana Nichols win gold!! She's one of my favorite competitors so I was really pumped. She was soooo happy, too, she started sobbing and cheering at the finish line. And another American, Stephani Victor, won her second silver medal of this Games and she's adorable! She had her hand over her heart for the entire anthem, and Alana had tears streaming down her cheeks. OMG so cute.
And in women's visually impaired biathlon (I don't keep rack of which length of race it was) the ONLY B1 skier, Verena Bentele, won the gold. She was amazing, really amazing shooting. (There are three categories of visually impaired skiiers, with B1 having no vision, B2 up to 5% and B3 up to 10%, I thiiiink.) Also with amazing shooting, Josef Giesen, a competitor in the Men's 3k pursuit (OK, i had to look that one up to get the spelling of his name). He has no arms, which affects his skiing, but his shooting was so great he was just .3 seconds out of third place.
I wish Universal had more Paralympics coverage, although I'm getting used to it a little more and am not left at 8 feeling quite so "WAIT THAT'S IT!" Plus without the sledge hockey we get to see more of the other events. Still no wheelchair curling, though. I'm going to have to just track it down.
I also wish Universal was covering the short track world championships this weekend!! :( They totally advertised short track during the Olympics but I guess they were just advertising Apolo and without him they gave up. DAMN THEM!! Currently they are re-broadcasting the figure skating from the Olympics, I guess as a run up to the Worlds. Normally I'd be pleased about this but now it makes me bitter. Also it's weird for me to want someone to show ice dance instead of pairs. Oh, Tessa and Scott, how complicated you make my life. XD
Speaking of figure skating, going to see Thin Ice the day after tomorrow! The dress rehearsal, though - we thought it would be kind of interesting, easier to get home from, and we'd be able to watch the real thing on TV. I'm excited! Kurt Browning and Kristi Yamaguchi in the same room! David Pelletier! David Pelletier skating with Elena Berezhnaya! Choreographed by Stephen Cousins, I don't know if i even knew that he choreographed. Wow, most awkward sentence ever. After that, I'm not sure if I'm most excited by Jamie with Patrice or John Zimmerman with Shae-Lynn. So intriguing!
Shuffleboard night tomorrow, hopefully things will go more smoothly this time. I will then have to stay up till 1 watching the 11-1 rebroadcast of the Paralympic coverage. And then up to get to Canal St at 8:30 to catch a Chinatown gambling express to Thin Ice. XDDD Oh man should be exciting!! The bus trip alone, I mean. They don't have an office or anything, the ticket person just stands in a doorway all day. And you have to pay cash! On the other hand, it's $10 so that's not really a problem.
Short track video chat livestream things are awesome, but they weren't sure when they would do it this week and it made me jerk around my friend for when we were going to meet for dinner. And then after they decided I realized it was the Paralympics and I wanted to make it home by 6 anyway so I didn't have to watch the 11-1 airing. So hopefully there will not be another chat on Tuesday of next week, which is when I pushed her off to, in the most spazzy, flaky way. DX I just don't get to watch either the Paralympics or the people I'm a fan of live and being adorable and interacting.
And I got to see Alana Nichols win gold!! She's one of my favorite competitors so I was really pumped. She was soooo happy, too, she started sobbing and cheering at the finish line. And another American, Stephani Victor, won her second silver medal of this Games and she's adorable! She had her hand over her heart for the entire anthem, and Alana had tears streaming down her cheeks. OMG so cute.
And in women's visually impaired biathlon (I don't keep rack of which length of race it was) the ONLY B1 skier, Verena Bentele, won the gold. She was amazing, really amazing shooting. (There are three categories of visually impaired skiiers, with B1 having no vision, B2 up to 5% and B3 up to 10%, I thiiiink.) Also with amazing shooting, Josef Giesen, a competitor in the Men's 3k pursuit (OK, i had to look that one up to get the spelling of his name). He has no arms, which affects his skiing, but his shooting was so great he was just .3 seconds out of third place.
I wish Universal had more Paralympics coverage, although I'm getting used to it a little more and am not left at 8 feeling quite so "WAIT THAT'S IT!" Plus without the sledge hockey we get to see more of the other events. Still no wheelchair curling, though. I'm going to have to just track it down.
I also wish Universal was covering the short track world championships this weekend!! :( They totally advertised short track during the Olympics but I guess they were just advertising Apolo and without him they gave up. DAMN THEM!! Currently they are re-broadcasting the figure skating from the Olympics, I guess as a run up to the Worlds. Normally I'd be pleased about this but now it makes me bitter. Also it's weird for me to want someone to show ice dance instead of pairs. Oh, Tessa and Scott, how complicated you make my life. XD
Speaking of figure skating, going to see Thin Ice the day after tomorrow! The dress rehearsal, though - we thought it would be kind of interesting, easier to get home from, and we'd be able to watch the real thing on TV. I'm excited! Kurt Browning and Kristi Yamaguchi in the same room! David Pelletier! David Pelletier skating with Elena Berezhnaya! Choreographed by Stephen Cousins, I don't know if i even knew that he choreographed. Wow, most awkward sentence ever. After that, I'm not sure if I'm most excited by Jamie with Patrice or John Zimmerman with Shae-Lynn. So intriguing!
Shuffleboard night tomorrow, hopefully things will go more smoothly this time. I will then have to stay up till 1 watching the 11-1 rebroadcast of the Paralympic coverage. And then up to get to Canal St at 8:30 to catch a Chinatown gambling express to Thin Ice. XDDD Oh man should be exciting!! The bus trip alone, I mean. They don't have an office or anything, the ticket person just stands in a doorway all day. And you have to pay cash! On the other hand, it's $10 so that's not really a problem.
Short track video chat livestream things are awesome, but they weren't sure when they would do it this week and it made me jerk around my friend for when we were going to meet for dinner. And then after they decided I realized it was the Paralympics and I wanted to make it home by 6 anyway so I didn't have to watch the 11-1 airing. So hopefully there will not be another chat on Tuesday of next week, which is when I pushed her off to, in the most spazzy, flaky way. DX I just don't get to watch either the Paralympics or the people I'm a fan of live and being adorable and interacting.
