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K-MART! BRING IT HOME!! They're playing Sweden right now, possibly for Bronze. Um, this is curling. Katie tells me that Kevin Martin, the skip of the Canadian men's team, is known as K-Mart. So much loff.
Gyaaah, curling is so stressful. No way can I watch the whole game. When your team doesn't have the hammer, and only has so much control. I am just going to lust after Johnny Morris some more.
DO IT K-MART! HURRY HARD! AGH! OH MAN SECOND SHOT ROCK. Not bad. . . but. . . could have been shot rock. But then, Sweden would have a chance to push it out anyway. (There's probably a. . . mmm, Johnny. . . technical curling term for "push it out" but I'm a beginner. Take it out? I think maybe that's it.) Sweden keeps using a lot of time, which is interesting. Oh man, I love when there are so many rocks in play. Oh, K-Mart. ::swoons::
Haha, kept Sweden to 1, although Sweden tried a crazy shot. Oh no, but then Sweden kept us to 1 in the fourth end. ("Us" being Canada in this case. I think my loyalties are clear.) [I missed the fifth end but Canada apparently stole a double!]
Apparently K-Mart is also known as "the old bear" and Canadian fans will chant "Don't wake the bear!" when he shoots. And "Johnny Mo" when Johnny Morris shoots. What a hottie. (I'm sorry for being repetitive but he is.)
One of the things that's been bothering me about both the CTV and NBC Olympics website is that they have athlete profiles, but no team profiles. I desperately want to read little summaries of who's on each time, how old they are, how long they've all played together, stuff like that. The way it is now you have to filter through everyone and try to track down the members of the team you want and read about them individually.
Canadian women are playing for gold tomorrow night. Against Sweden, I think? They don't have the same high expectations on them as Kevin's team, so I'm really proud of them and think their chances are fairly good. Sweden are the defending gold medalists, they've been inconsistent here so far. Canada are underdogs, they've had some good games and some gimmes. Could go either way. I'm happy that Canada are in it for gold or silver, though, that's already great!
Clara Hughes is becoming one of my favorite Olympians, by the way. Canadian speedskater, long track. She won a bronze medal last night in her last Olympic race. She's won 6 medals and is Canada's most decorated Olympian - she's also the only one to have won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter games - two in cycling, four in speedskating. AWESOME.
I'm watching her press conference and it's pretty adorable. She's very smiley and likable. Also I laughed and laughed because it's all Canadian press and then this one Dutch guy. THE DUTCH LOVE LONG TRACK SPEEDSKATING. LOVE IT. Hahahaha. It was so cute.
Terry, the Universal Sports guy on the Figure Skating review/preview show, is totally growing on me. But it looks like today's is going to be all about the women's competition. ::sigh:: I keep forgetting everyone loves that part. And expecting them to keep talking about ice dance because it was such a big deal to me (and Canada). (Also, today's just got posted and I still haven't managed to see yesterday's or the day before's, which worries me)
Dick Button is so smart, though. I almost always, always agree with Dick Button (he has more of a warm spot for the Americans than I do, but that's about it). I can't figure out if it's because we're both classy and intelligent and have good taste, or if it's because my mind has been sculpted by Dick Button when it comes to skating. :D
See? He just said Virtue/Moir and Davis/White's free dances were his favorite skates we've seen so far.
OK, let's see what Sweden does with the hammer in the sixth end, then I need to try to do some more work. . . . OH SHIT good shot, Sweden. Their skip has been pulling out some really good shots. Is it their skip? AW MAN though he just messed up. Poor kid, so ambitious - so many crazy shots. XD 6-1 for Canada going into the 7th end.
I'm chatting with a friend from Manchester that I haven't spoken to in a while and she's like "So what's up?" And I'm all "OH MAN SO EXCITED ABOUT THE ICE DANCE RESULTS" and we chat, and I show her how freaking hot JR Celski is, and then she's like "So what else have you been up to?" And I'm just. . . "Uh. The Olympics. Pretty much. Is it." (Well, and a boring date last night, but it wasn't bad enough to be interesting talking about, just meh.)
Gyaaah, curling is so stressful. No way can I watch the whole game. When your team doesn't have the hammer, and only has so much control. I am just going to lust after Johnny Morris some more.
DO IT K-MART! HURRY HARD! AGH! OH MAN SECOND SHOT ROCK. Not bad. . . but. . . could have been shot rock. But then, Sweden would have a chance to push it out anyway. (There's probably a. . . mmm, Johnny. . . technical curling term for "push it out" but I'm a beginner. Take it out? I think maybe that's it.) Sweden keeps using a lot of time, which is interesting. Oh man, I love when there are so many rocks in play. Oh, K-Mart. ::swoons::
Haha, kept Sweden to 1, although Sweden tried a crazy shot. Oh no, but then Sweden kept us to 1 in the fourth end. ("Us" being Canada in this case. I think my loyalties are clear.) [I missed the fifth end but Canada apparently stole a double!]
Apparently K-Mart is also known as "the old bear" and Canadian fans will chant "Don't wake the bear!" when he shoots. And "Johnny Mo" when Johnny Morris shoots. What a hottie. (I'm sorry for being repetitive but he is.)
One of the things that's been bothering me about both the CTV and NBC Olympics website is that they have athlete profiles, but no team profiles. I desperately want to read little summaries of who's on each time, how old they are, how long they've all played together, stuff like that. The way it is now you have to filter through everyone and try to track down the members of the team you want and read about them individually.
Canadian women are playing for gold tomorrow night. Against Sweden, I think? They don't have the same high expectations on them as Kevin's team, so I'm really proud of them and think their chances are fairly good. Sweden are the defending gold medalists, they've been inconsistent here so far. Canada are underdogs, they've had some good games and some gimmes. Could go either way. I'm happy that Canada are in it for gold or silver, though, that's already great!
Clara Hughes is becoming one of my favorite Olympians, by the way. Canadian speedskater, long track. She won a bronze medal last night in her last Olympic race. She's won 6 medals and is Canada's most decorated Olympian - she's also the only one to have won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter games - two in cycling, four in speedskating. AWESOME.
I'm watching her press conference and it's pretty adorable. She's very smiley and likable. Also I laughed and laughed because it's all Canadian press and then this one Dutch guy. THE DUTCH LOVE LONG TRACK SPEEDSKATING. LOVE IT. Hahahaha. It was so cute.
Terry, the Universal Sports guy on the Figure Skating review/preview show, is totally growing on me. But it looks like today's is going to be all about the women's competition. ::sigh:: I keep forgetting everyone loves that part. And expecting them to keep talking about ice dance because it was such a big deal to me (and Canada). (Also, today's just got posted and I still haven't managed to see yesterday's or the day before's, which worries me)
Dick Button is so smart, though. I almost always, always agree with Dick Button (he has more of a warm spot for the Americans than I do, but that's about it). I can't figure out if it's because we're both classy and intelligent and have good taste, or if it's because my mind has been sculpted by Dick Button when it comes to skating. :D
See? He just said Virtue/Moir and Davis/White's free dances were his favorite skates we've seen so far.
OK, let's see what Sweden does with the hammer in the sixth end, then I need to try to do some more work. . . . OH SHIT good shot, Sweden. Their skip has been pulling out some really good shots. Is it their skip? AW MAN though he just messed up. Poor kid, so ambitious - so many crazy shots. XD 6-1 for Canada going into the 7th end.
I'm chatting with a friend from Manchester that I haven't spoken to in a while and she's like "So what's up?" And I'm all "OH MAN SO EXCITED ABOUT THE ICE DANCE RESULTS" and we chat, and I show her how freaking hot JR Celski is, and then she's like "So what else have you been up to?" And I'm just. . . "Uh. The Olympics. Pretty much. Is it." (Well, and a boring date last night, but it wasn't bad enough to be interesting talking about, just meh.)
