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Watching Olympics: Day 1
(And by 'Olympics,' I mean 'Team Figure Skating competition, day one, men's short program,' because I need my sleep dammit.)
So, two things. Three things? Three things.
1) Lord above, was the ice cursed or something? I haven't seen that many falls in ages. Dear skaters: pls to emulate Yuuri at the end of the series, not the beginning.
2) I am bitter at NBC for choosing to give us a 'here's our usual saccharine background thingy on American Skater' rather than show us the Israeli skater. Especially as Alexei Bychenko danced the hora on ice, which I would have loved to see, and landed in second place after the short, as opposed to aforementioned American skater Nathan Chen, who flubbed his infallible quads and landed in fourth. Pbbth, NBC. Pbbbth.
3) Props to Shoma Uno of Japan for, well, not falling on his ass like every single other male skater, jeezum. Also skating a really good program! But wow did he not have much competition last night.
So, two things. Three things? Three things.
1) Lord above, was the ice cursed or something? I haven't seen that many falls in ages. Dear skaters: pls to emulate Yuuri at the end of the series, not the beginning.
2) I am bitter at NBC for choosing to give us a 'here's our usual saccharine background thingy on American Skater' rather than show us the Israeli skater. Especially as Alexei Bychenko danced the hora on ice, which I would have loved to see, and landed in second place after the short, as opposed to aforementioned American skater Nathan Chen, who flubbed his infallible quads and landed in fourth. Pbbth, NBC. Pbbbth.
3) Props to Shoma Uno of Japan for, well, not falling on his ass like every single other male skater, jeezum. Also skating a really good program! But wow did he not have much competition last night.