World, Mostly Turning

Lots of skating on the tube today--Original Dance, Pairs' Long, and Men's Long. Two of the three were real horse races. :-)

( Here be details on the Original Dance. )

So, not much suspense re: who's going to win gold and silver, but it should be interesting to see who comes up with the bronze.

Pairs and men in the next post.

::changes fandoms::

How much do I want to be in Halifax right now? A lot. I actually have tickets to this year's Canadian Figure Skating Championships, but I'm not supposed to take vacation time yet from the new job. So my seat at the rink sits in silent testimony to my absence, and I sit on the sofa watching the skating on TV.

And, um, listening to Emanuel Sandhu's rendition of Prince's Purple Rain, as that is his musical debut (you can hear it at his website www.emanuelsandhu.com). Quelle diva.

Anyway, tonight was the Ladies' and Pair's short programs.

( Cut for sparkles and spandex. )

Tomorrow, the men!

( Canadians 2006 - Senior Women Long )

Joannie Rochette and Mira Leung will be going to Olympics and Worlds.

My cousin's uncle (and that makes him what to me?) flew to Ottawa today with his boyfriend to catch the tail end of the skating. Steph gave him her camera with the big zoom lens and told him to be photographer for the evening. His first question: "Do you want pictures of Jeff Buttle's butt?" We said yes, natch. :-)

In the interest of not contracting tuberculosis, I have so far today not stepped outside of my apartment. The only reason I got through the night last night was because I had some leftover prescription stuff from years past that completely numbs your mouth and throat when you gargle with it. Without it, I wouldn't have slept at all.

Sitting inside a gigantic refrigerator for hours at a time really is not the best way to deal with a sore throat and cold.

Sadly, I am missing Junior Dance Compulsories, Junior Women Short, and Junior Pairs Short today. Nothing short of hospitalisation would have kept me away from the Senior Men Qualifying yesterday, however. :-)

( Canadians 2006 - Senior Men Qualifying )

Men. I like men. I really like men. Especially if they're young, athletic, and wearing tights. :-)

Tuesday was the Day of Men at Canadians - Junior Men Short program in the morning and Senior Men Qualifying in the afternoon and evening. I was there for pretty much all of it, plus the first flight of Senior Dance practice afterwards, which meant a 13 hour day at the rink. ::wants a medal of my own:: My throat is consquently very unhappy with me today. I survive only by virtue of the gallons of herbal tea that I'm consuming.

I picked up a copy of the media guide yesterday and it provides me with much useful information like who coaches whom, skating history, music titles, etc. Buy this instead of the regular program - it has actual information in it instead of advertisements.

( Canadians 2006 - Junior Men Short Program )

Since the arena isn't that full yet, I've been sitting in prime seats near the boards. As luck would have it, I picked the section next to the one where the VIPs sit. I looked over towards it during the second flight of Junior Men and noticed Brian Orser watching the competition. My sister has always been a huge fan of his, so I approached him during a break and got his autograph for her. :-)

Tune in later today for Senior Men Qualifying.

Cough, wheeze... yeah, that rink air isn't doing a thing for my cold.

( Canadians 2006 - Junior Men practice )

Today is the Senior Women's Qualifying. Cynthia Phaneuf and Annie Bellemare have both withdrawn due to injury. It's too bad for Annie - she's a veteran and this was likely her last shot at going to Olympics. Cynthia will be around for a while yet, but I'm disappointed we won't get to see her. With two of our strongest women out, this competition could turn out to be a splat-fest. I'm hoping it doesn't.

Off to torture my throat some more in the cold!

Jeff Buttle won silver at Worlds. :-)

::dances::

Worlds. Men's short program. Emanuel Sandhu lands a perfect quad-triple combination and then pops his Axel.

I'm dying inside.

::weeps::