Sunday, January 17, 2010

Nats Free Skate-- Random Thoughts...

Just a few things to say tonight before I hit the hay…

+ JeremEEEEEEEEEE!!! Can you kindly bottle up both of your performances in Spokane and send them up over the border in a few weeks? Absolutely stunning. (BTW, didn’t he change his shirt yet again?? I wonder why he didn’t go with one of the suggestions I posted
here last month…

+ Ditto for Denney/Barrett, who skated even better than I anticipated (and I picked them to win!). Though I doubt they’ll get the scores in Vancouver they deserve, even if they skate clean, I’m more excited about them than I’ve been for any U.S. pairs team in a mighty long while.

+ My kids were rather crushed that Ryan Bradley didn’t make the cut… the current clown prince of figure skating has two new fans after that pretty splendid free skate. What a shame… and with an impressive 3-for-3 on those quads, he’s proof positive that you need MORE. Of course in his case, “more” simply meant turning some doubles into triples…oy.

+ I must say that between Lysacek’s feathers in the SP and Weir’s fur in the FS, I’m liking Abbot’s costume changes more and more.

That’s it for now. Great show everyone!!

1 comment:

Sharon said...

Jeremy was fabulous...I loved it! Totally deserving to be our national champion. And yeah, you called it...Denney/Barrett were also fabulous. I am crushed for McBru because I know they wanted it so badly, but obviously nerves got the better of them. So hoping they stay together and improve for the next four years. Sad to say, though, our pairs will not be a force in Vancouver but here's hoping they skate well.