Champions on Ice

Last night was great, of course. It was amazing to see Yevgeny Plushenko, Stephan Lambiel, and all the others we got to watch at the Olympics. It really meant a lot to me...I love me some figure skating. Most of them did their Olympic routines, which I liked, and then of course they did some cast performances where everyone was together. Couple of things: Something went wrong with the music during Stephan's performance, so it ended up cutting his program short. That sucked because he was only skating for a couple of minutes and he's one of my sweet babies. However, he rocked for the time he did perfom. As for Michelle Kwan. ::sigh:: I love me some Kwan. No skating fan can deny her talent and impact on the sport...yadda yadda yadda. She was pretty lame. Michelle was the "closer" of the show last night, prior to the big group finale. She did NO jumps at all. Don't get me wrong. I've been to ice shows before and the skaters never go to the level they would in competition, and I get that. Why would they. Why risk hurting themselves for a show piece. No problem. However, that doesn't include throw away jumps like doubles or even singles for fucks sake. Some might say "Sunshine, maybe she was injured." Well, yeah she could have been but if she is hurt bad enough to not even be able to do a single...she probably shouldn't have been in the show that night at all. Junior skaters can do doubles! Her program was short, boring and she didn't even include her trademark spiral section! WTF? It wasn't good. I still love her and I've seen her a few times before and she's always been great, but she just wasn't there last night. Jake even said to me when she finished "So, she didn't even try. " Exactly my thought. Other than those two moments though, the show was fantastic! Thanks Jake. :D