That was an incredible night of skating.
(Although I'm afraid that Carmen must join "Love Story", Phantom, and "The Impossible Dream" on the "Be Original Already" list.
Yay Grace!
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Feb 25, 2010 9:59:04 pm PST #11375 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
javachik - Feb 25, 2010 10:03:27 pm PST #11376 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I thought all the performances were great, and the results made sense. Is it just me, or was there a real serenity about the proceedings? The girls and women (since some skaters are not adults) seemed so content with their placings; no Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding or Rosalind/Elaine conflict here (Zayak? Sumners? The last names are escaping me).
megan walker - Feb 25, 2010 10:11:36 pm PST #11377 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It wasn't just you. I'm sure if I lived in Korea or Japan I would have felt more drama. But, it was great just to see everyone do their best. And the top three were all just beautiful skaters. And I'm glad Joannie medaled or I think I would have been crushed.
megan walker - Feb 25, 2010 10:16:05 pm PST #11378 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
no Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding or Rosalind/Elaine conflict here (Zayak? Sumners? The last names are escaping me)
Nothing beats the battle of the Carmens with Katerina Witt crushing Debi Thomas, which I remember thinking at the time was just punishment for deciding her Carmen should live (@@).
javachik - Feb 25, 2010 10:20:10 pm PST #11379 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh yeah, I remember that, too.
Consuela - Feb 25, 2010 10:26:45 pm PST #11380 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, that was some great skating.
aurelia - Feb 25, 2010 10:47:17 pm PST #11381 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Man, remember our long outage and Zoe invading People's Forum where the old backup site used to be?
I forgot about that! Didn't she send an email some time later to apologize and let us know that she was better?
Is there any way to know how many active posters there are now? As opposed to just registered users?
Beverly - Feb 25, 2010 11:12:13 pm PST #11382 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Schizophrenic off her meds, and yes, she did apologize. Still, upsetting.
Woohoo Grace! Such wonderful news.
msbelle, I'm so sorry. Vibing some equanimity to mac.
Damn. I did like Gus. I mourned--and still do--the person I liked and thought he was.
Y'all been busy in here today.
Theodosia - Feb 26, 2010 3:19:06 am PST #11383 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I still kick myself over the Gus thing, because I had my doubts, but couldn't bring myself to voice my doubts publically. If I'd known "he" was jerking tommyrot around, it'd have been a different and much shorter saga.
Altogether, considering what nasty financial and/or emotional stress other "characters" have done to people and/or communities, "Gus" was small potatos, but I'm still spitting mad to find out that the imposture is still going on in other venues.
flea - Feb 26, 2010 3:30:49 am PST #11384 of 30001
information libertarian
So, all 500 public computers in my building (except the 40 Macs) are STILL down 23 hours after the virus first struck. They thought they had it licked at 11pm, but it defeated them. And all the teaching podium computers are down, too, which is going to make the day fun for the tech support people in a whole new way (we are one of the larger classroom buildings on campus.) Very glad to be a librarian.