a medal for mediocrity.

soLiD gOLd cRaP. i haven’t seen much of the winter olympics so far, but i did watch most of the ladies’ figure skating long programs last night and the ice dancing finals the other night and i have a few notes for the world of figure skating:

let’s step it up, kids. it’s like the whole sport took a collective step backwards. the choreography was unexciting and seemingly simplistic. the costumes were gaudy. i’m pretty certain that my beginning tap dance recital costume from the north andover school of dance circa 1985 was a higher grade polyester than most of what i was subjected to this past week. and i’m going to guess that we had a tighter budget and less sponsorship than the olympic athletes. the music choices were awful. it's the 2006 winter olympics and people are still skating to phantom of the opera? you have got to be shitting me. disgraceful. and unforgivable. 2 of the 24 ladies chose the love theme from romeo & juliet for their long program? this seems preposterous to me. there is a whole world of music out there, you pretty much have the freedom to take it in any direction you want, you know that the piece you choose will form the very core of your performance and, yet, you're going to go with andrew lloyd weber? the same song that she's doing?? the candy man from willy wonka choice for that beginning tap class recital of mine seems more inspired. i know i'm being harsh, but, then again, so was a lot of the bleached hair and black eyeliner i saw in torino this week, and it is, after all, the olympics, so the bar should maybe be a little higher.

that said, i probably couldn't even do a single axel with a harness, a spotter, and a gun to my head.