The Winter Olympics have started and I'm super excited! I can tell I will be up for some late nights watching. The figure skating starts today and I'm excited to see my bb Brian Joubert! Am also glad that Stephane Lambiel is back. As usual, there is a whole lot of wank and disagreement over the judging system. I, for one, don't like the current system, which basically encourages triple jumps rather than quads. I am all for artistry, but I feel that doing triple axles over and over does not help the progression of the sport. I so miss Alexei Yagudin (I'm not afraid to admit it, his skate in Salt Lake City to win gold made me cry like a baby), he was the master of artistry and footwork whilst still more than able to nail the quads. I've never liked Evgeny Plushenko but at least his presence adds to the pro-quad brigade.
Will attempt to make poutine tomorrow in honour of the gracious Olympic hosts, which could be interesting/dangerous.
It's still very much winter here in Paris. It's been snowing quite steadily the last few days and the melting snow has made the temperature drop. I believe the technical term is 'fucking freezing'.
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