This Is The Year

Okay, I know I should get over this...but I'm a little fixated. I kinda feel like JennyKate and her Twilight! NOW, not only is Evgeni Plushenko a big fat cry-baby, but so is his country and Prime Minister! Apparently the Russian people are up in arms over him taking the silver rather than the gold, and even Vladimir Putin had to get in a cheap shot saying to Plushi (new nickname courtesy of my friend Rachael) that his silver was as good as gold, and that he skated the most accomplished program on the Vancouver ice. Boooo! Poor sports! However, Evan is proving to be much more gracious than myself, and this interview has endeared him to me even more. There is no way to embed this video, so you'll just have to follow the link. But trust me, if you take the time to watch this, you won't be disappointed. Here Evan proves that not only is he a champion, but a true role model as well. The grace and dignity with which he is handling this situation is inspiring, and to me is the tr...

A poor sport. I'm sorry for those of you who aren't into the Olympics. I wasn't planning on doing an Olympic post today. But THEN last night happened. Did y'all watch the Men's Free Skate last night? Did you see American, Evan Lysacek skate the program of his life...and take the gold!?! He is the first American to take the gold in Men's Figure Skating since Brian Boitano did in 1988. Evan's victory lap...Woot Woot!!! And did you see this cry-baby go on and on about how he (Evgeni Plushenko) should have won the gold? He pulled rude faces like this during the whole medal's ceremony. He first tried to blame it on the new scoring system, which ironically was adopted to make the scoring more fair, and make it harder for judges to sway the outcome toward their own bias. Then he had the nerve to say that basically he didn't believe Evan deserved the gold, and that he was certain that his own performance was the gold winning one. Now, of course I'm no ...