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leia131Things I've learned from the Olympics, part two.
-There is a move in pairs figure skating called the death spiral. Now that we know this, Andrew and I have taken to shouting, "Show us your death spiral!" at the TV at least once per pairs skate.
-Sage Kotsenburg looks like a Hemsworth, talks like a surfer in a 90's movie, and is surely getting the most action in the Olympic Village because he also has a fun personality and a gold medal.
-There's a trick in snowboarding called a Japan. No idea what it is, but I learned of its existence. I also know that 'tweak', 'cork', and 'mute grab' are snowboarding terms. Maybe at some point I will learn what they all mean.
-When you start to go out of control/crash during the luge, you're not supposed to bail off the sled. This has not been my experience with real world sledding, and I suspect that sometimes you don't exactly have a choice.
-The USA is totally trolling Russia by sending Johnny Weir to commentate on figure skating. Just looking at him is gay propaganda, because everyone wants to be as fabulous and awesome as he is. Please enjoy these pictures and tweets that illustrate (literally) this point. His Heidi braid is my favorite.
-The top of the ski jump track (374') is higher than the Statue of Liberty (305') or Big Ben (316'). And the horizontal distance they jump is around 115 yards.
Something I learned because of the Olympics: The Dutch wear orange because it's their national color, even though it's not on their flag. It's their national color because William of Orange led the Netherlands to independence from Spain, and the Dutch royal family are his descendants, the House of Orange. (Also, the Dutch king and queen were at the speed skating race, wearing t-shirts and pants and cheering on their skater like normal people.)
Answer to last Monday's song: Our Lips Are Sealed, by The Go-Go's. No one guessed this.
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Date: 2014-02-11 08:34 am (UTC)Johnny Weir as a commentator is amazing. xD He is totes fabulous!
Aw, the Dutch king and queen cheering is cute. xD
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Date: 2014-02-11 05:45 pm (UTC)I couldn't find a picture of the king and queen from last night, unfortunately, but they looked basically the same. The king looks like someone's soccer dad, even in the pictures where he's all dressed up in his royal furs. It's adorable.
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Date: 2014-02-11 05:28 pm (UTC)I love Death Spirals! Like figure skating needs something with such a dramatic name, there's so much ~~drama in figure skating anyway. I also like the ~swizzles~ that the ice dancers have to do.
I was reading that the Olympic Village has handed out 100,000 condoms already. Has Sage had to go ask for more yet, do you think? ;)
I LOVE HOW JOHNNY WEIR IS JUST BASICALLY FLIPPING OFF PUTIN AT THIS POINT. TROLLOLOLOLOL. He was dressed very understated the first day he was on-air, just a white shirt with a subtle geometric pattern in black, a black blazer and a blinged-out ring. BUT HE'S BEEN ESCALATING EVER SINCE. I always watched Johnny's reality show & I'm just waiting for him to show up in his favorite furry Russian hat & the silver lamé hot pants he always used to wear. LOVE HIM.
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Date: 2014-02-11 05:49 pm (UTC)Oh man, I haven't heard any condom reports... I'm going to have to look into that, just because it's hilarious. And yes. The answer to your question is definitely yes.
Johnny is TOTALLY TROLLING. Even when he was dressed subtly, he had that magnificent braid across the top of his head. I did not know that he had a reality show, or that I was such a huge fan of his until this week, but I'm ALL FOR furry hats and hot pants. (They were actually discussing short shorts during the Austrian pairs skate this morning, lol.)
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Date: 2014-02-11 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-11 06:57 pm (UTC)That's warmer than it is here in North Carolina! It's definitely warm enough. *nods*