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Had I ever got round to doing my 100 Things (which you never know I might get completed at some point) one of them certainly would have been:
I love watching ice skating.
I freakin’ love it. To the point where I will drag myself through slightly cheesy Disney films about it just to see the pure elegance of it all.
I don’t know what it is about it – the high passion, the pure drama of it all? The fact that the dancers have to be HAVE TO BE 100% in the moment, that the slightest little error and disaster.
These almost ethereal creatures floating across the ice, sparkling with ease and emotion, filling our hearts with… something truly magical. A but much? Maybe.
So I must love Dancing On Ice? Why no. I can’t stand it. Hate is a word I don’t like to use, but it fits pretty well. Seeing ex-second-rate “celebrities” I barely remember stumbling all over the ice makes me want to throw things at the tv… I want elegance and pureness, not ‘oops’ and high pitched laughter in the post ‘disaster’ interview. I want Bolero and Face The Music and Dance not whatsername barely walking across the ice.
Snob? Me? Hell yes.
I was watching the World Figure Skating Championships this afternoon and watched Mao Asada fall during her free skating and then come back from it to win. And I was feeling all kinds of emotion during it. Ridiculous pride for her, envy at her grace and determination and wonder at her strength, both physical and emotional.
And, yes, a small giggle when she slid across the floor.
Does this make me a bad person? Ah, who cares. I’m off to watch the Ice Princess again.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 7:29 am
I love ice skating too! Not that “celebrity” crap though – what is that all about anyway?? I didn’t realise it was on TV yesterday but I guess it was just as well or I wouldn’t have got my cleaning done (yawwnnnnn!)
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March 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 am
It is the epitome of elegance. I love it too. If I could ice skate like a pro I could possibly rule the world.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Penelope – Today you missed the British pair acting like whacked out robots complete with Lazy Town stylee silver hair… and the French and Canadians being all floaty and beautiful. Tomorrow (BBC2 – 1pm – 2:30pm) it’s the men’s finals!
Selma – This is a(nother) sport where I am more than happy to be a spectator. How I would love love love to be able to be that kind of graceful but let’s just say I am more than happy to never fall on the ice that hard again!
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