Sunday, February 12, 2006
The Darkest Day in American History
Michelle Kwan is out of the Olympics, people. There will be no extended psychodrama of insanely high expectations followed by initial promise before an eventual and inevitable psychologically-induced defeat. A true entertainer, she's given us her whole tragic routine in tightly concentrated one-day form. Sure, a groin pull isn't quite as compelling as getting smacked with a tire iron and screeching "why?" through your giant horse teeth, but we couldn't expect the Giloolification of ice skating to last forever. The Kwan will definitely be missed. In fact, I'm fairly sure Bob Costas will throw himself out of a window over at NBC Olympic headquarters. Hopefully he'll find some way to take Katie Couric with him.
And as though that's not bad enough, AAO took a bit of a spill. It was horrifying. His mullet was flying all over the place. And this was his premiere event, probably even the one he's pictured participating in on the McDonald's bag. It really feels as though America is the one that went sprawling all over the ice today. I'm not sure how we'll manage to recuperate. Which makes me think I really need to have a project assistant research the issue.
Michelle Kwan is out of the Olympics, people. There will be no extended psychodrama of insanely high expectations followed by initial promise before an eventual and inevitable psychologically-induced defeat. A true entertainer, she's given us her whole tragic routine in tightly concentrated one-day form. Sure, a groin pull isn't quite as compelling as getting smacked with a tire iron and screeching "why?" through your giant horse teeth, but we couldn't expect the Giloolification of ice skating to last forever. The Kwan will definitely be missed. In fact, I'm fairly sure Bob Costas will throw himself out of a window over at NBC Olympic headquarters. Hopefully he'll find some way to take Katie Couric with him.
And as though that's not bad enough, AAO took a bit of a spill. It was horrifying. His mullet was flying all over the place. And this was his premiere event, probably even the one he's pictured participating in on the McDonald's bag. It really feels as though America is the one that went sprawling all over the ice today. I'm not sure how we'll manage to recuperate. Which makes me think I really need to have a project assistant research the issue.
