Wednesday, February 13, 2002

TV Show, The Winter Olympics in the background, nbcolympics.com in the foreground

I'm enthralled with this entire judging controversy over the gold medal in pairs figure skating. Now, it's a longstanding belief of mine that the judges are all influenced by politics when making their decision. I can understand why this happens: each area of the world has different ways of thought, different training methods, and in nearly identical routines, these background preferences can help the judge differentiate between the performances. Obviously, ice skating is a subjective sport; it all comes down to personal taste. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it should be recognized as an essential part of this sport. Before the competition actually began, my roommate and I had a HUGE argument about this point. She claimed that these judges are completely impartial, while I argued that partiality is a big part of the process. And then this scandal occurs with the French judge. I'm fascinated, really. I'm always reading the websites, the official reports, watching the interviews and news pieces... it's consumed me! So, I'm rooting for the Canadians... and we shall see.

I think I'm sleeping a lot, lately. I was late to Trojanvision tonight because I was taking a nap... I even slept through three classes on Tuesday. Whoops. Ah, well... I don't understand where the time goes. Possibly it's all turned into tv time, as I'm obsessed by the Olympics!

I talked to a girl in my French class today... turns out she lives in Founders with all the other six million people I know there. (Well, more like seven) She seems cool, and she invited me to go hang out... yay! That's always good.

I need to decide on a research paper topic. I was thinking homosexuality and ballet. That's an interesting (and relevent) topic, especially for my "metaphors of dance" class.

Anyhoo. I'm going to go watch speed skating.