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[alexiscartwheel]

Brief update: It stopped snowing, finally. The city's still not really back to normal though. Also, after being cooped up with sick people for a week, I ended up with the flu and had to take an extra day off work. It's been a busy week and I'm beat!

Random question: Why does are all the figure skaters skating to Scheherazade? Don't get me wrong, I like the piece, but it's kind of repetitive—I heard it twice during pairs, and again now during men's. I don't know what the rules are about music, but everyone using the same classical repertoire is boring. It's an interesting contrast to the women's halfpipe competition, which was on just before this, where you could here the Black Eyed Peas playing in the background. (Fewer sequins in halfpipe too... but jumps and spins in both.)

New geek project: d4ni and I were texting last weekend and we decided to start a book club with chuunthor to re-read The Courtship of Princess Leia, our favorite Star Wars book. And blog about it. It's going to be awesome.

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[kit-the-brave.livejournal.com]

Rest up! And have fun reading!

I heard one time that skaters like music without a strong beat, because if the music *has* a beat, it's easier for the judges to notice and mark them down for not staying with the beat. But I don't know why they'd all pick the same music!

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've had a pretty slow weekend, which is good.

Hmm... that definitely makes sense. Although even without a beat, it's still easy to tell when the choreography doesn't really match with the tone of the music. Maybe the just stick to standards because it's safe? I don't know. I would think creativity would be good!

[carrotgirl.livejournal.com]

The figure skating always makes me laugh. Some of those outfits this year...

Ooo, have fun with the book club! I want to join a book club. One of these days...

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

The outfits can get pretty crazy! Also, I watched ice dancing last night, and they all had to do exactly the same routine to the same music. That got boring real quick, cause I can't really tell the subtle differences in skill, so it just looked the same.

The book club is mostly for a laugh (we are reading a Star Wars book, after all) but it should be fun. :)

[lib-chick42.livejournal.com]

the book club sounds like fun. I need to find a good book club to join... or create one.

My bff is a (former) figure skater, so she gets all into the politics and the technique of it... and even she thinks that the compulsories (where everyone does the same) can get boring. And would like to see them start looking at a wider variety of music.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

The book club is a lot of fun so far. It's been a long time since I was in a book club, even a jokey sort of one like this.

Figure skating could definitely be more exciting with more musical variety. I did like Kim Yu-Na's James Bond program. That's not the music you'd expect from a young, female skater.