Athletic does not make it a sport. I have this whole general issue, anyway, about how games, sports, athletic activity, etc., are different things. I realize the IOC does not agree with me.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Feb 16, 2006 5:23:45 pm PST #7702 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DXMachina - Feb 16, 2006 5:23:57 pm PST #7703 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
But it's dancing! Dancing isn't a sport!
Jesse and I are as one on this. Actually, I don't think anything that requires that you do whatever it is you're doing in time to a piece of music is a sport.
bon bon - Feb 16, 2006 5:24:57 pm PST #7704 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I felt exactly the same as Wolfram w/r/t the lawyer emails. Total dicks on both ends.
ION, anyone watch Survivor? Jessica, Brenda? Cuz I thought it was awesome! Loved the challenge! Loved the decision on who to boot! Love La Mina!
SailAweigh - Feb 16, 2006 5:27:07 pm PST #7705 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Athletic does not make it a sport.
This. I still don't understand the Biathlon, how it ever got into the Olympics. Especially considering most people don't even know what it is.
Jesse - Feb 16, 2006 5:27:55 pm PST #7706 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I actually have issues with anything that's scored subjectively, not that I don't enjoy them.
And I did watch Survivor, for the first time this season -- that challenge was bananas. I missed the setup -- was there any "native custom" explanation?
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2006 5:28:33 pm PST #7707 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Much strength to you, Jen.
Capoeira can be a sport. Ice dancing less so.
Watching Bones. Man, the preaching and repetition of facts really stands out when you have no emotional investment in the characters. And DB dumped a bunch of weight.
Off to phone meeting.
msbelle--that bites. Does it mess with your work plans?
Sean K - Feb 16, 2006 5:29:32 pm PST #7708 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm with Jesse and DX. Ice Dancing has to go. And I say this as a huge fan of all forms of figure skating.
ION, anyone watch Survivor?
I will be watching it in about half an hour. I'll get back to you after it airs. I'm liking this season a lot.
Jesse - Feb 16, 2006 5:31:02 pm PST #7709 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Biathalon cracks me up -- so practical!
Trudy Booth - Feb 16, 2006 5:31:43 pm PST #7710 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
But I LIKE Ice Dancing!
As long as we're going to have subjective scoring in the Olympics (and I can certainly see the arguments agaisnt it) we should keep the Ice Dancing.
Burrell - Feb 16, 2006 5:32:27 pm PST #7711 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
ooo, msbelle, that sucks. I was all gonna post as to how you must be in the air by now, but no.
Burrell, you remind me of one of the guys on Miami Ink (TV show about tattoo shop) who had a baby, and from then on, whenever he wasn't at work and anyone asked what he was doing, the answer was always "holding baby!"
hrmmm.
Well, I'm not holding the baby right now as it happens. He's crawling around on the floor, refusing to be tired anymore now that the painkillers have kicked in.
But it's dancing! Dancing isn't a sport!
I realize the Extreme DanceSport Ballroom people would disagree.
Where's Alibelle, dang it? I wants to see me a kerfuffle!