KristyWes

A Break from the Interviewing Thread

Tonight I caught my first glimpse of ice-skating this season, in the form of TV's Ice Wars: USA versus the World. Now, I admit this is not necessarily high-brow skating (interesting choreography and technicality being exchanged for crowd-pleasing pandering), and usually I would not go in for anything involving the strategy "USA versus the World." (this is why I didn't vote for Bush. Ha!) However, Ice Wars does have one thing going for it...and his name is Kurt Browning.

Yes, yes, my fondness for this Canadian superstar has not abated over time. Though he has lost his hair, he has not lost his place in my heart. The obsession began in college, when I first tuned in to the many merits of Kurt. At the time, roommates and boyfriends alike mocked my heart-shaped shrine to the 4-time World Champion, but I didn't care. Though the Olympic gold medal eluded Kurt throughout his amateur career, his wit, his charm, his unparalleled footwork and showmanship have always made him gold in my book. As one fan's poster at tonight's event summed up so eloquently: "Kurt is Kool."

Other notes on Ice Wars:
Was it wrong to feel a twinge of satisfaction when Brian Boitano tripped on his signature 'Tano Lutz? Probably yes, but I feel it may also be pay-back for Brian having the gall to skate to Sinatra's "That's Life." You can't skate to that song unless you have grit (like Frank did) to back it up, and 'Tano doesn't have grit. He's really better suited for songs like "The Girl from Ipanema."

Hometown-boy Michael Weiss skated to "I Can Only Imagine" - a song about heaven and Jesus. Is Michael a Christian and I didn't even know it!? Time to google-investigate...