somniloquence

I watched most of the routines with my hand over my eyes, peeking between my fingers. I just wanted everyone to do really well, and it's just so hard to watch them mess up.

I can't believe Weir finished behind Chan (how such a lackluster performance moved him up from 7th to 4th is beyond me) and even Lambiel (I adore him, but he wasn't stellar). The commentators kept saying his program wasn't nearly as difficult, and I realize I'm no experts on all the elements and the skaters' execution, but it sure didn't look easier to me, except that he seemed to stop/pause a little more than the others, and he didn't make any huge mistakes, so it came across as the judges scoring on things other than his performance.

Lysacek did his best at exactly the right time, and was amazing! I got all teary eyed. *sniff*

I said earlier yesterday I hoped Takahashi didn't go for a quad, because if he missed he'd be out of a medal, and sure enough... *sigh* He's definitely someone to watch in the future, as is Kozuka. They're both powerhouse athletes but have lovely artistry, as well. Oda didn't impress me as much, and I felt terrible when his lace broke. Poor guy.

I have to say, I was relieved Plushenko didn't win with that underwhelming and weirdly cheesy (what was up with the bizarre hamminess/blowing kisses at the judges? *shudder*) performance. Knowing the ridiculous biases in judging, I was bracing myself for it, but thankfully, it didn't happen. \o/