Squeaked by with a win…
Jonas Hillar is a god among mere mortals. Seriously. We barely squeaked out a win against him. Glad that we did, because Canada really is the better team, but what a nail biter! I was very impressed by the Swiss team. Now, it’s time to regroup after this win, and focus on our next game against the US!
I also want to point out to my readers that when I talk about the Olympics, I’m merely talking about what I see and my thoughts about the athletes and the Games. Of course I’m going to judge the athletes. They are on an international stage, and they are there to be judged on their athletic abilities first and foremost, but also how they conduct themselves and how they act. If I think it’s silly for someone to be applying makeup minutes before an event, I’m going to write about it. Everybody is entitled to their own opinions. There is no need to get defensive or attack me for my observations.
Lastly, a huge congrats to Christine Nesbitt, who captured Canada’s first speed skating gold medal of the Games in the women’s 1000m!
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Brodeur for the US game huh …. thoughts?
Brian: It was my understanding that Brodeur was to be Canada's #1 goalie and Luongo was the back-up … and the only reason Luongo started the 1st game was to let him play in front of Vancouver fans, and to give him a game in the Olympics.
It's hard to say which goalie played better. Brodeur came up big in the shoot-out and had a much tougher night since Swizerland was a much better team. Luongo really didn't get tested in his win.
My guess is that Brodeur gets the start against the USA over the weekend. What do you think?
Sure you're entitled to voice your opinion, but other people, are also free to call you out on it. I for one think it did have notes of veiled sexism. It comes off as you saying the equivalent of "she slept her way to the top". I know you end it with a "she's still talented" caveat, but in the same breath you call her a whore, so it comes off as a backhanded compliment at best. To me, it sounds like you are dismissing her because she's a woman who looks good, therefore surprising that she can accomplish something
OT a bit, but I just had to say I think Johnny Weir was robbed last night!
csdx: First of all, I did not call her a "whore" in the terminology that you are thinking of. It's obvious how I mean it. I could have called her a narcissist instead. But I didn't.
I'm not surprised she won. I think she's a tremendous athlete. I was making a comment that I was surprised she would be worried about her appearance minutes before one of the biggest races of her life.
Of course you are entitled to your own opinions. After all it IS your blog. But hey I'm calling it out the way I see it too….Vonn is obviously an amazing skier. She's won multiple World Championships and is a heavy favorite to medal at the Olympics. *I* obviously think that to be focused on how much make up she wears, despite the gold medal she won, IS silly! Most of all, I'm astounded at your simplistic notion that trying to look good while being talented takes some value away from her achievements. I can't decide what actually impressed you? The fact that she could ski that amazingly just minutes after putting on her makeup? LOL you crack me up.
And I definitely do not agree with judging athletes for how they conduct themselves and how they act. Athletes should be judged JUST for their athletic skills. Short of heinous acts like killing someone, I could care less what they do on their own time.
Simplistic, short-sighted, stereotypical are my observations of your post.
Bobbi: Her being concerned about her appearance was a comment I made along with the rest of the post. It was about a sentence long. It's funny how everyone chose to focus in on this one little fact and blow it completely out of proportion.
Props to Vonn who clearly can multi-task. Her wearing makeup doesn't make her less of an athlete and it certainly doesn't take away anything from her. All I was saying was that I was quite surprised that makeup was part of her prep routine, just minutes to her race.
As a former high level athlete, I grew up around Olympians and I played with them. Before a game, nobody was worried about straightening their hair or putting on mascara or eyeliner. They were completely focused on the game. In fact, if anybody was wearing makeup, they would take the time to strip it off. Regardless of how many reporters or cameras were around.
Clearly Vonn is different. I've never worn makeup while playing sports in my entire life. And obviously when you see something different being done by someone – something that you've never done before, you question it.
The makeup comment is not a big deal. "Oh, I'm surprised she's worried about her makeup right before a race! Isn't that strange?" That's it. That's all I said. And yes, it is strange to me.
Most of what I wrote about in that post was how I thought she was trying to create this dramatic story by overplaying her shin injury.
Oh my (see above). Haha. It's Friday…relax. Enjoy the Olympics…Enjoy the Blog…or change the channel, read a different blog. The world is your oyster.
that was in response to Bobbi, bnot Krystal, apparently I'm slow.
Hi, not to beat a dead horse here, but here is my perspective on the whole make-up issue.
I'm a pretty serious runner, and I always wear makeup when I'm running. Always. I feel better when I have it on. I wear a very "natural", not a heavy make-up type look, but I wear it all the time (you will NEVER see me without my mascara).
I was putting on eyeliner and mascara just before leaving the house to deliver my daughter at the hospital (she's a teen now). I was in pretty serious labour too (we're talking agonizing pains every few minutes). Many would find that odd, but I just hate to leave the house looking crappy (or what I think looks crappy). What can I say – the doctor was cute, lol.
If I were being filmed and shown to millions on TV, putting on make-up would definitely be part of my pre-race routine (I didn't see the event, so I'm not sure where she was doing it though – I would think she could do it well beforehand, not actually on the slopes or something).
Some of us are just wired that way. It isn't that we aren't dedicated to what we do and being the best at what we do, we just have a strong desire to look good while doing it too.
Chickinvic
Oh yeah Bobbi and csdx? Well krystalatwork just gave half her make-up budget to orphans! Orphans with diseases!
@Brian – he might have seemed a bit off a bit early on in the game but as a true veteran, he got his game on the longer the game went, and he was flawless in the 3rd period, overtime and of course, the shootout. As Crosby said, Brodeur allowed for him to have that second shot
Can't wait for Sunday's game against the U.S.!!!
Hey …. where can I get my share of all this money that's floating around from Krystal, Lindsey Vonn, and Dale Begg-Smith??????
I am in need.
Hey …. where can I get my share of all this money that's floating around from Krystal, Lindsey Vonn, and Dale Begg-Smith??????
I am in need.
Yes actually that was my other point. Perhaps the media hyped up her injury, perhaps not. If Vonn is good at playing "media whoring" i.e. using the media to her advantage, establishing her brand, what exactly is wrong with that? Like one poster said, each athlete has to take care of herself, once her usually short sports career ends. I thought you work in marketing?
A similar analogy would be this blog itself. Hardly anyone comments when you post about the latest gadget you want to buy, or the latest Born sandals you are in love with. But hey when you actually post something worth thinking about, the comments and readers start pouring in. Controversy breeds interest. People make money off it. YOU make money off controversy too.
So..the gist is..
1) who cares if she wears makeup before skiing — I think you clarified you just find that STRANGE, and fine that's acceptable — even though some readers have chimed in that THEY too wear makeup while playing sports (maybe not at YOUR high level sports)
2) Vonn, like every other athlete, can make money whatever way she can — just like you.
Just for the record, I do believe she injured her shin. To what degree, I don't know.
"Of course I'm going to judge the athletes. They are on an international stage…If I think it's silly for someone to be applying makeup minutes before an event, I'm going to write about it. Everybody is entitled to their own opinions."
Um, by having a very widely read blog, aren't you kind of doing the same thing – being on an international stage, I mean? It makes sense that people would comment/judge and give their own opinions. I kind of think you need to take your own advice and not get defensive. It's a little different in that your forum allows for interaction (I mean, seriously, it's not like you're going to go up to Vonn and say these things to her face and hear what she says back), but that's kind of the benefit/cost of having a blog. It's great that you generate so much dialogue, and it's great that you respond to it.