Sweet Dreams

- Just spent a somewhat ridiculous amount of money on two pieces of Pegasus merchandise (one especially rare) yesterday on eBay. I'm going to wait until they come in to tell you what they are, though. I plan to write a big post about my latest purchases. Some of them are really cool!

- Hulu Ends Free Streaming as Yahoo Launches Own Service With Anime - Well, this sucks. I didn't watch a whole lot of anime on Hulu, but I did watch some, and the Yahoo View service doesn't seem to have much so far. At the very least, it doesn't look like they have Pandora Hearts, which I was in the middle of watching on Hulu. *sigh* Crunchyroll does have it, but only the first six episodes are available to free members. May have to end up signing up for a free trial at either Hulu or Crunchyroll in order to at least finish it.

- Watching the Olympics is really making me want to watch Free! again. Actually, I think there's either a movie or an OAV I never watched... I should see if I can find that somewhere.

( Don't click if you don't want the final results )

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day! 

*breathes sigh of relief*

( Spoilers for the team event )

( Don't wanna know who won? Don't click! )
Argh, it's over! I can't believe it! Well, there's still the exhibition to look forward to, but I'll miss the excitement of competition -- at least until Worlds. What a great, great Olympics it has been in the skating events!

Incredible. Simply incredible.

( You know the drill -- Results! )

Ladies' short program is tomorrow night, meaning that the skating competition is almost over. *sigh* I'm not sure what I'll do with myself once it is, I've been so wrapped up in it. Is there life outside of skating? I don't remember it...

*laughs*

No, actually, I'm not that far gone. In fact, just watched the news and they're predicting SNOW tomorrow. Not a lot, mind you, but still! If it does, that'll be twice in one season; that never happens!

So crossing my fingers for that, and for Mirai Nagasu and Racheal Flatt to do well in their short programs tomorrow night. Go USA!

You may have noticed that I didn't post anything last night about the beginning round of ice dance. That's because it was the compulsory dance, where everybody has to dance the same exact steps to the same exact music, with very little room for originality. Not exactly thrilling viewing, you know? The Olympics is the only time they even bother showing the compulsory dance on TV, but it was still kind of interesting to watch, since you could tell who the better dancers were.

Among the better dancers are my two favorites, the American teams of Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto and Meryl Davis/Charlie White. Belbin/Agosto placed 4th, while Davis/White were third, a very good start to put them in medal contention. In fact, both teams are favorites for gold, which would be a first for an American ice dance team. I can't decide who I want to win it more! Belbin/Agosto won the silver at the last Olympics and have been my favorite team for years, but Davis/White have the better original dance and free dance programs. Seriously, if you don't follow skating outside of the Olympics, you'll be in for a treat tomorrow and Monday night. Their Indian folk original dance is, hands down, one of the coolest skating programs EVER, no matter the discipline, and their free dance to "Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera (incidentally, my absolute favorite song in the world, bar none) is equally as wonderful. Compared to them, Belbin/Agosto's Maldavian folk original dance and religious-themed free dance are a bit lacking (although still very good!). Davis/White also won the national title over Belbin/Agosto, so momentum is definitely on their side. I guess Belbin/Agosto are sentimental favorites for me, but I think Davis/White have the better shot at the gold. I'll be happy either way. Heck, if both teams stand on the podium, no matter the medal color, that would be fantastic! (Still want at least one of them to get that gold, though...)

There's a lot I want to say about tonight's men's free skate, but I'm too emotionally exhausted to put my thoughts into coherent words. Seriously, my heart is still pounding!

So all I will say is this:

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

The pairs competition concluded tonight with the free program. It wasn't quite the night of great skating I was hoping for, but, admittedly, that's kind of unrealistic for the pairs event. There's almost always tons of mistakes in pairs' free programs. For me, it tends to be surprising when a pair does skate cleanly.

( Talking about results )
Tomorrow is the men's short program. So, so excited! Can't even tell you. The men's competition is going to be amazing if everybody skates well. My definite favorite is Evan Lysacek, so I hope he does well. ^_^