Fusar-Poli and Margaglio suck. Okay, they don’t but I seriously dislike their skating. I thought we were DONE with them. They’re first after compulsories and I can’t stand them. Period. Paragraph. Thirty. The end.

No of course I’m not done ranting but I HATED watching them 4 years ago – they were overly overly dramatic and their costumes were eye-searing shades that hurt to look at. They were/are everything that I dislike about ice dancing currently – lots of flailing, tons of grimaces that pass for “emotional content”. Oh crap. Oh yuck.

Then (thanks Alina) I check on on Alina Adams’ page to learn that – oh jeeeeez how tacky is THIS, one of the skaters (a guy I used to LIKE a LOT) who was appearing on the cheesefest “Skating with Celebrities” which no, I did not watch, do not watch and will not watch – fell in love with his little cute actress partner. To the extent of dumping his wife of 3 1/2 years who was at the time 8 months pregnant with their kid. Their other kid is less than 2 years old. And this is apparently documented in several newspapers, not just gossip columns. WHAT A FUCKING CREEP.

YES, we know that it’s always more than one sided and the couple, I read, was having problems for a while. But somehow it remains that this is sleazy.

And while he was once one of my favorite skaters on the ice, I lost major respect for the guy when I learned (from someone close enough to know) that he’s a homophobe. You lose my respect – at the least – when you can’t even manage to keep it away from your friends and skating associates, and his wasn’t hidden- it was seen on tour. Fuck that noise. I’m not going to like boycott watching old footage or anything but I will never go out of my way again to watch Lloyd Eisler. I think the tv show is sleazy. I think – despite my having great respect for Tai Babilonia - anyone on it is behaving in a sleazy manner and I think it’s demeaning to the sport I love. Your wife sends you off to LA hoping it will bring in some bucks and some self-respect and instead, she finds out you’re having an affair when the Other Woman FORWARDS emails from the guy which express his love and devotion. Damn.

GAH-ROSSS!!!

And in the goofy totally happy news section of our blog (there’s not much joy – I’m a fan of both Johnny Weir and Emanuel Sandhu, poster boys for Olympic stress breakdown syndrome at this year’s games) today in the mail, along with (look a non-skating reference) my very own ARC OF CORNELIA’S BOOK – HURRAYYYY!!!) came the dumbest, dopiest by FAR, thing I’ve ever bought.

I am now the proud owner of – wait for it – A Sale and Pelletier bobblehead. Want one?

http://www.sale-pelletier.com/english/merchandise.html
I know how jealous you are.

I know you want one.

Yeah. Right.