Thursday, February 25, 2010

Short Story: An Hour Of Love

Well, one of the stories I mentioned earlier was published on-line today. The initial idea contained much more graphical content, but you know how it goes with writing, stories tend to evolve during the creative process until they become a whole different kind of alien.

An Hour Of Love

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

February Update

Because Mr. H. wasn't happy with my literary updates... no, not your H, Andrea! :P

I've finished four stories since the beginning of the year, all done and sent. We'll see what comes out of this...

Friday, February 19, 2010

I miss Yagudin

In the light of last night's events (Olympics Men's FS), I realised something I had sort of forgotten.

It's been seven years since 2002 Olympics gold medalist Alexei Yagudin has retired from competitive skating, and guess what? I still miss him terribly. And it's not just me who misses him, the sport that we call figure skating does too.

So I'm starting a new campaign: "I miss Yagudin"

If you ever liked and still remember Alexei Yagudin, then say so. Post it on your blog, facebook, myspace, twitter, message board or website and show the world he hasn't been forgotten.

Add the image listed below if you want a bit of color:











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Or make your own.

Just remember...

I miss Yagudin.

Alexei Yagudin - 2001 Stars on Ice - Gladiator


Alexei Yagudin - 2002 Olympics SP - Winter


Alexei Yagudin - 2002 Worlds LP - The Man In The Iron Mask


Alexei Yagudin - 2002 Olympics EX - Overcome

Thursday, February 18, 2010

2010 Winter Olympic Games


2010 Winter Olympic Games
Vancouver, Canada
12-28.02.2010

Official Site:
http://www.vancouver2010.com


Pairs SP


FPl.NameNationPointsSPFS
1SHEN Xue / ZHAO Hongbo

CHN
216.5712
2PANG Qing / TONG Jian

CHN
213.3141
3SAVCHENKO Aliona / SZOLKOWY Robin

GER
210.6023
4KAVAGUTI Yuko / SMIRNOV Alexander

RUS
194.7737
5ZHANG Dan / ZHANG Hao

CHN
194.3454
6DUBE Jessica / DAVISON Bryce

CAN
187.1166
7MUKHORTOVA Maria / TRANKOV Maxim

RUS
185.7985
8VOLOSOZHAR Tatiana / MOROZOV Stanislav

UKR
181.7898
9LANGLOIS Anabelle / HAY Cody

CAN
179.9779
10EVORA Amanda / LADWIG Mark

USA
171.921010
11BAZAROVA Vera / LARIONOV Yuri

RUS
163.501211
12DELLA MONICA Nicole / KOCON Yannick

ITA
161.601113
13DENNEY Caydee / BARRETT Jeremy

USA
158.331412
14JAMES Vanessa / BONHEUR Yannick

FRA
145.101514
15MORAND Anais / DORSAZ Antoine

SUI
144.421317
16KEMP Stacey / KING David

GBR
139.941616
17HAUSCH Maylin / WENDE Daniel

GER
138.741715
18SULEJ Joanna / CHRUSCINSKI Mateusz

POL
125.822018
19SERGEJEVA Maria / GLEBOV Ilja

EST
124.901819
20KOSTENKO Ekaterina / TALAN Roman

UKR
120.981920


Men

FPl.NameNationPointsSPFS
1LYSACEK Evan

USA
257.6721
2PLUSHENKO Evgeni

RUS
256.3612
3TAKAHASHI Daisuke

JPN
247.2335
4LAMBIEL Stephane

SUI
246.7253
5CHAN Patrick

CAN
241.4274
6WEIR Johnny

USA
238.8766
7ODA Nobunari

JPN
238.5447
8KOZUKA Takahiko

JPN
231.1988
9ABBOTT Jeremy

USA
218.96159
10BREZINA Michal

CZE
216.73911
11TEN Denis

KAZ
211.251014
12AMODIO Florent

FRA
210.301115
13BORODULIN Artem

RUS
210.161312
14FERNANDEZ Javier

ESP
206.681610
15SCHULTHEISS Adrian

SWE
200.442213
16JOUBERT Brian

FRA
200.221816
17van der PERREN Kevin

BEL
189.841218
18CONTESTI Samuel

ITA
187.501419
19VERNER Tomas

CZE
184.741917
20BACCHINI Paolo

ITA
177.212022
21PFEIFER Viktor

AUT
175.932320
22LINDEMANN Stefan

GER
171.981723
23CHIPEUR Vaughn

CAN
170.922421
24KOVALEVSKI Anton

UKR
165.902124
25RI Song Chol

PRK
FNR25
26RAKIMGALIEV Abzal

KAZ
FNR26
27URBAS Gregor

SLO
FNR27
28DOMANSKI Przemyslaw

POL
FNR28
29KELEMEN Zoltan

ROU
FNR29
30NURMENKARI Ari-Pekka

FIN
FNR30

Ice Dance

FPl.NameNationPointsCDODFD
1VIRTUE Tessa / MOIR Scott

CAN
221.57211
2DAVIS Meryl / WHITE Charlie

USA
215.74322
3DOMNINA Oksana / SHABALIN Maxim

RUS
207.64133
4BELBIN Tanith / AGOSTO Benjamin

USA
203.07444
5FAIELLA Federica / SCALI Massimo

ITA
199.17555
6DELOBEL Isabelle / SCHOENFELDER Olivier

FRA
193.73676
7PECHALAT Nathalie / BOURZAT Fabian

FRA
190.49967
8KERR Sinead / KERR John

GBR
186.01889
9KHOKHLOVA Jana / NOVITSKI Sergei

RUS
185.86798
10ZARETSKY Alexandra / ZARETSKY Roman

ISR
180.26101010
11SAMUELSON Emily / BATES Evan

USA
174.30141111
12CAPPELLINI Anna / LANOTTE Luca

ITA
167.32121215
13HOFFMANN Nora / ZAVOZIN Maxim

HUN
167.23131313
14CRONE Vanessa / POIRIER Paul

CAN
164.60151712
15BOBROVA Ekaterina / SOLOVIEV Dmitri

RUS
163.35171514
16ZADOROZHNIUK Anna / VERBILLO Sergei

UKR
163.15111617
17REED Cathy / REED Chris

JPN
159.60181416
18BEIER Christina / BEIER William

GER
149.64161818
19HUANG Xintong / ZHENG Xun

CHN
145.52192020
20COOMES Penny / BUCKLAND Nicholas

GBR
143.61211919
21HAJKOVA Kamila / VINCOUR David

CZE
133.81222221
22REED Allison / JAPARIDZE Otar

GEO
132.32202122
23SHTORK Irina / RAND Taavi

EST
115.18232323

Ladies

FPl.NameNationPointsSPFS
1KIM Yu-Na

KOR
228.5611
2ASADA Mao

JPN
205.5022
3ROCHETTE Joannie

CAN
202.6433
4NAGASU Mirai

USA
190.1565
5ANDO Miki

JPN
188.8646
6LEPISTO Laura

FIN
187.97104
7FLATT Rachael

USA
182.4958
8SUZUKI Akiko

JPN
181.44117
9LEONOVA Alena

RUS
172.46810
10MAKAROVA Ksenia

RUS
171.91129
11KORPI Kiira

FIN
161.571711
12PHANEUF Cynthia

CAN
156.621413
13KWAK Min-Jung

KOR
155.531612
14GEDEVANISHVILI Elene

GEO
155.24917
15MEIER Sarah

SUI
152.811514
16KOSTNER Carolina

ITA
151.90719
17SEBESTYEN Julia

HUN
151.261316
18HECKEN Sarah

GER
143.942315
19LIU Yan

CHN
143.471918
20LEE Cheltzie

AUS
138.161820
21GLEBOVA Elena

EST
134.192022
22LAFUENTE Sonia

ESP
133.512221
23GIMAZETDINOVA Anastasia

UZB
131.652423
24KARADEMIR Tugba

TUR
129.542124
25PIEMAN Isabelle

BEL
FNR25
26ZIEGLER Miriam

AUT
FNR26
27POSTIC Teodora

SLO
FNR27
28REITMAYEROVA Ivana

SVK
FNR28
29McCORKELL Jenna

GBR
FNR29
30JURKIEWICZ Anna

POL
FNR30

A.N.'s: This post will keep being edited with new results. Interesting layout for the results on the official website, but it's harder to copy them.

I'm chuffed for Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao.

Interesting looking medals, not sure I like them... but they sure look interesting.


I can say I'm happy with the Men's podium and the judging was fair at the top at least.

But can I say it again? I miss Yagudin!