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The Shibs have been third in the world and are Olympians. I think that is far more successful than at least 99% of skaters already. And they are not finished yet.
Yes, and probably that's it.
The Shibs have been third in the world and are Olympians. I think that is far more successful than at least 99% of skaters already. And they are not finished yet.
Lysacek- weird name,
Yes, and probably that's it.
I still think that they are adorable, though. Have you ever watched some of their videos? They are wonderful kids
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Hmmm, they are not kids anymore....
They grew out of the "cuteness" factor already...
The sandwhich incident wasn't that bad (though certainly not good either), IMO. On the other hand, that time when she put on huge nerd glasses, put an oversized, bright pink bow into her hair, narrowed her eyes to slit eyes and put on a fake smile and a peace sign to call that her "Asian Face"... I'm not sure I'd flat out call it racist, but at least every asian person I know felt offended by that. I'm not going to call her a bad person or something, but it certainly made me like her less.
Yikes. That's a long time to dislike any and all pairs.
I had no idea about either of these things. I just googled gracie gold and sandwich incident. Yes, what you describe she did is racist, she is an idiot. Hopefully she will learn and grow, but you wonder where she got this from. Family, friends, television? who knows. If she's 50 and still doing these things, there isn't much hope but at 18, I'll give her a chance.
The suburban high school kids I taught, in a nearly all white school, regularly did stuff like that and we would have to explain why it is inappropriate and racist. They were not exposed to diversity and learned lots of stereotypes through popular culture. I'm willing to overlook it a little in teens, but she should be learning as she goes and we should stop seeing it.
Elvis Stoyko was never my cup of tea :/
ed. to add: Also that pair skating team- can't remember their names but I think the guy was a truck driver and the girl was a waitress?
Osmond's pants on her dresses are very bothersome to me and completely distract from anything she puts on ice. Could she PLEASE find better elastic?
waitress = Calla Urbanski
truck driver = Rocky Marval
Olympians in '92 or '94 (aging brain cells can't remember which & am too lazy to Google). They were sort of the Jamaican bobsled team of their day.