Update, plus figure staking nostalgia

[ellid]

Many, many things over the past few days...

- Went to the dentist on Saturday morning (ugh) and had a filling replaced. Dentist was very pleased that I came in *before* the tooth went nuclear and I needed another root canal, and my dental insurance picked up about half the cost.

- Followed up with a little shopping at Macy's. Picked up new jeans (deliberately a size large to allow for shrinkage in the wash), a summer top, and a Jones New York sweater for about 80% off.

- Replenished supply of cosmetics and skin care products at Sephora.

- Napped. Twice.

- Did much laundry and began switching out wardrobe.

- Watched my NCAA picks go down in flames. *wince*

- Went to B and T's on Saturday night to celebrate her birthday a couple of days late. We went *back* to Macy's, where she scored a gorgeous new blouse. We also watched much NCIS, which T is now addicted to.

- Reread Lynn Flewelling's Tamir Triad, a *very* interesting fantasy series about a princess who has to be raised as male to save her life. Very dark, but still hopeful, and quite well written. The villain gets his comeuppance in what I found a very, very satisfying way :)

- Changed cat box. Ugh.

- Grocery shopped.

And now, as I wind down a weekend of rest and quiet, here's a little something I found on Youtube: British figure skating legend John Curry performing "Scheherazade" for a TV special in 1980. Stunningly beautiful, and beyond the artistic reach of any male skating today except possibly Johnny Weir if he decides to go Art Nouveau instead of Lady Gaga:

Comments

[nicolaa5.livejournal.com]

Curry is very much clearly a dancer who skates. Too many of the current crop are jumpers with some music to tie the jumps together. But yeah, I could see Johnny Weir doing this sort of thing. He is amazingly expressive.

[harpnfiddle.livejournal.com]

So nice to watch skating where there was no advertising on the boards distracting from the skater, nor clapping every 2 seconds during the routine. (Plus Scheharazade is one of my favorites, anyway)

[lady-jade-01.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about this special...the rest of it was wonderful too. You don't see this kind of spinning or artistry in skating anymore. *sigh* I miss it.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! Very enjoyable, thanks for sharing the link.

[orphandani.livejournal.com]

I agree. I'm waiting for them to put "the figures" back in FIGURE skating. :)