I Would Never Be a Good Judge

I decided last night that I for some reason just HAD to sit up and watch the women's free skate competition.  I had heard so much hoopla over the Korean skater Kim Yu-Na and Canadienne Joannie Rochette...

I wanted Yu-Na to win the gold  (but let me just say she TOTALLY deserved it!).  Why?  Because the media kept making such a big deal about her and about how if she didn't bring the gold home how devastating it would be and how people would treat her.  She's just a kid for God's sake!  16 years old!  And she has to deal with that kind of crap.  Now granted, I suppose if you are going to the Olympics you figure that comes with the territory, but I still think it's wrong.  Yes, she's phenomenal at what she does!  Yes, she's a trained athlete, an icon for the nation of South Korea, but to have read about how people tell her she failed if she falls, etc., to me is just sad.  Cut the kid some slack, everyone is entitled to have a bad day, fall (Lord knows I do it just walking on my own two feet!), or not be a "Perfect 10."  Why should anyone have to deal with that kind of pressure?

Then of course, my sympathies went out to Rochette.  I totally wanted her to medal because she had so much courage and strength to go on about her business after losing her mom at the Olympic games.  What a powerful woman! 

I would have like to have seen Rachael Flatt medal, I liked her...but Nagasu was adorable as well!

So like my title says, I would never be a good judge.  Those two would have won a medal with my vote being solely based off of sympathies...they could have fallen on all of their triple lutzes and jumps and I still would have voted for them. 
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Today I am grateful for my daughter, freshly laundered sheets, and work at home Fridays!