Wednesday, February 14, 2018

I Won't Sleep for a Week

Ever since seeing the performance of pairs figure skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, I haven't been able to get it out of my head.
Though their performance was excellent, it wasn't their skating that is haunting me.
It's the song they skated to. A cover version of U2's "With or Without You" sung by April Meservy.
It's sung even slower than the original and more quietly. The whole thing is performed in a low whisper, as if sung by an ex-girlfriend who is watching you from outside the window.
If you don't believe me, just watch their performance from the Canadian National Championships.

Monday, February 12, 2018

TON's New Favorite Olympian

Every four years, TON falls in love with a new Winter Olympian. First it was Peter Northug in 2010, in 2014 it was Henrik Harlaut and it is a short track speed skater from Hungary.



Shaolin Sandor Liu Shaolin has a Chinese father and Hungarian mother, which could explain the unusual name.
Let's wish him all the luck in the world as he represents Shaolin.