The Match Point

So Russia knocked us out of the Olympic medal hunt in hockey aaaaand,... I'm over it. Yes, it was disappointing to watch, but it was exciting to see how good all the other teams are. It's that kind of unpredicability which makes international hockey so great to watch. It's nice to see a final not dominated by North America. That's what people criticize about the status quo of women's international hockey, although Sweden helped debunk some of that slander earlier this week.
I'm not really going to delve into all the factors that made this year's team shitty... I think we'll hear enough of that for the next four years. In my opinion, if you have to lose a medal, lose it in Turin because it will mean so much more if we put together a new gold medal winning hockey team in Vancouver.
Besides, the day shouldn't belong to hockey, because the women CLEANED UP in long track speed skating. Cindy Klassen set a Canadian Olympic record for most medals won by one athlete in a Games, and that surprise gold from Chandra Crawford in 2km pursuit was pretty sweet.

Oh... I saw the new Woody Allen film 'Match Point' last night with Mic and Gosh. That movie is seriously a bit insane but really good. It's in the vein of 'Unfaithful' and 'Closer' if you like that sort of drama. Definitely a movie to rent when it's released. It also reaffirmed how creepy I find Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Attractive, yet very unsettling.