tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post7206830377441607824..comments2024-03-15T09:03:33.742-07:00Comments on Jessica Dube Loves Scott Moir: Stop the presses. Carmen is difficult. (And a round up of other stuff)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-31815566363207019972013-02-10T19:47:30.391-08:002013-02-10T19:47:30.391-08:00Guys, it's a sport. Don't know why you gu...Guys, it's a sport. Don't know why you guys fuss over them so much. I just enjoy skating as artistic performances and appreciate their athleticism as an audience member.<br /><br />To write about them in length constantly, whether you support them or not, is excessive and unnecessary. The time spent on criticizing them could be better spent on more productive things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-18712468439203889352013-02-07T09:16:35.410-08:002013-02-07T09:16:35.410-08:00The article was a mess. But this IS skating analys...The article was a mess. But this IS skating analysis today. And people ask how can the press either collude with Virtue and Moir or be fooled by them. Right. Because the sports press that covers figure skating puts Woodward and Bernstein in the shade. They're not a bunch of glorified groupies at all.<br /><br />Here's Pyette, basically:<br /><br />"Hey the pair team of Virtue and Moir - their Carmen program is super duper difficult.<br /><br />And, they'll be competing against Davis & White at the upcoming 4CCs. They have yet to beat Davis & White this year at that one competition where they competed against them.<br /><br />After that they will face Davis & White at Worlds in London, Ontario, their actual home town. You might think it's easy to win Worlds at home but it is so super hard and really rare. Just ask the ten following examples of figure skaters I'm about to mention who all won Worlds at home. Skaters who came up short on home ice? I don't need those examples - point already made!<br /><br />P.S. Apropos of nothing, didja know Tessa Virtue is friends with a bunch of London Knights from the 2003-2004 team? Better be on the lookout for her to be "dating" one of them on social media and in the stands come Worlds!<br /><br />Ta for now!"<br /><br />Just stellar.<br /><br />oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-44348867705475610002013-02-06T17:19:41.667-08:002013-02-06T17:19:41.667-08:00Going back to the article, Randy Starkman a great ...Going back to the article, Randy Starkman a great Canadian amateur sports writer who died last year would be rolling in his grave if he saw this garbage - shakes head. And really besides Corey Perry is an NHL player now and who played for the London Knights in 2004-2005 and who played for Team Canada during the 2010 Olympics - would Tessa remain friends or acquaintances with...I mean really what garbage. I doubt Tessa is a huge hockey fan - let alone own a hockey jersey...once again - where is the skating analysis in this article? Skate Canada once again - BIG FAIL... <br />Lastly it will be interesting to see when V/M update their website to add RBC (Royal Bank of Canada - their Olympians program) as a sponsor...<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-74968619683421631162013-02-06T16:40:51.263-08:002013-02-06T16:40:51.263-08:00"But if fans were really the reason the sham ..."But if fans were really the reason the sham exists, why would it be so sloppy, so schizophrenic, so unprofessional, smirking and inconsistent? Why would the amount of sham and the numbers involved consistently exceed what would be required if privacy were the purpose?"<br /><br />^^ This.<br /><br />"What sets Scott and Tessa apart from other famous skaters? Their community. And who are the only ones with the outsized, ridiculous, absurdist, egocentric and puerile fan relationship schemes that have no link whatsoever to either privacy needs or basic logic? Scott and Tessa. This is all emotion and ego-based. It's neediness."<br /><br />^^ And this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-24725845836878591472013-02-06T16:28:23.648-08:002013-02-06T16:28:23.648-08:00I don't know. I imagine it's likely some m...I don't know. I imagine it's likely some members have realized it for awhile but only now are deciding to get their feet wet in public - admit what their real opinion is.<br /><br />It doesn't matter if the entire fandom figures it out and calls them out. Or even if the unlikeliest thing happened and fans were actually annoyed (I think it's far more likely the core fandom will be on Tessa and Scott's "side" and point to the blog as a reason they had to sham - disregarding that the blog was started in reaction to heavy handed, insulting shamming in the first place).<br /><br />It's becoming clearer that whatever is going on with the fandom is irrelevant. It's not about the fans. If it was, Scott and Tessa would have been interested in and pleased at the tremendous support and appreciation with which the Carmen program was greeted by their fans. Instead, they ignored reality, and, as is their habit, invented a fake story about what was going on with the internet complete with the apparently de rigeur self-martyrdom from Tessa and Scott.<br /><br />We've got nothing to do with this. As the above post said we're a pretext. We're the dog they'll kick to justify themselves doing and saying things that have absolutely nothing to do with us, but rather to do with the egos and demands of those around them and how Scott and Tessa are challenged to manage these demands and expectations without hurting anyone's feelings or being called too big for their britches.<br /><br />Apparently handling things maturely isn't an option. Treading on eggshells, playing the availability-non-availability game, pacifying, pandering and reassuring is the way to manage the folks at home.<br /><br />I said we're the dog they'll kick, but of course we've been the dog they kick all along. From the start. It doesn't matter what we believe or say we believe. It only matters what it's convenient for Scott and Tessa to say about us. Clearly whatever they say - no matter what it is - never gets even a cursory fact check. It's just figure skating after all.<br /><br />oc, not logged inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-42919007518784251022013-02-06T14:26:20.260-08:002013-02-06T14:26:20.260-08:00Some of the facebook girls on addicted are startin...Some of the facebook girls on addicted are starting to put it all together and realize what the truth is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-21619266435214430752013-02-06T14:20:25.348-08:002013-02-06T14:20:25.348-08:00What do you mean?
What do you mean?<br />oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-42699044359477383092013-02-06T14:15:29.160-08:002013-02-06T14:15:29.160-08:00I don't know if Scott has major ego needs or t...I don't know if Scott has major ego needs or the girls do, but I can think of nothing more fun for a kid growing up than to know the internet was littered with remarks from girls proclaiming how much they love and adore my daddy and want to be with him and miss him, wish they could go with him and can't wait to vacation with him - right in the middle of his career with mommy, when I was a little kid, and I was ignored as far as the public record went. <br /><br />I didn't exist as far as Mommy and Daddy ever said. There are old interviews of mommy and daddy when they were young and I'm little, and I don't exist. They never mention me, even when asked about off-ice time. Mommy says she skates and goes to school and shops and golfs. Daddy skates, golfed and was the recipient of unreciprocated twitter mash notes and facebook adoration from girlfriends.<br /><br />He poses for girlfriend photos with girls for people to see in public. But not with me.<br /><br />The private stuff is much more special, yes, I know.<br /><br />And the girls weren't mommy. And all these people on the internet knew about it. And there's all this stuff I can see and stuff I can't see but can read about.<br /><br />How important is it to be part of it anyway? Not very. We can see that from Ilderton. None of them have any great desire to be part of what Scott and Tessa are doing in any public way, to have a public role. Why should their own kid look back and wish they could see themselves in mom and dad's lives the way the rest of the family can? Why should they mind when their own kids ask - can we see you on TV or hear grandma mention your name and they say NOPE. But your aunt Charlotte and Quinn get mentioned!!<br /><br />No doubt Scott and Tessa will do a great job explaining that it's even more special to be completely unacknowledged in public and to be the only Moir whose existence is ignored during the heyday of Scott and Tessa's illustrious career was actually about how much mommy and daddy love you. All the other people who were and are so eager for public recognition in connection with your parents and received it just weren't as special as you are.<br /><br />Scott and Tessa have it down as far as being able to control and direct what people think, so of course they'll be able to manage the reaction of their own child just perfectly.<br /><br />I can go back 10 years plus to archives on the internet - forums that have been around for years, yahoo discussion groups and other chat boards and communities, relating to figure skating and to other topics. Not archives of stuff that was once physical copies and then electronically uploaded to the web - stuff that was being discussed on the web more than ten years ago. It's all still there and easy to locate.<br /><br />As this drags on I wonder if the sham girlfriends will just get younger and younger. This one is slightly younger than Tessa (as compared to 25 year old Jessica).<br /><br />Of course you never want to say "it's hard to imagine a truly grown woman" participating in this, since there are senior citizens on down who think there's nothing wrong with it. But a younger woman would be more likely to be unattached and also enjoy the game of it and also more likely to be less settled and fit into Scott's sham schedule.<br /><br /><br />oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-31753796942762739032013-02-06T14:12:54.334-08:002013-02-06T14:12:54.334-08:00So...what happens when even Facebook figures it al...So...what happens when even Facebook figures it all out?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-63951423578940772602013-02-06T14:12:11.612-08:002013-02-06T14:12:11.612-08:00What's Cara Moir up to these days?What's Cara Moir up to these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-37771825333654077012013-02-06T14:02:34.154-08:002013-02-06T14:02:34.154-08:00Anon 1:54
Haha! So true! She lets me follow her fo...Anon 1:54<br />Haha! So true! She lets me follow her for absolutely no reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-77834596657627136252013-02-06T13:57:35.423-08:002013-02-06T13:57:35.423-08:00Anon 1:54
Bingo!Anon 1:54<br />Bingo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-78048147322997913102013-02-06T13:54:58.997-08:002013-02-06T13:54:58.997-08:00She doesn't want to keep her account private. ...She doesn't want to keep her account private. She wants to choose the "special ones" to follow her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-6747343520437422152013-02-06T13:52:48.622-08:002013-02-06T13:52:48.622-08:00how have you gotten her to accept that request? it...how have you gotten her to accept that request? it seems odd to me that she would give that permission as she has wanted to keep her account private in the dirst place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-34067104380275545082013-02-06T13:25:44.628-08:002013-02-06T13:25:44.628-08:00Just search her name. She's there but you hav...Just search her name. She's there but you have to request permission to follow her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-15629988521497261252013-02-06T13:21:13.994-08:002013-02-06T13:21:13.994-08:00Where can I find Cassandra's Twitter account ?...Where can I find Cassandra's Twitter account ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-67586498373065169042013-02-06T13:19:59.564-08:002013-02-06T13:19:59.564-08:00It's amazing how quickly she recovered from th...It's amazing how quickly she recovered from that brief bout of needing privacy.oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-73455296907476279432013-02-06T13:14:01.345-08:002013-02-06T13:14:01.345-08:00Aww, but isn't it sad Scott's home-town gi...Aww, but isn't it sad Scott's home-town girlfriend doesn't love Tessa the way Scott does. Didn't Scott say that was a girlfriend requirement? It's being said Cass constantly tweets about her love and adoration for Scott. So where's the love and adoration for Tessa? I'm still waiting for the threesome Scott said was important to him. Bwahahaha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-30301520797971113272013-02-06T13:09:11.221-08:002013-02-06T13:09:11.221-08:00Can you imagine being the girl who - however exage...Can you imagine being the girl who - however exagerated - needs the kind of personal space she needs - becoming Topic A for years of an entire town who all have an unquestioned entitlement to know the particulars of her business, to ask her actual in-laws for information, and to butt in with their opinions? No matter how great these people are, I don't think a "the more the merrier" mindset is something Tessa shares.oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-54895413613052613382013-02-06T13:01:42.962-08:002013-02-06T13:01:42.962-08:00"The sham might be easier to get your arms ar..."The sham might be easier to get your arms around when considered as a community expedience. It redirects the community's focus away from Scott and Tessa themselves while giving the community an ongoing role to play. It especially gives Tessa that buffer."<br /><br />I was thinking the same thing - maybe Tessa ended up getting stuck with a entire town of annoying inlaws. And the way these people diss MC- Tessa's background has a lot more in common with them than Ilderton. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com