I wanted to say that time has been more than kind to Tara Lipinski but the more I think about it the more I think that maybe Tara Lipinski made time her bitch. It takes a special sort to look better at 36 than at 26 and I don’t know if it’s the same good genetics that causes someone to win a gold medal at 15 years old or if it’s a by product of being in amazing shape your entire life or some third thing I didn’t think of. All i know is that she really is impressive. I know she has a reputation for steely resolve and nerves of steel, which can be hard to reconcile with the 5 foot tall woman doing silly dances and making goofy jokes on my screen but I was such a mess at 15 that I couldn’t even have an innocuous conversation with someone I liked and not end up caught in my head for the next week I was a mess, so you probably have to be tough to win the gold over the favorite at the Olympics at 15. But more impressive than her winning the gold at 15 is what she has become since. I think perhaps the most impressive thing a person can do is transcend a moment of greatness early in their life and become known for something more later. Eclipsing the earlier thing. A gold medal is about as impressive as they come and for most people there isn’t a higher peak to climb. But 4 years ago I almost posted Tara Lipinski because she showed up on my TV and made figure skating captivating with her announcing. She and Johnny Weir might be the biggest breath of fresh air on my TV, they are hilarious and knowledgeable and intense and fun to look at and it’s just amazing. I can’t believe NBC was smart enough not just to hire them but suddenly give them more work. And it’s so good that I can only imagine in a decade Tara Lipinski will not be a gold medalist to most people, most people will only know her as half of the best pair of pop culture commentators in the world. And I guess I find that really impressive. That someone can be so good at two things. She just makes me laugh and I enjoy watching her and yeah, she’s gotten really hot int he past decade. I don’t know if dressing like an announcer for the hunger games makes her hotter or if I find her hot despite that. I can’t tall. But I love it. So maybe time hasn’t been kind to her, maybe she told time it can fuck convention, she’s just going to refuse to age and keep looking better. Because she bucks convention. Today I want to fuck Tara Lipinski.