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Today our Russian teacher informed us that this semester our class presentations should be about famous Russians, but not so famous that everyone knows them already, and ideally they should still be alive. My first thought was Alexandra Kollontai because I recently read about her, but then I remembered that I don't want to do more research than I have to for a voluntary class. Which contemporary famous-but-not-too-famous Russians do I already know stuff about? Then I spent the rest of the class alternately talking myself into and out of doing a presentation on Evgeni Malkin.
Pro: I already know a lot about him (how did that happen), I know where to find articles and info, and if I have to fill time I can always show a highlight reel. Beautiful goals.
Con: I should explain to the class why everyone should know this person, but he's an athlete, and that doesn't really seem important enough? Even though the teacher said athletes are fine, idk. Or maybe I'm still weirdly embarrassed that I got into Hockey (RPF) in the first place. (Now that I'm catching up on GK fic I find out that Hockey RPF stole a lot of good writers, grrr.) How do I explain to my friends why I suddenly know random details about NHL hockey players? "The fandom is full of pining and idfic?" I can count the people I know offline who'd understand that on one hand.
Whatever, it looks cool (why are most NHL games so late at night), and "less work" is a pretty big advantage.
(A nice bonus of suddenly being interested in hockey: I watched the Austria vs. Germany Olympia qualification match. Austria lost the game, but won the qualification. I know it's silly, but Austrians beating Germans at sports is always nice to watch. I think it's some sort of national trauma.)
Pro: I already know a lot about him (how did that happen), I know where to find articles and info, and if I have to fill time I can always show a highlight reel. Beautiful goals.
Con: I should explain to the class why everyone should know this person, but he's an athlete, and that doesn't really seem important enough? Even though the teacher said athletes are fine, idk. Or maybe I'm still weirdly embarrassed that I got into Hockey (RPF) in the first place. (Now that I'm catching up on GK fic I find out that Hockey RPF stole a lot of good writers, grrr.) How do I explain to my friends why I suddenly know random details about NHL hockey players? "The fandom is full of pining and idfic?" I can count the people I know offline who'd understand that on one hand.
Whatever, it looks cool (why are most NHL games so late at night), and "less work" is a pretty big advantage.
(A nice bonus of suddenly being interested in hockey: I watched the Austria vs. Germany Olympia qualification match. Austria lost the game, but won the qualification. I know it's silly, but Austrians beating Germans at sports is always nice to watch. I think it's some sort of national trauma.)
