CI wildly rhapsodizes in an atlantan direction
February 16, 2009 – 1:42 am
danielle winning the southeast barista laurels — by a crushing margin, we hear — is like james winning the worlds: all is right in the earth. the axis tilteth correctly. there is a still point in the turning world, as the poet said, and danielle, it seemed, danced in it. by herself.
there was poise and polish vastly beyond what we saw last year, and significantly in addition to the confidence evident in her u.s. performance. there was, essentially, a resounding follow-through where nearly everyone, or at least all of the raucous home crowd, seemed to assume the title was likely hers to grab. there was that gelatinous cream and sarsparilla in kenyan espresso, dolloped together like stanzas in a villanelle, and the smiling, the clear belief, right out in public, that she was doing something really good.
during the finals routine, the blogchildren joined in the octane chorus — “police noises,” they called it — and savored the victory as much as tykes with the feel of a real heavy trophy and an exuberant round of hugging can savor such a thing. the culture of tony riffel’s octane, the guiding hand of the zombie and the urban sensibility of danielle herself all shewed forth, as it were. it was a win in a beautifully artistic space, by the main attraction herself. as it should have been.
the early crowd.
cool under scrutiny
‘just. like. work.’
down to the wire.
in the bag.
officially tops.
blogchildren are unanimous: it’s a keeper.
6 Responses to “CI wildly rhapsodizes in an atlantan direction”
Congrats, of course, to Danielle– but from my perspective everyone did exceptionally well and the southeast has reason to be proud that they were represented by everyone who made it to the finals.
By true on Feb 16, 2009
agreed. as everyone says every year … the bar was clearly higher all the way around.
By bz on Feb 16, 2009
so so so sweet. thank you ben, and, of course, monsieur true! your kiddies are delightful… their hugs made it worth it. I hope they got to see some more trains before they left.
By danielle on Feb 16, 2009
Cheers Danielle! You killed me at nationals last year…I knew you would take SERBC and I am feeling good about you in Portland. SOUTHEAST REPRESENT!
By Team Sexyfoam on Feb 17, 2009
Congrats Danielle..
I have to agree with “true”, all of the competitors did well this year. Good job to everyone and I look forward to the USBC!
By Rob Tuttle on Feb 17, 2009
ooh, a rare sighting of the former champeen sexyfoam! the waves docile today, lem?
rob: thanks for the input. i’d heard your company was responsible for recruiting this year’s unusual emcee. being a greenville guy, i’m curious: is liquid highway “entering the game” in the future? regardless, she did a decent job.
danielle: i cannot tell a lie. the trains MAY have been more popular than even you. hard to say.
By bz on Feb 18, 2009