Where do you go when you're gone.

May 09, 2008 16:57

A little random thing I noticed today in the street:


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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. estriel May 9 2008, 17:06:43 UTC
Ahahahahahha, that. Would be awesome! Evan would be embarrassed to death but secretly, in the deep depth of his soul, he'd envy you and your uber-gay bike!

Well. I went there. It's in the middle of fucking nowhere, in a part of Moscow that actually made me feel slightly uncomfortable - it doesn't happen often, but I actually felt UNSAFE there, like someone was going to rob me or something. I don't know how going back in the dark would have felt.
Of course, the rink is closed. :( They closed it at like... the beginning of April. :( (WHY the fuck do they close indoors rinks?! In a big huge sports complex, even? I mean, I understand why they close the open air rinks, but the indoorsy ones?)
I tried to call, but it's a holiday, so nobody picked up the phone.

And aaah, that is a very very very lovely picture. <333 Also, Stéphane is now spreading himself around, too? (The first thought I had after looking at the picture - well, the second one, right after "ooh, sexy" - was "hey that looks like Johnny's move".)

Also, haha, I see that Stéphane has been too lazy to get the rest of the screws in, just like me - I'd think it's a bit more dangerous for him, what with all those triples and quads. I need to get the rest of them screwed in. :)

I think you better use the Russian alphabet. Whee, letter!!! I hope it arrives! <3
Also, Teri, I've been meaning to ask you for a long time - do you have like skype or icq or something?

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. albiondreams May 9 2008, 20:26:22 UTC
If he behaved and shared some juicy details from his and Johnny's sex life I'd be generous and let him have a ride :)

Oh that sucks :( And I know what you mean about feeling unsafe, I'm usually not afraid at all in big cities, more so in the country where it's like dead after 9pm which freaks me out, but whenever I had to walk alone around south/east London in the middle of the night the safety feeling was partly gone. Btw are you still planning the London visit in the summer? I should be there around July 12, but that's too early for you, isn't it?

I hate that they close the rinks as well. The Verner one was closed for a month because they melted the ice and renewed it completely and now it's open again but not for public skating, at least I think so, I haven't checked yet. The other rink was transformed into an in-line skating hall and the rest of them is closed till September. The only one left is pretty good though, it's new and should be running till August or so, I'm gonna check it out for the first time tomorrow if I'm not feeling too PMS crappy.

I think it's the final Romeo pose? It's not a recent pic because he still has the hair there :(( I love that when the boys do this diving and leaning back stuff they mouths fall open automatically which I think it's the closest to orgasm we will ever get to see them (though of course I still hope for the web cam broadcast XD).

Why don't they screw them in all at once? You had it done in the skating shop, didn't you?

Our mic hasn't been working for ages so no Skype :( I have ICQ (218-047-020) though I'm only ever there when I really need to discuss something or leave some links etc. and that's not much often, but we can totally chat sometime :)

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. estriel May 10 2008, 10:38:27 UTC
And then you'd share with us??? :)

I don't know if I'll make it to London this summer, who knows. And yeah, July 12 is probably too early for me. But hell, Teri, you live in fucking Prague. I sure as hell will be in Prague at some point, so if you want to hang out with me in Prague, we can totally do that. And we SHOULD, we've known each other for years and haven't met yet. I'd love to!
I'd love to go skating with you, hehe. And we could stalk Tomas or something. ;)

I love that when the boys do this diving and leaning back stuff they mouths fall open automatically
Yes, it's very sexy and prettyful. I definitely approve. In my opinion, all figure skaters should do fancy stuff on the ice like that, just so we'd get to marvel at all those gorgeous bodies all stretched...

Why don't they screw them in all at once? You had it done in the skating shop, didn't you?
I did. They didn't put all of them in so that I could go and skate and find out if I like the position of the blade on the boot. If it was uncomfortable for me, they could shift it to the side a little bit - some of the holes on my blades are not round, but oval, so you can shift the blade to the left/right and adjust its position a little bit. I don't know if I'd like another position more, I'm fine with them the blades are now - I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference. :)

Well, we could still do Skype chat. (Because skype usually works better for me than ICQ and it's nicer.:)) That's what I meant, we don't have to call. THough one day we should all have like a conference call on skype - you, me, Reet, Cel and whoever else has a mic and is interested. :D It would be hilarious.
And don't worry, I'm not one of those people who bug everyone on ICQ constantly. It starts automatically for me, so it shows me as online whenever I have my computer switched on, but I don't usually talk to people much on there, either. ;) But you're an exception, you can babble at me whenever you want. :)))

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. albiondreams May 10 2008, 16:43:26 UTC
Hmmm maybe ;) I just read a nice article on Evan and he even remembers Stéphane's name, while last year it was just "the Swiss guy" :D I'm really liking him again, and Brian as well, which is worrying because now there's no one left whom I could hate on, but I'm sure it will all come back with the new season :)

I'd love to go skating with you, hehe.
Now that would be embarrassing XD But funnn so I'm all for it lol. At least I'd finally have someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong, which is probably like everything. Actually me and some other girls have been thinking about hiring a coach, but I'm not sure it will work out :( Anyways, sure we can go stalking Tom! He'd be happy to have more people watch him. Though I don't know if he will practice here at all during the summer, he only has like five days free between the training camps, so it's pretty much Germany, Norway, Sweden and Germany again for him :(

Yes, it's very sexy and prettyful. I definitely approve. In my opinion, all figure skaters should do fancy stuff on the ice like that, just so we'd get to marvel at all those gorgeous bodies all stretched...
When I read this I went to watch Steph's Oceania program to see him rolling prettily on the ice and guess what - the backward bend move is from there! At least it looks like it and it's very sexy :) That would make the pic kinda old though. Aww and I just noticed he has a cut on his hand in that photo, probably from a blade. Poor baby.

I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference. :)
Well, who would XD

Aww okay, I didn't know Skype had chat option as well, I'll install it sometime then. Hee a conference (lol that sounds so serious when we all know what it would be REALLY about XD)! I have a webcam on the laptop but the sound doesn't work, it's so quiet that you can't hear anything, everybody with this laptop has the same problem but stupid HP refuses to fix it. And lol don't freak out if I spam you with random fs stuff and such on ICQ, I tend to do that with fandom things :) Aww and I'll surely babble a lot once the exam period and essay writing starts, you know me, anything to postpone the evil.

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. estriel May 10 2008, 17:26:42 UTC
Which article? And haha, did he really call him "the Swiss guy"? lsjflaj Evan, that is so pathetic. (Also, it shows how the only guy he actually is interested in is Weir.)
You could still hate on KVDP? For purely superficial reasons like his horrible costumes?

Embarrassing? Why? I mean, it's not like I can skate much better than you. But it would be fun! And yes, you should definitely try to hire a coach!!! You told me a long time ago already, but how much did you say it was? You'd learn so so much! (Also, I find it intriguing what working with a coach does to you mentally. Like, you feel like you should impress them, so that makes you try harder.)
Aww, so he's doing training camps all summer? :( Who is he training with, btw?

Oceania? As in... Björk's Oceania? Stéphane skated to that? O_O If he did, he gets a billion additional points. I'll have to search for it on YouTube. *searches* Omg indeed Björk! And the rolling around on the ice is great, haha!

Well, who would XD
Professional figure skaters? ;)

I added you on ICQ, now approve me, will ya. :P
And yes, we'd have a themed conference call. Topic: So who is Johnny doing these days? Stéphane or Evan? Discuss! (preferably with naughty details)
I certainly do not mind spamming with fandom things.

OMG TERI IT'S YOUR B-DAY TOMORROW ISN'T IT?! I want to try to write fic for you or something. any requests?

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. albiondreams May 10 2008, 19:17:42 UTC
Here, it's translated from Japanese or Korean or something like that. And omg you didn't see the video? Lmao I really shouldn't show it to you now that I said I actually like Evan, but it's here and it's completely hilarious. And of course makes you want to kick him because it's right after his win in Spokane. But lololol his speaking abilities are so PATHETIC - "it was like a little bit surreal like it was kind of outer body and I like almost could feel like my heart beating like it was so strange and and I kept like fainting and then I would like do something and be like oh my god this is so cool but then I would like go back to my like super like mental zone..." And that goes on for six minutes XDD The Swiss Guy moment is at 4:10 and it cracks me up every time. It's especially priceless when you know how Johnny knows almost every single detail about his competitors and pretty much everyone else in the skating world.

I mean, it's not like I can skate much better than you.
Believe me, you do :) I don't know, I feel like I'm doing everything wrong because I don't really know how to teach myself the basics, like the right use of edges and stuff like that, I'm changing them rather instinctively and then try to balance it out and it works somehow but it's definitely not the right way to learn things. And I'm sure my posture during everything is crap as well. As for the coach, I don't really know exactly how much, it's like 250 just for the ice but I don't know if it's for everyone or for the whole group. A girl from the adults group at the Verner club gave us a contact on a coach that would be willing to take on newbies, but we had to wait till the rink reopened which was like yesterday and I don't think the girl who promised to call the coach has done so yet.

There's lots of training camps all over the place in the summer, Mishin has them as well, in Italia nd Estonia and I think Germany, too. Everyone can participate, it's a great chance to work with some of the top coaches, but pretty expensive. And many top skaters join them as well - Kiira, Stéphane, Plushenko this year, Tomáš, Carolina, Kristoffer... though I guess they have individual program. It's great fun but hard work as well, Tomáš was talking about them running around lakes in Finland last year :) They do biking, ballet lessons, all kinds of stuff, and work on new programs I guess. Tom's coaches are going with him so he probably just works with them, he also has this Russian? choreographer I don't remember the name of and he worked with Lori before Worlds.

Björk is very cool to skate to! I loved Daisuke's exhibition as well. Btw the guy is so sweet and hilarious, he left Morozov :(( this week but updated his website to tell us that "don't worry, Takahashi is all right" XD And he also cares about his old rinks closing in Japan and the kids not having where to train, he's such a nice guy <3

Aww you don't have to write anything, I'm kinda trying to ignore the birthday cos I'm getting tooo old and I'm probably gonna be home alone all day long tomorrow anyway :( But if you still feel like writing I'll love whatever you come up with <3 I can't really think of any special requests right now.

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. albiondreams May 10 2008, 21:10:38 UTC
Awwwwwww this is the first time I saw the program Evan skated in Johnny's pants. And I like it :) And the interview at the end where he says they're Johnny's and n'awwwwwwwwww. And yes, I do realize I'm one year behind on stuff XD But for some reason I only ever saw Evan's INXS number from that show so this makes me exciiiited. This plus the fact I've had too much coffee once again.

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. albiondreams May 9 2008, 20:34:49 UTC
Btw I'm buying in-line skates! Haha I haven't skated in those since I was 10 or so. But there was a TV piece on Tomáš Verner a few days ago and he was skating around in them, too, so I thought why the hell not. And at least some of my friends do in-line skating as well so I can go with someone, compared to ice skating. I need to re-read your US in-line posts, you did some pretty neat stuff in them :)

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Re: i want the mongoose bike so badly! preferably in pink and with rhinestones. thanks, santa. estriel May 10 2008, 10:39:52 UTC
Yay for inline skates! They're great, I love rollerblading. Though not as much as ice skating, of course. They're good workout, though, and healthy, cause you get some fresh air. :)

And naah, I didn't do anything fancy, just crossovers and waltz jumps - those were my fanciest moves on rollerblades. :D

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