Beautiful pop.
I just watched Johnny's SP from US Nationals; there's finally a video available. Let me quote Christina in the LJ-cut link, because it's so appropriate: He popped an axel, but the rest of it? It was beautiful. There were some minor stumbles, but those don't really matter to me. He's the most beautiful skater out there, in my opinion, both style-wise and appearance-wise. And it's always the same qualities about his skating that I marvel at, the lightness with which he moves, the smoothness, like he's flying over the ice rather than skating, the graceful power, and - more recently - the speed with which he moves (particularly through the step sequences).
Also, I realized that I love how "tall" he looks on the ice, which I think has a lot to do with his general physique. He's not a stick-figure like Evan (who has long limbs, but no curves), he doesn't have short stout legs like Adam or Daisuke. He's got those long legs and a tiny waist, combined with a lovely butt and fairly "broad" shoulders (well, in comparison to his waist). And it just looks so beautiful. None of them other boys are like that, though a few of them younger Russians have gorgeous physique, too. (Andrei Lutai and Alexander Uspenski, for example.) He really looks super skinny in that SP costume, even more so than in the FS one. And while, generally, that makes me worried, I still can't help but marvel at how his collarbones just become more pronounced. The boy has such a lovely bone structure.
To do justice to my fangirl self, I just sent him an e-mail via his website. I couldn't resist.
Btw, he has rhinestone-y Russian flags on his blade guards now. Sweet.
Oh and I'm kind of fascinated by that 1A in slow-motion. I never realized how much elevation the boy gets on the axel, because when there's 3.5 revolutions in the jump, it sort of gets "lost"/is not as visible. But dude. That 1A? Is a monster.
I'm going back to Lille tomorrow. And, surprise surprise, I don't want to.
I've been sleeping well lately, sleeping in a bit longer in the mornings, and, most importantly MY DREAMS ARE BACK. Some of you may remember the days when I woke up every morning and remembered - in vivid detail - one or two dreams packed with action and images. Then they gradually disappeared, I rarely remembered my dreams, and my nights felt kind of empty ever since. Now they're back and it's so fantastic to wake up in the morning and remember one or two of them, with all details. I haven't been writing them down, because I'm lazy, but it's a comfort to have them back. I wonder if the reason why I "stopped" dreaming (or remembering my dreams) was because I was just too stressed, my brain was overloaded with things, and thus I couldn't remember, or didn't want to remember the stuff I dreamed, possibly because it was just reflections of the stress of the day. I don't know.
I'm worried that they will disappear again once I return to France, and that I'll have trouble sleeping again, like I did almost every night since I came back there in January. I don't know why that was, because it hadn't been like that before (September - December was more or less okay), and the air which suddenly seemed too dry and impossible to breathe used to be okay.
Next week will be horrible, I have school from AM to PM every day and I'm not looking forward to that.
Cross your fingers for my plane; I really hope it won't be late this time.
Also, I realized that I love how "tall" he looks on the ice, which I think has a lot to do with his general physique. He's not a stick-figure like Evan (who has long limbs, but no curves), he doesn't have short stout legs like Adam or Daisuke. He's got those long legs and a tiny waist, combined with a lovely butt and fairly "broad" shoulders (well, in comparison to his waist). And it just looks so beautiful. None of them other boys are like that, though a few of them younger Russians have gorgeous physique, too. (Andrei Lutai and Alexander Uspenski, for example.) He really looks super skinny in that SP costume, even more so than in the FS one. And while, generally, that makes me worried, I still can't help but marvel at how his collarbones just become more pronounced. The boy has such a lovely bone structure.
To do justice to my fangirl self, I just sent him an e-mail via his website. I couldn't resist.
Btw, he has rhinestone-y Russian flags on his blade guards now. Sweet.
Oh and I'm kind of fascinated by that 1A in slow-motion. I never realized how much elevation the boy gets on the axel, because when there's 3.5 revolutions in the jump, it sort of gets "lost"/is not as visible. But dude. That 1A? Is a monster.
I'm going back to Lille tomorrow. And, surprise surprise, I don't want to.
I've been sleeping well lately, sleeping in a bit longer in the mornings, and, most importantly MY DREAMS ARE BACK. Some of you may remember the days when I woke up every morning and remembered - in vivid detail - one or two dreams packed with action and images. Then they gradually disappeared, I rarely remembered my dreams, and my nights felt kind of empty ever since. Now they're back and it's so fantastic to wake up in the morning and remember one or two of them, with all details. I haven't been writing them down, because I'm lazy, but it's a comfort to have them back. I wonder if the reason why I "stopped" dreaming (or remembering my dreams) was because I was just too stressed, my brain was overloaded with things, and thus I couldn't remember, or didn't want to remember the stuff I dreamed, possibly because it was just reflections of the stress of the day. I don't know.
I'm worried that they will disappear again once I return to France, and that I'll have trouble sleeping again, like I did almost every night since I came back there in January. I don't know why that was, because it hadn't been like that before (September - December was more or less okay), and the air which suddenly seemed too dry and impossible to breathe used to be okay.
Next week will be horrible, I have school from AM to PM every day and I'm not looking forward to that.
Cross your fingers for my plane; I really hope it won't be late this time.