There was this guy at the rink today; he looked like a karate fighter with his head shaved and his overall body-build and appearance. But he was/used to be a figure skater, maybe he was a coach. He skated with that fast ease and power that you see in elite figure skaters and man, I'd almost forgotten how scarily fast and strong men are on the ice. ( Read more... )

Tonight, I drove a stick shift again, after some, hmm... four and a half years? Where general driving is concerned, it was the first time I drove since I left South Carolina in July 2007. Though drove is not quite the right expression - I practiced starting and shifting gears on a parking lot. This was prompted by the fact that, once I start ( Read more... )

I remembered to look up my TOEFL scores online (I'll get official scores mailed to me later). I got the full score, 120. Alright... :D ( Read more... )

You know what I like almost as much as reading fic until late at night? Dreams on the same theme. I forgot what the dream was about exactly, but it was Harry/Draco, it was intense and it was lovely.

I went to DD today afternoon to get some paperwork done; I now have almost everything I need (or everything I can have). I went to return some books ( Read more... )

I'm giving myself (with some assistance from my mother) a headache ( Read more... )

I took the sample GRE test today in the morning ( Read more... )

Today I ( Read more... )

How can I achieve anything when I don't believe in myself?

Whenever my brain thinks oh, maybe I could do this, another part immediately replies no, you can't, you're not good enough/motivated enough/talented enoughI don't know what to do with my life ( Read more... )

So suppose I went to study writing. Where would I want to do it? (within the USA ( Read more... )

Even marketing books poke fun at my favorite sport:

Let’s imagine for a moment that there is a fantastic Marketing Olympics, and it’s held between the summer and winter games. (If you miss it, reruns would be shown after figure skating.) ~ Dave Bartel: The Word of Mouth Manual: Volume II ( Read more... )