I have not done a GIP in an age.

But I am doing one now because I am so utterly happy for Dylan and Lubov and completely in love with their programs!

So this weekend we have US nationals and Canadian nationals in figure skating ( Read more... )

So World Figure Skating championships in Japan began today and already the WTFery is strong with this one. Aside from the continuing judges love for Hao Zhang and partner (which I have been DoNotGetting for over 8 years now), we have the president of the ISU coming out and saying that he wants to eliminate short programs because no other sport is ( Read more... )

Been meaning to post this here for a little while but just got to the computer tonight...

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There are no words to say how excited I am to see this series... if I were on twitter I would now be using the following hastag -- #pleasedontsuck . I will not use it for a tag here but know that I am thinking it ( Read more... )

So, looking at stuff on youtube and this comes up....George Strait. And Garth Brooks. On the stage. Singing together. Garth literally taking his hat off to his hero. I got chills.

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Also, in YouTubing for the last post, I came across this gem which I had never seen, from the Night Moves special in 1991. Brian Orser and Katarina Witt skating to ( Read more... )

14 Write about your first fandom crush(es). (Post a picture of them if you can!)
I've been trying to think of this one and I honestly keep coming back to it, though it's not a fandom as such... but I've loved Brian Orser since the 1984 Olympics when I was seven and I love him still to this day. (I have rooted for skaters I don't even know because I ( Read more... )

Delighted with the news about the Veronica Mars movie... Looking forward to seeing how it pans out and because it needs to be said, well done fandom ( Read more... )

I should not be allowed on YouTube.

( Virtue and Moir montages under the cut, wherein I become a teenaged fangirl )

Random off season skating news the first - Kevin Van Der Perren has announced that he wants to try pairs skating.. And not with his wife. Leaving aside the WTF reaction that I think all of us might have on hearing this news, can I just say:No. Baby, I love you, but no. Your hip is shonky, you went out on a high with an amazing skate in Nice, ( Read more... )

Spent a good hour today Stacy-and-Clinton-ing my wardrobe - fans of US What Not To Wear will get the reference. I have thrown out (ie bagged for charity shop) three bags of clothes that have not been worn in at least three years, there are a stack of jeans that are questionable, and that's not going near the section of the wardrobe that has dresses ( Read more... )