An attempt! XD

[imagines]

❄ The Figure Skating Friending Meme❄

There's already a few people on my flist who are FS fans, but I'd love to find more. If you dears would kindly fill this out and spread it around, I'd be most grateful. ♥ ...I know LJ has like no one, but no matter, I want to find them all. XD (By "fan," I mean everyone from "last watched figure skating during

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[ladyclayton]

Hey there...you don't know me from Boo, but we're both on Lucy's flist. You say you want to meet all the skating types on LJ, so I thought I'd fill out your survey. I don't add people to my flist without meeting them in some way first, so consider this an introduction, and if you'd like, feel free to add me, and I'll reciprocate. :)

~. What's your name? Eilis

!. How old are you? old

@. Girl, boy, other? girl

#. Where do you live? sunny southern California

$. What's your history of being a fan? How long, what got you interested, and so forth? I've loved skating since my parents took me to see Dorothy Hamill when I was four. I consider myself more skater than fan now, however.

%. Which skaters do you love best? Johnny Weir, Stephane Lambiel, Nam/Leftheris...and older: Todd Eldredge, Surya Bonaly (just for her attitude..wow!), Ina/Zimmerman. And Michelle Kwan, of course. There are other skaters I like who no one has heard of, and I like other retired skaters because they rock as coaches.

^. ...anyone you just can't stand? Evan Lysacek, Sasha Cohen, Michael Weiss, Nancy Kerrigan, Smirnov/Kawaguchi, Katy Taylor.

&. Do you ship, write fic, or create art? If so, please include a link. no

*. Are you a skater? If so, for how long? What made you want to start? I'm a skater. I started in January 2006, but I broke my arm and then had a really nasty knee injury that required surgery, so I was off the ice for much of the year. I have been working with a coach twice a week for a year, and I've made a lot of progress of which I am quite proud. I started skating because a rink opened near my house and offered adult classes. I didn't know adults could take lessons, but I signed right up.

+. What's your favourite element, whether you do it yourself or just watch? To do: waltz jump (I'm clockwise), COE spiral, BOE spiral, tooling around doing whatever. To watch: Johnny Weir's 3A, Caroline Zhang's spiral sequence, really well done pirouettes and twizzles, Stephane Lambiel's spins.

=. If possible, link your favourite program videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWQSoIEAxns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCWd59-ORCg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlKnYjxvyq0 (he MADE THIS UP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA9VTw6qJqA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLITf15rddI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sIo6s9lUyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZh2yckrLM

`. What are your other fandoms? You mean things I like? Music (esp rock like U2, PJ Harvey, NIN, Peter Murphy, Siouxsie, The Doors), fashion, gonzo videography (http://www.youtube.com/spinningheaddomcom has some of my crap), and singing.

:)

[imagines]

Hi! :) It's nice to meet you. Thank you very much for the links. Aww, Bowman. *misses :(*

[ladyclayton]

Bowman was awesome. I got to talk to him at some length last year, and he was a very troubled guy but so, so likeable. Very sad what happened. :\