Oh dear, I think I want to make Clara's Victorian governess dress from 'The Snowmen' now, and I don't have anything in my stash that will work. I told myself I wouldn't buy any more fabric, but somehow I don't think I'm going to stick to that for very long! (And I already have too many Doctor Who cosplays in the works, I don't need another, but I ( Read more... )

Since my last post about the ladies freeskate was dominated by 'ugh! judging!' woes, I still have to mention the skating itself! I have to say, I was heartily impressed with all the ladies in the free! Even the girls who had falls still brought their A game and delivered fantastic performances. ( A review of the great ladies freeskate! )

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are officially over, and it's always a mixture of happy and sad. We really haven't had any truly contentious results in figure skating at the Olympics in quite a while, so the final standings in the ladies event was something of a shock, and it wasn't the note that I would have preferred to end Olympic skating on. ( Read more... )

On a totally random note, while watching ABC World News just now, I found out there's a guy who has recreated Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Marriage Portrait entirely in Legos. What mind-blowing geekery. The world is truly full of amazing things ( Read more... )

Well, sometimes things don't go your way. Even the most talented people in the world can have bad days, and sometimes they have them at the Olympics. ( In which I get extremely emotional over Patrick Chan and Jeremy Abbott. But they're my favorites, and it's the Olympics, so I can't help it! )

Okay, now my laptop is working again, I can make my obligatory Olympic Figure Skating Squee Posts! (Why don't I have a Davis & White icon anymore? More importantly, why does no one seem to make figure skating icons on LJ anymore? It's the Olympics! Icon it, peeps ( Read more... )

( A rant in which I rail at the lack of notice that led me to miss my beloved Ice Dancing. Not necessary to read, I just have to vent. )

Am trying to decide if I should spend the $12 dollars to see the World Figure Skating Championships on icenetwork.com. Having missed Worlds the last 2 years, I feel kind of like I've missed my children taking their first steps (Davis & White AND Patrick Chan won their first world titles last year and I didn't see it! *sobs*) so maybe it's worth ( Read more... )

Well, the happiest season of all is upon us: the figure skating season! So I don't feel too bad about missing the Civil War Harvest ball for lack of a dress, because skating was on TV that day!( Skating babble ahead! )

My weekends are so boring now that Lark Rise to Candleford and Downton Abbey have wrapped up their seasons! And I missed most of the last episode of Lark Rise because of the National Figure Skating Championships. *cries* But it was totally worth it, because Nationals were great, and judging from what we saw there, the World Championships are going ( Read more... )