More vids and pictures from Skate for Hope!
FEATURING VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE INTRO, HEARTBROKEN, BAD ROMANCE, AND FINALE
OKAY SO oldpandadays AND I WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND SKATE FOR HOPE LAST WEEKEND. I AM UNABLE TO RELIVE BLISS WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM VIDEO FOOTAGE, SO I RECORDED JOHNNY'S INTRO, ROUTINES, AND FINALE... BUT, DUE TO LIMITED CAMERA MEMORY (AND PRIORITIES), I GOT NOTHING ELSE. HOWEVER, OLDPANDADAYS IS WONDERFUL AND A MUCH BETTER SHOW-CAPTURER AND GOT PICTURES OF MOST OF THE OTHER PERFORMERS. YAY!
SO THE SHOW STARTED WITH THE STAGE COMPLETELY DARK, WITH FOG SPEWING OUT FROM A PLATFORM ON THE ICE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD MAKE SPEECHES BETWEEN ROUTINES. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN TOTAL SILENCE, A FIGURE GLIDED OUT FROM BEHIND A GLITTERY GOLDEN STREAMER CURTAIN AND STARTED SLOWLY DANCING IN PLACE TO THE OPENING NOTES OF "I GOTTA FEELING". I HAVE NO FOOTAGE OF THIS, BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY MESMERIZING AND I DIDN'T EVEN COMPREHEND AT THAT MOMENT THAT WITH THE SHAPE OF SUCH AN ASS, THIS SENSUAL AND SERPENTINE SILHOUETTE COULD ONLY BELONG TO ONE PERSON.
WARNING: THOSE VIDEOS BELONG TO OLDPANDADAYS, AND ARE THUS WONDERFULLY FREE OF OBNOXIOUS SCREECHING BECAUSE SHE IS JUST TOO CLASSY FOR THAT. HOWEVER, THE REST OF THE VIDEOS ARE MINE - I WAS THE DEFINITION OF "SKATING AND CRYING" DURING THIS SHOW, AND TITTER AND CATERWAUL A LOT IN THE VIDEOS. IT IS ADVISABLE TO TURN THE SOUND DOWN A BIT... OR ENDURE, IDK
HIS ROUTINES. I HAVE NO WORDS FOR THESE... JUST NOTE HIS SUBTLE HAND MOVEMENTS (ESP AT THE BEGINNING OF "BAD ROMANCE"). SEEING HIM MOVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, COUPLED WITH THE SOUNDS OF HIS BLADES ON THE ICE... GAH. IDEK.
AND THEN THE FINALE, IN WHICH HE SKATED WITH RACHAEL AND WAS VERY PRESH. I AM OBSESSED WITH THE FINALE BECAUSE IT SHOWS JUST WHAT A FUCKING AMAZING SKATER HE IS - THERE WAS NO FANCY CHOREOGRAPHY, AND NOTHING TO HIDE HIS SHEER TALENT AND SKILL. FIERCE BITCH CAN SKATE.
AND NOW FOR OLDPANDADAYS'S LOVELY PICTURES!
THERE WAS AN ADORABLE OLD COUPLE WHO HAD SKATED IN THE SHOW SINCE ITS BEGINNINGS
ROCKNE BRUBAKER BEING PRESH WITH THE DAUGHTER OF THE SHOW'S COORDINATOR/OWNER/IDK. IN THE MOST OBVIOUS CASE OF NEPOTISM I'VE EVER SEEN, SHE SKATED AN ENTIRE SOLO ROUTINE WITH HIM (AND ALSO GOT TO GIVE OUT FLOWERS MORE OFTEN THAN THE OTHER 70 NON-HEADLINING SKATERS, WHO HAD TO SKATE IN GROUPS). BUT W/E, IT WAS CUTE.
EMILY HUGHES, YAY
OLDPANDADAYS PROBABLY ISN'T GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH MY POSTING THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY FUCKING COOL PICTURE AND DO NOT CARE
JUMPFACE, YAY
AFTER THE SHOW ENDED, THE SKATERS ALL CAME OUT TO TALK TO THE AUDIENCE, WHO HAD LINED UP ALONG THE EDGES OF THE BARRIER. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE THERE FOR JOHNNY, AND HE STAYED OUT MEETING PEOPLE LONG AFTER ALL THE OTHER SKATERS HAD LEFT (AROUND 20 MINUTES?). HE WAS SO GRACIOUS AND SWEET, AND WENT ONE-BY-ONE DOWN THE LINE OF PEOPLE AND NEVER RUSHED. I CANNOT BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I ADMIRE HIM - DAYS AFTER LOSING HIS GRANDFATHER, HE SKATES TWO AMAZING ROUTINES AND SPENDS HALF AN HOUR TALKING TO FANS AFTERWARDS. ANYONE WHO SAYS HE IS A WHINY LITTLE BITCH WHO CAN'T SKATE CAN JUST STFU AND DIAF.
SO EVENTUALLY HE GOT TO MY FRIEND AND ME. BY THIS TIME, I WAS IN A COMA OF LAHV, WHICH FORTUNATELY RENDERED ME PRETTY CALM. HE SAID HI, AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED UP WITH "I LOVE THAT!" REGARDING MY NECKLACE. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS... ALL I CAN SAY IS @_@. I ASKED HIM FOR A HUG TO WHICH HE SAID "OF COURSE!", WE TOOK PICTURES (OLDPANDADAYS, DO YOU WANT YOURS UP?), CHATTED A LITTLE, AND THEN HE WENT ON AFTER OLDPANDADAYS GAVE HIM HER LOVELY PRESENT - TWO HERMANN HESSE BOOKS WITH A SWEET NOTE EXPLAINING WHAT THEY MEAN TO HER REGARDING HIM.
NOTE: MY SHOULDER DOESN'T LOOK WEIRD BECAUSE IT'S DEFORMED, IT LOOKS WEIRD BECAUSE JOHNNY'S HAND IS AROUND IT &hearts _ &hearts
NOW, I HAD ALSO GOTTEN HIM A GIFT - I KNITTED HIM A PAIR OF MATRYOSHKA GLOVES WITH ATTACHABLE MITTEN CAPS, BUT DUE TO MY IDIOCY, BY THAT TIME I STILL NEEDED AN HOUR OF KNITTING BEFORE THEY WOULD BE FINISHED. BUT MY LOVELY FRIEND CONVINCED ME TO GIVE THEM TO HIM ANYWAYS, SO I SWALLOWED MY SHAME AND DARTED FURTHER DOWN THE STANDS SO I COULD MEET HIM AGAIN. I GAVE THEM TO HIM, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE MISSING A BUTTON AND THERE WERE UNWOVEN ENDS AND GENERAL HORRENDOUSNESS, HE SMILED AND SAID "THANK YOU" AND "THEY'RE FABULOUS". IT KIND OF SUCKS TO BE POLITELY LIED TO, BUT I AM STILL HAPPY THAT HE IS SO POLITE AND SWEET.
AND YES, HE SMELLS GOOD.
(Feel free to tag if you'd like!)
OKAY SO oldpandadays AND I WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND SKATE FOR HOPE LAST WEEKEND. I AM UNABLE TO RELIVE BLISS WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM VIDEO FOOTAGE, SO I RECORDED JOHNNY'S INTRO, ROUTINES, AND FINALE... BUT, DUE TO LIMITED CAMERA MEMORY (AND PRIORITIES), I GOT NOTHING ELSE. HOWEVER, OLDPANDADAYS IS WONDERFUL AND A MUCH BETTER SHOW-CAPTURER AND GOT PICTURES OF MOST OF THE OTHER PERFORMERS. YAY!
SO THE SHOW STARTED WITH THE STAGE COMPLETELY DARK, WITH FOG SPEWING OUT FROM A PLATFORM ON THE ICE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD MAKE SPEECHES BETWEEN ROUTINES. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN TOTAL SILENCE, A FIGURE GLIDED OUT FROM BEHIND A GLITTERY GOLDEN STREAMER CURTAIN AND STARTED SLOWLY DANCING IN PLACE TO THE OPENING NOTES OF "I GOTTA FEELING". I HAVE NO FOOTAGE OF THIS, BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY MESMERIZING AND I DIDN'T EVEN COMPREHEND AT THAT MOMENT THAT WITH THE SHAPE OF SUCH AN ASS, THIS SENSUAL AND SERPENTINE SILHOUETTE COULD ONLY BELONG TO ONE PERSON.
Click to viewWARNING: THOSE VIDEOS BELONG TO OLDPANDADAYS, AND ARE THUS WONDERFULLY FREE OF OBNOXIOUS SCREECHING BECAUSE SHE IS JUST TOO CLASSY FOR THAT. HOWEVER, THE REST OF THE VIDEOS ARE MINE - I WAS THE DEFINITION OF "SKATING AND CRYING" DURING THIS SHOW, AND TITTER AND CATERWAUL A LOT IN THE VIDEOS. IT IS ADVISABLE TO TURN THE SOUND DOWN A BIT... OR ENDURE, IDK
HIS ROUTINES. I HAVE NO WORDS FOR THESE... JUST NOTE HIS SUBTLE HAND MOVEMENTS (ESP AT THE BEGINNING OF "BAD ROMANCE"). SEEING HIM MOVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, COUPLED WITH THE SOUNDS OF HIS BLADES ON THE ICE... GAH. IDEK.
AND THEN THE FINALE, IN WHICH HE SKATED WITH RACHAEL AND WAS VERY PRESH. I AM OBSESSED WITH THE FINALE BECAUSE IT SHOWS JUST WHAT A FUCKING AMAZING SKATER HE IS - THERE WAS NO FANCY CHOREOGRAPHY, AND NOTHING TO HIDE HIS SHEER TALENT AND SKILL. FIERCE BITCH CAN SKATE.
AND NOW FOR OLDPANDADAYS'S LOVELY PICTURES!
THERE WAS AN ADORABLE OLD COUPLE WHO HAD SKATED IN THE SHOW SINCE ITS BEGINNINGS
ROCKNE BRUBAKER BEING PRESH WITH THE DAUGHTER OF THE SHOW'S COORDINATOR/OWNER/IDK. IN THE MOST OBVIOUS CASE OF NEPOTISM I'VE EVER SEEN, SHE SKATED AN ENTIRE SOLO ROUTINE WITH HIM (AND ALSO GOT TO GIVE OUT FLOWERS MORE OFTEN THAN THE OTHER 70 NON-HEADLINING SKATERS, WHO HAD TO SKATE IN GROUPS). BUT W/E, IT WAS CUTE.
EMILY HUGHES, YAY
OLDPANDADAYS PROBABLY ISN'T GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH MY POSTING THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY FUCKING COOL PICTURE AND DO NOT CARE
JUMPFACE, YAY
AFTER THE SHOW ENDED, THE SKATERS ALL CAME OUT TO TALK TO THE AUDIENCE, WHO HAD LINED UP ALONG THE EDGES OF THE BARRIER. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE THERE FOR JOHNNY, AND HE STAYED OUT MEETING PEOPLE LONG AFTER ALL THE OTHER SKATERS HAD LEFT (AROUND 20 MINUTES?). HE WAS SO GRACIOUS AND SWEET, AND WENT ONE-BY-ONE DOWN THE LINE OF PEOPLE AND NEVER RUSHED. I CANNOT BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I ADMIRE HIM - DAYS AFTER LOSING HIS GRANDFATHER, HE SKATES TWO AMAZING ROUTINES AND SPENDS HALF AN HOUR TALKING TO FANS AFTERWARDS. ANYONE WHO SAYS HE IS A WHINY LITTLE BITCH WHO CAN'T SKATE CAN JUST STFU AND DIAF.
SO EVENTUALLY HE GOT TO MY FRIEND AND ME. BY THIS TIME, I WAS IN A COMA OF LAHV, WHICH FORTUNATELY RENDERED ME PRETTY CALM. HE SAID HI, AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED UP WITH "I LOVE THAT!" REGARDING MY NECKLACE. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS... ALL I CAN SAY IS @_@. I ASKED HIM FOR A HUG TO WHICH HE SAID "OF COURSE!", WE TOOK PICTURES (OLDPANDADAYS, DO YOU WANT YOURS UP?), CHATTED A LITTLE, AND THEN HE WENT ON AFTER OLDPANDADAYS GAVE HIM HER LOVELY PRESENT - TWO HERMANN HESSE BOOKS WITH A SWEET NOTE EXPLAINING WHAT THEY MEAN TO HER REGARDING HIM.
NOTE: MY SHOULDER DOESN'T LOOK WEIRD BECAUSE IT'S DEFORMED, IT LOOKS WEIRD BECAUSE JOHNNY'S HAND IS AROUND IT &hearts _ &hearts
NOW, I HAD ALSO GOTTEN HIM A GIFT - I KNITTED HIM A PAIR OF MATRYOSHKA GLOVES WITH ATTACHABLE MITTEN CAPS, BUT DUE TO MY IDIOCY, BY THAT TIME I STILL NEEDED AN HOUR OF KNITTING BEFORE THEY WOULD BE FINISHED. BUT MY LOVELY FRIEND CONVINCED ME TO GIVE THEM TO HIM ANYWAYS, SO I SWALLOWED MY SHAME AND DARTED FURTHER DOWN THE STANDS SO I COULD MEET HIM AGAIN. I GAVE THEM TO HIM, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE MISSING A BUTTON AND THERE WERE UNWOVEN ENDS AND GENERAL HORRENDOUSNESS, HE SMILED AND SAID "THANK YOU" AND "THEY'RE FABULOUS". IT KIND OF SUCKS TO BE POLITELY LIED TO, BUT I AM STILL HAPPY THAT HE IS SO POLITE AND SWEET.
AND YES, HE SMELLS GOOD.
(Feel free to tag if you'd like!)