I'm exhausted.

Worlds has been stressful, exciting, draining, late (above all things), and great in enough ways to make me want to write down a few lines at 3:30 a.m. because otherwise I might never.

Pairs:

• I'm so happy with the result of the two German pairs! First Annika and Robert skated such a strong free program, which earned them a 5th place ( Read more... )

This has been an emotional day. The exhibition gala was great fun. Meanwhile I recorded the coverage of the monarchy switch in Denmark and watched it afterwards. Gosh, that was something else. I loved to see the massive crowd that came to greet the new king. I loved to see how much it touched him. I'd love to take a few moments and write a poem ( Read more... )

The ISU European Figure Skating Championships are taking place in Kaunas, Lithuania this week. I'm watching on stream and TV, enjoying the atmosphere and the video footage that's shown of the snowy city. It's quite beautiful ( Read more... )

I have the next few days off. Because ... skating ( Read more... )

Shoot. I just realized I never got to writing that GP halftime show report I wanted to put down. GP event 4 starts in just an hour, so I'm definitely not going to get there ( Read more... )

I have to rant once more. Because, LOL. Just LOL ( Read more... )

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It's the first time I've heard that a post can be too long. Seriously?

That means I have to add my thoughts on the remaining categories here.

ICE DANCE:

• I'm not a fan of the overhead lifts. In fact, I'm against it. I'm all for creativity and pushing the boundaries, but I really thought WTF when I saw Hubbell and Donohue, Sinitsina and Katsalapov ( Read more... )

You know what, I'll just start this post now. Despite having wanted to write it as a half-time thingie in the middle of the season. Despite it being 2.5 weeks to the Olympics and thus Euros already being over, too. And mostly despite not having the time, or memory, to write everything down now ( Read more... )

Well, well, well. I had wanted to start the year in relaxation, doing random fun stuff, and the first week was pretty great in this respect. Besides work, I pretty much spent my free time on three things: reading (so good to end the day with a novel, even though I pushed it a little too late into the night a few times - like 2:30 a.m. on a ( Read more... )