• I had to send a reminder about the faucet/water issues because I heard nothing back. Good thing is that I did it before the end of my two-week's deadline. That's how it worked out that the plumber came the morning of the day when my mom's week visit started. I cried some inner tears when the lady on the phone suggested the appointment (effing 7 a.m ( Read more... )

Alright. I'm trying to shake my annoyance off for some HA! STRIKE ( Read more... )

I watched Céline's documentary I Am: Céline Dion last night (because the soccer match didn't get aired on free TV, I had some time). It was tough. It was beautiful. It was insightful. It was Céline. She showed herself so vulnerable ... What a brave thing to do. Those were heartbreaking scenes ( Read more... )

I admit that this is a pretty lame title for the entry I'm about to write. But it somehow fits the topic - a topic which has kept me ... occupied the past few weeks, and if it weren't for this topic (and the to-do list from last year, which still lists writing a Eurovision 2023 LJ entry), I may have had time to write about Eurovision instead. ( Read more... )

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 weekend went a bit differently than ... hoped. The week itself had been pretty shitty weather-wise, which has me a bit annoyed because I was hoping for a great late summer, now that my holiday replacement time is over and I finally had a chance to consider what to do with the many vacation days I still have left for the year. I don't mind ( Read more... )

My days off are over. Figure skating is sort of over. Which means I stick to tradition and write about something entirely different now! LOL ( Read more... )

I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon. I didn't want to join the hype. (In fact, I was quickly getting extremely annoyed by the hype.) And in fact I haven't ( Read more... )

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I'll continue trying to make the most of today here on LJ and will dig deep in my memory about everything I wanted to say about skating! I forgot that I never even wrote about Worlds 2019 (and don't remember what to say about that, either), but I very well remember that I stopped commenting at the last Euros. Because that was one helluva ( Read more... )