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and there'll be Elisabetta Leccardi 
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- Thread starter Sam-Skwantch
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and there'll be Elisabetta Leccardi
You know me too well!
That was exactly who I was thinking of when I wrote that! But, I didn't want to make it obvious, so I just went "English / Russian / variations".
CaroLiza_fan
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https://youtu.be/trJr6xZKhIM
Watching the clip - call me pathetic - I was not even focused on the song, that it was a TV show and the result, but the visible love and natural affection this father has for his son. I am watching this in awe and with sadness, because I had none of that growing up and it tears something inside, despite being all grown up already, every time I see fatherly love shown so openly towards his children, daughters in particular. Anyway, they were just great.
Watching the clip - call me pathetic - I was not even focused on the song, that it was a TV show and the result, but the visible love and natural affection this father has for his son. I am watching this in awe and with sadness, because I had none of that growing up and it tears something inside, despite being all grown up already, every time I see fatherly love shown so openly towards his children, daughters in particular. Anyway, they were just great.
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Ack. I've barely been keeping up on skating since Worlds. A lot of stuff relating to school has gotten in the way. And I've felt unmotivated since last Friday. Some personal stuff happened which I will not delve into what it was. It has somewhat affected my appetite and I haven't been myself. I hope one day I'll fully be back to myself. Could take a few months for me to do that(Even if the Caps make it to the 3rd round for the first time in 20 years). I've been praying every day that things could be good again and something can go back to where it was before. This hasn't deter my love of the sport of skating. I've been listening to songs that are going to be in 2018 Eurovision that I've been listening to and thinking "Oh my gosh! This would work so well in figure skating with *insert skater's name* skating to it!"
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#AnotherCulinarySunday
Yesterday was a day of full mode on experiments as I used for the first time quinoa flour in two recipes - oatmeal/quinoa bars (with raspberry/jasmine jam and crumble topping) and zucchini bread with choco chips. I have to say, they both look like in original recipe I used:
https://www.simplyquinoa.com/healthy-vegan-raspberry-oatmeal-bars/
https://www.simplyquinoa.com/healthy-chocolate-chip-zucchini-bread/
I have an eye on few more recipes from this great blog - a source of healthy inspiration
Yesterday was a day of full mode on experiments as I used for the first time quinoa flour in two recipes - oatmeal/quinoa bars (with raspberry/jasmine jam and crumble topping) and zucchini bread with choco chips. I have to say, they both look like in original recipe I used:
https://www.simplyquinoa.com/healthy-vegan-raspberry-oatmeal-bars/
https://www.simplyquinoa.com/healthy-chocolate-chip-zucchini-bread/
I have an eye on few more recipes from this great blog - a source of healthy inspiration
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Feel better soon!
and good luck w/ comp! 
#AnotherCulinarySunday
Yesterday was a day of full mode on experiments as I used for the first time quinoa flour in two recipes - oatmeal/quinoa bars (with raspberry/jasmine jam and crumble topping) and zucchini bread with choco chips. I have to say, they both look like in original recipe I used:
https://www.simplyquinoa.com/healthy-vegan-raspberry-oatmeal-bars/
https://www.simplyquinoa.com/healthy-chocolate-chip-zucchini-bread/
I have an eye on few more recipes from this great blog - a source of healthy inspiration
you may send that choc chip zuchini bread my direction.
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I cancelled my plan to enter uni again because we don't have enough money. I'll go back to job hunting and pray my anxiety won't get in my way. At my last job my anxiety was so bad I skipped meal many times because I couldn't stomach food and fell sick and that was a time I want to store far away in my head. There's no guarantee it won't happen again... Will I have to repeat a cycle where I work, get anxiety, get sick, and quit?
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Jobs can be interesting, challenging in a good way and and a chance to make new friends. Try to find a job where you will learn something and grow, adding to your base knowledge. Is it possible to work for a university where you live? Then maybe you could take classes free to add credits toward a degree. Just a thought... all my best!!
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Having struggled with anxiety for most of my life I suggest this technique: https://copingskillsforkids.com/blog/2016/4/27/coping-skill-spotlight-5-4-3-2-1-grounding-technique It is quick and often effective as a short term way of coping and with preventing anxiety attacks. I know this is a site for young people but the same principals apply for adults.
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I do not even know what to tell You, but I want You to succeed and enjoy everything. I hope You'll keep trying and find a solution, because living in such condition is hard (I do not have anxiety that impactful, but have friends who experienced it). Gosh, it really pains me to read You are experiencing it too - I would hug You or bake You something to cheer You up!!!
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Now I know CaroLiza_fan has never been to Twitter
Apart from links that I have clicked on from here, I think the number of times that I have visited Twitter can be counted on one hand. And those couple of pages belong to people that are from a generation that do talk properly.
I just don't see the point in Twitter.
Right, now onto the confession I wanted to make.
I couple of days ago, I taped the snooker on BBC Red Button. And, because of the nature of snooker, I set the timer for a lot longer than the listings said. As it turned out, the match finished at a decent time, and they put on a music programme afterwards.
This programme was actually a filming of the first hour of an edition of Trevor Nelson's BBC Radio 1 Xtra show. Now, I mentioned before a few weeks ago in Anna Pogo's Fan Fest that I find it fascinating watching radio broadcasts being made. Well, with this one, whenever he played a song, we would see the music video.
Anyway, the theme was music from the Noughties (I hate that word!) And one of the songs that was played was:
Eminem - "Stan"
I don't like rapping. To me, it's just talking. So over the years whenever this song came on, I didn't listen during Eminem's bits, and only properly paid attention whenever Dido was singing.
So, when I first saw the music video, I put 2 and 2 together and came to the conclusion that the song was about domestic abuse. Stan (played by Eminem) was abusing his heavily pregnant girlfriend (played by Dido).
Fast forward umpteen years, and through the combination of a conversation on a figure skating forum and Urban Dictionary, I discovered that the song wasn't about domestic abuse at all. It was about an obsessive fan.
But, I still didn't believe it! I was just totally convinced that I was right.
So, when "Stan" came on this radio show, I listened to all the words carefully and watched the video carefully, and realised that I did actually get it totally wrong.
Oops!
CaroLiza_fan
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Another song that was featured on that radio programme was:
Beyoncé & Sean Paul - "Baby Boy"
Back when this song was first released, I was 18. And watching the video, I was seeing a grown up woman. But looking back at the video now as a 32 year old, I can't get over how young she looked! :shocked:
I think this is a sign that I'm getting old!
So, I decided to try out an experiment. I just looked up the video for "Crazy In Love" (which was released a few months before "Baby Boy") to see if it provoked the same reaction.
Nope! I still see her as all woman in that one! 
Incidentally, I also looked up some early Destiny's Child videos, and I didn't think she looked anywhere near as young as she did in the (much later) "Baby Boy" video.
Is it any wonder that guys find it so hard judging ages?!
CaroLiza_fan
Beyoncé & Sean Paul - "Baby Boy"
Back when this song was first released, I was 18. And watching the video, I was seeing a grown up woman. But looking back at the video now as a 32 year old, I can't get over how young she looked! :shocked:
I think this is a sign that I'm getting old!
So, I decided to try out an experiment. I just looked up the video for "Crazy In Love" (which was released a few months before "Baby Boy") to see if it provoked the same reaction.
Nope!
I still see her as all woman in that one! Incidentally, I also looked up some early Destiny's Child videos, and I didn't think she looked anywhere near as young as she did in the (much later) "Baby Boy" video.
Is it any wonder that guys find it so hard judging ages?!
CaroLiza_fan
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Can the GP assignments get here sooner? I need to be kicked back into high gear again for skating (Though to be fair, the Stanley Cup playoffs and other stuff in my life has been going through my head). I can't wait for competitions to start up again soon!
