golden, empty your PM box!
Ditto!
golden, empty your PM box!
Hope that some day you will have an incredible stroke of luck, as I recently did. :yes:
Totally by serendipity, on a random local sidewalk, I found myself a few feet away from one of my favorite skaters. I was aware from his social media that he was in the general region for a couple of SOI and other appearances, but I never would have dreamed that I would have a chance sighting.
He happened to be roaming around by himself on a day off, and he graciously stopped for a not-so-brief one-on-one conversation. A surreal and thoroughly enjoyable encounter for me.
True story from my evening commute:
You see the "MK" logo on a Michael Kors bag and think "Huh? Is Michelle starting a fashion line?"
(I've been seeing those bags for years w/ nary a thought of Michelle. Must be the GS influence... )
Here's another sign:
When you rip apart a carefully put-together schedule for your Friday night because you heard that your favourite ice dancers are going to be performing in town.
Well, dinner and a movie is one thing. The real question is: did that schedule include expensive, hard-to-get non-refundable concert or theater tickets?
Here's another sign:
When you rip apart a carefully put-together schedule for your Friday night because you heard that your favourite ice dancers are going to be performing in town.
Well, dinner and a movie is one thing. The real question is: did that schedule include expensive, hard-to-get non-refundable concert or theater tickets?
Or more crucial if it also was a date with a person you have been secretaly in love with for a long time.
Well the obvious answer to that is, Bring them--and convert them! If they are unwilling to be converted, dump them. Trust me, it's more merciful--to both of you!
Or more crucial if it also was a date with a person you have been secretaly in love with for a long time.
Talk today of "Russia vs. South Korea" at the world cup.
Of course I immediately thought "are Adelina and Yuna having a re-match?!?!"
Imagine my disappointment.
Pout, ugly-cry, whine.
Talk today of "Russia vs. South Korea" at the world cup.
Of course I immediately thought "are Adelina and Yuna having a re-match?!?!"
Imagine my disappointment.
Pout, ugly-cry, whine.
They're going to mud-wrestle for a chocolate version of the OGM. Runner-up gets a chocolate melted watch.
*You refer to skaters by first name or last name only (it was rather annoying during Sochi to go back to saying (with non-handcare fans) "the skater from Canada" or "the Japanese guy" when I'd gotten so used to referring to them as "Patrick" and "Yuzuru" here; just one example of many)
*You know what most of the abbreviations for ice dance/pairs teams are (D&W or D/W or Marlie, V&M or V/M or Voir, etc)
*You don't mind reading protocols after competitions and have figured out what everything means and now use that shorthand for jumps when posting on GS
*You know various other skating acronyms (for competitions, scoring, etc)
*You wonder, "What is Skater X up to now" and go to GS to find out, because you care deeply about what certain skaters have been up to since they retired
*You are wondering in June what Skaters X, Y, and Z will skate to next season and what their new programs will be like
*You read/watch every interview you can with your favorite skaters
*You rewatch old skating programs on YouTube or VHS tapes (yes, I still have a large skating collection of VHS tapes that I recorded from TV)
*You are a member of GS in the first place (as many others have mentioned)