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My boyfriend: "I have an awesome idea! What if you combined figure skating with miming!"
Me: "People already do that."
Him: "Really?"

Does anyone have any programs with prominent miming they recall? I can't think of any to send over. (I vaguely remember someone's Amelie program?)

Kurakova has some programs I'd name.
Javier, Pirates... (or any Pirates program probably)
 
It's 6.37 PM here, 31st Dec (still) - wish everyone over there, still in 2023 or already in next year, everything good in 2024. Whatever you need, whatever you desire, whatever you plan.
Another year, another time spent there where I often feel better than among people I know or my family.
I'm always thankful for the community, enthusiasm over my crafting/travelling adventures and vote of confidence/moral support a lot of you granted me. It really means a lot.
Next year means...New plans. Hopefully lots of travelling and a lot of skaters crowned. 54 were crowned in 2023 during 4 competitions. Let's hope they can cause more smiles in 2024.
A photo of 'NYE celebratory spread' attempt, whipped up just for me in about 4 hrs: chips, 2 dips (sweet potato hummus and beetroot one), some fruits, chocolate cherry pie and coconut muffins, pickled mushrooms/cucumber/egg/leek salad, some rest bread and crackers and fresh veggies with nuts.
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It's 6.37 PM here, 31st Dec (still) - wish everyone over there, still in 2023 or already in next year, everything good in 2024. Whatever you need, whatever you desire, whatever you plan.
Another year, another time spent there where I often feel better than among people I know or my family.
I'm always thankful for the community, enthusiasm over my crafting/travelling adventures and vote of confidence/moral support a lot of you granted me. It really means a lot.
Next year means...New plans. Hopefully lots of travelling and a lot of skaters crowned. 54 were crowned in 2023 during 4 competitions. Let's hope they can cause more smiles in 2024.
A photo of 'NYE celebratory spread' attempt, whipped up just for me in about 4 hrs: chips, 2 dips (sweet potato hummus and beetroot one), some fruits, chocolate cherry pie and coconut muffins, pickled mushrooms/cucumber/egg/leek salad, some rest bread and crackers and fresh veggies with nuts.
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Beatrice, that spread looks amazing! It is 1:30 pm New Year's Eve here and I wish I could start eating it now. :)

And a very Happy New Year, which I certainly hope is filled with more amazing crowns and more amazing trips for you (the photo of Jason re-gifting his crown to Tracy will always make me smile.)

🎉🎉🎉
 
Beatrice, that spread looks amazing! It is 1:30 pm New Year's Eve here and I wish I could start eating it now. :)

And a very Happy New Year, which I certainly hope is filled with more amazing crowns and more amazing trips for you (the photo of Jason re-gifting his crown to Tracy will always make me smile.)

🎉🎉🎉
:)
Thank you. Jason really is smile-inducing, let alone in a crown or decorating Tracy :laugh:
All credit to my folks who graciously took care of crowning Jason, Lukas, Katia, Anna, Elyce, Hannah and Ye, without them I wouldn't be possible while I got my behind up in the north to crown GP Espoo folks :).
Ah, about the spread: the initial plan was just to make pie, muffins and salad, but yesterday I got influenced by Chef Andy from YT (from Andy Cooks channel) to make some attempt at charcuterie board :laugh:. Day later, lots of frustration about lack of fancy serving plates/cups etc. and one emergency grocery run later, I managed to make dips from Chef's recipes and whip something up. Getting this kind of things done by myself contribute to me feeling better, so I'm content (and will definitely buy myself a nice charcuterie board and fancy serving cups!).
 
To all Japanese GSers (edit: and all GSers living in Japan too!) - hope you are safe and well! I've just heard about earthquake and tsunami warning news, please take care!
I was at a very old hotel building in front of a ski resort next door to the epicenter of the earthquake when it happened. We went there to spend the new year holidays. It was really scary. Thankfully we were not stuck in the ski lifts as many people were. It was almost at the end of ski report/lifts business hours, we were tired and didn't take that last lift.
Highways were damaged, therefore closed, my husband wanted to get out of the earthquake zone and come back to Tokyo, even though the whole country shook by the earthquake, we were in the strong earthquake zone. Many earthquake aftershocks came while we were driving in small backroads that were still open, and it was really scary to stop the car every time, see other few cars also stopped with the emergency lights blinking.
This country has frequent earthquakes so the smaller ones don't scary no one, we continue life as usual, if they are at night, most don't even woke up, but this one was strong and scary, probably one of the most scary ones since I came to live here.
 
I was at a very old hotel building in front of a ski resort next door to the epicenter of the earthquake when it happened. We went there to spend the new year holidays. It was really scary. Thankfully we were not stuck in the ski lifts as many people were. It was almost at the end of ski report/lifts business hours, we were tired and didn't take that last lift.
Highways were damaged, therefore closed, my husband wanted to get out of the earthquake zone and come back to Tokyo, even though the whole country shook by the earthquake, we were in the strong earthquake zone. Many earthquake aftershocks came while we were driving in small backroads that were still open, and it was really scary to stop the car every time, see other few cars also stopped with the emergency lights blinking.
This country has frequent earthquakes so the smaller ones don't scary no one, we continue life as usual, if they are at night, most don't even woke up, but this one was strong and scary, probably one of the most scary ones since I came to live here.
:pray:So glad to hear you and your husband made it through the quake safely! Living on the opposite rim of the Pacific, we also get many earthquakes on the coast here from Alaska down through British Columbia all the way south to California, so I know what you mean about barely noticing the frequent little ones. We have signposts on our main streets indicating the emergency escape routes if and when there's a bigger one.

They always do say not to ski at the end of the day when you're tired. Normally that's to prevent accidents, but in your case it saved you both from a lot more danger! So relieved you were sensible and made it home all right. :love:
 
:pray:So glad to hear you and your husband made it through the quake safely! Living on the opposite rim of the Pacific, we also get many earthquakes on the coast here from Alaska down through British Columbia all the way south to California, so I know what you mean about barely noticing the frequent little ones. We have signposts on our main streets indicating the emergency escape routes if and when there's a bigger one.

They always do say not to ski at the end of the day when you're tired. Normally that's to prevent accidents, but in your case it saved you both from a lot more danger! So relieved you were sensible and made it home all right. :love:
Thank you so much @Diana Delafield ! Ah, your location is the same as here, there are defined routes, marked as earthquake escape routes and also the shelters etc. Bad when the earthquake escape road is broken by the earthquake 😞
We had been skiing since Thursday (we drove to the location after my last skating coaching session of the year, on the 28th) so by Monday January 1st we were already a bit tired. We had planned to eat something after skiing, relax (my husband likes taking a nap) and then drive back to Tokyo. We usually ski to the max until the very last lift we can possibly ride, but after coming down that time, my husband wanted to go to the bathroom, we looked at each other and just decided not to take the lift. Yes, skiing too tired can lead to injury (maybe like skating too tired too), but outdoors even worse, you can get confused, not feeling too well of tiredness, take a wrong lift, don't even know anymore where you came from, and depending on altitude of the mountains you are, weather changes unexpectedly and quickly and it can lead to all sorts of problems. 😱

We already look forwards to our next skiing adventure, but hopefully earthquake free!
I wish you stay safe as well, and no earthquakes in your location either! :)
 
Haven’t been on here regularly for a while but I must confess….I smiled pretty big when I got the notification today that I’ve been a member of the GS community for 10 years.

So many great times, and passionate debates. I’ve learned so much about myself and the world by communicating with this great community :thank:
 
Haven’t been on here regularly for a while but I must confess….I smiled pretty big when I got the notification today that I’ve been a member of the GS community for 10 years.

So many great times, and passionate debates. I’ve learned so much about myself and the world by communicating with this great community :thank:
OMGosh!! A welcome message; it has been a long while.. Hope you are well and content🩵🌻
 
Haven’t been on here regularly for a while but I must confess….I smiled pretty big when I got the notification today that I’ve been a member of the GS community for 10 years.

So many great times, and passionate debates. I’ve learned so much about myself and the world by communicating with this great community :thank:
The OG of the thread!!!!!!! Happy Anniversary :cheer::bsplit::dance3:
Hope you are well!
 
My boyfriend and I are planning on going to Worlds in 2025. When should we buy tickets?
I can only give you my personal biased opinion so take it with a grain of salt. I would buy as soon as possible and try to get as close to the ice as you can afford. I like to sit in the short ends of the rink or in the corners so I can watch everything without having to turn my neck too far or too often:). Prices may be expensive but, if you spend something like 10 hours a day at the rink watching practices as well as comps, the price per hour may not seem too bad. However we all have our own budgets to worry about so don't go higher than you can afford. You can always sit lower during the practices than where your actual seats are as long as you are willing to move if someone wants to claim their actual seat.
 
I hate children.
I am now in that age where my own son is almost grown up and the little kids are just annoying - at least on the ice. Young teenagers -even more annoying - older teenagers - not as annoying, but also annoying. I want my own ice. I want to be able to train my stuff without constantly being run over by those little creatures who are much more forceful than they look, and I never again want to be run over by a 12year old ice bear pusher who with innocent eyes looks at me lying on the ice: "Are you okay?" No, I'm not. I want you to be locked in a closet until I'm done here.
They are lawlessly skating around without any regard for old ladies like me, chasing each other full speed without looking... and when I want to hug my circle properly but in the wrong direction I feel so guilty... because then I am in the way...
There is no possibility for me to get ice of my own, it's all crowded to very crowded public sessions, and I'm too old for this!!
At this point I'm just waiting for the ice season to end. I need a half-year long break to heal my tortured body and mind.
 
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