Since Livejournal won't let me change my username without having to pay, I'm saying goodbye. Don't be too sad, you can find me over here: Librarian on Ice

Happy Skating :)

So yeah, it's been over ten years since my last update! I took a break from skating to focus on finishing my college education. I graduated with my Bachelor's in History in 2011 and then finished my Master's in Library and Information Science (MLIS) in 2014. After that, I wanted to make sure I was well-established in my career before I committed to ( Read more... )

I always thought that something may be going on between Evan and Tanith but now it is confirmed! I couldn't be happier for two reasons, 1) This means that Evan is NOT GAY! (not that there's anything wrong with that) and 2) They make the cutest couple. I love them both! Evan....you so cute!


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So it's cold and snowy outside here in beautiful Colorado! That means that the ski people are happy because all of the ski resorts are open and I am happy because there are outdoor ice rinks popping up everywhere! I was watching the news and saw that there was an ice rink that just opened up last week in Boulder. I looked it up on the internet and ( Read more... )

Today just sucked. It zapped the life out of me and killed my motivation. It started with a crowded public session for a warm up. I was unable to do anything and spent most of the time chatting with my classmate. Then the lesson....One of the worst lessons I have ever had. My coach told me at least two different times that what I was doing was " ( Read more... )

New Session. New coach. I was off the ice for about two weeks so I was a little afraid to see how deteriorated my skills have become. Surprisingly, I got on the ice and nothing had left me! In fact, my BO and BI three turns were better! I should take vacation more often ( Read more... )

So, today was test day! Even though Freeskate 3 had some elements that were not terribly difficult for me, there were a couple of things I still felt uncomfortable with, namely the CW BI three turns and the backspin. I crammed as many BI3's and backspins into the public session before the test as I could. Lesson time....here's how I did:

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I got off work at 8:00am and felt awake enough from my midnight shift to attempt a Saturday morning public session. I figured it would not be that busy at the rink considering that all the kiddies would like to sleep in on a Saturday morning. Boy, was I wrong. There were group lessons going on so there were a lot of kids using that public session ( Read more... )

There are only five lessons in this session so that makes today the lesson before the test. I had a very uneventful practice in the public session before my lesson started. I really tried to focus on the two things that may cause me some problems on the test - BI three turns and the backspin ( Read more... )

It's snowing outside! For once it was actually warmer in the rink than it was outside. I love this! It's so pretty outside. It put me in the right mood to skate ( Read more... )