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Since it's probably a good idea to gather these things up somewhere, might as well do it here, right?

Below the cut, links to fandom stuff I've produced, mostly translations, in chronological order. ( As with all things, practice makes better. Still not perfect, of course... )

So, anyone who follows me on Twitter is probably aware of some of the more lulzy experiences I've had in the world of online (and real-world) dating. They haven't all been terrible - I've actually gone out with a few great guys, but nothing has worked out long-term on account of things like distance, moving out of the country, and, in one memorable ( Read more... )

Sometime last year - around Worlds time, I don't really remember - I tweeted rather snarkily:

"Joubert... makes me feel things. Like how much I miss Alexei Yagudin. Because this program is just Yags!Lite, let's be real."My feelings about Brian Joubert - beautiful though he is - have not much changed since the early 2000s. I've long thought that he ( Read more... )

So, the time has come to talk about pairs - the fastest, scariest, and most dangerous of skating's four disciplines. We're talking slashed faces, concussions, skate blades stuck in heads... not to mention plain old getting dropped from ~8 feet in the air! The particular combination of speed and complicated jumps, throws, and overhead lifts (as ( Read more... )

So I was more than a little tempted to just find my ten most-favorite Alexei Yagudin programs and put them in a post, done and dusted! But as much as I ADORE Yags, that would defeat the purpose of this series, which is ostensibly to get y'all acquainted with a variety of awesome skaters. Unlike ice dance, I've paid pretty much consistent attention ( Read more... )

Prompted by a prolonged Twitter conversation with mardia about ice dance at the NHK Trophy (... okay, and a lot of talk of how Meryl Davis is a GODDESS) and a pointed suggestion from meretricula (I quote: "I am on a bus right now but you should put together an LJ post of your favorite ice dance routines, I wanna watch!"), I hereby present:

( Jennifer's Top 10 Ice Dance Programs From The Years She Has Cared About Ice Dance** )

I am having Thesis Problems (namely that I hate it right now and don't want to see another book on theory of anything ever again, and probably not any chronicles either) so I have been procrastinating in three of my favorite ways: dancing, cleaning my room, and reading ALL THE FIC ( Read more... )

Things I should be doing with my summer:

1. Working on my thesis/prepping for my viva.
2. Learning computer things.
3. Making sure I can actually still read Latin.
4. Being a fruitful contributor to that blog I somehow started about ladyballers in Spain?

Things I am actually doing with my summer:1. Flinging myself headfirst into hockey fandom ( Read more... )

Because I have a meeting with my supervisor in the morning and *still* haven't finished the draft of my first thesis chapter (oops?), I am - naturally - looking at all the pretty pictures I took during my six weeks in Madrid. For your amusement, a few of the most artsy. (NB I am not a very good photographer.)


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