annoying static - insanely crowded public session, which I would have avoided except I was taking DD skating. I practiced changefoot spins and 3 turns as best I could, and worked on the loop since I'm too afraid to go fast enough to need much room for it.

lovely music I landed a loop! Teeny tiny wimpy loop, at nearly a dead standstill and I'm sure it looked horribly klutzy, but all the way around and landed on one foot out of reach of the boards!

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Annoying static: The back injury is better but far from normal. I about went home after just trying to lace my skates - OUCH!

My heel problem was improved by slipping in some heel cushions, but one of them came unstuck from the inside of the skate, and jammed itself into a little wad. I pressed on regardless, but it's really sore now.

Lovely music: Even thought I've been off the ice for over a week, it came back fairly quickly. It was a public session, so that limited what I could do anyway.

On another note, when the Zamboni came out to cut the ice, it had a very large sign taped to the side that said:

MARRY ME

The driver backed up to a spot where some skaters were sitting in the hockey box (it's customary at our rink to sit in the hockey boxes during an ice cut), and honked his horn a couple times. Everybody was witnessing a marriage proposal, and his girl in the hockey box screamed in surprise and joy, then cried. The crowd clapped.

Just like a movie!

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Awww, that's so sweet. I know two couples who had on-ice weddings, but this is the first zamboni proposal I've ever heard of.

A co-worker of mine was on a beach vacation one year and she thought her then boyfriend was acting weird during the trip. One morning, she woke up, went to the balcony, and saw that he had snuck out to the beach to write WILL YOU MARRY ME in the sand.

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Once at the beach I saw a plane fly by trailing a banner that said "Caroline, I love you. Will you marry me?"

Ever since I've wondered how many husbands of women named Caroline are out there now because they didn't have the nerve to say it wasn't them

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Had a rare after work freestyle on a Sunday afternoon.
The sitspin is still there after Friday's fall.

Had no music, as there was a Special Olympics exhibition in the other rink and they were using the boombox.

Everything else was fine.

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[lovely music]

Program was decent today. Got through the whole thing with jumps and spins and footwork, it was even at a semi-okay speed

[annoying static]

Lutz is still giving me problems...I'm breaking at the waist and still doing something funky with the take off I have a feeling that at some point coach and I are going to be having quite the lesson on lutzes It needs to happen before 2/29 when I test my pre-juv free though...of I just need to get lucky during those 2 minutes!

[lovely music]

Worked on axels today...fell on a lot of them, but that's okay, because I think that means that they are getting closer to being fully rotated. I don't really know, because I need coach to take a look at them and that won't happen until March after my tests...I also know that I need to work on my leg position in the air...

[lovely music]

Moves were decent today...coach is getting me the metronome CD on Tuesday...what torture that will be! At least I will be able to make sure that my power circles are good...those are still giving me minimal issues, mainly with the exit and making sure I am exiting on opposite sides....back power 3s were really good, as were the double 3s, and slips and rips...the brackets however...I had a good number of mis-starts, but once I got going, they were okay...I just need to get some confidence in myself on them!

[annoying static]

Not exactly related to actual skating, but for work, we participate in a rotating duty schedule to respond to crises on campus when they occur. Well, I happened to be scheduled for the week before my freestyle test on 2/29 (we are on duty from Wednesday to Wednesday), and I'm trying to get someone to switch with me, but it doesn't look like someone is going to be able to I had someone offer something today, however, it's both when I'm going to be gone, and the week before my moves test! This whole duty thing tends to get in the way of everything

I know of a couple who went on vacation to Vegas (from Europe) with a huge number of other people (you know, one of those organised tours). At the hotel they learned that if one couple of the company married, they would all get free drinks for the rest of the night. Most of the people there were elderly and already married, others weren't of different genders, etc. Of the whole group, they were the only ones who were suitable candidates and the group, eager for free drinks, kind of harassed them until they said yes.

... That's how they got married. They have 2 kids now. How's that for fate?

Ha! I would recommend against that... one of our local judges saw a skater testing moves while wearing an iPod or at least the earbuds and called the skater over and told her to take it off, since it "could include coaching".

I sure hope this is your interp program... or she was just being evil for your practice?? Because as we have discussed (over and over again) on this board -- WBP requirements only allow you to do 2 of the same jump in one program. Or maybe secondary coach forgot that???

Yeah, yeah, I'm behind. So shoot me.

Sunday's synchro practice revealed that, gee, we're all getting a bit nervous about how rough our routine is. . . only THREE more practice sessions to go before our competition!! We did the kinks worked out of one section, though, thank goodness. Heaven forbid anyone should be injured or drop out at this point, though, 'cause we are too muddled to figure it out from here!

Since our young girls' team is named the Sparks and the teen team is named the Fire, someone suggested that we recruit a bunch of gay men for a team and name them. . . Flames. I guess that means, though, that we should change our name from Silver Blades ('cause we're old--on average, 47) to something like Smoldering Cinders--or maybe Dying Embers? --to fit the theme.

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It is for the FS program... but no, it's not like that...

Here's what I think they want for jumps...

Aim for:
Loop-loop
Sal-toe loop
Sal-Waltz-toeloop
Flip

But if I have to chicken out, do these jumps instead:
Loop-toe loop
Sal-loop
Sal-Waltz-toeloop
Flip

(And to date I've been doing this:

Loop
Sal-toe loop
Sal-waltz-toeloop
Flip

VERY watered down as far as being competitive is concerned, but for me, it's a challenge as is. )

Clear as mud? (And yes, they're being EVIL in my practice! )

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11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!