Lunna

I hope thoughts about Milan will keep me afloat

It feels like silence before the storm

It's not Olympics yet and I'm ready to spend money on magazines again

good, ahem, angle...

That's too pretty for words

And Chopin slight smirk like he's telling us: "Missed me?" admin team!

I had some extra stuff from my Japan trip great you liked them! Skating boots will also be a good decoration for the next Christmas (I have a couple of similar things from my winter European trips ))). And a presence of Pooh is a must

Seems like a lot of leaders in different sports didn't get an invitation (in biathlon, speed skating etc.), so considering Russia's overall medal chances they could as well ban the whole team. Why Ksenia and Bukin of all people (he wasn't in Sochi even) I just hate all this... I wish politicians will work as hard as athletes at least one week in their life and only after make their decisions based on facts and not on unreasonable opinions. P.S. I even can't get mad cuz this is ridiculous situation.

If it's true, I can maybe save some sleep, but at the same time I'll be more anxious about his form

At least better than during working day in the office. Though in the evening (like Sochi) would be ideal of course.

coffee goes better with whisky/cognac Ok, with all this talk I can get drunk already this weekend... and here I wanted to stay calm at lest until Yuzu's arrival to PC

It reminds me some USSR uniform, especially red one

If you mean WC2019 I'll jump to that hell with you this time (not that I have much hope in success tbh). Canada/America is too far (expensive and 24h flights, harder to get visa) and I'd like to visit Japan again anyway. Uh, I think I was spoiled with big events in Europe in last couple of years.

I agree with all your words. For the bolded part I'll only add that I admire him also as a person dedicated to his "job"/what he's doing. I think it's quite rare (I'm surely not like that at all ). But he likes what he's doing so that's great! I'm now also thinking about rewriting my Japanese class's notes with colourful pens so it will be more easy to use them for repeats/learning. I need to organize this black mess anyway (and my grammar book has important parts in red which stright away catches your attention so I think it's useful).

My nightmare right now But the biggest problem will be how to translate kanji from printed text

My Japanese is too poor still to read anything but I'll buy it anyway

Skipped NHK but the slow-mo UA is just

I agree that generally popping is not a bad thing, especially in practices and even GP events, but he can leave a lot of points on the table with this when it counts.

I think he wants that OGM even at high cost but maybe he had already too many experiences with rushing back to the ice from injuries, so this time he's being extra careful to be sure he's completely healed. Or maybe it's just my wishful thinking: I really want him to come back stronger than ever partly because I want all his previous bad experiences to turn into helpful once.

I've read it like Brian Well, a little more time to gain form would be preferable but we all know Yuzu will try his best

Pro: He's Yuzu, he can do it. With 5 quads - there still will be 4 left if he'll pop one, so more chances to still have high BV even if not completely clean in FS and he doesn't have to yolo anything (=think too much and loose concentration) Con: His mistakes can be very costly in terms of points. While Nathan and Shoma can land not a very good jumps, even UR ones, Yuzu tends to pop if a take off/timing went wrong. Also all his combos are in the second half so he almost doesn't have a room to catch up if smth. goes wrong there.

Seems like a good time to upload some photos @Hydroblade and everybody, hope this very cute and very embarrassed Swan will make your hearts squish from adorable memories https://planethanyu.com/gallery/album/11-gala-helsinki-2017/

I'll never get the point of putting jump/spin faces pics in the articles

I'll surely watch it live (to wake up in the middle of the night or very early morning for FS is almost a ritual already), not sure I'll be able to post at the same time tbh

And it already seems not the same without the pooh squish though he became to do it only last season if I remember correctly.