Yatagarasu

You are excused because it's natural. And I am lazy and had a headache. Ahem. When we play this later on in the summer, no text. Just pics. It's more fun

Now that's just cheating!

Thank you gladi! There is so much in that interview I am not even sure where to start to be honest but this part is really something. That he had started the season off while still in pain from the 4T (and we know he had fear of it too, from a different source) and then to have come out of it, with the 2x4T, and a 4T-Lo-3S in the second half is amazing. I know he says he loves this or that jump but the 4T is truly reliable, almost to the point of a 3A. It really is his jump too. And the battle for the 4Lo ... stubborn, the man is stubborn and nothing short of that could have pushed through really. Focus, hard work and absolute belief in his own vision of things and how they should be. Makes me even more happy if possible that Helsinki turned out as it had because that result was in the end the affirmation of his own view of things. I am really grateful you brought this to us because it truly shows just how hard he fought for it. I'm happy too, though of course we know that by now, that they hashed it out at SC and he had all the support as he really needed it.

And I totally missed her! Didn't even occur to me that was Gracie until I backed up with names

I got Satoko and Patrick thanks to the eyes! And that would be fun. That's a neat suggestion. We'd all be equally bad

I am terrible at this! I only got Yuzu, Satoko, Zhenya, Adelina, Tukt and Yulia, then Jason, Patrick, Boyang, Ge and Ten, Mao, Charlie and Weir. 14 out of 40

Thank you Fay My memory still holds then! Ah I love those guys, they're so good!

Yes, those pink shoes will help him go incognito there

Skating butts are too big! No, I do not agree with you there Patrick

The way he explains it is gold! He is still ticked off! And definitely lesson learned, do make him angry. This also makes me laugh because in Helsinki the Russians, the ESP ones I think, all commentary has blurred a bit by now, were talking about how alike to Plushy he is and how if you make Plushy angry then uh oh. Which true for both of them!

Karen Chen is working on her 3A, in a harness, for this season. Makes me go with her issues but ok.

Ohh Marie-France! now that's interesting. I wonder what they'll end up with.

They did. As I was smack middle of that discussion, I can confirm that one.

I had to grab cookies.

I still say the magical word is polka.

I want to tell Deniss to please be careful while cooking. Mama bear instincts. But they are so cute! Stephane's hair!

Tukt is fierce! < -- me

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Oooh that's a gorgeous photo! For me, Eteri really is a beautiful woman. Also whoa, Diana has grown! She's a young lady now.

Ah they look great! New hair for Eteri? I really like it.

*pokes head in* Just some news, amid the singing. @gladi opened the Kobe FaOI thread, so do pop by there! (also be happy I'm not singing. He's wonderful!)

This is exactly what they do every time and it cracks me up something awful! She looks fabulous though

Because Mishin?

Yup, not an Ina Bauer. Watch the feet with an IB, blades are parallel, toes pointing in the opposite direction. It is not defined by the layback that we see, that is a variation, but by the feet. You need good turnout in the hips for an IB.