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The satellite is actually the one from the Planet's emoji palette, and the pink bow is literally taken from a photo of Yuzu wearing it at WTT 2017 ( in fact the whole Team Japan had them, image here: So I don't think I should mess with it since it's directly from a Yuzu moment.

I'm still working this one out, so not sure yet. If I do put one in, it'd be a colour or the ice or something like that...nothing complex. I was thinking this concept would work well as a white silhouette on a coloured background

One more. This one is more of a concept than a finalized design. I don't have rights to this photo either so would make it a silhouette or drawing instead I had a whole raft of designs using Origin 2.0 in my head, but they seem rather useless now...

...but are you going to give your opinion of the designs?

Thanks! I will if it gets out of control, but so far I got it covered.

Yes, I can totally change that. As I was making it, I wasn't sure what the right number would be. In fact I can change it now New link, now with 5 satellites, for the Olympic rings and because 3 was too lonely:

Next design (I feel like this one is a little cute!) And this one is PW, SCI version (final art, because I took the photo). I think we'd either have to print it vertically and let people write their name on the rink beside Yuzu, or add white space to maintain the 2"x3" aspect ratio:

Possibly the reason he's lashing out is because he doesn't have any other resort. I suspect that in the past, he's been able to use whatever skeletons he may have known about to full advantage. the fact that he is instead calling the Minister for Sport names just tells me he doesn't have any dirt on her that he can use. Anyway, it's easy to opine. Who knows what the real reality is. Except for this: if he truly cared about FFSG, instead of his own hide, he'd resign, even if he were truly as innocent of wrong doing* as he claims to be, and here's why: no one has any confidence in his ability to do the job any more. Time to let fresh blood in, so that the federation can recover and move forward. It's exactly the same as running a minority government in Parliament, and failing a confidence vote - you just don't have any other choice but to call an election. *I obviously don't think he is, but just for the sake of argument

I think he's failing to understand that, even if he doesn't agree with the 'moralizing minister' excuse me while I roll my eyes at his BS, or think that he's in any way to blame, he has a responsibility to take action. And since he either didn't take action, or his actions were so ineffective they allowed problems to continue, then he needs to admit he's not doing the job he's paid to do and should step down.

What did I say yesterday? here it goes...

Whoa. I don't know why this makes it all that much worse, since it's already bad enough, but...whoa.

It made the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/french-figure-skating-head-defies-call-to-resign-11580927314

It's exactly because it's a sporting organization that someone like DG is able to rise and hold on to power. It's because no one takes it seriously when it's 'just sports', until it's too late .

To me, gloom is something that eventually lifts, while murky has a more physical, liquid quality, like muddy water. Anyway, translating Japanese is an adventure.

I understand what he's getting at here, but I never saw Origin & Otonal as anything but Yuzu's own programs. As much as he was doing them from a sense of tribute to Johnny and Plush, from the beginning, they didn't look like anything but Yuzu to me. However, he probably felt a responsibility with them not to stray too far from the original vision of paying tribute to his influences and maybe that was the issue. He didn't feel fully free to do the things as Yuzu alone.

I think the most appropriate English word for this would be 'gloom' - both the emotional and the physical kind.

She said she would, didn't she? He's trying to call her bluff but I can't imagine that she's bluffing.

Just goes to show, these things rarely happen in a vacuum. The situation with Didier and FFSG didn't come out of nowhere and is not unique...unfortunately. Also, this is obviously going to get as ugly as heck with DG refusing to go. I mean, he was heavily implicated in the bribes for judging scandal (Salt Lake 2002) and that should have been the end of him right there. With every fresh new crime he's accused of but not removed from his position or punished for, his boldness would only grow. Of course he thinks he can now defy the freaking Minister for Sport. This isn't going to end until Macron gets involved, maybe not even then. It's ridiculous.

Ditto.

I think a native English speaker would use the idiom 'come back to earth/come down to earth' for the concept you're translating here. Like a hot air balloon or a kite - they fly high and land hard. In context, it seems like Yuzu is describing the experience of competing and performing as a bit of an emotional rollercoaster.

There's good reason why I called them dumb! But yes, perhaps it's better he doesn't have them as sponsors.

So whoever was predicting Ballade? You were kind of right! Place your bets on whether this means the Ex will now be Otonal or truncated Origin.

Somewhat Yuzu related: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/business/under-armour-struggles.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab I read articles like this and I just shake my head. That company is sitting on a potential gold mine with Yuzu and they're too dumb to see it.

The thing is, both Nemesis and Mao's Last Dancer could have been great, memorable programs, but he never really did them justice. I'm not going to knock Nathan too much, because clearly Yuzu cherishes him as a good competitor, but Nathan's more an athlete than a performer. He's the kind of guy who should always do programs like Rocketman, because that's where his strengths lie. He would be at a complete loss if you asked to perform something like, say, Requiem. Not because he couldn't do it technically, but because he couldn't do it emotionally. The performance wouldn't ring true. And that's why he failed with Mao's and with Nemesis - there was no emotional connection for the audience to grab onto and be moved. But what do I know, I'm just a silly satellite...

What a lovely horse - looks so eager to get out there and jump! Definitely like Yuzu. Also, general comment to all: I've started posting draft badge designs over in this thread, if anyone wants to weigh in.