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Seriously, though, once Yuzu has the 4A mastered and up to his standards in a program, there'll be no catching him. All the other skaters might as well just go home at that point.

And this, my friends, is how you objectively quantify a 'subjective' sport. ISU take note!

As someone who has legitimately played with dolls for a large part of my life, I'd like to point out that it is actually a pretty normal thing to do with them. Particularly if they're attached to a stick like this one is. I'd have been curious to see how it was put together and flipped Dolly over too.

His baseball form isn't too bad either...better than mine!

This is exactly why I find ladies kind of dull to watch. There's no depth to any of it.

Yuzu: spends a month touring Japan and slaying audiences with fiery hot adult male Masquerade energy Also Yuzu: shows up to his product endorsement live in the sharpest suit and proceeds to channel cute fluffy kitties for an hour. With the help of a doll.

The irony of anyone selecting the Big Smoke for its air quality, I can't even... . Vancouver Island is gorgeous though, and has wonderful air quality. I was there in 2009 for a work conference and took some extra days to poke around. Drove up to Tofino and back. Definitely a good place to live, overall.

Oh, I had forgotten about those! Yeah, BC needs a bit of our Ontario floods to stop those fires. Which islands? I've only visited Salt Spring and it wasn't that easy to get there!

Oh, I wouldn't have been able to afford NHK and go to Worlds too, anyway.

sorry to hear that...

Well, of course. He has unfinished business with SCI after all.

GanbarEh!

*Gasp* Really? YYYYAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!! That means my credit-card-melting investment in tickets was not in vain!!! Kelowna here I come!!! Edit: so SCI will be Hanyu vs Kolyada it looks like. Should be interesting just from the point of view of artistic contrast. They're two very different skaters. I hope Kolyada can live up to his potential.

Back from my travels. Sorry to say that I passed through 4 different airports and never saw a single Yuzu Sekkisei ad...

Well I'm relieved to hear that this was a less serious quake than some, and glad that the danger has passed.

I hope so too! Poor Japan!

If there is, though, Yuzu will find it.

That's a rare one - it's actually making Yuzu older!

Above all, it's the fact that he takes the role seriously and tries his best, that creates the 'Yuzuru Hanyu' he is perceived to be.

So I'm currently in an Irish country town where the GAA reign supreme and I think the nearest ice rink is 100 km away. Suddenly I find myself wondering what it would be like if Yuzu and a handful of Olympic medallists were to be plunked down here.

Sorry for the double post!

I understand this, and it seemed to me he was saying that he's somehow created a kind of public image for himself that he feels represents the ideal 'Yuzuru Hanyu' , which he wanted to live up to. So at least some of the pressure he's feeling comes from within.

Somewhere between and

Well, my own feelings on the matter are that if he's going to try and fumble through English for our sake, then it's only appropriate that I try and pick up some Japanese too, however poorly I do at it. Just for politeness if nothing else.

Same, Yuzu, same. Every time I watch one of his interviews in Japanese, I wish I could understand him directly without having to rely on translations. Also, regarding his comments re: fans: Wow. He really treasures all the people who support him so, so much, including us... it's kind of humbling to think that all our silly fan antics mean such a lot to such a great man.