23 minutes ago, Fay said:

Moris is in, according to Russian forums... 

So he is! http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108218.htm

Thank you and very happy they called him in!

Lots and lots of stream links! Yay!! 

More hype! http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/10/16/yuzuru-hanyu-nathan-chen-yevgenia-medvedeva-rostelecom-cup-preview/amp/

(Lol at the picture - silver medalist Hanyu, just more reason to fire him up)

 

As a new fan of Hanyu and this being my first time following him for a season, I thought my nervousness was A level at ACI but this...this is a new monster. As the day draws nearer, I'm going to gnaw my fingers off for sure. Been trying to keep my mind elsewhere and occupied with the new?(maybe) ex or mundane stuff like costumes but eeek!

will they stream the practice? 

6 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

will they stream the practice? 

don't think so ... i don't rmb streaming it last year either ...

There were no open practices last year. 

14 minutes ago, ralucutzagy said:

don't think so ... i don't rmb streaming it last year either ...

 

12 minutes ago, Fay said:

There were no open practices last year. 

33 minutes ago, Forcefield said:

As a new fan of Hanyu and this being my first time following him for a season, I thought my nervousness was A level at ACI but this...this is a new monster. As the day draws nearer, I'm going to gnaw my fingers off for sure. Been trying to keep my mind elsewhere and occupied with the new?(maybe) ex or mundane stuff like costumes but eeek!

 

Another good option is to try and find a mini-series or something that isn't too serious and it'll relax you and take your attention away from skating completely. I tend to put in my old Pride and Prejudice, hello Mr. Darcy, DVD in and coo over Colin for a few hours. 

 

Otherwise just breathe and it'll be fine. I'm all zen, somehow I'm remarkably calm this season in general. Probably means you'll have to tranq me in February but we'll see 

3 minutes ago, Yatagarasu said:

 

Another good option is to try and find a mini-series or something that isn't too serious and it'll relax you and take your attention away from skating completely. I tend to put in my old Pride and Prejudice, hello Mr. Darcy, DVD in and coo over Colin for a few hours. 

 

Otherwise just breathe and it'll be fine. I'm all zen, somehow I'm remarkably calm this season in general. Probably means you'll have to tranq me in February but we'll see 

Send over some of your zen to me - I'm getting really stressed over here. Like never in my life, not even when I was doing post-graduate exams... 

I am quite relaxed and excited,  I felt the same before ACI as well. Don't really know why 

 

Although to be honest it is the people here (and before at GS) who make me nervous when they start to worry obsessively,  it is kind of infectious  

3 minutes ago, Yatagarasu said:

 

Another good option is to try and find a mini-series or something that isn't too serious and it'll relax you and take your attention away from skating completely. I tend to put in my old Pride and Prejudice, hello Mr. Darcy, DVD in and coo over Colin for a few hours. 

 

Otherwise just breathe and it'll be fine. I'm all zen, somehow I'm remarkably calm this season in general. Probably means you'll have to tranq me in February but we'll see 

 

I envy the zen of you and the other fans. I tried to finish a few anime or to start watching that jdrama with the famous koi dance (that even got Yuzu addicted to it) or read a book series that I couldn't wait to get started on before fs entered my life, but every time a small part of my brain would rebel like, "y'know, you'd rather watch Hanyu and stalk the planet for news" and I just end up back here again. 

 

Does that mean from here on its nonstop and only gets worse? Or will I finally gain some armor to fortify my heart with after this? Oh dear, I think it's the former. I'll try to breathe, yea ok ok.

 

It is actually reading the calmness from the zen fans that makes it easier to not full out panic, funny. 

20 minutes ago, Fay said:

Send over some of your zen to me - I'm getting really stressed over here. Like never in my life, not even when I was doing post-graduate exams... 

 

Maybe because it's pretty much right at your doorstep so it is heightening the feelings. I'd not be surprised if that were it!
I can only send a bit of Colin though if I could I'd send a cup of mint tea too, I just made more. It's a wonder for the nerves.

 

2 minutes ago, Forcefield said:

Does that mean from here on its nonstop and only gets worse? Or will I finally gain some armor to fortify my heart with after this? Oh dear, I think it's the former. I'll try to breathe, yea ok ok.

 

It is actually reading the calmness from the zen fans that makes it easier to not full out panic, funny. 

 

 

Colin I tell you! He'll make you focus! 

Seriously though, well yes, it probably does get worse in some ways. The GPs are just the GPs, regardless of their importance and you can always somehow rationalize some of it away by using that reasoning, and how the real deal is yet to come. So when the 'real deal' is almost there, it starts around the JNats, it does get tense. 

 

But I do think that it's actually calming to have calm folks around, so we can rotate  because if we all panic then it's sort of an escalating echo chamber and that'll have us all committed before the Olympics. We'll be fine, you'll see. And he'll be fine!

 

 

1 hour ago, Forcefield said:

More hype! http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/10/16/yuzuru-hanyu-nathan-chen-yevgenia-medvedeva-rostelecom-cup-preview/amp/

(Lol at the picture - silver medalist Hanyu, just more reason to fire him up)

 

As a new fan of Hanyu and this being my first time following him for a season, I thought my nervousness was A level at ACI but this...this is a new monster. As the day draws nearer, I'm going to gnaw my fingers off for sure. Been trying to keep my mind elsewhere and occupied with the new?(maybe) ex or mundane stuff like costumes but eeek!

 

Oh yes, THIS picture! Muahaha, how can he not be fired up after seeing this? His kuyashii smile is sure to be a sore sight for his own eyes...

 

Sigh, how are we gonna survive February, if ACI was already A-level nerves for us........hehehe *laughs nervously to conceal my inner hurricane*

1 hour ago, Forcefield said:

More hype! http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/10/16/yuzuru-hanyu-nathan-chen-yevgenia-medvedeva-rostelecom-cup-preview/amp/

(Lol at the picture - silver medalist Hanyu, just more reason to fire him up)

 

Marin Honda is one of Medvedeva’s biggest threats?!!!!