The Gilmore Girls 1.01 ‘Pilot’
Anonymous asked:
I miss the pattern, too.
The fact is it's not very hard to stand on the ice and flail your arms and wiggle your hips. And because of all the stationary breaks and lack of skating skills, teams are looking slow as molasses this year.
None of the new "trick" movements they've added like sliding motions and assisted jumps seem to have the difficulty factor of skating intricate steps while so close it seems like your skates are going to run into one another. And it's not as if they're replacing the pattern with equivalently difficult skating sequences. It's just empty side-by-side skating. Sometimes it even looks like pairs, but the jumps never come.
All of the other disciplines are adding more difficult tricks. The jumps and twists and spins are getting more complex. Ice dance is getting easier and people are going to notice. It's really hard to promote ice dance as a sport if there's no great new feat to reach.
The choreographic elements can makes for entertainment- though even that isn’t guaranteed lol - but often it has little to do with skating, and as you said, are easier. I am still kind of stunned that they replaced the pattern with… nothing. Just choreography, character based, and aside from exactly where it has to happen on the ice, there are not any requirements and it’s all subjective from the judges as to how well you did it, like all the other choreographic sequences.
The pattern was the one thing left to challenge the skaters - any step sequences they create can still be difficult but they still have the freedom to do what works for them - though last years pattern I obsessed enough over the changes so many teams were making. Still, the pattern offered us so much, and now poof! it’s been replaced with jazz hands.
I don’t know if the lack of technical difficulty would necessarily deter new skaters; but not knowing how to improve to receive the favour of the judges certainly could. So much of ice dance is now marked on “I liked it more” or “your country is aligned with mine” or “you are the chosen one” or “you waited for your turn” that it feels like the new 6.0 for sure.
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, 2022 Beijing Olympics Gold Medallists
That child will be the greatest legacy of Marauders and Weasleys. That child will be better prankster then Marauders, Weasleys twins, Tonks or anyone else because they couldn’t work together, but this is their mix and they will make sure the teachers will never forget.
#picture source: pinterest
okay so we all know teddy’s a hufflepuff like his mom but he’s not like, a hufflepuff hufflepuff. you know what i mean. we all headcanon hufflepuffs like “soft sweet food baby!!!” and most of them are. ernie macmillan, hannah abbott, even professor sprout. soft sweet food babies, like plants and sunshine, whatever.
but teddy lupin’s not like that. because teddy’s a cedric diggory hufflepuff. we all talk about how he’d set records for pranks like the marauders or fred & george, but let’s think about it- he wouldn’t even have to. he’s dating a hot eighth-veela ravenclaw, he’s head boy, and his godfather is harry chosen one potter, so we know he already thinks he’s a badass. and the other hufflepuffs would see it too- look at this awesome guy with the power to change his appearance at will, look at him dating the most beautiful girl in school (and also probably the smartest and most punk, i mean come on she came from fleur charmed a dragon delacour and bill i’m never cutting my hair weasley), look at him tell embarrassing stories about the guy who killed the dark lord, he’s amazing, and he’s a bloody hufflepuff. they would flock to him. he wouldn’t be this punk, angsty, my parents died orphan kid, because molly weasley would never let him feel like an orphan, and harry’s been there and would make sure the kid had a good upbringing, and andromeda tonks raised nymphadora tonks so she’s already dealt with the punky teenager and you just KNOW teddy would one-up his mom and set new records for rebelling but not getting caught.
so teddy’s a cedric diggory hufflepuff. he’s gonna care fiercely about his friends and work harder than anyone else and make it all look effortless. he’s gonna get the girl he wants and he’s gonna be himself to do it, because, honestly, who’s cooler? he’s gonna feign modesty when needed and inspire envy and crushes in lesser boys. teddy lupin isn’t a sunshine-and-food hufflepuff, and he’s not some angsty-punk-slytherpuff-hybrid, either. he’s the son of the brains of the marauders (we all know Lupin’s the reason they didn’t get expelled). he’s the son of the girl who flaunted bubblegum pink hair while fighting death eaters. teddy lupin’s a cedric diggory hufflepuff.
yasss
simone biles competes the triple double on floor, becoming the first woman in history to compete the skill successfully.
10 Years Ago. May 19th, 2009. Glee aired it’s Pilot episode.
Boryana absolutely KILLED those fouettés! Close saves and small mistakes, less precise than she was at the Bulgarian Nationals.
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I looove that routine! She killed it with ball too, today! Some minor imprecisions, but she’s such a consistent gymnast! Can’t wait for tomorrow!
This is Sharpay Evans.
In her junior year, all her hard work she’d put into the East High drama department was thrown down the drain when a ruthless monster named Gabriella Montez transferred to the school and heartlessly seized the leading role from her.
Over the summer break between her junior and senior years, she was stabbed in the back by her own twin brother mere moments before she was meant to go on at a talent show, and she was deprived of the prestigious Star Dazzle Award that she - and not Gabriella Montez - deserved.
In her senior year, she was betrayed yet again. Sharpay, out of the goodness of her own heart, took a British exchange student named Tiara under her wing. Tiara turned on Sharpay and stole her role in the spring musical.
Nevertheless, Sharpay managed to bounce back, and she overcame all that stood between her and her dreams.
Everyday, I am inspired by her strength. Like and reblog if you are too.
Here my favourite programs of last season! What About you?
last year there were some good ones!
[190128] Javier Fernández’s farewell speech.
“When I was six years old, I was accompanying my parents to pick up my sister Laura, when she also started skating. And one day the question of whether I also wanted to skate arose. And of course I said yes. Two years later I started my first competition, with some second-hand skates. Shortly after I had a dream, an impossible dream that has now come true. Could a guy from Cuatro Vientos stand out in a world as different and complex as we are used to in our country? And I dared to dream and I pursued that dream. Last Saturday, as you know, was my last performance and I come back home with seven European Championships titles, two World Championships titles and one Olympic medal. All these championships, sporting successes are so important… I take the enthusiasm from the fans, that’s for sure. The affection with which you, the media, have always showed me and the support of the institutions and sponsors. Today I want to start by thanking my family, my parents and my sister Laura, who had to make great sacrifices so that I could develop my life as a skater. I could never thank you enough for everything you have done for me. It must have been very difficult to leave only a 17-year-old boy, who hardly spoke English, to travel across the world and go to another country. I went to live in the United States at age 17 with a coach named Nikolai Morozov whom I met at a summer camp in Andorra. He suggested to my parents and I that I go train in New Jersey and be part of their training team. They accepted, I accepted and that’s where everything started. Later I moved to Toronto to train with Brian Orser, who became a model for me, a second father. Brian had to suffer with the personality of a Spanish teenager who did not have the discipline that I have now. Brian understood my way of being and brought out the best in me. How I’m going to miss Brian too, that way of being he has and that embrace that coaches give you before going out to compete. Nor can I forget Tracy Wilson, who has been by my side in many and many of my trainings. Choreographers have also played a key role in my career. I have had the pleasure of working with Antonio Najarro, the one who created La Malagueña, who has given us so much joy. And of course, the Canadian David Wilson with whom I had the honor of working in the last 7-8 years. Those who know me know that I am not the most organized person in the world. I have already arrived at some competition without my skates, I have already forgotten my costumes, but I am who I am. I also want to apologize to the people who have suffered from my mistakes, especially to Jorge Serradilla, with whom I have shared many adventures first in the schoolyard and then all over the world. I apologize. The support of institutions and sponsorships has also been essential in my career. Gloria Estefanell, María Teresa Samaranch supported me from the Spanish Federation some time ago, and later it was Frank González and his entire team. I want to publicly thank the support from LaLigaSports, whose president, Mr. Tebas, is here with us. I have also received the support of the Spanish Olympic Committee, in particular Alejandro Blanco, who is also here with us. And I can not forget also our beloved Miguel Cardenal, who has also suffered some of our pranks. And of course, María José Rienda, current Secretary of State for Sport. The media have also always shown a very special affection for me, as for example Saturday’s broadcast with Paloma del Río showed, who after 30 years as a commentator was was moved to tears at the end of my performance. You (the media) have been there and have always lived my successes as if they were yours. Thank you all for that affection. I leave these last words to my girlfriend Marina, who has suffered my absences and has been the inspiration in my last successes. To finish I want to make an call to all people who have a dream, whether they are children or adults. I encourage you to pursue your dreams: as impossible as they may seem, dreams are often fulfilled. And there are even times when reality goes beyond what we dreamed, as it has happened to me. Thank you so much everyone.”
[190128] Javier Fernández’s farewell speech.
“When I was six years old, I was accompanying my parents to pick up my sister Laura, when she also started skating. And one day the question of whether I also wanted to skate arose. And of course I said yes. Two years later I started my first competition, with some second-hand skates. Shortly after I had a dream, an impossible dream that has now come true. Could a guy from Cuatro Vientos stand out in a world as different and complex as we are used to in our country? And I dared to dream and I pursued that dream. Last Saturday, as you know, was my last performance and I come back home with seven European Championships titles, two World Championships titles and one Olympic medal. All these championships, sporting successes are so important… I take the enthusiasm from the fans, that’s for sure. The affection with which you, the media, have always showed me and the support of the institutions and sponsors. Today I want to start by thanking my family, my parents and my sister Laura, who had to make great sacrifices so that I could develop my life as a skater. I could never thank you enough for everything you have done for me. It must have been very difficult to leave only a 17-year-old boy, who hardly spoke English, to travel across the world and go to another country. I went to live in the United States at age 17 with a coach named Nikolai Morozov whom I met at a summer camp in Andorra. He suggested to my parents and I that I go train in New Jersey and be part of their training team. They accepted, I accepted and that’s where everything started. Later I moved to Toronto to train with Brian Orser, who became a model for me, a second father. Brian had to suffer with the personality of a Spanish teenager who did not have the discipline that I have now. Brian understood my way of being and brought out the best in me. How I’m going to miss Brian too, that way of being he has and that embrace that coaches give you before going out to compete. Nor can I forget Tracy Wilson, who has been by my side in many and many of my trainings. Choreographers have also played a key role in my career. I have had the pleasure of working with Antonio Najarro, the one who created La Malagueña, who has given us so much joy. And of course, the Canadian David Wilson with whom I had the honor of working in the last 7-8 years. Those who know me know that I am not the most organized person in the world. I have already arrived at some competition without my skates, I have already forgotten my costumes, but I am who I am. I also want to apologize to the people who have suffered from my mistakes, especially to Jorge Serradilla, with whom I have shared many adventures first in the schoolyard and then all over the world. I apologize. The support of institutions and sponsorships has also been essential in my career. Gloria Estefanell, María Teresa Samaranch supported me from the Spanish Federation some time ago, and later it was Frank González and his entire team. I want to publicly thank the support from LaLigaSports, whose president, Mr. Tebas, is here with us. I have also received the support of the Spanish Olympic Committee, in particular Alejandro Blanco, who is also here with us. And I can not forget also our beloved Miguel Cardenal, who has also suffered some of our pranks. And of course, María José Rienda, current Secretary of State for Sport. The media have also always shown a very special affection for me, as for example Saturday’s broadcast with Paloma del Río showed, who after 30 years as a commentator was was moved to tears at the end of my performance. You (the media) have been there and have always lived my successes as if they were yours. Thank you all for that affection. I leave these last words to my girlfriend Marina, who has suffered my absences and has been the inspiration in my last successes. To finish I want to make an call to all people who have a dream, whether they are children or adults. I encourage you to pursue your dreams: as impossible as they may seem, dreams are often fulfilled. And there are even times when reality goes beyond what we dreamed, as it has happened to me. Thank you so much everyone.”
If you weren’t already crying after Javi’s free just think about the fact that Mateo Rizzo, another skater from a small federation, just shared the podium with his longtime idol Javier Fernandez on his last competition, while also getting the first fs medal for Italy in 10 years.
Today history was made
It’s been 4 years and I still miss Elena Ilinykh
“You want people to see your pain so they see you need help,” Gold said, “but you don’t want to ask for help. So you live in this kind of terrible limbo.”
You must read it. It shows how it’s an easy spiral to get yourself into, and why we need more programs to help young athlete during their growth.
Here my thoughts about the first final of the European Championship!
Who would’ve thought a young skater from Spain would become world champion and an Olympic medallist?
Gracias, Javier, and good luck at Euros!