I went to the NIN/QOTSA concert on Wednesday night....I had the best time. I'm still sore, I had so much fun....I've been listening to a lot of QOTSA since (not like i didn't before), but I went back to the rated r cd because they played quite a bit of it at the show, i was very surprised, but it was a pleasant surprise. I'm still riding the wave of hapiness, but i'm really sad it's over....i spent a good two months or more looking forward to the show and now it has come and past.:( NIN was awesome too, I guess they didn't like us very much as an audience, but as long as i know i enjoyed it, i'm good...not my fault the people who bought floor seats were boring and looked at the bands like they were dear in headlights....He called us " very polite"...haha, and people cheered as if that were a compliment...it wasn't...he was pissed off. And then Jerome gets sent to the hospital again. I really hope that turns out ok, It seems quite apparent he has a heart problem that he's probably stuck with...just awful. Anyway, I made sure I had my good time and I did, so all in all, great night. Will post the very few pics i took asap.
I was so thrashed the next day...and a little today, my kneck and back were killing me today....but i took some ibuprophen and it cleared right up. Just overall tired today and I don't think I really should be. Got work tomorrow (last day of skating school semester, my fav day cause work is easy and fun...i get paid to do the hokey pokey!!!!), and after that I have to come home and continue packing my room into boxes...I better hurry, the work is set to begin soon and i'm hardly ever home to pack, hopefully i can get a majority of the work done tomorrow.
Still preparing for centrals, found out there is a qualifying round and am not happy...gonna aim to qualify though...tired just thinking about all the work that has to be done...
Gonna go see what I can do now...
Friday, September 30, 2005
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Today...
...was kinda fun. I had breakfast with mom and dad and that was cool. I went over to JK's house to help her with her computer and to pick up Lappy cause I left it in her car yesterday.I put in in her trunk cause we were in sac and I didn't feel good about leaving it in the front seat...cause it's sac. So ya, after that I went to the rink to get ready for the show. It went better than it should have, we all (in the second half) skated real well. I had a really good time skating today...There wasn't much time and roon to warm up, so i modified my program a lil, so the easiness made it so i could get into it and sell it even more. So I was happy and I got lots of positive feedback, which I desperately need to keep myself motivated....so days like this are key. JK, Ry, Bry, Shanny and I went to mary's afterward. I wasn't really hungry but we only really went for old times sake cayse we used to go there almost every day. That was fun too, I am really lucky to have people like them around who are just as goofy and silly as I am. Cause we are total spazzy together and it's great. I wish I had remembered to take a camera with me becaus eJulian and I had some fun moments today...any reason to hang with my girlies...I'll miss them when we all move away from each other. So ya, enoug of that gushy talk. I've got to continue packing my life into boxes. At least as much as I can...I don't wanna...I'm tired...I worked hard...well not really, but I still don't wanna.
Ok, I'll see how much I can get done before I turn the tv on:)
Later!
Ok, I'll see how much I can get done before I turn the tv on:)
Later!
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
whoa, so much going on so fast.
The competition went very well.
The short program- good 2 lutz from footwork, flying sit (not phenomenal, but about on par with everyone else's i hear), 2 axel (two footed and a little cheated, but i didn't fall!!!), footwork sequence could have been better but wasn't bad at all, popped the double/double combo, and did a single/single(which i think is hilarious, but it saved me from a deduction), ok combo spin, ok spiral sequence, good layback spin...all in all for me this is a good program because i didn't look tired and i skated the way i know how to skate, which is a new thing for me in competition.:)
The freeskate- kinda weak combo spin, spiral seq was fine but i need to fix it so that i have more positions held longer, 2 axel two footed and cheated again but i still didn't fall!!!!, good 2 loop, 2 lutz/popped 2 loop, split lutz/falling leaf/2 toe, weak layback spin, kinda slow footwork (started to get a little tired at this point), 2 sal (weak, held on to it), good 2 flip, ok 2 lutz, weak death drop....This was good for me because I made few large mistakes and i was strong enough to keep fighting when i was tired (which is not typical for me, i tend to get tired and then fall apart), i had no combos, but i had a sequence which kept me from getting a large deduction.
So I'm really optomistic looking towards Centrals even though I still have a lot of work to do. I have a direction to aim for and I know what I have to do to get as close as I can to being ready next month.
Other things going on too today.
Today I finally got my drivers licence:) I havn't driven in a long time, but last night I had Greg take me driving so i could work out the kinks and get comfortable before my test this morning. Dad let me drive to vacaville to the dmv and then i took my test. It didnt start so good...dad parked the car next to a big concrete pilar. so when i was pulling out of the parking space i had a heck of a time getting out without geting too close to the pilar. I was freaking out becase my test had barely begun and i could not even get out of he parking spot. I noticed quite a few paint marks on the pilar as i struggled to get around it and I said to the tester " I bet this is where a lot of people get stuck, I can tell by all the paint marks on the pilar" we giggled about it a sec and then i was able to pull out and get going. It wasn't bad, i made about 5 mistakes total, they were small things, silly things that i forgot to do once or twice. I had to do a backing maneuver (which i have not practiced) and pretended i was not freaking out in my mind and actually did quite well. I've been kinda wound up all day, i was really nervous. I drove myself back to Vacaville today and it was the first time I've ever driven by myself....that was a little stressful...i have to get myself back home tonight in one piece too. It's a little wierd not having Greg or Dad there to keep me from making big mistakes anymore, I'me used to having one of them there to remind me of stuff. I will be doing a lot of back and forth driving from now on so I'll get used to it quick i think.
This weekend we, the vvfsc, are having a fundraiser ice show. It will likely be small compared to shows we've done in the past, but we're working on it. I will be doing my short program for practice...i need to perform as much as possible. This week I need to find a way to thank the skaters who are coming to skate for us, i had an idea, but didn't get quick response from the board so i'll find something i can kinda do on my own in the last min...like always. I'm good with it though...it's the only way to get things done right...do it yourself.
Next week is the concert and I am so excited I can't even contain myself...for real, i can't:) I wish that Tosha could go but I really don't see that happening and I'll be glad have Greg go with me. I got to get on plannign for that too, I need to get the kids co-ordinated so that we can get there early and have a good fun dinner and then be at arco nice and early to ensure the best time ever! see just can't contain my enthousiasm....MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Ok, I have to skate soon, better warm up...Adios!
The competition went very well.
The short program- good 2 lutz from footwork, flying sit (not phenomenal, but about on par with everyone else's i hear), 2 axel (two footed and a little cheated, but i didn't fall!!!), footwork sequence could have been better but wasn't bad at all, popped the double/double combo, and did a single/single(which i think is hilarious, but it saved me from a deduction), ok combo spin, ok spiral sequence, good layback spin...all in all for me this is a good program because i didn't look tired and i skated the way i know how to skate, which is a new thing for me in competition.:)
The freeskate- kinda weak combo spin, spiral seq was fine but i need to fix it so that i have more positions held longer, 2 axel two footed and cheated again but i still didn't fall!!!!, good 2 loop, 2 lutz/popped 2 loop, split lutz/falling leaf/2 toe, weak layback spin, kinda slow footwork (started to get a little tired at this point), 2 sal (weak, held on to it), good 2 flip, ok 2 lutz, weak death drop....This was good for me because I made few large mistakes and i was strong enough to keep fighting when i was tired (which is not typical for me, i tend to get tired and then fall apart), i had no combos, but i had a sequence which kept me from getting a large deduction.
So I'm really optomistic looking towards Centrals even though I still have a lot of work to do. I have a direction to aim for and I know what I have to do to get as close as I can to being ready next month.
Other things going on too today.
Today I finally got my drivers licence:) I havn't driven in a long time, but last night I had Greg take me driving so i could work out the kinks and get comfortable before my test this morning. Dad let me drive to vacaville to the dmv and then i took my test. It didnt start so good...dad parked the car next to a big concrete pilar. so when i was pulling out of the parking space i had a heck of a time getting out without geting too close to the pilar. I was freaking out becase my test had barely begun and i could not even get out of he parking spot. I noticed quite a few paint marks on the pilar as i struggled to get around it and I said to the tester " I bet this is where a lot of people get stuck, I can tell by all the paint marks on the pilar" we giggled about it a sec and then i was able to pull out and get going. It wasn't bad, i made about 5 mistakes total, they were small things, silly things that i forgot to do once or twice. I had to do a backing maneuver (which i have not practiced) and pretended i was not freaking out in my mind and actually did quite well. I've been kinda wound up all day, i was really nervous. I drove myself back to Vacaville today and it was the first time I've ever driven by myself....that was a little stressful...i have to get myself back home tonight in one piece too. It's a little wierd not having Greg or Dad there to keep me from making big mistakes anymore, I'me used to having one of them there to remind me of stuff. I will be doing a lot of back and forth driving from now on so I'll get used to it quick i think.
This weekend we, the vvfsc, are having a fundraiser ice show. It will likely be small compared to shows we've done in the past, but we're working on it. I will be doing my short program for practice...i need to perform as much as possible. This week I need to find a way to thank the skaters who are coming to skate for us, i had an idea, but didn't get quick response from the board so i'll find something i can kinda do on my own in the last min...like always. I'm good with it though...it's the only way to get things done right...do it yourself.
Next week is the concert and I am so excited I can't even contain myself...for real, i can't:) I wish that Tosha could go but I really don't see that happening and I'll be glad have Greg go with me. I got to get on plannign for that too, I need to get the kids co-ordinated so that we can get there early and have a good fun dinner and then be at arco nice and early to ensure the best time ever! see just can't contain my enthousiasm....MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Ok, I have to skate soon, better warm up...Adios!
Friday, September 16, 2005
Cold
I'm posting from the Oakland Ice Center right now...I've been here since 7:30 this morning and I'm not leaving (except to get food) until around 8:00 pm....I'm getting pretty tired of this place....zzzzzzz
anywho, I skated my practice sessions and now I'm just chillin (litterally). A couple of the kids will skate their qualifying programs tonight, but the majority of the competition will begon tomorrow. I'll be at work for a while tomorrow and then i'll be headed here to get my hair done and then round 6:25, I will skate my short program, on sunday I'll haveget my butt outta bed and here to skate my freeskate around 11:something in the morning. I'm not really sure what to expect from myself this weekend, my practices wheren't stellar but they did't make me panic or anything.
I'll post pictures of my new dress as soon as I get them because it's awesome (i love my dress...teehee).For now here is one of me getting fitted last week...doesn't near give it justice...really, the dress os friggin awesome...
ok, that's all I have to say for now
Bye!
anywho, I skated my practice sessions and now I'm just chillin (litterally). A couple of the kids will skate their qualifying programs tonight, but the majority of the competition will begon tomorrow. I'll be at work for a while tomorrow and then i'll be headed here to get my hair done and then round 6:25, I will skate my short program, on sunday I'll haveget my butt outta bed and here to skate my freeskate around 11:something in the morning. I'm not really sure what to expect from myself this weekend, my practices wheren't stellar but they did't make me panic or anything.
I'll post pictures of my new dress as soon as I get them because it's awesome (i love my dress...teehee).For now here is one of me getting fitted last week...doesn't near give it justice...really, the dress os friggin awesome...
ok, that's all I have to say for now
Bye!
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
More Small Talk...
So, not a lot has been going on with me since my last post...I'm basically (like i said in my last post) in a state of perpetual preparation for upcoming events. I have Skate St Moritz next week. That should be ok, JK and I just readjusted my freeskate and as long as I don't forget it, I should be fine. The short program is still going well, especially with how good my double axel's been lately. I also have a show coming up in vacaville....can't wait to do a show somewhere else...in sac or something...the sac shows are fun....anyway enough about that.
I got a laptop last week and I've been glued to it since the moment I aquired it. It has come in handy big time. Earlier today i was able to download and cut my recital group's music while I was a the rink. And tonight before work I was able to download and burn music for two of my co-workers five min before they needed it...so bascally i saved thier asses. So ya, when i'm bored, I can pop in a dvd, listen to music and surf the net....I can get so much work done. I used to get home dead tired and not want to get any work done (and I didn't get it done), now I'm doing it in my down time during the day and getting it done so much faster. I love it, I haven't named it yet tho.
I finally watched Donnie Darko...it was on sale at target the other day and I've been curious about it. I liked it...I was confused at times, but it all came together at the end. I'm still trying to grasp the whoe "deux ex machina"concept. I looked it up online while I was watching the movie, but I should have waited to look it up because I was focused on the movie and barely got the gist of the concept. Anyhow, if you have seen it anyone, can you tell me how/why Frank contacts and guides Donnie? Was that just his spirit that appeared to Donnie? And well, i guess there were a few other things I wasn't clear on, but I think this is one of those films that would have been ruined by over-explanation.
I guess that's all for now.
<3
I got a laptop last week and I've been glued to it since the moment I aquired it. It has come in handy big time. Earlier today i was able to download and cut my recital group's music while I was a the rink. And tonight before work I was able to download and burn music for two of my co-workers five min before they needed it...so bascally i saved thier asses. So ya, when i'm bored, I can pop in a dvd, listen to music and surf the net....I can get so much work done. I used to get home dead tired and not want to get any work done (and I didn't get it done), now I'm doing it in my down time during the day and getting it done so much faster. I love it, I haven't named it yet tho.
I finally watched Donnie Darko...it was on sale at target the other day and I've been curious about it. I liked it...I was confused at times, but it all came together at the end. I'm still trying to grasp the whoe "deux ex machina"concept. I looked it up online while I was watching the movie, but I should have waited to look it up because I was focused on the movie and barely got the gist of the concept. Anyhow, if you have seen it anyone, can you tell me how/why Frank contacts and guides Donnie? Was that just his spirit that appeared to Donnie? And well, i guess there were a few other things I wasn't clear on, but I think this is one of those films that would have been ruined by over-explanation.
I guess that's all for now.
<3
Thursday, September 01, 2005
*TeeHee*
Twenty-eight days until the nin/qotsa concert and I'm sooooooo excited!!! Weeeeeeee!
Now that one of the friends I was taking with me just proved herself to be, well...less than trustworthy and honest, I'm not quite sure what do do. I know I'll just have to deal, perhaps she'll decide not to go, hmmm.
Just so you all know, this "friend" decided to start trouble and when she was called on it at work, she threw my name into the mix....and i had nothing to do with it. I'm very upset and angry right now. My boss is awesome though and knows me well enough to know I wouldn't be involved and didn't believe said "friend." It pays to actually be trustworthy and honest folks, it really does and hopefully this person will learn thier lesson (I'm not holding my breath though).
So back to pleasantness...The concert should be a blast no matter what happens, NOTHING is ruining this for me...I refuse to let it. *pumping fists toward the sky*
I'm in my last month of training before Centrals. This is where it gets reaaaaly interesting, i havn't done centrals in a couple years.....oi! I'm competing as a Junior...which means I, more than likely, will get completely forgotten in the shuffle because there a about a billion Junior Ladies this year...ick. But if can stand up on everything and keep my quality up, the new system may work to my advantage, and if it doesn't, at least I can say I skated clean programs in Utah *fingers are crossed*. This sucks, the Utah part i mean. The altitude is more than a problem, it's a menace. We have a plan though, and I swear to god it better work. We are going to start training our programs with surgical masks on. I've heard that this simulates the breathing situation at altitude and based on my sources, I'm sure it works. The other problem for me is nosebleeds, last time we had centrals there I had a nosebleed every practice session. Every single one....worst week of my life by the way. I'll have a bottle of saline at my side at all times this year. Lets all hope that this time I won't get there and forget how to skate like before. I am so much better trained than I was back then already, so I know I at least won't be embarrassing myself. I did a really nice short program run through yesterday...the double axel wasn't great, i rushed into it and was loose and short on rotation, but I stood up and the rest of the program was clean, I nailed the spins and the spiral sequence is getting better all the time. I was totally wasted afterwards though, I hate the way it feels after a run through...legs and arms feel like jell-o, and heavy,and sometimes after a freeskate run through I get a tummy ache and and I get sleepy. Every once in a while I do a really good run through and the adrenaline is quite a rush...love that. I just hate the ones that ruin me for the rest of the day.
Oh goodness look how much I've been chit chatting, I got things to do!
A Biento!
Now that one of the friends I was taking with me just proved herself to be, well...less than trustworthy and honest, I'm not quite sure what do do. I know I'll just have to deal, perhaps she'll decide not to go, hmmm.
Just so you all know, this "friend" decided to start trouble and when she was called on it at work, she threw my name into the mix....and i had nothing to do with it. I'm very upset and angry right now. My boss is awesome though and knows me well enough to know I wouldn't be involved and didn't believe said "friend." It pays to actually be trustworthy and honest folks, it really does and hopefully this person will learn thier lesson (I'm not holding my breath though).
So back to pleasantness...The concert should be a blast no matter what happens, NOTHING is ruining this for me...I refuse to let it. *pumping fists toward the sky*
I'm in my last month of training before Centrals. This is where it gets reaaaaly interesting, i havn't done centrals in a couple years.....oi! I'm competing as a Junior...which means I, more than likely, will get completely forgotten in the shuffle because there a about a billion Junior Ladies this year...ick. But if can stand up on everything and keep my quality up, the new system may work to my advantage, and if it doesn't, at least I can say I skated clean programs in Utah *fingers are crossed*. This sucks, the Utah part i mean. The altitude is more than a problem, it's a menace. We have a plan though, and I swear to god it better work. We are going to start training our programs with surgical masks on. I've heard that this simulates the breathing situation at altitude and based on my sources, I'm sure it works. The other problem for me is nosebleeds, last time we had centrals there I had a nosebleed every practice session. Every single one....worst week of my life by the way. I'll have a bottle of saline at my side at all times this year. Lets all hope that this time I won't get there and forget how to skate like before. I am so much better trained than I was back then already, so I know I at least won't be embarrassing myself. I did a really nice short program run through yesterday...the double axel wasn't great, i rushed into it and was loose and short on rotation, but I stood up and the rest of the program was clean, I nailed the spins and the spiral sequence is getting better all the time. I was totally wasted afterwards though, I hate the way it feels after a run through...legs and arms feel like jell-o, and heavy,and sometimes after a freeskate run through I get a tummy ache and and I get sleepy. Every once in a while I do a really good run through and the adrenaline is quite a rush...love that. I just hate the ones that ruin me for the rest of the day.
Oh goodness look how much I've been chit chatting, I got things to do!
A Biento!
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