The Best Skate in the World...

On Wednesday, I had the best skate in the world...

I got to the rink and was really tired...and on top of that I had first lesson RIGHT at 4:00 and so I didn't have time to warm up, but apparently that didn't matter.

My spins weren't any better than usual...except my coach made me try layback-back sit which was pretty hard and wasn't very pretty :P but at least I tried!

I warmed up my jumps super quickly, then landed 3 really nice axels in a row and moved onto double salchow. My double salchows were pretty good..not as good as they have been in the past, but I was going at them with a lot of speed and so I was rotating faster! Then I worked on double loop, which got REALLY good out of nowhere last week. I landed a bunch of them (a little cheated but much better than they were up until about a week ago) and also started to rotate faster in the air on that jump. SO, my coach had me work on double flip, which she only ever does if I'm really really really good in a lesson! And apparently I was because I worked on double flip and even that was really good! I had really good position in the air...then only problem was, I took a pretty ugly fall after trying about 4-5 double flips and killed my knee...BUT THAT'S OK BECAUSE I HAD THE BEST SKATE IN THE WORLD..I'm still excited about it :D

Haha...look at my hair...

What happens if you put this side up face down while popping microwave popcorn?

Vinyls are cool.

I raided my parents' vinyls. They're the coolest things ever. I kind of want to steal them...but I don't think my parents would ever trust me again if they suddenly found out all their records were missing and then found me hiding in my room with the turntable :)

Well, since I haven't posted in a while, I should probably give you an update, but sadly, there really isn't much to update you on! Since school started, I've been really busy! Between skating and school and band and piano, I don't have too much free time anymore!

I now teach these 3 little girls during public skating sessions. They are extremely cute, but they suck at skating! So it is going to be an interesting experience...But I get to make money so that's also exciting! My mom is happy about that because she seems to think that I'm going to start paying for my own skating lessons now...whereas my coach is happy about it because she thinks that now I'll just have some extra pocket money...I agree with my coach's perspective on this :) lol

Since I'm talking about skating, I GOT MY AXEL BACK TODAY! FINALLY! I had lost it for a while, but today I ate a huge breakfast before skating and then worked really hard for 2 hours straight and my axel came back :) My double salchow and double loop were kind of bad, but my axel definitely makes up for those jumps!!! I'll have to get my dad to video tape me at skating one of these days, though. I really want to know what I look like when I skate because I think that would probably really help me with my jumps!

For my school's ski day, I'm going snowboarding! I'm sooo excited. Me and a couple of friends are taking a lesson together (hopefully we will be in the same group) and we will hpefully make enough progress during our lesson so that we don't need to "take another lesson in the afternoon to safely increase our skill level on the beginner slopes".

Alright, well believe it or not I have to go. Sorry this has been a quick post, but I will write more tomorrow, hoepfully. I really cannot type the word "hopefully".

Luke: [alarm goes off] Sorry, I forgot to turn the alarm off.
Lorelai: Bad alarm. Bad, bad alarm.
Lorelai: What time is it?
Luke: Early.
Lorelai: Hate early. Must kill early.
Lorelai: Okay, gotta get up.
Luke: Why?
Lorelai: Work. Inn. Buy shoes. Oh, my God, I can't move. I need coffee.

I HAVE MY PERMIT...

YES, I HAVE MY PERMIT...AHHH...

The test was the most stressful test of my life...but I passed! I found the first 2 sections really easy, but I DIED in the 3rd...
You had to score 24/32 to pass...I got 25/32....haha oops :) buuuuut yeah...the mistakes I made were pretty stupid..because the book and the test contradicted each other! but thats ok because I still passed and now don't have to do through that stres again!

EXAMS ARE OVER AND ITS WINTER BREAK!!!!

So a little review on my exams:

Science: really easy
Science lab: not enough time ahhh
French: oh my my text was horrible
Biology: annoying
Math: kind of hard
History: alright...but I hate the wording the government uses!!!!!

TOMORROW I'M GOING TO ARIZONA! Except I'm not quite finished packing...time to go do that....

I'll probably write when I'm there...but just in case I don't, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!



Haha...science fair...

Soo I probably won't get to skate again until after the break..its kind of sad...but I PASSED MY AMERICAN (did I tell you that yet???) AND I LANDED A CHEATED DOUBLE FLIP so I'm happy with Tuesday's skate being my last until the new year. My axel is still not back, but hey, I'll take a cheated double flip :)

OK that's enough... it's time for me to go pack...


"You can't die...you have no life!" -- Southpark

Oops...it's been a month...

Haha. I forgot about my blog for a month. Oops.

November has been absolutely crazy BUT now, I have a 4 day weekend!!!

I don't have much to say besides that I am a music geek. It's pathetic, really. Today, I went skating with my friends and we were having lots of fun, but just as they were about to go and watch GILMORE GIRLS (!), I had to go home because I had to go to a piano lesson. And you know what I had to bring to piano?? MY FRICKEN SAX. BECAUSE I AM PLAYING MY SAX AT THE PIANO RECITAL. AHHH. AHHH.

It was pretty funny though, because for like 10 minutes, my sax wouldn't work ( I had forgotten that all my reeds are dead except for one)...so I spent that 10 minutes searching for it as Earl gave me dirty looks.

I had my first exam this week. Well, it was only really part of an exam: module 1,2 and 3 essay question! Guess what it was?

Describe the effects of the fur trade.

The effects of the fur trade! I even had a mnemonic for that one. It was:

D
A
F
E
E
P
W

:)

But I'm going to lost a few percent because I crossed out 4 words. Great.

Besides that, nothing else really happened this week. Or last week. Or the one before.

OH, IT WAS ANNE'S BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY ANNE! :D

Yup, that's about it. It is now time for a cool picture.

Ahhh...summer....

Skating lately has been extremely weird. One day, my jumps will be amazing and the next they will SUCK. It's so strange and very annoying because I KNOW I can do the jumps, but on the sucky days, I just don't. Hopefully Saturday will be a good day. The judge at Cote St Luc on test day is EVIL though, so my coach pulled me out for my freestyle and skills tests...I'm going to wait until March I guess. BUT, I'm testing my American for the 5th...yes, 5th time on December 8...ahhh...

Ok, well I have to go and watch Grey's Anatomy now, even though I think it's going to be a re-run. Hopefully I will post again sometime soon....

Wilson:That smugness of yours really is an attractive quality.
House: Thank you. It was either that or get my hair highlighted. Smugness is easier to maintain.

I got a rock...

I love Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin with a passion. But I MISSED THE EPISODE THIS YEAR!! IT'S INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING.

Ok this is going to have to be another brief post...as I am falling asleep. I am actually getting sick because I'm so tired. Yes, sick. I now have a cold. Fun, isn't it?

Today was a ped day, but I still had to go to school for a jazz band rehearsal. It was fun...I stole someone's solo in 25 or 6 to 4 (the coolest song in the world)...long story there :)

In a few weeks we have a music recital...I have sooooo much to learn for that....I shall make a list:

1) classical solo
2) jazz solo which I got today
3) small group chamber music
4) whole group chamber music
5) whole group jazz piece
6) learn a piece by ear..somehow..called TENOR MADNESS by the way :D

Joy joy joy joy.

TOMORROW I HAVE SKATING and I'm oddly excited. My double loop has been crap lately but my double salchow is getting sooo much better that it's worth sacrificing double loop for.

I found out that for the Jr. Bronze freestyle test, I have to do a split jump. That is somewhat problematic. Actually, it is extremely problematic. My split jump is the crappiest thing ever. It's actually quite funny to watch me do, because I look so pathetic. :D

Alright...well that's enough for now...it's only 9:36 but I'm going to bed...I'm wayyy too tired to stay up any longer. Maybe I will have a piece of birthday cake first, though. :D

More to come soon.

OH! I ALMOST FORGOT MY POSTLY PICTURE!!!

HOW COOL IS THIS?? I AM GETTING TACKLED. IN A RUGBY GAME. I LOOK VERY VERY UNHAPPY. BUT IT'S STILL COOL. VERY COOL. I WOULD BE THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM. WITH THE BROWN HAIR. YUP! THAT'S ME.

There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin. --Linus Van Pelt

Skitter with the Mice Mix B

Just dropping in...I don't have much time to write right now so I'll just be writing a mini-post...

Sooo...where to start?

Not much has happened since my last post, except for school of course. I HAVE A MATH TEST ON MY BIRTHDAY which is depressing...a science test this Monday and then another one on November 6, I just had a history test and now I have another one on November 1 and then ANOTHER ONE on November 13...yup...so that's all thats gone on...stress...

AND IN SKATING I learned double flip!!!! I can't do it for my life, but it's a lot of fun to try. So now, I have a consistent axel, a semi-consistent double salchow, a 100% sucky double toe, a not bad double loop and an interesting double flip :) Today in my lesson, I spend about 25 minutes straight falling, so I'm pretty sore...

I hate Quebec lately. In French, we have this assignment where every few weeks we have to read stupid L'actualité and write about 5 articles. I want to throw that magazine at someone's head (that is the extent of my violent thoughts...lol)!!! Its soooo annoying and incredibly separatist. I hate it. I think that my French teacher is trying to make us separatist people by forcing this separatist media on us.

(edited because I realized that I live in Quebec and people might become angry...very angry...)

OK well, it is now time for a picture to lighten the mood...

Ok, it is not letting me post a picture. SO I will save it for my next post. I will give you a hint, though, the contents of the picture begin with R.

Whoever gets it right gets a secret prize. You'll just have to wait to win to see what it is.

Well, I should be going now...Hopefully I will have more interesting things to say next time.

And now for some advertisements.

!!!!!!!!!COME TO BAZAAR ON FRIDAY!!!!!!!

That's all. :D

I babysat for 9 hours yesterday...

Yes, 9 hours. NINE HOURS!! I was soooo long and got really boring...

AND the parents of the kids didn't tell me what time they were going to get back at....so I was just kind of waiting for them to get home for NINE HOURS.

But I made some money which was good :)

And the kids are pretty self-entertaining so I don't have to do much when I'm with them!

Thursday was the cross country race! I did kind of badly...but that's because I hurt my knee in skating and was stupid enough to run on it. I should have stopped after the first lap of A, but I was too STUPID to, so I kept going. As soon as I got to the massive/huge/never ending/extremely inclined/full of leaves/death of me hill, my knee started to hurt a lot and I had to slow wayyy down to prevent myself from dying of knee pain. lol yes.

I'm really mad because I got 1 place worse than last year. BUT, if my knee wasn't bothering me during the race, I could have done SOOO much better, because I got WORSE than last year but on an injured leg....gr...grrr.....

And because of my stupid knee, I skated for 30 minutes on Saturday then got off the ice after my dance lesson because it was getting sore. My dance coach was getting annoyed with me because I couldn't really skate that well, but I was like "ITS NOT MY FAULT, I HURT MY KNEE!" and he was just like "Oh..."....he didn't care too much :P

I really have nothing to say here...but I decided I would post for the fun of it :)

I'm liking these smilies that I'm making :)

I'M EXCITED FOR HALLOWEEN!!!! I love Halloween...and pumpkins...and candy. I found out that on Halloween, I actually have a dentist appointment which I am not happy about...but whatever, it will serve them right for giving me an appointment on Halloween..I'll get my teeth cleaned and then eat chocolate and candy for a couple of hours :D

I'm not sure if I should go that night or stay home and dress up in a really corny costume (I've always wanted to put a sheet over my head and cut out eye-holes and be a ghost) and "scare" kids :D

Now, since I am running out of things to say, I will post my postly-picture!

OK I simply could not choose between a few. So I will post them all.

Me and Susie on SKI DAY!!! I love how you can't see my face...IT WAS SOOO COLD THAT DAY. It was also super windy...my skis were like flying out from under me...it was weird....

The following picture begins a list of things I must steal from Cecilia.

HOW COOL IS THIS??????AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

WOW LOOK AT THIS TSHIRT. IT IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. EVER. EVER.

Ok. Enough pictures. Hm....what to say? I don't know....ahh...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

There. That's something!

IT IS 7:26 PM!

There. That's something else!

The other day, Anthony (dance coach at skating) told me a really funny/ really not funny joke. So I will now post it.

Anthony: "Your leg is a major part of your body, right?"

me: "Um, sure."

Anthony: "So if you swing it through the right way, it will give you all the momentum you need and you won't have to go flying all over the place and lose control when you are doing the dance."

me: "Sure..."

Anthony: "So if you get the movement right, it will give you momentum ALL NATURALLY! Unless, of course, you have an artificial leg...in which case the movement wouln't be all natural.... HAHAHHAHAA"

me: "ok that wasn't funny...."

Ok that was the joke. Pretty bad. Not too funny...Sorry, I didn't do a very good job of entertaining you there. Ok I shall entertain you with one last thing...a quote! Signifying the end of my post! :D

Until next time...

"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love." -- Charlie Brown