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[sunskate]

CPom- This Week in Skating podcast episode pt 2

Your style this season-- building Christina and Anthony's style-

C: both our programs this year- they feel like us, authentic, easy to skate every day, they're fun, we connect to them a lot. we have to thank our coaches for that. cause they really helped guide us into finding who we are as people and skaters and going off our strengths they're creating our programs

the FD is more mature- how did you get to that point-

A: a lot of that comes from Christina- she's had a huge glow-up the past few years and with Madison being there and showing how to do it, how she would do it. It gives the confidence to Christina to try some of the things Madison provides and shows and I think that has come across in our skating. All the lifts are different and new- we had the time to work each element and make sure it's unique and fluid into the next transition. All of that is a factor in why the maturity has shown up

C: it's both of us. changing coaches lifted a big weight off our shoulders. it's allowed us to be more free and to just be able to dance connect with each other, have fun training. we're training better and having fun and feel authentic to what we're doing. If feels very much like what we're meant to be doing

Anthony did you know your parents skated to Summertime?

A: I knew that they skated to Summertime- they were so happy to see us skating to that. i didn't get to see the program until I visited them after the Grand Prix season. i'm very happy to skate to the same music- Summertime has so much deep history, so being part of that list and being on the same list as my parents it's an honor

So you're getting ready to go back to Japan- what's going through your mind

C: it's one of my favorite countries to go to- i'm super super excited to go next week

A: from what i hear the stadium is huge. this is probably the biggest event that we'll go to. it's an honor to go. the Japanese people love figure skating, it's going to be fantastic

Have your coaches told you what to expect or given you advice-

C: we're trying to approach it like any other competition- to stay prepared, stay in the moment and take it one step at a time. they just want us to go out there and have fun- we're not going there to win, we want to skate our best like what we've been doing in training

A: the best advice i've gotten - to use this competition as a way to progress into next season. to our eventual goal of competing at the Olympics

speaking of Olympics- Christina's citizenship--

C: I have my green card, so it's just waiting at this point. but it should be here before 2026

A: going back to resilience- Christina makes the huge sacrifice of driving every day to London Ontario from Michigan- it's about an hour drive and she goes back and forth every day. It's a huge commitment she does. Especially in weather situations, after hard training, it's a commitment and it doesn't go unnoticed

C: when i'm crossing at 6:30 am, if the border agent is rude, that's not a good way to start my day (laughs) but most of the time they're super nice. if anything the Canadian side asks more questions. The American side is like hey how was training today- when's your next competition?

how long are you training each day in Canada

C: on the ice 3-4 hours, then usually we have an hour of off ice. we don't have much break so it's a pretty short day- so like let's say we start training at 8 am -depending on our off ice, I'll be home 3:00, 4:00. it's totally ok.

[lettuceflower]

dion killing that (evil) 10 year old with absolutely no hesitation is in like the top 5 most iconic things any final fantasy character has ever done

[aria0fgold]

I have finished :3 Unfortunately won't be able to get the timelapse tho cuz I was racing against my phone's battery and I won enough just to finish the art but not enough to get the timelapse, oh well, I'll put that in a separate post!

[spicedmilktea]

Me waiting for my local cinema to announce fan screenings for the new Haikyuu movie:

[translatemunson]

not me reading out loud the messages my ex friend sent to me to my bestie while we drive around our hometown… her opinion: straight gaslighting and i’m forbidden of letting that bitch be my friend again. best kind of therapy 🩵

[y-eontan]

💀im almost 100% sure the lady in the office exclaiming "oh! it's 13:30 soon!" realised her mistake because her ass is not leaving

[yunogf]

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[devotioncrater]

hm.

[yvmoveon]

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[carmarriage]

i chose zexal btw

[chadsuke]

why are trains in japan so. expensive. everyone online is like uwu get the jr rail pass THATS OVER $200 FOR A WEEK???? thats MORE THAN MY PLANE TICKET THERE.

i am ONLY going places i can take the cheaper slower trains i am not fucking. paying for that nonsense.

[pee-com]

the way i could have enrolled in the college the girl next door was filmed.......

WHY DIDNT I DO THAT 😭😭😭

[thebendsbyradiohead]

huge thanks to this website for compiling a comprehensive itinerary for dublin but it would've been handy to mention everything fucking closes at 5-6 pm if ur going to list like 4 things to do after lunch lol

[nicepersondisorder]

therapy appointment in four days. sweats nervously.

[aclownofmyword]

This goes so unironically hard

1981 Joust poster art from the game’s actual designer, Python Anghelo

[taecnoal]

I'm at work i can't feel my toes