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I have been very ready to be over this cold for three days now, but still coughing
When I had my skating lesson on Saturday, my coach was happy with my spin progress :) I confessed to practicing on Spinny McBoo (my dumb nickname for my off-ice spinner - it's like a little metal turntable) even knowing that their usefulness is debated, but he approved of it, so whatever \o/ Might be spinning a tad forward on the toe pick, but it's really hard for me to bring it back without slamming back way too far, so that's something to work on. I'm also doing a lot better on entering it from an edge.
I left my boots with my fitter this weekend for a sharpen + more adjustments, then took it easy today because my ankles hurt. Didn't even wear my new kneepads. (I got tired of bruises from going over the toe in my catchfoot spirals, but they've come in handy for lunges and at least one real fall. I bought fancy rhythmic gymnastics ones, so they're thin, flexible, and very comfy, and now falling on my knees doesn't hurt!) There was a dumb country song playing at the rink, about a guy selling turnips by the road who gives directions to a pretty girl who stops to ask, then pines after the romance they could have had when he doesn't know her name or literally anything about her.
Anyway, a bit behind, but Snowflake Day 4: In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.
Dividing these into three areas:
Japanese
・Add five cards to Mnemosyne every day - this is one of my main ways of actively studying
・Get through a Kanji in Context lesson every week - this plus the above I am tracking with a calendar Z gave me for Christmas. Every day has a different picture of his cat! It's incredibly cute :3
・Try to do more listening comprehension - I don't have any good opportunities to speak in Japanese at the moment, but I should do more that isn't reading
Skating
・Pass the next two dance tests - will probably do with coach; he thinks I'm nearly ready for the tango if I do it with him and get to the point of finishing each step properly
・Pass the first adult test - it's mainly been the inside mohawk holding me back, but I think I might finally be getting it down well enough
・Jump an actual salchow and not... whatever it is that I do when I try to do a sal
・Fix my bad side spiral enough to do a catchfoot
・In general, continue to work on strength (incl. upper body strength) and flexibility (fucking turnout is not my natural thing, but I want it :|)
Writing
・Finish THESIS - I would reaaaaally like to graduate, thanks
・Finish off five languishing fics in my folders and post them this year
・Try to comment more on fic I read, especially outside of exchanges
・Do a first pass of editing on That Origfic and finish That Other Origfic
I left my boots with my fitter this weekend for a sharpen + more adjustments, then took it easy today because my ankles hurt. Didn't even wear my new kneepads. (I got tired of bruises from going over the toe in my catchfoot spirals, but they've come in handy for lunges and at least one real fall. I bought fancy rhythmic gymnastics ones, so they're thin, flexible, and very comfy, and now falling on my knees doesn't hurt!) There was a dumb country song playing at the rink, about a guy selling turnips by the road who gives directions to a pretty girl who stops to ask, then pines after the romance they could have had when he doesn't know her name or literally anything about her.
Anyway, a bit behind, but Snowflake Day 4: In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.
Dividing these into three areas:
Japanese
・Add five cards to Mnemosyne every day - this is one of my main ways of actively studying
・Get through a Kanji in Context lesson every week - this plus the above I am tracking with a calendar Z gave me for Christmas. Every day has a different picture of his cat! It's incredibly cute :3
・Try to do more listening comprehension - I don't have any good opportunities to speak in Japanese at the moment, but I should do more that isn't reading
Skating
・Pass the next two dance tests - will probably do with coach; he thinks I'm nearly ready for the tango if I do it with him and get to the point of finishing each step properly
・Pass the first adult test - it's mainly been the inside mohawk holding me back, but I think I might finally be getting it down well enough
・Jump an actual salchow and not... whatever it is that I do when I try to do a sal
・Fix my bad side spiral enough to do a catchfoot
・In general, continue to work on strength (incl. upper body strength) and flexibility (fucking turnout is not my natural thing, but I want it :|)
Writing
・Finish THESIS - I would reaaaaally like to graduate, thanks
・Finish off five languishing fics in my folders and post them this year
・Try to comment more on fic I read, especially outside of exchanges
・Do a first pass of editing on That Origfic and finish That Other Origfic
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