Recent content by marshallpond

Started watching it, but can't suspend reality that the bitchy sister is aiming for Worlds with double jumps and mediocre spins. And the middle child of the Russos - I can't figure out in the first episode if she's a pair skater or ice dancer; just that she skated with a partner before. Also...

The book is about Gabi's tough life -- from her childhood where they hardly had any money, to a very crazy skating mom to her insecurity, drugs, alcohol, abortion. She was drinking at a very young age. One time she woke up and she didn’t know how she was covered in cocaine. What she wrote was a...

One thing that needs to be pointed out -- some teams are simply partners in skating. Their concern is how they train, how they work, how they perform, but they are hands off with regards to the personal life of the partner. I've seen that in a lot of teams, who skate together but they are not...

Tanith moved to Michigan in 1998 and got her green card in 2002. Since she's not married to a US citizen then, she would be required to wait 5 years for naturalization, or 2007. The amendment filed by Sen. Carl Levin of MI I think allowed individuals to file an immigrant worker application and...

There are also coaches who won't let their kids try out with any of the kids in that school, no matter how good the Broadmoor kid is, unless the Broadmoor kid decides to change training school (unlikely because they hold their students so tight). As one coach said, "I cannot in good conscience...

CT is proving to be a powerhouse ice dance training facility (at least for juniors with A/V and V/L). Will wait to see how their teams manage the transition to seniors and how successful their teams are in seniors. Right now, A/V is a match made in ice dance heaven. Novi, I feel, has so many...

I am patiently waiting for Jacob Elordi's version of Heathcliff in the new Wuthering Heights. Might make it as a Valentine's date with myself LOL

Chalamet's character was just flat out unlikable. Nothing funny about him; no humor. His main goal is to f*ck over everyone in his life. His baby mama that he initially said wasn't his was grazed by a bullet, but all he cared about was him going to Japan to compete in the World Championships...

I play pingpong with one of my sons, so we watched Marty Supreme with the rest of the family. Love Chalamet, but this movie was just one big mess. He'd probably get an Oscar nomination, if not a win. I hated, hated, hated his character. Immoral, narcissistic, childish and pathetic. Humiliation...

Despite her many accomplishments and the help of senators/other powers that be, they still made her wait the mandatory 5 years from getting permanent residence to qualify to apply for naturalization, though the application for naturalization must have been fast tracked. She got her green card...

Very interesting that she got her US passport during her oath-taking. Normally, you only get the Certificate of Naturalization, which is what you will show when you apply for a US passport (a separate process from the oath-taking). They really fast-tracked her application! Good for her.

Unfortunately for juniors, Talinn is a self-funded competition. It is listed in the Team USA Non-Funded Participation Opportunities email sent earlier in the season. I doubt USFS will be magnanimous enough to change non-funded to funded opportunity (but hey, miracles can happen LOL) I've...

I thought MIDA was in a better position to follow IAM's non-hierarchical mode of teaching that has made IAM so successful. I had really high hopes when MIDA started. I.AM thrives because its model of not having a single “head coach” builds a collaborative, interdisciplinary coaching model...

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