tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post8258026678774408054..comments2024-03-27T00:19:55.641-07:00Comments on Aunt Joyce's Ice Cream Stand: Foray Into Adult Skating: Following My DreamsOlympicEffecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708554152461551887noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-40691982477026238552011-08-26T18:37:45.224-07:002011-08-26T18:37:45.224-07:00Good job AJ! You put so much of what I feel about...Good job AJ! You put so much of what I feel about adult skating into words, from the ambitions to the therapeutic effect. Perhaps we'll see you at adult nationals some time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-51894439920707230532011-08-26T13:16:20.142-07:002011-08-26T13:16:20.142-07:00I'm an adult skater, too -- started in alpha a...I'm an adult skater, too -- started in alpha at 31 and now compete silver level/FS4 and working on an axel. It's almost meditative for me: when I'm skating I'm so focused on every movement of my body that there's no room for anything else. <br /><br />I commend you for being able to take a Russian coach, though. I started out private lessons with one and dropped after a month. Having someone bark at me every instant was so overwhelming my skating deteriorated through the lesson. I have a more easy-going American coach now and just bitch at myself.<br /><br />Maybe we'll meet at some future competition!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-59665044039957700492011-08-26T12:56:41.426-07:002011-08-26T12:56:41.426-07:00I will stand on the sidelines with a cigarette in ...I will stand on the sidelines with a cigarette in my hand while you practice holding your edges and looking sexy!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134234834220074320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-58743377868892945082011-08-26T11:29:33.986-07:002011-08-26T11:29:33.986-07:00Good work, sister. We will be vatching your progre...Good work, sister. We will be vatching your progress vith critique and displeasure. Nothing vill ever be good enough. So skate. Now. Harder! Higher!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-83142482839196460682011-08-25T21:09:21.835-07:002011-08-25T21:09:21.835-07:00Like Rick McCharles I'm cheering for you on th...Like Rick McCharles I'm cheering for you on the sidelines too! I look forward to reading about your progress-and when you announce you will compete! :)Margaret Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551293692637692904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-9133098885883893932011-08-25T19:07:43.484-07:002011-08-25T19:07:43.484-07:00Jillian Michaels is a lesbian??Jillian Michaels is a lesbian??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-63213452174216772222011-08-25T18:44:00.637-07:002011-08-25T18:44:00.637-07:00I admire your courage. Will be cheering.I admire your courage. Will be cheering.Rick McCharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243259773267421089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-63414680966065687382011-08-25T18:34:34.113-07:002011-08-25T18:34:34.113-07:00NO1CURR.NO1CURR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-60166780902622555982011-08-25T18:12:54.249-07:002011-08-25T18:12:54.249-07:00True that about skating as therapy. It is a reliab...True that about skating as therapy. It is a reliable motivator for working out daily and gives me an escape from my "other" life and whatever problem's i'm facing there. I think I would either be an alcoholic or weight 300 pounds by now if not for my skating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-21686487245919121542011-08-25T14:39:08.308-07:002011-08-25T14:39:08.308-07:00AJ, you are so right about the rarely mentioned me...AJ, you are so right about the rarely mentioned mental rewards of adult skating. I did not learn to ice skate until I was 24 and ended up teaching kids learn-to-skate classes. Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387050766907671577.post-62488092406868951562011-08-25T12:05:23.400-07:002011-08-25T12:05:23.400-07:00Internalise the Russian mindset, you have done! F...Internalise the Russian mindset, you have done! Freedom to your inner diva awaits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com