Let The Games (Kinda) Begin.

=> well um can't really remember every single piece of news i wanted to comment on from since the last time i posted aka before my summer 09 trip.
but i do know that there's one certain person's return that i havn't commented on, *drumroll* STPĂ©HANE!! <33 My love is back, fly lovely ladybug fly!

=> now i know that JGP have already started but really, unless you're a skater or skating parent in JGP you're really just waiting for GP to start. to us, that's when the season starts. absolutely can not wait...at all...need now. =)

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

Alex and Ana.

=> True or False?
is alexei yagudin & tatiana totinana (or however you spell her last name) expecting twins? spent a while yesterday trying to find the answer. but like anything that's not too too confirmed, found both answers of 'it's a rumour everyone' and 'it's been confirmed by alexei, congrats to them'.
so i guess for now, whatever's the truth just let it be and best of luck to all.

=> can't wait till next season. i get to kinda skate again, or well at least work my way back into skating. stupid tendonitis.

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

Pre-Grand Prix 2009.

=> so it seems that the US team is making a whole lot of coaching changes for this season. jeremy abbott went to yuka sato, keauna and rockne went to john nicks, and mirai went to frank carroll. yea i know they annouced these changed in like mid-late may but YOU KNOW WHAT? i don't check icenetwork and usfsa often...or well at all unless skate today or goldenskate links me.
so yea my comments on the coaching changes? it just seems like nowadays everyone's going to the same coaches and choreos; and the critics are wondering why they programs are all starting to look the same. *rolls eyes*

=> as for the grand prix assignments...
TEB: should be pretty interesting to watch in all four fields. see how sasha's doing. also we'll be checking in on tessa's recovery.
CoR: wow! pchan vs uglyface vs kozuka vs johnny weir... AND we get to see luca and anna again!!!
CoC: see here's where i have a little dilema...my favourite ladies are all here...kiira, caro k, joannie, and of course fumie (missed her sooo much esp concidering how her 'comeback' wasn't very strong last season).
NHK: isn't too eventful honestly...its just brian vs daisuke, which i'm so glad that he's back (last season just wasn't the same without him...). we can watch vanessa crone and paul poirier too i guess, who btw are always fun to watch.
SA: sasha vs yuna vs fumie vs...michelle kwan? or well so this blogger hopes to be http://loopaxles.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-want-to-know.html . oh wow look what i just realised, evan and kevin are competing against each other twice, CoC and here. as much as i love you evan, i've got to say, kevin's always going to be my moppy jumping bean. <33 and um i guess we'll see how isabelle and olivier are doing dot dot dot.
SC: i can really honestly say that i'm disappointed in our line-up. it's like joannie vs caro z vs mirai then alissa vs sarah meier vs laura lepisto vs cynthia. in the guys i guess is more exciting with jeremy, pchan, alban, dai, and kevin vdp battling it out. and i'm thinking that we should put meaghan and craig in the 3rd spot canada has TBA for pairs so our whole pairs team is competing there. WELCOME BACK ANABELLE AND CODY!!! my sister absolutely loves anabelle, she thinkgs that she looks like Charity from Passions, the soap that used to be on Global after school. tessa and scott vs isabelle and oliver...aka recovery vs pregnancy... that's all i have to say about I&O

=> so now that it's reality-ish...mr ugly face is back and apparently gained 10lbs. ew ew ew ew ew *pukes* now he's even MORE ugly.
sasha's back, which i'm happy about. i like her even though she's a medal threat to joannie (as if the girl doesn't have enough medal threats already).
shen and zhao. yea i have no cluw what's up with them. yes i know they still need the olympic gold...but i actually did think that they would have retired for good...esp since they ended with an extravagant proposal & engagement what was it? 2 seasons back...i think...

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

As Critical Comes Nearer.

=> whoa so been a while since i've actually commented on news news right?
ok well i guess i'll just breifly go over a few things since it's getting late.

=> MR PATRICK CHAN is planning a quad for next season!!! which means he will join mr kevin reynolds as the next generation of quad...dukes.
i say dukes only because alexei, tim, and mr ugly face were the quad kings.
then respectively, stephane and brian were the quad princes.
so i guess now the "demotion" just keeps going and they're now quad dukes. =O
anywho, just SUPER excited for him!!

=> so rumour has it (and confirmed by the russian federation) that mr. ugly face is coming back for next season. all i have to say is, how big does your ego have to be to try and get 3 olympic medals especially after you won the last one.

=> isabel and olivier...she's pregnant with her boyfriend's kid. he's practicing with marie-france as a temporary spot. there's less than a year until olympics. if i remember correctly, they're not going to be ready to compete in any grand prixs or anything. oh and marie-france and patrice did their choreography. not that i don't like them. they're pretty amazing dancers. it's just that, i think isabel's pushing herself too hard or at least she should have thought about the consequences first sheesh.

=> strong canadian team going into olympics. contenders in all fields. in three categories are current medallists. in all four are medallists since the last olympics. Good Luck kids!!! and Have Fun!!!

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

SOI09: TeeDot.

=> well i finally took the time to look at the stars on ice pics sharon posted on facebook. but since i didn't watch it, and well kept missing/not paying attention to big chunks of it when it aired a while back ago, i can't really talk about it much. although according to sharon, it was REALLY REALLY good. which is quite understandable since when i went a few years ago, i found it to be REALLY REALLY good.

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

Oh Bryce, I Love You And All But…

=> but please I’m begging you, stop hurting jess! I know she’s not unfamiliar with getting injured but stilllllllll. Not to make you feel guilty or anything but it was only like 2 seasons ago where she had to get 80 stitches on her cheek (via 4CC accident). And besides, why a 3 twist in a gala? It’s just a gala, you can play it safe with a simple 2 twist. But then again your 3 twists are pretty solid….well clip’s here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlS0YQEyOro
Thank God that jess is fine, wouldn’t want another tatiana totmianina concussion now do we?

Coming To A Close.

=> my mistake last post, jess and bryce were bronze last yr, not silver. (but it doesn't make much of a difference comcidering in the big scheme of things)

=> so now that WC09 is over, it's time to wait for the world team trophy. which i'm pretty sure is japan open taken over by isu. so instead of it being JO09, it's WTT09.
eh doesn't make that big of a differnce i guess? except for more protocols and rules? eg. having only the top 6 countries instead of having continents competing.
canadian ownage? well quite possible concidering how it was canadian ownage at worlds.

=> WC09, A Look Back.
dance - GO TESSA! GO SCOTT! GO TESSA! GO SCOTT!
and that is what canadians are made out of. we are tough i tell ya, tough!
surgery on both legs, practice beginning in october (or was it dec), only 3 full program run thoughs going into worlds, and now clinging onto bronze.
they're new lift is frickn amazing
http://media.hamiltonspectator.topscms.com/images/d4/2c/66fa9a4e49299ca71d291d1608f2.jpeg
especially in this costume, and it makes scott o much sexier too *wink* ok their pink floyd costume at nations were just =s
now as for the other teams. oksana domnina looks better as a blonde. as good as tan and ben are and as much as i love them, i'm sorry they have no chemisty on ice. to me it's just all technical after technical after technical.
CHARLIE!!!!!!!!!! <33

pairs - yes, sadly it was a disappointing skate for us. watching the programs, you can really just see jess's nerves during the short and then chain reaction rolling into the long, trying to make up those points and pushing it too hard.
it's ok. only next yr techinically matters LOL

mens - HELL YEA! that's what i'm talking about. and patrick chan is on the rise!!! but sweetie, you need to learn when to hold your tongue. there comes a point where you should just stop talking about brian to the press and save it for your friends. but other than that, good job! *applause* it was soooo cute how he was shushing the boos after the short. stupid inexpienced judges.
but anywho. EVAN LYSACEK, 2009 WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION!! *woot woot* now all my lovies are world champs. as to quote my personal message on msn, "5 years, 4 people, 4 champions, 4 eras, 4 loves. Forever SEBJ." now how did i know back then that all 4 of them will become world champs one after the other. (well actually i didn't know, they were just my faves. hott faves too)
oh brian. what can i say for you. as cute as you are and as much as i love you, you've let your ego go too far. what happened to the brian we use to see as the one who STRIVED to work to become world champion? you're the brian now that thinks he DESERVES to be world champion. from what i can remember you don't even have a solid quad in competition anymore. the days where you landed 3 quads was way back when stephane was still skating. it seems like because all of your "stronger" challengers are gone, you're cutting youself a LOT of slack and simply putting it as, "I'm going to win because i have a quad." nope, wrongo. neither jeff or evan doesn't have a consistant quad, pat doesn't even have a quad.

at last, ladies - its the era of the rochette rocket!!
joannie does us proud. theres really not much else to say, she's worked so hard and it's finally paid off. next stop, vancouver 2010.

oh wow theres in a way you can say that technially there are 17 counties that own the worlds. the 17 counties that get multiple spots next yr at worlds.

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

WC09 pairs.

=> for pairs the contenders are:
homies jess dube & byce davison and meagan duhamel & craig buntin. 2nd and 4th last yr, this yr we'll do better ;)
you can never forget the chinese teams when talking about pairs, qing pang & jian tong and dan zhang & hao zhang. hao zhang is so jokes =)
aliona savchenko & robin szolkowy, self explainitory
yuko kavaguti & alexander smirnov
keanuna mclaughlin & rockne brubaker..?

hardcore cheering for: jess & byce, meags & craig, aliona & robin (i love aliona's name, can't blame me LOL)
possible results: aliona & robin, jess & bryce, zhangs. (*pst* if aliona & robin screw up, jess and byce can take the title!!)

=> ok i lied, it's gonna be 3 posts and not 4. dance is gonna be here too.
contendies!!:
me loves me homies =) vanessa crone & paul poirer (REPRESENT!), tessa virtue & scott moir. not too sure how things will play out for tessa and scott since tessa IS recovering and i know how long that can take and how hard it is to jump back onto the train.
sinead kerr & john kerr, heehee loved john in a kilt last season and both of them silvering their hair was just totally them
iunno why but i tend to think of these two as the sorta tessa and scott of italy, anna cappellini & luca lanotte.
federica faiella & massimo scali, well about them...i thought they only came back for torino06... -_^
from the other powerhouse, oksana domnina & maxim shablin and jana khokhlova & sergei novitski.
from the stateties, tanith belbin & ben agusto and meryl davis & charlie white. we'll see how ben's back turns out, other than that, CHARLIE!!!!!!!! <33
nathalie pechalat & fabian bourzat, well they're names are getting thrown around more often now so i guess they deserve at least a shout out.

cheering hardcore for: tessa & scott, vanessa & paul, kerrs, meryl & charlie.
possible results: i really have no clue. you have 3 of the top teams coming back from injury... and then CHARLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <33

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

WC09 ladies.

=> so instead of one HUGE post, i decided to have 4 smaller posts.

=> so now for the ladies contenders:
homegirls cynthia phaneuf and joannie rochette are a must on this list. cynthia, yes she's been a bit =s the last few years but i think that she's slowly climbing back. and joannie has been absolutely AMAZING since torino06, especially this season.
laura lepisto & suanna poykio, anything can happen with these girls. too bad kiira korpi couldn't make it this yr =(
carolina kostner, what this girl has too much of is speed (something that other skaters can only wish for). once she can grab onto those horns she will go way far.
from the powerhouse, miki ando, mao asada, fumie suguri. it's good to see fumie back =) and hopefully miki ando can keep her chi through this competition unlike last yr. as for mao, i say screw her, grrr, judges need to start seeing her jumps for what they really are. SUPERLY underrotated.
yu na kim, she is absolute the whole package when it comes to this field.
the girls from the states, alissa czisny & rachel flatt...well good luck to them i guess. i mean i you could become national champion with a big klerplat in a country who's nurtured so many amazing skates...well you get my drift.
shout out to sarah meier!! she's soooooo pretty!! heehee

cheering hardcore for: joannie, caro, fumie, and yu na
possible results: it's honestly a hardcore battle and toss up between joannie, yu na, and mao

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

WC09 mens.

=> once again its time for the one and only WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh this season has been all ups and downs, inconsistancy, and underdogs.
so just a brief on what i think might happen this year (and hope will happen).

=> men's - contenders would be:
kevin vd perren (iunno why but i love this guy and always just have to root for him)
homeboys p chan, vaughn chipeur, and jeremey ten. dispite the fact that according to my friend, jeremy looks like a ill childy.
tomas verner? not quite sure about him anymore... since he was afterall euro champ last season but hasn't been too consistant after that.
brian joubert, we can never leave him out.
samuel contesti, you know he's an up and coming name and has the marks to do ok but hasn't shown me too much for me to really concider him a threat.
from the powerhouse of figure skating, takihiko kozuka and nobunari oda. kozuka really came out of nowhere and shocked us all at SA...just really though kiddo, get rid of the bowling shirt costume.
the boys from down south aka the guys from the states, they should do fairly well. afterall, evan lysacek is 2 time bronze and jeremy abbott was able to dethrown evan from his national title.
the sweeds? well they're hott so i guess i'll give a shout out to them.

cheering hardcore for: p chan & vaughn, and evan.
possible results: p chan, evan or kozuka, brian


if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

No, Can't Be.

=> Rumours have been flying around this for what seems like ages now.
Mr. Ugly Face (aka Plushenko) is planning for a comeback in time for Van2010. *rolls eyes* Come on, how much more do you want? you already have an olympic gold, is that NOT enough? ugh
what an cocky egotistic ugly face. good thing he caught the flu recently...too bad they say its nothing major.
I know its not nice to speak bad things about people, but why can't he just like superly break his leg or hurt his back or something so he won't be able to be at even 50% by the time 2010 rolls around and then WD (if he DOES decide to be a bum and try to comeback).

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.

Um...So Long Time No... Post.

=> Sorry bout that pretty much skipped over the whole GP series, Euros, both Canadian and US Nationals, AND 4CC. *sigh*
Well...I guess that the good news would be that Worlds are right around the corner and of couse, being Canadian and all, I'm superly ecstatic that we have contenders in all four fields. Super strong National Team this year and excellent performances and results to show for it.
Tessa, really hope that you're able to get back to 100% asap!!! *hugs*

=> I really do hope I'll be able to blog Worlds and not be over fagaladaed with school.

if0nly On Ice.,
- Mag.