Watching your programs got me through lock down after lock down. I promised I would do 3 things after they ended. 1) take up figure skating. 2) go to Japan (finally) 3) and see you skate in real life.
And for what it felt like, for the first time in my life achieved all 3 of those things.
Thank you for gift and inspirering me.
So now is a good time to make 3 more promises to myself. 1) pass my elementary pattern test and compete in a skating competition. 2) work harder at my art. 3) see you skate again.
So lately I've been wanting to pick up roller skating again after *mumbles* 20+ years, and this last week I decided to take the plunge. Bought myself some skates, they fit perfectly, and I'm so excited.
Now, I'm gonna narrate my journey to being a competent skater on ye olde Tumblr.com for a couple different reasons. 1. to motivate myself to actually do this thing and 2. because I see this attitude on this site all the time that after a certain not-even-very-old-age we are 'too old' to learn new things. I am 35 years old, overweight, and effectively a beginner at roller skating.
And I am GONNA DO THIS THING.
Day 1:
Put skates on and waddled across my apartment parking lot. Fell once*. Very sad I scuffed my new skates but reminded myself that that was going to happen anyway and now they have character!
I discovered that skates on concrete like to slowly drift backward which is disconcerting. Also, I looked up proper skating posture beforehand and I totally blew it, so that's what I'm going to work on next.
Currently watching Beginner Skating videos on Youtube. I will try to remember to post updates once a week or so. Wish me luck!
*technically I fell twice but I don't count the first one because I wasn't sure I could stand up from the ground so I put my skates on in a chair and, uh, the chair fell over so I ended up standing up from the ground anyway.
I want to see how simon’s friends back in ooo are responding to the fact that he went missing. I like to imagine that at least either finn or marceline came to check up on him since finn’s the only person he’s opened up to, and marceline is the last person he SPOKE to before disappearing off the face of the earth without warning.
So while they’re freaking out bc their friend who was last seen having a mental health crisis has gone missing, simon’s out there getting flirted at by himself while his old oc’s tag along and dunk on him constantly.