Oh, I loved watching figure skating as a kid. I grew up during the heyday of Torvill and Dean. I went skating about 3 times, and I think it was on the second time that I managed to skate in a straight line without holding on to the rails. What a waste. Anyway, I kinda just grew out of watching figure skating as I got older.

But recently, Poppen Atelier made a Yuzuru Hanyu doll (by the way, his last name is written , so it’s pronounced Ha-nyuu, not Han-yu, and the first character means “wing” or “feather”, which is really cool, as I love it when people’s names match their jobs!). Anyway, she was fangirling him so much, I had to go see what the fuss was about. And I don’t know the first thing about skating, but I really like how hard he is trying. He’s very dedicated. I wish I could have that level of focus for anything at all.

I’ve always preferred watching pairs skating, but the women are nearly always bless your outfit, so it’s no go, but there is a channel called On Ice Perspectives, where the women/girls mostly keep their bums covered.

This one by a brother and sister team, was really nice to watch! It’s so impressive how they do all these complex moves and maintain perfect co-ordination!

Tiny got super into it. Lately, she’s been practising doing the splits. It’s a rite of passage for all six year old girls, I think. And she likes to play at pairs with me, so we kinda look like these two, but a heck of a lot less elegant, and with more picking up so Tiny can do the splits! She’s also really into rally racing as well.

She forced me to be the car.