I have, quite accidentally, wandered into writing my autobiography. Eight years ago, when I was turning 35 and dealing with some huge life changes, I made a playlist of 70 songs – two for each year I’d been alive – that added up to a soundtrack of my life, and I captioned each with a… Continue reading 86 Songs for 43 Years (An Update)
Simone Biles, ADHD, and the Grace of Knowing Your Limits
It’s safe to say that Simone Biles’s life is almost entirely different from mine, but our daily routines overlap in one distinct, important way. Every morning, Biles and I both swallow a pill. The medication we both take, methylphenidate (commonly known in the United States as Ritalin or Concerta), is a controlled substance nearly identical… Continue reading Simone Biles, ADHD, and the Grace of Knowing Your Limits
NCAA Women’s Gymnastics I Loved in 2021
I pretend to not be that into gymnastics, but the truth is, I frequently have NCAA meets streaming in the background during winter weekends, and I have very strong feelings about certain teams and athletes. So when a friend who’s a casual fan (hi Terri!) asked me to link some videos more recent than the… Continue reading NCAA Women’s Gymnastics I Loved in 2021
Some of My Favorite Movies, Part Three
Welcome to Part Three of my pandemic film review series! After ten months of dutifully watching all the movies and TV I had meant to get around to, I got tired of new experiences, made a list of my favorite movies, and started watching them in alphabetical order by title. In this intro post, you… Continue reading Some of My Favorite Movies, Part Three
Some of My Favorite Movies, Part Two
Welcome to Part Two of my pandemic film review series! Ten months into spending all of my time in my apartment wearing sweatpants, I made a list of my favorite movies, and started watching them in alphabetical order by title. In this intro post, you can learn more about the project and find links to… Continue reading Some of My Favorite Movies, Part Two
Some of My Favorite Movies, Part One
Welcome to Part One of my pandemic film review series! Ten months into spending all of my time in my apartment wearing sweatpants, I made a list of all my favorite movies, and started watching them in alphabetical order by title. You can find out far more than you wanted to know about this project… Continue reading Some of My Favorite Movies, Part One
Some of My Favorite Movies: An Introduction
What’s going on here? I made a list of my favorite movies, then decided to watch them all in alphabetical order by title. To keep track of the project, I started writing brief reactions to each movie and sharing them on a private friend group Discord and on Facebook. My friends said they were enjoying… Continue reading Some of My Favorite Movies: An Introduction
Movies I’ve Watched During the Pandemic, Ranked
This blog has been on hiatus for a while. I got busy with work obligations, and then COVID-19 happened. You’d think that staying at home would have given me more time to write about figure skating, but I’m one of the people whose work load actually increased during the pandemic, and also there was no… Continue reading Movies I’ve Watched During the Pandemic, Ranked
Semi-Recent Developments in Ice Dance
If you’re a devoted skating fan, you’ve been juggling simultaneous live streams for the past few weeks, trying to keep up with the deluge of events. If you’re more laid back about your love for figure skating, you might not have known there was anything going on at all. Regardless, there is no way you… Continue reading Semi-Recent Developments in Ice Dance
Great Skating Performances of 2018-19: The Ingenues
Welcome to the second part of my round-up of my favorite performances from the 2018-19 figure skating season! As always, I had approximately one zillion favorites, which I have narrowed down to one competitive program per skater or team. Instead of dividing things up by discipline, I’ve sorted the programs into five broad categories, which… Continue reading Great Skating Performances of 2018-19: The Ingenues