Figure Skating is so fun! ヾ( ˃ᴗ˂ )◞ • *✰ never let your whimsy die!!

Thursday 18th December 2025

Welcome back to the pavilion mina-mina!! lizaveta checking in with a slightly late update (๑>؂•̀๑)

Hope everyone's doing well! The winter blues have been getting to me too... mais non!!! we must stay hype!!

Sorry I didn't post last week (╥‸╥) I had another job interview that I decided I needed to lock in for. I hope it went well, but tbh I'm not feeling so great abt it!! OH WELLLLL!! ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

Everything feels so uncertain. Like, I have every possible choice in front of me, but theyre all equally murky, and I'm so freakin worried that I'm not making the right choice! I thought your early twenties were supposed to be the best years of your life, but this totally bites!

I was so nervous about the future that I started hyperfocusing on this animation of me dancing (its a trace of popstep from the mha first op) and I forgot to eat or sleep for a few days. Like, I had no appetite even though I knew I should go eat, and I felt fatigued but I somehow couldn't bring myself to stop working on it. Jean says I should get tested. whatevrrrrrrrrrrrr (˶˃⤙˂˶)

Well, I finally crawled into bed and fell asleep. I did my interveiw. And afterwards, I really wanted to do something fun. I really love ice skating! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂)⸝♡ I took lessons during my final year of uni, and stopped to study for finals. Once my exams finished and I moved to London I just never picked it back up. Busy job hunting ig. (ᵕ— ᴗ —) There was no rink in my uni town so I used to get up early every sunday and take the train to the nearest city. At the time I totally hated having to get up and go, but now its a fond memory.

First I went to Streatham ice rink and took a spin around the ice. It was kind of scary after so long, but fun. Really, really fun. I had to remind myself how to do it right; shoulders back, core engaged, head up, knees bent, feet turned slightly out, etc...

I'm the kind of person that... moving in a natural way isnt intuitive to me. I have poor perception of myself in physical space, I guess. It helps to look in a mirror, and to keep in mind which muscle groups to engage. So it takes me a lot of time to learn physical skills, and I've never been any good at sports. I tried really hard with skating though! I used to read training manuals, and watch youtube tutorials, and arrive at the rink 2hrs early to practice. I guess I'm only mentioning all that because I want to be praised for my hard work (っ,,- ‸ - ,,ς) kind of embarassing to admit tbh.

A couple days later I went skating again, to Canary Wharf this time. The ice was a lot worse (temporary and outside rinks tend to have wet and bumpy ice), but the surroundings were so coooooooooooool. You're bracketed by these gigantic tall skyscrapers and their big glittering lights. When I see those lights, it really feels like things are gonna be okay, yknow?

Today's mood: doing my best to glide through life

I'm listening to: Do No Harm (Atrial Mix) By Jamie P, Marcy Nabors Ft. Penny Parker

Reccommended manga: Medalist by TSURUMAIKADA

I actually got into ice skating cos I read Medalist! This manga has some of the most fluid art I've ever seen (the characters seriously dance across the page!!! its incredible!!) and it explained all the aspects of figure skating from the very beginning and in such a fun way that I got hooked. The story is really emotional and rare, it'll resonate with anyone who has experienced failure and has felt behind their peers. Read the first chapter online and you'll get it. you'll get itttttttt ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

lizaveta signing off for now! （○゜ε＾○）