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World Team Trophy teams mostly announced
Hanyu off the ice for a month
Coupe du Printemps & Mladost Trophy
Polina Shelepen announces defection at Israeli Nationals
Zhan Bush changing coaches
Yankowskas & Reagan and Gainetdinova & Bich split
Media fallout from Worlds includes lots of Russian interviews
Dancing With the Stars premieres
Dijstra elected to Hall of Fame
JGP, GPF, Japanese Nationals, & Worlds locations announced
Russian Cup Finale underway in Tver
Canada adds skaters to Worlds roster, Spain downsizes for strategy
Tanaka out of Junior Worlds, lots of skaters out of Challenge Cup
Bavarian Open concludes with free dances
Hellmut Seibt Memorial takes place in Vienna
Evgeni Plushenko files libel complaint
Lots of people interviewed
Team Week on Dancing on Ice
Brubaker & Berton announce engagement
Yeah, I know, I know, everybody’s watching the Super Bowl instead. But I’ve still done it, did most of it in the afternoon because I had a date tonight, finished up-then did an edit after saving the initial mp3 file because the news had literally just broken of Adam Rippon’s withdrawal, and it’s up: January 28-February 3, 2013
I’m amazed I finished with this one. Starting Friday because Saturday I did pretty much nothing but watch skating, getting depressed enough about the men’s results I didn’t want to report about it, and briefing freaking out when the computer wouldn’t recognize I had the microphone plugged in until I had pulled it in and out several times. But finished in time to enjoy a little Johnny Weir on Food Network: January 21-27, 2013
Weaver, Yan reportedly injured
Golden Spin of Zagreb & Denkova Staviski Cup
Ten different countries hold Nationals
Russia holds Panin Memorial
Grand Prix Finale held in Sochi
Yu-Na Kim returns at NRW Trophy
Johnny Weir & John Coughlin both end seasons early
Emanuel Sandhu shows up at Skate Canada Challenge
Australian Nationals concludes
ISU Development Trophies details announced
October 7, 2012 Yeah, it’s over twenty minutes. It was ten when I finished editing, really chopping the final segment down I might add, and I decided being around twenty minutes long was allowed, even if it was technically over, especially on weeks like this, and when I spent the entire extra nine seconds explaining how I’m stopping because we’re going on too long. Am I glad tomorrow’s a federal holiday. I need the rest!
This week’s headlines:
Carolina Kostner to stay
Cynthia Phaneuf injured
Club competitions in Los Angeles, Vail, Milwaukee, & Texas
Multiple skaters announce music
Interviews with Rukavitsin group in Latvia
All That Skate & The Ice head show announcements
Michelle Kwan carried Olympic torch
By the way, anyone know a good freeware audio editor? I’m about to run out a free trial and trying to find one earlier really did drive me bats. I need it to be able to perform simple tasks, such as attaching .wma files to each other consecutively(which Audacity seemed strangely unable to do…), and then have sections removed. Being able to amplify(I actually amplified the Medal Winners open section on this file, first time I’ve ever done that) and tell exactly where in the timeline certain sounds are would be good bonuses. Meanwhile, I at least had the trial software for the all important Grand Prix week episode: May 21-27, 2012
This was actually my first day at my new job, so I did most of this on Sunday. Which will make recording what actually happens on Sundays harder, though at least it’s Japanese Nationals next week, where the time zones work to my advantage.
