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by **dominique** » 26 Jun 2010, 21:05

It's true that it's better to lose to someone else than to Argentina. I can understand that.
Kefallonia is one of the Ionian islands like Corfu and Ithaka (homeland of the ancient Ulysses).
I hope you are in for a great vacation this summer (or cruise if you prefer), even if it isn't Santorini!
We all deserve sometime off - it's the only way to clear your mind from all troubling thoughts.
dominique
P.S. By the way when is our darling Plushino going to get sometime off? He has 18 shows coming up in Japan....!!! This year has been hard so far (Europeans, Vancouver). With an aching knee as well... Sounds pretty tough to me...

http://www.youtube.com/user/solangeag1 · by **sosol** » 27 Jun 2010, 00:08

You know, I've started reading Homer over and over again, many times over the years, there's always something more "urgent" that interrupts my reading and I never get back to it, it's so frustrating!!! :ny_tik:

I'm so ashamed to say I've only read parts of those two masterpieces...it's embarassing to have a diploma in literature without having read the classics properly :-(

Sure, I've read other classics and other things, but not having read Homer is my deepest regret, and I'm going to fix that as soon as I finish my PhD!!!!

Our summer here is only going to start in December...and I'm guessing I won't have much of a vacation because of my studies. I'll probably go to a local beach like I did last summer, which is good enough I guess :/

I don't know much about Plushino's current situation, I know he's doing those shows in Japan right now and also most of July, from what I could understand...except for that, they're talking about Russian Cup, that the federation subscribed him there but he doesn't want to go, or something like that. I also heard that he's going to do those surgeries after all, so this season, competitively speaking, is probably over for him. But I'm not sure about any of this information because I've been so busy here, I've been reading things very quickly and my brain's not really computing the information that my eyes read :ps_ih:

by **dominique** » 27 Jun 2010, 21:36

You doing a Phd!!! :plush46:

Good for you and bravo! You know of course that PhD is short for Doctor of Pholosophy- well done sosol, and I wish you strength (mental strength and stamina) to finish it. :a_g_a:

I'm in the same phase as you information-wise. I try to keep up but my browsing time is very limited so I just scan through the active topics like crazy (click-click-cklick), answer what I can and log out like crazy.
But I am also ecstatic to have found this forum because most of my friends when I talk about figure skating they look at me as if I am a weirdo or something. You see this is Greece not Russia or Canada....
Plushino is on a rollercoaster ride and I do feel for him. :plush32:

I wish he could avoid the surgeries...Orthopaedic surgeries are very painful and the knees need a real master of surgery and still the dangers are many!!
Being a champion is tough I guess it looks shiny, impressive e.t.c. but it's hard.
Spero che Madona proteggera il nostro Zhenya :plush47:

I wish you the best on you studies. I also have a preliminary degree in English Literature and I especially love poetry.
dominique
P.S. Homer is unique. I would suggest Ulysses (Odyssey) it is a very moving and timeless story of a human being who uses his brain and the faith in his own powers to overcome all obstacles. It applies even to modern life.

by **Doll** » 27 Jun 2010, 21:52

Hello everyone! Back from the holiday.
Met some people from the Ukraine over the weekend. Very nice and had conversations about the Olympics, Plushy, and our cultural differences and similarities. It was very interesting.
I do wish Plushy would come a bit closer to us here in the states. It would be nice to see him perform. Doubtful.

by **Dark Star** » 28 Jun 2010, 13:30

I also have a preliminary degree in English Literature and I especially love poetry.

That explains why you write in such a beautiful English. I was already going to ask about it. I always love the way you write.
My marks in languages were quite bad. I´m the typical natural scientist.

http://www.youtube.com/user/solangeag1 · by **sosol** » 28 Jun 2010, 21:45

Sorry Dominique, I was going to reply to you but then I read the bad news about Plushy and now I'm just TOOO ANGRYYYY to write anything!!!!! ARGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHGHGHGH

Well, in fact I and other people did write, MONTHS AGO, but I didn't want to believe this was actually going to happen, because it's so absurd: http://solangeag.spaces.live.com/blog/c ... 6968.entry

And Brazil is going to play in a few moments, I guess I'll vent my frustration by shouting at my TV screen :plush43:

by **dominique** » 28 Jun 2010, 23:23

Dark Star wrote:
I also have a preliminary degree in English Literature and I especially love poetry.

That explains why you write in such a beautiful English. I was already going to ask about it. I always love the way you write.
My marks in languages were quite bad. I´m the typical natural scientist.

Well natural scientist...your English is I could say faultless! :co_ol:

Thanks for your kind remarks anyway. :smu:sche_nie:

What is a natural scientist, if I am not being too nosy??
dominique

by **dominique** » 28 Jun 2010, 23:26

Doll wrote:Hello everyone! Back from the holiday.
Met some people from the Ukraine over the weekend. Very nice and had conversations about the Olympics, Plushy, and our cultural differences and similarities. It was very interesting.
I do wish Plushy would come a bit closer to us here in the states. It would be nice to see him perform. Doubtful.

WELLCOME BACK DOLL!! :bra_vo:

Hope you had a great time on your holidays!
You and I are in the same fan category: the I-haven't -seen -Plushy-and-dying-to......
I wish he could come to Greece too! :plush47:

http://www.youtube.com/user/solangeag1 · by **sosol** » 29 Jun 2010, 01:14

I'm back and more calm now, because at least Brazil won ::yaz-yk:

I'm still mad about the situation with Plush though, I hope his lawyers can file an appeal and things will be ok...

Doll, I'm glad you had a nice holiday :plush45:

I think Plushenko has no objections about going to the US, but having seen all this media circus in Vancouver I think he's not very welcome there...it seems now he has more detractors than fans over there, which is a shame :-(

Oh, it'd be so great to be able to actually TALK about Plushenko..it's like Dominique said, this is Brazil, people don't even know (and those who do, don't care) what figure skating is...:/ That's why I come here and Facebook to write - it's not the same as talking, but it's much better than nothing :-):

And I'll join your I-haven't -seen -Plushy-and-dying-to club!!! But the chances of him going to Greece are bigger than coming to Brazil I think!! He's been there on summer vacations if I'm not mistaken...imagine you're out there in Greece and bump into him by chance?! How cool would that be, even if it's not the same as watching him skate.

dominique wrote:You doing a Phd!!!
Good for you and bravo! You know of course that PhD is short for Doctor of Philosophy- well done sosol, and I wish you strength (mental strength and stamina) to finish it.
I'm in the same phase as you information-wise. I try to keep up but my browsing time is very limited so I just scan through the active topics like crazy (click-click-cklick), answer what I can and log out like crazy.
But I am also ecstatic to have found this forum because most of my friends when I talk about figure skating they look at me as if I am a weirdo or something. You see this is Greece not Russia or Canada....
Plushino is on a rollercoaster ride and I do feel for him. I wish he could avoid the surgeries...Orthopaedic surgeries are very painful and the knees need a real master of surgery and still the dangers are many!!
Being a champion is tough I guess it looks shiny, impressive e.t.c. but it's hard.
Spero che Madona proteggera il nostro Zhenya
I wish you the best on you studies. I also have a preliminary degree in English Literature and I especially love poetry.
dominique
P.S. Homer is unique. I would suggest Ulysses (Odyssey) it is a very moving and timeless story of a human being who uses his brain and the faith in his own powers to overcome all obstacles. It applies even to modern life.

Thanks, Dominique! I reeeealllyyyy do need mental - and physical!!! - strength to go through this. I say physical because this kind of activity really harms one's body!!! I already have back problems normally, but in the past few years it's gotten worse because I spend too long sitting down, reading, writing, reading, writing...and this gets even worse when the deadlines are approaching and I have to write like crazy. I've written 50 pages in the past month, and until the end of July I'll have to write even more. That wouldn't be a big problem in itself, if it weren't for the huge psychological pressure I feel...the pain's now not only in my back, but my shoulders and neck too for the past 2 months!! I've been having headaches every single day, it's awful. And it's all because of this stress, mainly caused only by myself!! LOL My teacher has high expectations, of course, but so do I, and mine are higher than his for what I know :mi_ga_et:

A few months ago I also had an acute crisis of tendinitis because of the writing...but thankfully that went away :a_g_a:

It'd probably be a good idea to do some sort of regular physical exercise, but right now there's no time. During my master's I went to gym 3 times a week and it helped a lot - but it was SO time-consuming, I don't know...I'll see what I can do.

I also love poetry!!! In fact, my signature here ("Acidente de tráfego") is a very small poem by a brazilian writer that I like a lot :a_g_a:

But when it comes to writing poems, I'm simply a disaster!! :-)

So I just stick to reading them, hehe! And yes, it's the Odyssey and the Illyad that I want to read. I've bought those books ELEVEN years ago, they're here sitting on my shelf, just gathering dust and spider webs...I'll read them fully one day, though, it's a task I've put myself. As well as reading the Russian classics (those are ALSO gathering dust here, oh my...).

As for Zhenya...I don't worry about the surgeries, he probably has the best specialists at his disposal. The problem is AFTER the surgeries...I don't know, I think he already risked too much coming back to figure-skating. But hey, I'm not complaining!!!!! I loved it :ta_n_cor:

It's just that I keep thinking how his joints and bones and everything will be when he's my father's age... ::yaz-yk:

by **aysu** » 29 Jun 2010, 01:18

Odyssey is really a masterpiece,i've read it years ago and i would gladly read it again :plush32:

I'm in the same category of Evgeni fans.I want to see him skating in front of me soo much and i know there's no way he would come here.But a few years ago there were rumours here that supposedly he and Edvin Marton would come here but it turned up to be a story. :sh_ок:

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