MY NEW BACKGROUND, AND WHY + EXCITEMENT ABOUT CATCHING FIRE (MOVIE)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I am writing about my new background. As you may have noticed, it's of a train (you might not see the train). I chose this background because one, it's going so fast it's unbelievable, and 2, it reminds me of the train in the Hunger Games.
More about the Hunger Games: the new release, Catching Fire is coming out on Amazon on Friday, and I can not wait to see it! For me, my favorite part in both the books and movie(s) is when they're preparing for the Games: the interviews, seeing Cinna...

RASPBERRY TARTS ARE DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I have discovered my new found interest ( in the category of foods/desserts) : raspberry tarts. I've never liked them much before, that is before I ate one at Le Pain Quotidien, a restaurant that I went to before heading to the dentist, where I am sitting now. Anyway, the next time I go back to Le Pain Quotidian, I know what I'll be ordering!

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CAROLINA KOSTNER : 2014 SOCHI BRONZE MEDALIST FOR LADIES' FIGURE SKATING

Carolina Kostner won the Olympic Bronze medal for Ladies' Figure Skating this year. Her 2 last Olympics had been disastrous, so I'm happy that she finally won a medal. As I did with Adelina Sotnikova, I will list 5 facts about Carolina Kostner of Italy.

5 interesting and impressive facts about Carolina Kostner:

• Known for her speed across the ice
• Lands triple-triple combinations
• Won gold at the 2012 Nice World Championships
• Won gold at the 2011-2012 Grand Prix Final
• 5 time European champion

:-)

(SIGH) I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE...

My last post was about how unfair the ladies' figure skating Olympics in Sochi were... unfortunately, I guess I should say something positive about Adelina Sotnikova. So here goes...


5 interesting and impressive facts about Adelina Sotnikova:

•  She won gold at the Junior Grand Prix 2010- 2011 in Beijing
• Known for her high and big jumps
• 1st Russian woman to win gold in the ladies' single Olympic event
• Her total score in the Sochi Olympics: 224.59
• She said after winning, " This is the happiest day of my life"

:-)

HOW UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This year's ladies figure skating at the Olympics in Sochi was COMPLETELY UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kim Yuna, my inspiration and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist for ladies figure skating came in second to Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, who won gold. One reason this is COMPLETELY UNFAIR is because one, the judges gave Adelina a higher score because she was Russian. In fact, all of the Russian competitors got a higher score than they deserved! For example: Yulia Lipnitskaya, the Russian 15 year old who was predicted to win gold (she didn't even place in the top 3 though) came in 5th after falling 2 times in each of her 2 performances! Ashley Wagner, an American, came in 7th, though making no mistakes! It's also unfair because two, Adelina tripped once in each of her 2 performances. Kim Yuna made no mistakes, though she attempted slightly less technically difficult jumps, such as the triple salchow. This is what caused her a lower score, but at the same time, the jumps were still very technically difficult, and the whole situation was so outrageous it had about 3 separate articles in the New York Times.






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WINTER OLMPICS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is the Winter Olympics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The figure skating will be intense, according to the last Olympics when Kim Yuna beat Mao Asada. I wonder if Mao Asada will try again at the competition? Will Kim Yuna? Also, there's pair skating to look forward to!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!  

MARK TWAIN AUDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday is my Mark Twain audition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am auditioning for vocals and creative writing/journalism. The creative writing test is fine, but what I'm really not looking forward to is the vocals test. The part of the vocals that I'm scared about is the part where you have to sing in front of over ten other kids. I wish that we could sing in a different room with just the judges. Plus, all of my friends went the previous weekend, so I won't know anyone there.
Though I am dreading singing, my friend who had gone before told me they provide snacks and treats, so at least there's one thing to look forward to. :-)