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[macaroni-rascal]

Skate Canada Day 1!

Pairs short program:

A pairs event with not a single actually fall???? Did I dream it??????

The Polish team Chtchetinina/Wozniak turned the party, the crowd loved them, and they really started the energy train that did not stop the entire event, they were magnetic and I loved them!

Laurin/Ethier looked tight from the warm up and you could tell they were just going to be off in their performance, which is a shame, that death spiral wobble was a bummer

Hocke/Kunkle kept that short program, and they seem to like skating it, which is good for them, I was a bit bored.

My queen Deanna Stellato-Dudek is perfect and can do no wrong amen amen amen

Women's short program:

ALYSA LIU! MY GIRL! What a lovely program, and skated with such feeling. Her skating first and leading for so long gave me Tessa and Scott at 2017 Worlds vibes. Iconic of her tbh

Kaiya had a nice program, but she's still skating like a junior to me, and her combo looked under from where I was sitting, and her score reflects that

I zoned out of Sara-Maude's, Yelim Kim's, and Elyce Lin-Gracey's programs, all of them were snore fests that I could not pay attention to.

Kimmy Repond created such a moment, the crowd felt like it wasn't breathing, it was so cool.

So glad Maddie got that skate, she has areas that can be polished, but this was awesome for her! She's in with a small chance for a medal if she skates well

Moment of silence of Kurakova, that was rough

Hana Yoshida's program is so sick, loved it.

KAORI! I cannot believe this is the second time I get to see her live, what a gift! Her speed and attack is unmatched. Loved her.

General thoughts:

Truly took me half way through the pairs to realize that giant ass moose is because our hockey team is the Halifax Mooseheads. So....that's an oops.

Grand Prix's are 10000 times better that Worlds. Worlds is too long, too much, too everything. I was in and out and 3 hours, and that's how I like it.

Had some fun convos with two old ladies sitting behind me, they were super awesome, shoutout to Edna and Simone.

Excited for tomorrow!