hello again, fellow scholars!

over winter break my girlfriend julia and i really wanted to go ice skating together, but, when we finally made time to go the rink in syracuse, it was already closed for the night. as luck would have it though, within a week of getting back to cornell, there was a rose house ice skating event. julia had gone ice skating as a child several times but this was my first time. i snowboard, so i hoped maybe that would translate somehow (it doesn’t). after careening erratically around the ice for a while, with julia skating placidly backwards(?!) next to me our sa, caitlan, gave an invaluable lesson on how to stand up once you inevitably fall over and how to properly move your feet. she taught us other things, like the squiggle swizzle, but my ability to learn new moves quickly hit its ceiling. regardless, julia and i had a blast racing and propelling each other around the rink. we talked about the movie ice princess (she’s good at physics so naturally she’s a good ice skater) for a little while while we watched the zamboni redo the ice (which was much cooler than i assumed it was going to be). once we finished we got udon in college town. (i know this isn’t relevant really, but i love udon so i don’t care.)

overall julia and i had a great date ice skating for the first time. i’d give the experience a 10/10 and would happily recommend it to a top ten friend.

(julia and me irl)