Hi everyone, my name is Alice, I'm 19 and Italian. I first saw Johnny skate at this Olympic winter games, since in Italy figure skatin isn't very followed, unless we have a skater in the competitions. I was very very impressed by his SP, and I was lucky enough to find tickets for the free skate in such a short time (from what we call a "bagarino", someone who has tikets and then, the day of the event, sells them at a higher price). So I managed to see him skate quite close. I wasn't disappointed, there was something about the way he moved on the ice that had me completely, for lack of better words, mesmerized. I am a ballerina in a modern dance company called Aterballetto (for any information, www.aterballetto.it...there's an English version. Ok, advert's over.) so I can really appreciate his artistic, "balletic" side. Since then, I followed him quite obsessively, even staying awake until 5 o'clock in the morning to see his performance at Worlds, and I got to know him through the amazing video library this message board sports. I found this MB quite a lot of time ago, but with tournes and things like that I barely had the time to lurk in the dark, let alone coconct a message in a language that's not mine. Ok, I think I've bored you all enough, bye!
