Crisis Averted

Ok, first off, the music time limit crisis is over. I have a new cut of the music that brings it down to less than the 1:40 limit so yay! My coach assured me that we will be fine :)

Second, I emailed Brad Griffies asking him which color crystals would work best with the new dress. I really didn't expect an answer but he wrote me back! Neat! So now I have some expert opinions about stoning the new dress once it gets here (the ship date is December 21st). His first suggestion is that, if I really want the sparkle, I should go with the classic crystal AB. However, for a more subtle sparkle (which is what I really want) he likes to use jet hematite on the black fabric and either a black diamond or a crystal silver night on the steel fabric. I'm glad he said this because that confirms what I was thinking in the first place so that is probably what I'll go with then. He also suggested that, once the dress arrives, I can go to a craft store like Michael's and I can buy some small packs of Swarovskis in these colors and place them on the dress to see what looks best before I commit to ordering 6 gross of stones just to discover that I don't like the way it looks. That's a good idea. Ugh, let's just hope I don't screw it all up. That would be a very expensive mistake.

Third, I went to APEX last night for some practice but it was super busy. Really, it was difficult to get anything done. I figured it would be busy (it usually always is) but I thought I would at least have room to work on small jumps from a stand-still or some spins. Alas, that was not the case. I ended up staying 45 minutes and didn't really have any victories in terms of progress. One thing that I have noticed lately is, since I've started practicing the flip jump in a small area and really slow, the fear is virtually gone now. However, I guess it's a give and take type thing because now my problem is the technique is way worse. I'm spending way too much time turning on the launching toepick and not enough time actually in the air. It's a garbage jump now but at least I'm not scared. I feel like I will never get this together properly.