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It's been the kind of week that requires a pic 
of happy Johnny with a J over his head. 

Exclusive photo © David Ingogly. 

Please be sure to click twice 

for glorious full-size view.

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Kayso I've finally arrived at Friday in my own personal Week Of The Never-Ending April Fool's Day About Which I Can Only Say LOLWUT So Instead Let's Focus On Johnny News Which Includes The Following Important Developments:

"The Ice King That Melts My Heart"

Johnny on Fashion Police 

after being introduced by Joan Rivers as 

"The Ice King that melts my heart." ♥

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Kayso in our ongoing adventure titled "Shows I Would Never Ever Watch Except That Johnny's On Them So Now I've Recorded His Episode Like Three Times Just In Case," we present Johnny's appearance on Joan Rivers' Fashion Police last Friday, in which he was, as the video description below notes, "cute, funny and effervescent... He shares his best and worst looks, his philosophy on fashion..." And he was a hit, of course, as seen in just a few samples of the tsunami of Twitter love he received that is customary after his every appearance:

Timeless

Johnny.

Exclusive photo © David Ingogly.

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This series of photos was shot at the Holiday Dreams on Ice 2012 post-show VIP party, held in a small hotel bar near the Long Island rink.

Johnny was tired, having had a very long rehearsal the night before that ended sometime after midnight, a full day of dress rehearsals the day of the show, multiple performances in the actual show itself, and after-show photographs at the rink. Then he had to hurry and scrub off all his makeup, change clothes, redo his hair, gather all his things, and arrive to spend hours more at the meet-n-greet.

Yet, as always, his beautiful energy when he entered the room was magnetic.

Throwback Thursday: Blogoversary!

Yes!! Johnny's cooking things up 
on Food Network again! 

He'll be one of the competitors on Season 3
of Chopped All-Stars, premiering in April. 

Screencap from the preview video below!

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Oh hai.

Yes, I'm still editing that manuscript. Only 361 billion more pages to go...

But I glanced up from my screen long enough to notice that today is February 28, which, besides being the last day of the longest shortest month ever, is also the third blogoversary! Which is traditionally the "leather" anniversary, so here:

"If I Could Be Anyone in the World, I Would Be Johnny Weir"

Johnny accepts the first annual

"Johnny Weir WinterPride Award" 

on the ice at the Penns Landing Rink during 

Philadelphia's WinterPride celebration last Friday 

(yes, the award is actually named after him). 

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More than 15 years ago, a young Pennsylvania boy laced up a pair of ice skates and taught himself how to glide among the remains of cornstalks on the frozen Amish-country fields behind his house.

On Friday—three national titles, two Olympics, and one World medal later—he returned home to be honored with the very first "Johnny Weir WinterPride Award," presented by the Office of the Mayor on behalf of the City of Philadelphia.

Something Beautiful

Johnny.

Exclusive photo © David Ingogly.

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Light

People are like stained-glass windows. 

They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, 

but when the darkness sets in, 

their true beauty is revealed only if 

there is a light from within. 

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Incomparable

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A celebration in brief picspam

of the artist and athlete 

whose presence is deeply missed

at this year's US National Championships 

and still hoped-for at next year's; 

whose boundary-smashing influence is seen 

in programs and costumes in rinks around the world; 

who, each time he steps onto the ice, 

takes his audience on a journey of 

fierce elegance, grace, and expressiveness, 
in which we leave the world behind 

and are spellbound by something 

more like performance art 

than an ice-skating program; 

and whose tremendous natural talent—

Dick Button once described his skating as "liquid gold"—

remains a still-marvelled-at phenomenon 

in the fickle world of competitive figure skating:

The one and only

Johnny Weir.

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Captain Glitter Fights On

Johnny listens to the explanation 

of this week's challenge from Rachael—who had just 

greeted her own team, "Hello champs!"—with 

a look that prompted this question on Twitter: 

"Is there an Emmy for best bitchface 

in a competition-based reality show?"

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Golden

Johnny, photographed in near darkness 

that caused the camera to interpret the limited 

available light as reds and golds.

Exclusive photo © David Ingogly.

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A year ago tomorrow, Johnny announced his return to competitive skating, with Victor by his side and high hopes in the hearts of fans everywhere.

It was a golden moment.

Random Thursday Roundup

Random HDOI photo #1: Johnny at the end 

of Gangnam Style, the opening group number. 

Exclusive photo © David Ingogly. 

Amazingly huge full-size version here.

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So today is just a mishmash of things we need to catch up on as I haven't had a chance to blog since Monday and so here's everything that's happened since then which most importantly is this: Yay! He's safely home!

And also this stuff.

Swan Prince

Johnny acknowledges the crowd 

at the end of his Swan Lake performance 

in this screencap from Stars on Ice: Japan Tour 2013.

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