Montgomery Gold Medal Run

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Ladies' 1000m Nesbitt gold

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Maelle Ricker post-race interview

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Olympics in PJ's

Other than the usual volunteering on Saturday morning I have been watching the Olympics ALL WEEKEND! Yes, as usual, my life revolves around exciting international competitions. And, the best way to watch sports is to do it in my pj's. I have to go out for dinner today and therefore get dressed in actual clothes, but hopefully they'll have the Olympics on during the meal. It will be a very long 2 weeks but I'm looking forward to it. I am off the second week and will actually be going to curling. Yay! Unfortunately I couldn't afford more games but at least I'll get to experience what it's like for one day. It may however take half the day to get to the event and back thanks to all the bloody tourists, street closures, etc. No offense to the Olympic visitors.

Olympic highlights so far:

Ashley MacIsaac was a tapping and fiddling fiend during the opening ceremonies, Anne Murray was one of the flag bearers, and Steve Nash was one of the torch bearers.

Jennifer Heil got a silver medal - I know she wanted Gold but she did have a great run and got Canada on the board.

The Canadian women's hockey team dominated their game against Slovakia with a record setting 18 goals. The Slovakian goalie blocked 49 other shots.

The Canadian women's speed skating relay team qualified for the next round.

Charles Hamelin qualified for the next round of the 1000m on Wednesday. Oh, and I think I have a bit of a crush on Oliver Jean...but don't tell anyone.

More to come.

Typical Sunday Update

This is the first Sunday in several weeks that I haven't had ANY plans, at all, i.e. none. This means I got to sleep in (8:30 + 1/2 hr contemplating getting out of bed), eat cookies for breakfast, completely chill out, do dishes (50% done...), laundry, clean, fill up bird feeders, take out the garbage, play ALOT of Bloons Tower Defense 4, and more. And, it's only 3:55 p.m. That means I still have 6-7 more hours to do stuff, or not. I LOVE SUNDAY!

Among all of the exciting activities listed above I also spent my iTunes gift card and downloaded a crap load of music:

Sonic Youth, Goo, with one of my fav Guitar Hero songs to play 'Kool Thing'
K'Naan, Troubadour, which I am totally digging right now
Great Lake Swimmers, Song Sung Blue, which was only $3.99 - Woot woot!
Up in the Air Soundtrack, because I couldn't get enough of the 'This Land Is Your Land' (the Sharon Jones, & The Dap Kings version)
D'Angelo, Voodoo, due to a friend's recommendation as the musical manifestation of sex, and it is pretty sexy and funky

I paid a bit more than the gift card but I am very excited about all the new tunes. I love the music I have I'm just a bit bored with it so having some stuff to listen to for a while adds to my overall well being, etc. I still have to get a new car stereo, but at least I got to listen to it as I did dishes and chores today. And, I'm updating the old iPod for good measure.

I also spent $70ish of my Starbucks gift card horde on Friday and got a few pounds of coffee and gifts for my secret pal (it's a work thing, and our last gift-giving is Tuesday). I had over $100 bucks in gift cards and my wallet is getting stretched out. I still have quite a few gift cards to use up, not just Starbucks, but I have at least made a respectable dent in the pile. Spending gift cards feels like I'm getting things for free, though technically I am spending someone's money, which I really enjoy.

I guess that's it for now.

Oh so tired

Admittedly, I have spent a fair amount of my spare time over the past couple of weeks playing Bloons Tower Defense 4. There are a few maps I can't beat on Hard, so I keep trying and trying to no avail. I have been learning a fair amount about insects for this display I'm doing at the Zoo, namely that spiders are not insects at all. They are related but not actually insects. Knowledge has made the cockroaches slightly less replusive, at least behind glass, so I even watched the Hissing Cockroaches do their cockroach thing for a few minutes today. The baby cockroaches even made me think 'oh, that's cute...for a cockroach'. I did get the uber heebee geebees (sp?) the other day flipping through this book all about insects and spiders, so I'm not immune to their bugginess completely. I am just growing in my appreciation and understanding for all the world's creatures, in baby steps. I am heading to the annual Snowball ballroom competition tomorrow for the amateur event with some of my co-workers again this year. I am looking forward to it but thinking about being out all day again tomorrow is making me feel even more tired. I need a vacation which is ridiculous since it's ony been a few weeks. Luckily I am off in February for a week when Janet B. is here for the Olympics so I just have to focus and keep it together until then.


Here are some of my new arthropod friends:

Crack

Okay, so a few weeks before I left for the Peg I got my windshield replaced. The day before I left I got hit by a rock and there was a chip - which by the way PISSED me off. But, I couldn't take it in 'cause I was leaving. When I got back and drove it on Monday there was a crack. The crack is lengthening. This is very upsetting. I get $10 off or something like that for fixing my first chip, but it's not my fault the chip turned into a crack before I could take it in. Do I wait for it to spread across my windshield and then get into an accident and have my face cut up by giant shards of glass? Or do I take it in and have them tell me they can't repair and I must get my 4th windshield?FOURTH! F-ing hell.