things overheard at lunch

From the "quite possibly a group of carnies" table--"I've seen a lot of things. I've seen a midget at 400lbs."


From the booth behind me--the ring tone for the girl sitting behind me was "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas if I remember correctly. I think I visibly shuddered.


From the guy ordering at the front counter--"How big is the burrito? Six inches? Smaller? Larger?" Makes one wonder what he needed the burrito for exactly...


From me as I consumed my last chip with salsa before heading out, the salsa dripping onto my lovely lavender shirt--"Figures."


Also--is it wrong of me to not be super impressed with Michael Phelps and the number of medals he's getting? I mean, he can compete multiple times during the games so of course he can possibly generate those sorts of numbers. Show me someone who can only have the chance of getting one medal per Olympics who gets those numbers and I'll be really awed.

No surprise

Here's the first negative I've encountered from the changing of jobs. Yesterday I helped a friend clean her sister's house. This effort involved about 1 1/2 hours of squatting and stretching on my part. Holy crap do my thighs hurt today!!

How's this for a downer...read today that some of the shots of the amazing fireworks display from the Opening Ceremonies were computer enhanced!! Seems they were concerned about the helicopter taking the shots being mucked about by all the fireworks. Bummer. Still really pretty though.

Adding things

As you can see, I've added an avatar (they didn't have much to choose from in the non-anorexic category so I've improvised here) and some music. If you'd prefer that the music didn't automatically start, let me know. I like the idea of tunes suddenly appearing, but I do realize that others might not...even if all you have to do is hit the pause button to stop listening. I will warn you that a couple of the songs have a stray F word here and there so perhaps you should keep the volume down at work. Rock out!

Ooooo....Ahhhhhh....

Well, you gotta give China credit. The opening ceremony was flippin' spectacular! I missed the first part, but what I saw was stunning. I'm not sure which I loved more, the above bit with the folks on wires running all around the globe or the bit with the martial artists forming perfect circles as they did their moves (this moment struck my former marching band member's heart). And let's not forget the fireworks! Holy schmoly. I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful chunk of explosions. China definitely played to its strengths--fireworks, story telling through dance, music and art, and tons of athletic skill through the wire work and martial arts.

I was really impressed with their ability to have the spectacle encompass the whole Olympic Village. When NBC pulled out for the wide shots of the fireworks, you could see just how much area the fireworks covered, not to mention the light show on the ground (the pool facility looked amazing). The lighting of the torch was inventive and having that little kid who survived the earthquake doing his best to keep up while walking beside Yao Ming gave it a good "weepy" factor.

Can't wait to see what they do for the closer.