What's All This Then?

I haven't been posting as much lately because I've had much more to do away from the computer, and when I'm not being busy, I've been watching the Olympics! This has resulted in a great deal of crochet o=


The Busy:
As you know, I've been volunteering at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This last Sunday was my second day in training. It's going well, but it is pretty tiring (for someone who's been sitting on their butt most of the winter anyway XP). It didn't help that this last weekend was a holiday, and the annual Pebble Beach golf tournament (a star studded event) was also going on. It took me over two hours to drive home, usually 45 minute to an hour, gah! D:

In addition to the volunteering, I signed up for the ceramics class at community college. I've been taking classes out of this lab on and off for the last ten years, so the teacher knows me pretty well, and I get to work on a lot of my own projects. I want to start getting more serious about my ceramics as I am considering going back to college to get an MFA. Also, the Aquarium's Guide Class (to become a real guide instead of an apprentice) is starting this next week, so Monday through Wednesday, I'll be spending my evenings at one class or the other.

Finally, I find myself driving to Capitola tomorrow to pay the insurance on my car. Apparently, it lapsed almost a month ago... long story, and totally not my fault :D
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The Olympics:
I wasn't going to watch too much of the Olympics this year. I almost totally tuned out the summer games two years ago. I do really enjoy the winter games however, and find myself staring at the TV with everyone else. I thought the opening ceremonies were pretty cool. Their projector doohickeys and special effects were neat, and I'm especially impressed that they had a slam poet, but I was disappointed that a lot (if not all) of the singing and tap dancing noises were obviously dubbed. Not cool. Also, there's a giant raptor fence surrounding the Olympic Flame, so people can't get up close, or even take a nice picture. Not cool. And let's not get into the Luge track...

I enjoy the snowboard cross. I like snowboards, and it is my dream to some day be on one (this is a monetary and distance issue). In the meantime, I just watch the cross :B
Most things that are racing oriented are interesting to me. I like the long track speed skating and have been watching some skiing. I like the one with all the bumps and jumps and flips (you know with the funny name... Moguls).

Finally, I started watching Ice Skating again. I stopped for a while because I found so much of it to be un-compelling. It has been more about doing tricks than artistry in recent years, and the way they have the points set up, a lot of the scoring seem nonsensical. Also, it seems like many of the new skaters are less skilled than they were in the past. I feel like a big fumble used to be relatively rare, but most of the top ten pairs all had big fumbles tonight. Did it used to be like this? Am I suffering from selective memory? I durno :S

I was totally prepared to be against the top two Chinese pairs, but I found them to be very good (and pretty adorable), and the Germans were also very good despite their problems. The two American pairs didn't place highly, but I liked them both, particularly Evora and Ladwig. Overall, I think a lot of the artistry, the dance, that I have been missing is coming back, so it is becoming interesting again. But please Olympics, can we get rid of the skate grabbing thing?

:P