Glorious

I got to do something today I've been wanting to do for months. I got to stay in bed - my own bed - till after noon. I slept some, I watched some TV. It was glorious.

Now it's up and at 'em (when I was little I thought that expression was "up and atom"), and back on the road.

I watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics last night, a great deal of it whilst on the phone with my sister. I don't know why we didn't just get together to watch it, it's not like we live more than 2 miles from each other, but it was still fun. (Shades of Reeeeeeeeeeeno and watching the football games in the hotel room while we were on the phone with Mike, Man of Mystery.)

Anyway, there were three things we decided in watching:

1- There sure are some cute boys in other countries, especially the Netherlands.

2 - Anything where people are in slow motion suspended by wires is pretty damn cool.

3 - There seem to be a lot of old people in the Olympics.

#3 on this list intrigued us almost as much as #1. What are all these old people doing in the Olympics? From what we're figuring it's either equestrian, sailing, or shooting. Now, we don't have a horse, nor a boat. But dammit, we can afford a gun. And as my sister says, "Hell, in shooting, all you do is lay on the ground! We're in!" So look for us in 2008, if we're not in jail for accidentally shooting someone in the face beforehand. Or should that be "'accidentally' shooting someone in the face?"

So, I normally hate these opening ceremony things. But the one last night had some pretty cool stuff in it, like the people made up to look like statues (and they really did), and the people who were made up to look like old black and white photographs (and they really did). But my favorite thing of all was the women who carry the signs announcing what country is marching in next. They were wearing dresses that looked like Grecian urns. I swear I'm gonna mix up some papier mache and make me one of those dresses. I don't know where I'm going in it, though - I wouldn't fit in my car to go anywhere.

Oh well, onwards and upwards with the day.