What a fricken day! After being up till 4:30 am last night trying to straighten out the server issues, and waking up to a broken blog this morning, I finally got it all worked out. I’m kicking myself for not taking the “Free Site Move” option offered by my new server. I however wanted to change the domain structure between my sites from the old server, so did it myself. Note to self, in the future just let someone else do it . . . even if you have to pay them. Then it’s their wasted hours fixing things!
Since Friday I’ve been immersed in the Olympics. It’s the only time I ever watch sports. I have caught Michael Phelp’s fever, watching him in all his races. I also loves me some gymnastics, but boy did our girls fall a lot last night. I would love to see them win gold, but can they beat China? I don’t know. It’s also very odd to see how very far Romania has fallen in gymnastics.
I do have once complaint, the commercials. I realize advertising during the Olympics is probably akin to the Superbowl because of viewership, just probably not as expensive. However could we really do without the frickin political adds? I mean seriously, we see them enough as is. I just want to enjoy watching the events. It’s political enough that it’s in China, so to add McCain and Obama on top of it is a killjoy!
Finally a pick me up, since I had such a problematic day, all to do with computers. Kylie Minogue’s new video for “The One.” I like it because it’s like an ultra gay commercial for those old Spirograph toys that I remember playing with as a kid. Remember, those things with the interlocking circles and different color pens that made all the funky geometric designs? The video will make you remember if you forgot.
HatTip: Hot Lunch
My husband is a swim coach and my son is captain of the swim team. Now that the olympics are on,it’s been all swimming all the time! They aren’t big sports fans either (except for hockey.) But it is exciting. Phelps is amazing! I love how the world can come together and be excited about something that we all have in common! Enough about war. I may not be a big sports fan… but I love the fact that the world can come together and appreciate that we can all teach our children to pursue their dreams and strive to be the best we can be, know matter who they are or where they come from.
Did you know you can actually still buy a Spirograph? About a year ago I saw one in Target and picked one up for my daughter. Couldn’t tell who was having more fun with it… me or her! Isn’t it great how some of these old toys can really let you relive your youth (or the better parts of it, anyway)?
Love Spirograph! I may have to pick one up for myself to play with 😉
thanks for the hat tip!! unfortunately the one i had posted yesterday got taken off YouTube, but I’ve re-posted if you’re looking for the video again! I love it!! Finally a decent one for her X album!! All the other videos from this record were total shite!!
I agree with you regarding Romania. Russia too. I keep remembering back to the Olympics when I was little. I remember Nadia. I remember what it’s supposed to look like, and I miss it. But, on the other hand, I’m glad that the athletes aren’t treated the way they used to be in order to get those performances out of them. I still love the games, and always will.
One thing that I noticed with the women’s floor exercises especially: a lack of artistry. Oh, the moves are incredible. But stylistically, artistically, there’s no flow. You can actually see when the athlete is thinking “Ok, I need to waggle my fingers and jut my hip now.” It’s so mechanical. That one girl on China’s team got it right, though. The one that the commentators said made it look like fun. *She* did it right. I felt so badly for Alicia on the US team. Talk about heartbreak!