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Monthly Archive for February, 2006
Olympics: Day Four
The Olympic Games bring out the proud American in me. I proudly support my country when American athletes compete. But today, I must pay homage to a man who hails from China
I heard the story of the pairs figure skating coach from China
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Many years ago, a young man named
Yao
China
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Yao
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The duo had to learn pairs figure skating from photos in magazines.
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They attended their first world competition after only one month of training.
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They had to travel by themselves; there was no budget for coaches to travel with them.
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Yao
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Their performance was not great. They received last place. The crowd laughed at them.
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Years later,
Yao
China
Today:
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China
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One of the bronze medalists recently recovered from a torn Achilles’ to win the medal.
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The silver medalist team overcame a major fall to win the medal.
I admire Yao
Olympics: Day Three
Spent the day doing mommy-things like laundry, grocery store, taking my kid to a 2-year-old’s birthday party. But, here is news from the Olympics.
- Michelle Kwan withdraws from the figure skating competition. (Ends her career gracefully, throws support to Sasha, Kimmie and Emily.)
- Adorable and athletic Emily Hughes fills the spot. (I honestly think she will shine!)
- Kwan turns down an offer to sit in the NBC broadcast booth. (Smart move… and the career opportunities are far from gone.)
- Overall medal count is here.
Okay, back to work… with Desperate Housewives on the tube and the laptop on my lap! I have a product launch plan to write.
The Olympics are here. Primo Laptop Television! I will be posting on the Olympics as I watch hour after hour after hour. Case in point: It’s Friday night, kid is in bed, hubby is working, and I am blogging about the opening ceremonies. (Sad? Yes.)
Day One: Opening Ceremonies
· Did I really hear the Rocky theme playing in Torino?
· The ceremony is beautifully and artistically staged.
· Countries enter in Italian alphabetical order – bellissimo!
· Why the hell are they playing DISCO music? Are you kidding me? Gloria Gaynor and The Village People? Italian music is beautiful … play it!
· The poor dude from Albania is all by himself!
· I want the nickname “The Speeding White Sausage.”
· I missed a few countries … getting a glass of red wine. (Opening ceremonies are not Tivo-worthy.)
· Very cool how the athletes hold digital video cameras to record their experience and then beam it back to their homeland.
· NO ONE FROM MEXICO?
· OMG… The Buggles?
· I really, really want Michelle Kwan to win gold.
· Okay, now I want to be called “The Flying Tomato.”
· When did the opening ceremony become so freaky and over-done? This is too long… even for laptop television.
Ugh — I should have watched The Grammys afterall. That is great laptop television, especially when one of my favorite bands walks away with five awards.
If you don’t own "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" … head on over to iTunes and buy it.
Take a look at this study published in today’s JWR:
A new survey commissioned by Davis Logsdon at the University of Minnesota ("The U") reveals that a majority of Americans now name talk show host Oprah Winfrey as their number one fear, eclipsing such other concerns as unemployment, terrorism, and global warming.
And here’s the good stuff:
The poll results bear out anecdotal evidence provided by mental health professionals across the country, many of whom say that in the days immediately following Ms. Winfrey’s fire-breathing encounter with author James Frey the number of patients complaining of Oprah-related trauma has soared.
And here’s the best part:
In Chicago, Ms. Oprah’s production company released the following official response to Mr. Logsdon’s comments: "Mr. Logsdon took the name of Oprah in vain and for that, Oprah shall smite him."
Oprah makes this communications consultant and pop culture junkie PROUD.
The Super Bowl is not laptop television. It’s usually hang-out-and-gab-with-your-friends-while-you-drink-beer television. This year was a different story… it was most certainly laptop television, only instead of a PC it was a sick kid on my lap. (Sick kid, books, blankets, stuffed animals and crackers)
So, I saw a much as I could and have decided to change my last name to Jurevicius because it sounds cool. Most importantly, I was able to catch some of the commercials (my favorite part of the game when neither team trips my trigger.) Here are my favorites:
- Pepsi: Brown and Bubbly (loved Jay Mohr in his Jerry Maguire-esque role)
- Aleve: Leonard Nemoy at the Star Trek convention (and I am the farthest thing from a Trekkie)
- Dove: Women and parents of girls should support the Dove Self Esteem Fund.
- Ford: who doesn’t love Kermit promoting a hybrid car? (but I actually liked the part where they turned the blue Ford logo green)
- Bud Lite: Clean the gutters!
- TOM: Mission Impossible: III looks pretty good.
If you want to see these ads (and more), click here. Congrats to the Steelers!
Notable birthdays for Feb. 3 include:
· 1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)
· 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician … first woman doctor (d. 1910)
· 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator (d. 1978)
· 1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997)
· 1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor
· 1918 - Joey Bishop, American comedian and actor
· 1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician
· 1933 - Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Senator
· 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player
· 1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress
· 1945 - Bob Griese, American football player
· 1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)
· 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
· 1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
· 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
· 1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress
· 1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American Blogger and writer
Of course, the other biggies are Sesame Street’s ELMO and yours truly. Long love the Aquarian!
Just trying to squeeze in some television between mothering, working and crashing.
