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THE investiturei love this time of year. reason? in the grocery store i can buy tulips. only this time of year around here tulips are available. purple, yellow, red... i really love them. so easy going and perky.
we have been watching the olympics, like everyone else on earth. it has been a bit tense around here with the whole "american/canadian" parent factor. eli is old enough now to pick up on any type of competitiveness, etc..... so when c.j. made the announcement during the opening ceremonies that the living room was the "american coverage only" room, the line was drawn in the sand. {now to clarify, c.j. states he was joking, which he was. however, i was watching exactly the same program which happened to be on the canadian channel in the bedroom and eli could see that. what was the difference between the coverage? nothing. did his comment leave an impression on eli? yes. oh, young impressionable minds...} as a result, there have been a few instances where eli declares he is rooting for the underdog from korea or cheers for the other competitor instead of the american athlete, which gets under c.j.'s skin like crazy bees. my take? who cares who he is cheering for. there are and will be bigger fish to fry in life than who eli roots for during the olympics. in the words of nacho libre "it's just for fun". the olympics are fun. the athletes from all over the world are inspiring and courageous and they don't have to be from my home country in order for me to care about them or their story. it's all good, every winning story is great. it is terrific to win, but even funner to cheer for that person who came out of the blue, with no real expectations and see them achieve. i love to see the genuine thrill and happiness displayed by whoever wins. one exception: flying tomato guy. sorry, you just acted like a bratty wiener. you and your "peeps" up top of the half pipe. did i have to watch you fist bump, spit and spaz out with them for 10 minutes before your last ride? really? just not the same caliber as other sportsmen and women i have been watching. personally, i don't really think snowboarding should be in the olympics, it is more of an X-game sort of sport. what do you think?
OK....on to other things than the olympics, blah.
eli got invested tonight at cubs. thanks to cousin alysha, she snapped some shots for us as we weren't prepared for the occasion... he was very serious throughout the process, at times looking a bit "deer in the headlights-ish". {BLINK MAN, BLINK} he shook this akelas hand wrong, confused by the whole left handed hand shake. it was kind of cute.
annnnnnddddd, i think i am done for tonight.
6 comments:
Eli needs to do what Audrey and Carter are doing. They think they are pretty special because in their words "we get to vote for 2 teams". They have their Canadian and American flags and wave them both. We've been having a lot of fun around here with the Olympics as well. It's fun because everyone talks about the beautiful Canadian mountains. Good times!
Excellent idea Lisa and so diplomatic. Will start tonight!
Give Shaun White a break, he was up there fist pumping for 10 minutes because he just won Olympic Goal!! I would do the same thing. He is kind of annoying in a way, but you have to admit he is in a different league compared to everyone else.
SS
Go Canada! Shaun White is amazing....every snowboarder is half retarded...spitting, crotch grabbing and swearing are all part of there DNA. Unless of course you look at our lone Canadian in the halfpipe Final...he has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo?!?! What the crap was he doing there?
I am not playing down whites abilities. Obviously the best. I was just put off by his lack of sportsmanship and class when he knew he won and his buddies where all " what are you gunna do?!? You should ride straight down the middle" etc. Etc. Just my opinion.
I think it would have been classless if he had simply slinked off into the dark and collected his gold. He won the gold because he is the best and puts on a show....why should he stop doing what he does after he wins the gold. I wish he would have pulled some crazy new trick out of his hat and debuted it on his final run. People came to see him put on a show....let him have his encore/victory lap.
Dave
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