Have you caught it??
Olympic Fever, that is. Last night was the Ladies’ Short Program, and my girl, Sasha, tore it up!! She’s first! I’m so excited for her. I was rooting for her in 2002 so I’m glad she’s in such a good position now. But, she was in the top three going into the free skate then and ended up in fourth. You can watch her program from last night as well as her routines from Salt Lake City here. She’s so fun to watch! Mostly I like her for how she exploits her flexibility and how she doesn’t act all sweet like those other bitches. The other week, someone asked her how she felt about Michelle Kwan not skating, and she said something to the effect of "I don’t give a fuck."
So I’m really doing school the ghetto way. I got all my books from shady vendors on Amazon, and they’re all past editions of the class texts with marker all over them and torn pages. Yesterday, I tried to do the assigned problems from the book, but my chapters are different from the current edition, so I just had to kind of guess which problems to do. I did a few extra just to improve the odds that I did the right ones. He doesn’t collect them, though, we just go over them in class.
Brian comes back from Europe today! He’s been gone for a week and a half in Amsterdam and Paris. While it’s been nice having use of his car, I like it better when he’s here to drive me around.
Yesterday, I bought my third computer monitor from somebody off of Craigslist. Let’s hope this one lasts. The first one I got lasted almost five months. The second one worked for about two seconds. This time I tested it before I took it home. Why didn’t I think of that before?? Shout out to Ben who let me know that you can’t just put a monitor in the trash. I took them to the recycling center where I met some weird characters. This one old man was putting on a stand-up comedy show for everyone in line. He told me a funny saying about why Italians and Greeks look alike, but I can’t remember it. He was full of funny sayings. He also told me that newspaper is the big recycling moneymaker. Some lady asked me how much it costs to drop off a monitor. I was like, "it’s free." She was all, "WHY is it free?!!?" Damn, simmer down, woman. Anyhoo, I found out yesterday that there is a $6 charge added when you buy a new TV/monitor to cover the recycling costs.
To all you Frenchies out there, make sure to check out the DVD of "Beauty Shop" and set the language to French. It’s hilarious! "C’est parce que je suis black…parce que je suis black!" The woman who dubs for Queen Latifah sounds like a 70-year-old heavy smoker. Don’t miss it!
