My City Monday

Well, it is that day of the week (tell me why...) where I give you another little glimpse into the wonderment that is completely altering my city.

It's time to meet another yet another fine young athlete that will hopefully do us proud (no pressure, hon).

Join me as I once again infiltrate the Olympic Athlete's Village and meet up with JodiAnna Tomie - Canadian Skeleton racer - to discuss life, levity and lycra.

For the Love of the Game(s) Friday

Oh, my. Can The Baroness just say how thrilled she is?

Wait, let me back up a minute.

You may recall that here I (foolishly) volunteered myself to be your official blogosphere ambassador to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Well, the powers that be somehow made it happen, and ta dah!!! I got my first interview!

Two things you should know ahead of time:

1. The powers that be were too cheap to get me a videographer, so I had no choice but to do all of this myself.

2. I do not really know how to do all of this myself.

Without further ado, Let the Games begin!!



OK, sorry to interrupt.

Two more things you should know:

1. As part of the steep learning curve, I did not edit this. It is - not unlike the sometimes blahdee blah blah of my posts - a tad long. But I had such a good time, I didn't want it to end. No one's got a gun to your head to watch the whole thing...

(well, actually, she does)

2. What you've always heard is still indeed true. Canadians are polite. Exceedingly so.

Some of us (maybe those involved in perhaps a field of sportsplay that might employ skis and rifles) could from time to time, be a titch outspoken.

But it is just that.

Outspoken-ness: The sign of freedom.

And who among us doesn't love freedom?

If we had amendments up here, I'm sure this would be one.



You heard the lady.

Be nice.

Like we are.

Me and Vivi.

Thoughtful Thursday

Late last week, The Baroness was in the throes of medically making herself, ummmm....hollow. All in the name of -ologies and -oscopies. (I'll let you fill in the gaps here)(because thanks to this, there are many, many gaps)(still)

Needless to say (so I won't)(too much), I could not really stray far from the confines of my home. Setting foot outside would be akin to releasing a helium balloon into the air. And, although I love to travel, this is not my method of choice.

What to do? What to do? What to do?

Few things say discomfort to me more than confinement and the ensuing mopey-ness. And what, pray tell, is the cure-all for reality? Escapism.

So I decided to have a mini-movie marathon.

And somewhere, in the middle of "Shall We Dance", there was just such a lovely conversation crafted by writer Audrey Wells between the beautiful Susan Sarandon (Bev) and the wry Richard Jenkins (Mr. Devine), that I had to share it for today's TT.

Enjoy.

Bev: Why is it, do you think, that people get married?

Mr. Devine: Passion.

Bev: No.

Mr. Devine: That's interesting. Because I would have taken you for a romantic. Why, then?

Bev: Because we need a witness to our lives.

There's a billion people on this planet. I mean, what does any one life really mean?

But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything...the good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things...

All of it, all the time, every day.

You're saying, 'Your life will not go unnoticed, because I will notice it."

"Your life will not be unwitnessed, because I will be your witness."