K: Thank you for fixing the squeak on the bathroom door.
J: How did you know I did that?
K: Because I opened it this morning when you were asleep, and anticipating that terrible squeak, but it was gone. You clearly put some WD-40 on it, so thank you.
J: That’s crazy. If that had happened to me, I never would have assumed you had fixed it. I would have thought the squeak just went away.
K: I don’t know if I should be insulted that you don’t think I would fix something like that… or think it’s cute that you still believe in magic.
As I was watching the opening ceremonies for the Olympic games in Beijing tonight, I found myself reminiscing to 20 years ago. I was 9 years old when the 1988 games were happening in Korea and Roger was there with a skydiving team to jump into the opening ceremony. They built the Olympic rings in freefall, then landing in the stadium under canopy and were part of a flag ceremony before walking off the field. Do you remember that? I remember we watched for hours for that one short segment to air. When it came on we were over the moon excited.
Roger always jumps barefoot, but the dress code for this jump was rigid. Of course everyone had to look the same, down to the shoes. Roger wasn’t thrilled with that, and said as soon as he left the stadium he traded those shoes for trinkets for us - little ceramic dishes and pins with the Olympic rings.
We have a massive photo of the rings from the wonderful and talented arial photographer, Norman Kent, in our living room at home. I’ve looked for a digital copy online a few times, but never found much. I searched again tonight, and imagine my surprise tonight when a good photo on his site (credited to him below) and a VIDEO on YouTube of the full skydiving segment. It’s the first time I’ve seen this in twenty years. I totally cried, it’s just that beautiful to me.
On a side note, my niece, Kayla, made her first tandem skydive today with my mom and Roger at an event up in Canada. What a day!
Roger is in the blue ring at “10 o’clock”
Photo by Norman Kent, the one and only
My friend’s son told me I HAD to download the Light Saber app for my iPhone so we could duel. Then he proceeded to school me on all the different saber colors, and then he killed me.
These are links from my del.icio.us feed for August 4th:
FOOD: Rosemary-Lemon White Bean Dip - We almost always have Cannelloni beans in the pantry, and my Rosemary bush is a faithful friend in the garden, so all I'd need is a lemon! I have a feeling this will become a standby recipe.
TECH: SXSW Interactive Panel Picker Voting Begins Friday, August 8 - "This interface showcases the hundreds of incredible programming proposals that the SXSW community has sent us over the last six weeks — and allows you to tell us which of these ideas you think are most appropriate for the 2009 event. Also, if you still have a panel idea that you haven't submitted yet, you can still send them an email at interpanels(at)sxsw.com ASAP about getting your proposal on the waiting list."
PHOTO: Baby And The Tramp :: DogBlog - Eric Doggett (an awesome portrait and wedding photographer in Austin) has a photo and behind the scenes video on his blog of a shoot called "Baby and the Tramp". Totally awesome.
My friend and co-worker, Sueann, and her fiance, Michael, were married on Saturday at a castle in Burnet. Did you know we had Castles in Texas? I didn’t either. But we do. And they are HUGE (take that Europe!).
The wedding was part fairytale, part Texas, and completely perfect for the these two people. I wish them all the happiness in the world, and hope the smiles that they had on Saturday take a lifetime to fade.
There is a restaurant in East Austin called Vivo that gives roses to the ladies when they bring the check. It’s such a nice, memorable touch. This is my rose from last Saturday, its just now starting to fade (the tattered bits on the top right are from Shorty, she tried to eat it).
I should also mention that Vivo’s food is awesome and their patio is to die for. It was over 100 degrees when we were there and the patio was a cool, tropical paradise. Definitely worth checking out.
I’ve been slacking on the daily photo recently, but here are some of my favorites from the past month.
My Name is Meeko, I wear a hoodie
Meeko is a little bit gansta and a little bit pirate. Apparently his mama (my co-worker, Amanda) got this hoodie for him at Walmart! I told Jef I was going to get one for Buster. What do you think?
Never Again
We played the drinking game ‘I Never’ at my friend Sueann’s bachelorette party a few weeks ago (a prerequisite at any girls night) and this is the bride-to-be presumably wondering why she let herself get roped into playing this stupid game.
Liz is a hoot in the play ‘Crazy Like a Person’
A musical comedy by Rain Nox that asks “What is crazy?” Katie thinks maybe she is. That is until she meets a psychologist, psychiatrist, and life coach whose lives make Katie’s seem normal. Austin New Music Workshop
