my new calling. February 12, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : (pointless) humor, rants & raves, ye olde sporte , 2 commentsI’m going to try out for Rockstar Curling.
From the article:
The show would involve U.S.-wide tryouts starting this year, open to anyone 18 or older. A panel of coaches will select two teams – five men and five women – to train for six months, all expenses paid, at Lake Placid, N.Y.
They would train eight hours a day under professional coaches before going to regional playdowns for the 2010 U.S. Olympic trials in February 2009.
If they win, they’re off to the Vancouver Olympics, unlikely as that may seem.
From TheStar.com, found via Dave Barry’s blog.
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if wishes were fishes, beggars would ride
Posted by Abby T in : kitchen adventures, live theatre, music & concerts , 1 commentI wish I weren’t stage managing this quarter. I’m having fun with the Tattoo Girl process, and I’m looking forward to getting started on the Bacchae, but I miss my evenings off.
If I still had my evenings off, instead of having chicken nuggets and hasty salads and hot pockets for dinner before running to rehearsal at 5:30, I would cook everything on the Eat Yet? blog. Everything. Their most recent recipe for warming winter squash looks like just the thing I need to pull me out of my “Is it really snowing AGAIN?!?!??” funk.
I think I will be attempting their red velvet cupcakes on Thursday, to bring to rehearsal for Valentine’s Day. There is a scene in Tattoo Girl in which something or other is described as a “red velvet map”. Since we blocked that scene we’ve all been craving red velvet cake. It’s time to satisfy the craving.
In other news, I’m still smarting over Ingrid Michaelson’s having been denied even a Grammy nomination. There must be some reason for it that I’m missing. Maybe her album came out in the wrong month. Maybe it’s just deep magic from the dawn of time. Whatever the reason, I’m still bummed about it.
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