Skaterboys! (and other stuff)
Hey friends,
It's been a hectic week. After a week of delays over which I had no control, unfortunately, as contract agency and employer had some things to work out, I started a new job on Wednesday. I'm acting as in-house counsel for a company, so it's very familiar work. So far, so good. The people with whom I work are very nice, and while the commute is intense, so far it's very doable, if I can keep to the flex hours they've let me set. So yay for re-employment.
This weekend, I got to celebrate being re-employed by seeing pretty skater boys on ice! sabrinagb, editorzon, _lisalisa_ and I headed to Staples Center to see Johnny Weir and Stephane Lambiel, and Yuna Kim and Michelle Kwan, and a boatload of other amazing ice skaters in "All that Skate." What a hoot. Because of the ticket package S got for us, we also got to watch the dress rehearsal, so it was great to see the skaters clowning around some, and then see them really put their all into the show at showtime. I think we understood the routines so much better for having seen them at the rehearsal first. Poor Johnny had injured his hip that morning, so his jumps weren't where I'd hoped, but it was still great to see him skate live, and to skate to Lady Gaga. And Stephane Lambiel ... damn, that man is a ham - a gorgeous ham who can spin like I've never seen. And we got a great view as we were in a section right by a camera to which he kept hamming, lol. I was totally impressed also with Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, who skated two incredibly beautiful and technically difficult routines for an exhibition. It's easy to see why they did so well at the 2010 Olympics. And here's a taste of the goofiness of the event - it's a "battle" between the male skaters and some b-boys, clearly filmed by a Stephane fan, and it shows how much goofy fun the event was - and how Stephane can spin.
And randomly, Cheryl Tiegs and Amy Smart were sitting a row in front of us.
It was just lovely to spend time with S, Stace and Lisa, just catching up and hanging out, over amazing guac and Mexican mojitos in between the rehearsal and the show.
Also did brunch this morning with them and with aproposofnothin, who I hadn't seen in waaaaaaaaay too long, so it's been a great weekend all around.
It's been a hectic week. After a week of delays over which I had no control, unfortunately, as contract agency and employer had some things to work out, I started a new job on Wednesday. I'm acting as in-house counsel for a company, so it's very familiar work. So far, so good. The people with whom I work are very nice, and while the commute is intense, so far it's very doable, if I can keep to the flex hours they've let me set. So yay for re-employment.
This weekend, I got to celebrate being re-employed by seeing pretty skater boys on ice! sabrinagb, editorzon, _lisalisa_ and I headed to Staples Center to see Johnny Weir and Stephane Lambiel, and Yuna Kim and Michelle Kwan, and a boatload of other amazing ice skaters in "All that Skate." What a hoot. Because of the ticket package S got for us, we also got to watch the dress rehearsal, so it was great to see the skaters clowning around some, and then see them really put their all into the show at showtime. I think we understood the routines so much better for having seen them at the rehearsal first. Poor Johnny had injured his hip that morning, so his jumps weren't where I'd hoped, but it was still great to see him skate live, and to skate to Lady Gaga. And Stephane Lambiel ... damn, that man is a ham - a gorgeous ham who can spin like I've never seen. And we got a great view as we were in a section right by a camera to which he kept hamming, lol. I was totally impressed also with Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, who skated two incredibly beautiful and technically difficult routines for an exhibition. It's easy to see why they did so well at the 2010 Olympics. And here's a taste of the goofiness of the event - it's a "battle" between the male skaters and some b-boys, clearly filmed by a Stephane fan, and it shows how much goofy fun the event was - and how Stephane can spin.
And randomly, Cheryl Tiegs and Amy Smart were sitting a row in front of us.
It was just lovely to spend time with S, Stace and Lisa, just catching up and hanging out, over amazing guac and Mexican mojitos in between the rehearsal and the show.
Also did brunch this morning with them and with aproposofnothin, who I hadn't seen in waaaaaaaaay too long, so it's been a great weekend all around.