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So as I said yesterday, I was working on my Marquette pictures on the plane going to Pittsburgh. The woman next to me was really nice, and I could tell that she was looking over my shoulder. After a couple minutes, she asks, "I don't mean to pry, but what do you do for a living?"
I tell her that I'm a consultant for a software company, but that I was working on some pictures for a website that I help out with. At the moment, I was working on a picture of Rusty, and I pointed to his picture. "Actually, it's his site, his name is Rusty Smith, and he's a short track skater." She nods and says "I know. Do you know Apolo Anton Ohno, too?" I tell her that I've met him, but I don't really know him. "Well, I saw that you have pictures of him, too. He's great."
So for the rest of the ride, we talked short track. I told her about ohnozone.net if she needs an Apolo fix. She actually knew a lot about him and about the sport, I was pretty impressed. Even down to his pre-race yawns and how he holds his hands behind his back before a race. I gave her some more information about the state of short track right now, and about the competitions and the other skaters, and we had a pretty good conversation. It was pretty cool to meet someone outside of the little world of short track fandom that I'm familiar with who actually knows who these guys are.
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In other news, for those of you who have been wondering, my mom is OK. Not as OK as she was a couple weeks ago, but she had an operation earlier this week to make things easier for her. Things are still pretty up in the air, and it's a lot of stress for my whole family. I was looking at my dad's pics from my wedding the other day, and I almost started crying when I saw how happy my mom was, and knowing how much of an effort it was for her to be with us that day. So keep those prayers coming...One thing I realized is that I have this tremendous of family, friends, and blog readers who are here to support me. As well as a husband who has always been there for me, even when, at the worst times, I told him I didn't want him around. He still stood by me. He's pretty swell.
Posted by Yano at November 13, 2003 05:33 PMWell, you get what you give, dawwwwwwwwwwwwwlin!!!
Posted by: Tex on November 13, 2003 09:28 PMI'll keep your family in my thoughts and prayers dear. *sends hugs*
Posted by: Lara on November 14, 2003 07:37 AMThat's so cool, christine!
The same thing happened to me on my flight back to Sacramento from MQT. I was sitting next to a guy that originally from Modesto, and he saw me tweaking webpages on my laptop during flight, and asked me if I designed websites for a living. *a living, I wish*
We got into a huge convo about where I came from that weekend, and why I went, and he asked questions pretty much from Milwaukee all the way to St. Paul!
I think the team has passed on to us the torch of "ST Ambassador" ;)
Posted by: April (lil ape) on November 14, 2003 10:20 AM
