My Hero...

The Olympics are over. In some ways, I'm glad, in others, I'm sad. I'm glad because now I won't be seeing the same damn commercials over and over because I won't be watching the same channel every evening. I'm sad because now I won't have such lovely men and women to ogle. Seriously, though, it's been a fun ride. I enjoyed watching them just to see such wonderful athletes in action. I watched the closing ceremonies and giggled when Timothy Spall popped out to recite "Be not afeared" as Winston Churchill. Not just because it was him, but also because I actually recognized it as a speech from The Tempest and not just because Kenneth Branagh recited it during the closing ceremonies. I didn't recognize it as coming from the The Tempest (which I'd read last spring) at the time, but umbralillium and I watched the 2010 version with Helen Mirren last week, so it was fresh enough in our minds that we recognized it from that. Not all of the musicians were familiar to me, but I certainly recognized The Beatles and Queen (my parents are fans of both, so I'd better know them!) and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was one of my favorite movies growing up, so I certainly recognized Pure Imagination. I giggled when I realized it was Russell Brand singing it. He was certainly the perfect celebrity to sing it. All in all, I thought it was a fitting end to the games, regardless of the complaints I've seen online about it.

On a more serious note, I applied to Teach for America since my last post. It's a multi-step application process and I won't know if I move on to the next step until the end of this month. *sigh* If I end up being selected, I'll have a six-week training thing to go through next summer, and then I'll go to wherever I end up being assigned next fall, to work for two years. So, it's a little like the Peace Corps, but I'll stay within my own country. One of the possible locations is LA, which is close by, but I'm going to request a location a little further away to help me learn to really stand on my own, without leaning on my family. I love them, but I need to learn to be independent. Many thanks go to swingandswirl for telling me about the program in the first place. *smishes tight* Thank you!