"cup of tea @ 5 o'clock"

Had a lovely afternoon today watching me some Downhill Skiing and Figure Skating (Women's, Pairs, Dance & Men's)!

Thoughts on skiing:
The interesting thing about skiing is that it helps when people falter so as to convey the difficulty of the sport and to give spectators the thrill of the unpredictability of it all. But it's also worrying to watch a skier take a serious spill and bounce around like a ragdoll. I'm glad that after watching a couple of these events, I've yet to see any life threatening injuries, but I have seen B.Miller totally mess up each of those times XD (except for today where he actually finished... and tied for 2nd O_O).

Thoughts on skating:
Since it's not an international competition I thought it'd be boring but actually it showed me new skaters that are quite talented. Especially for the Men's program. Usually I find Men's and Women's more boring than the pair events (though I believe I'm kinda backwards about that; I get the feeling that the single events get more of the hype/respect) since the routines don't really hold my interest between the jumps & spins. For the Women's that was true today, but the Men's short had moves I never noticed before so I was happily surprised.

Finished reading: "Behold, Here's Poison" by Georgette Heyer

Given that I'm a person whose interests (i.e. GW) have remained static for many a years, I often visit fic sites that have been neglected for quite some time. So there I was going to one such beloved site, only to see the enemy "Page Cannot be Found" error. 
The panic I felt at the possibility of never reading those ficcies again. But after much fearful scrounging, I've found the stories located elsewhere!! 
So here I am coming out from my blog hibernation to celebrate my luck.
Though I truly hope that the site is just temporarily gone. It's sad really, this happened to me with another site 1-2 months ago. It makes me nervous thinking about what could go next.

So in the end, I chuck this experience as all part of the bigger problem I have with the net: Abandoned & Closed Sites (<- major pet peeve and major heartache)

[Melodrama of a blog entry.... over]

^ Best sums up the reason why it's been over a month since I last wrote an entry. Yep I'm a very, very lazy person and even typing a few words can be an exhausting task. But I'm coming out of the blue to document the cuteness that is Tamagotchi Visual Style!!
I suppose it's style isn't very original, perhaps it's all part of the typical Japanese kiddie-cartoonie-cutesie look, but I love it's vibrancy! The wacky smiley faces and the wonderful use of gummy colours. Just saw videos of the Wii's Tamagotchi Party On! game. Looks great to me! Can't say if it's fun to play but I hope for positive reviews when it comes out this spring.
Ok now back to being my passive, lazy self. Maybe sometime soon I'll have some energy in the near future to design an icon or two, who knows.
Cheerio!