You're kidding, right?

I was watching the news yesterday and there were 2 stories that I found interesting.

The first one was that Vice President Cheney shot one of the members of his hunting party! My jaw just hit the floor when I first heard the story. Now a hunter getting shot by members of their own party is almost an annual event during the hunting season here in Minnesota. I would have thought that if you were going to go hunting with the VP of the US, you might be a little more aware of all of you surroundings than if you were just out with your buddies. If I'm ever hunting with someone who has their own Secret Service detail, then believe me, I will not be carrying a gun, let alone go near those carrying guns.

The second item was that Michelle Kwan was bowing out of the Olympics! Let me preface this with the fact that I've never been a fan of figure skating. While I think that they are indeed talented and athletic people, I'm just not a fan of the sport. But then this girl has the balls to petition to be in the Olympics, after she's been hurt for awhile, and didn't even make it to the competition that was used to decide who would go. In my mind that shows me how much of an ego that girl must have. I understand she's never won gold at the Olympics, but neither have hundreds of other people. I didn't hear anyone else whining and crying to get back in. And then, AND THEN to just say "oops, now that I'm here... I'll jt bow out". If that were me, I'd be with the trainers 24/7 and fighting through whatever pain I had. I'd only be stopped if I had a broken leg. I guess I've just always held the Olympics a little higher than other sports. Here are people who live and train for 4 years for 1 shot at glory. Somehow, to me it looks like Michelle just doesn't have that same feeling. Don't even get me started on what the US Olympic chairmen said about her, grrrr!

So on that happy note, here's to starting a great week at work! Adios.