On Friday, Lena and I watched the start of the Olympic games and it has been showing non-stop on one of the local channels here. I like that I don't have to wait for the time difference to see what's going on in Athens. Its nice to just turn on the Olympics and read the paper or do something else more productive. Its kinds like listening to a baseball game. You don't really have to keep your full attention on it. One nice thing that happened last night in Athens was the U.S.A. Basketball team losing to Puerto Rico. I think the U.S. has become to cocky with their basketball. There are some really good players that didn't even bother to join the Olympic team. I hope that losing will motivate the NBA to take the Olympics more seriously. On Saturday, Lena and I went to Bauska to watch the musical associated with the reality show we were watching in the spring. After working on several musicals in my life time I couldn't help but critique the show. The biggest problem I had with the show was that it was closer to an opera than a musical. There was no dialogue between the songs. The lead female didn't even say anything. Musicals are supposed to be combinations of a play with songs attached, but this show was closer to a concert with a theme of playing a reality show. Lena and I sat next to the sound booth and I could see the producer/director as we watched. I could see him smile and I just wanted to slap some sense into him. The place the show was held was an old castle ruins that sit on a hill where two rivers meet to form a new river. Its a nice place. I didn't find out until Sunday about Hurricane Charley. I don't think that I know anyone that was directly effected and I could only see the BBC coverage that criticized the fact that in a hurricane prone area people place mobile homes that couldn't withstand a gentle breeze let alone a hurricane. Here's a link to the city where we stayed. Bauska!
