ita, I approve of your sekrit boyfriend he's making me all excited about sprinting for the first time in ages! And here I thought I'd stopped caring...
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Aug 20, 2008 8:09:42 am PDT #4425 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2008 8:18:09 am PDT #4426 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
PMM, he's just so HAPPY. And nonchalant. Apparently when he trains they don't tell him his times (which are good, natch), because he won't do more than it takes to win. And he defends his decision to not go all out in the 100, since he said he was in it for the gold, not the record, because the record will get broken sometime, but no one can take the gold away from him ever. And it's not like he didn't get the record anyway. Who needs a faster one?
Emily - Aug 20, 2008 8:25:34 am PDT #4427 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Wow! Uh...hi! Sorry, folks, I'm off with the dreaded teaching, but I promise I'll come back later. Missed you!
Connie Neil - Aug 20, 2008 8:29:28 am PDT #4428 of 10003
brillig
I like Bolt. Why rub it in everyone's face that he could have beaten the world record even more? Some commentator was saying he cheated the fans by not "smashing" the record. He was already worlds away better than everyone else.
Liese S. - Aug 20, 2008 8:34:37 am PDT #4429 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Missed you, too, Emily! Give 'em hell!
ita, I totally know! I love that he's nonchalant about it. It makes his competition a whole 'nother level of awesome, and it's probably healthier for him in the long run.
And he is beautiful on the track, I tell you what.
Barb - Aug 20, 2008 8:43:20 am PDT #4430 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
See, this is where being as competitive as I am is not necessarily a good thing. He's driving me nuts, not going all out, because it seems like it's disrespect for his competitors.
But I've been told I'm too competitive for my own good, so that's probably my own issues speaking out there.
Trudy Booth - Aug 20, 2008 9:03:49 am PDT #4431 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I love him. I thought his reaction in the 100 was legitimate and heartfelt man-glee. He's a freak with a training diet of Mc Nuggets. He's a force of nature. He should enjoy this as much as possible.
Connie Neil - Aug 20, 2008 9:08:48 am PDT #4432 of 10003
brillig
Hubby thinks he started celebrating because he thought he was already over the line.
sarameg - Aug 20, 2008 9:10:46 am PDT #4433 of 10003
Dear god, the DRAMA today. Ahrg.
Trudy Booth - Aug 20, 2008 9:12:34 am PDT #4434 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hubby thinks he started celebrating because he thought he was already over the line.
That seems really unlikely.