my kind of athlete. not to mention Paul Hamm's performance directly following all of that mayhem.
men's gymnastics lacked a lot for me this year without the two of them competing.
A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
tiggy - Aug 23, 2008 8:28:06 pm PDT #5082 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
sumi - Aug 23, 2008 9:07:45 pm PDT #5083 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Wow - 5 years old!
Did you guys catch the track commentators getting on the British guy for showboating when he came in first in the heat for the 4x400 relay?
If they hadn't mentioned it I wouldn't have noticed it!
(BTW, WTF happened to the Jamaicans in that relay - I was expecting MORE.)
Obama's email reached me 16 hours ago (according to gmail) - that makes it about 9 am Central or about 8 hours after I saw it on the news.
sumi - Aug 23, 2008 9:23:22 pm PDT #5084 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Pictures of various folks (Federer, Roddick, Blake - for example) warming up at the US Open.
meara - Aug 23, 2008 11:13:41 pm PDT #5085 of 10003
Plei, the lesbian german fencer is cute and all, but how about the belgian high jumper who jumps with her GLASSES ON? How cute is SHE??
megan walker - Aug 23, 2008 11:38:59 pm PDT #5086 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm glad i decided to *ahem* this because NBC only thought we needed to see about 5 minutes of it.
I watched it on Oxygen, which is where I watched most of the equestrian events as well as the field hockey gold medal match. They covered gymnastics every day of the Olympics.
billytea - Aug 24, 2008 1:48:24 am PDT #5087 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
And I didn't realize it until I found myself thinking "why aren't we all nattering about the incredibly adorable wee Aussie twink in the diving?",
Wasn't he? I was totally gobsmacked. Unbelievable achievement. Seriously. We pick up the odd few medals in the pool, but not for jumping into it.
eleanor - Aug 24, 2008 1:50:54 am PDT #5088 of 10003
There are no pan asian supermarkets down in hell, so you can't buy Golden Boy peanuts.
I don't know what the US coverage is like, but the Australian news just showed the adorable twinky diver celebrating with his partner including the hugging in the stands. I can't remember how to do Paul Gross Arms here, so just imagine that the rest of this post is made up of them.
Sue - Aug 24, 2008 3:26:45 am PDT #5089 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Plei, the lesbian german fencer is cute and all, but how about the belgian high jumper who jumps with her GLASSES ON? How cute is SHE??
They just showed her at the closing ceremonies still wearing her glasses.
Theodosia - Aug 24, 2008 3:37:59 am PDT #5090 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Almost makes me wish I was watching the Olympics, but then I'd have to listen to the announcing and so on, so not.
Shir - Aug 24, 2008 3:48:01 am PDT #5091 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Happy belated birthday, Frances!
And oh, that was a glimpse of Nilly. I really hope to catch you on the phone sometime soon.
Yesterday was Mom's birthday, and also, a day I spent 8 hours on a car/bus. In a country where it takes 6 hours to get from the very far North to the very far South, mind you.
Banana bread
sarameg, please adopt me.
Arrrg, why does it have to be Sunday today?