women's sabre all-nighter
Dude! Sweet!
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
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.
Steph L. - Aug 08, 2008 3:56:19 pm PDT #1913 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
SailAweigh - Aug 08, 2008 3:56:28 pm PDT #1914 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I heard about some of the stuff being presented tonight on NPR on my drive home, but to see it is really amazing.
Jesse - Aug 08, 2008 3:57:03 pm PDT #1915 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm such a sucker for the symbolism and spectacle, I'm not even worried about the reality behind it all. For the moment.
sarameg - Aug 08, 2008 3:57:51 pm PDT #1916 of 10003
The advertisers spent their annual budgets for opening night, didn't they?
Kite! Killer-adorable flying 9 year old girl!
Barb - Aug 08, 2008 3:59:24 pm PDT #1917 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I'm such a sucker for the symbolism and spectacle, I'm not even worried about the reality behind it all. For the moment.
Yep. Me too.
And the Sumo wrestlers skeered me.
sarameg - Aug 08, 2008 4:00:58 pm PDT #1918 of 10003
For the moment.
Yeah, my pollyanna is all "Ancient culture! Writing! Paper! HISTORY AND ART AND CULTURE CELEBRATED!" as the hard ass, goes yeahbut, laundry list. Hardass doesn't shut up. Ever. Comes from my fear of being to gullible (which I totally am.)
Jesse - Aug 08, 2008 4:01:24 pm PDT #1919 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hell, I'm proud to be Chinese right now!
Barb - Aug 08, 2008 4:02:37 pm PDT #1920 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, color me gullible too-- I'm inevitably disappointed when athletes test positive for steroids. Even as the cynic in me takes note of the beard shadow on the female weightlifter's face, yanno?
Susan W. - Aug 08, 2008 4:04:05 pm PDT #1921 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
if you ever want to understand, I am happy to bore you to pieces.
amych! Wanna be one of the Buffista consultants on my manuscript? Because right now I've got this bit that just reads "AW DOES SOMETHING SWORD-FIGHTY HERE."
Jesse - Aug 08, 2008 4:04:47 pm PDT #1922 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Bob Costas said something about not seeing anyone directing the action, but if you notice, the performers have earpieces -- I wonder if that's where the direction is coming from.