I am alibelle. Makes me happy to watch the olympics. I just realized that I would never want N to be a gymnast. A diver, yes. A swimmer, absolutely. A field hockey player, sure. But not a gymnast.
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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.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 6:13:43 pm PDT #2214 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Alibelle - Aug 09, 2008 6:14:29 pm PDT #2215 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I know, right? But after Nilly's story, I really want to see sunrise/sunset.
Alibelle - Aug 09, 2008 6:17:32 pm PDT #2216 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I wouldn't want to be a swimmer because, shallowly, the girl swimmers usually have funky-looking shoulders and not always the best hair. And there's many reasons why I sucked at gymnastics, but I still love it and think it's the most interesting sport. And didn't you do gymnastics too, Kat? Or did you just do tumbling stuff for cheering? I don't remember. Why wouldn't you want to be a gymnast?
sumi - Aug 09, 2008 6:17:53 pm PDT #2217 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I miss the "up close and personal" stuff - with the map and the zoom into the home town.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 6:20:19 pm PDT #2218 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nope. I competed in gymnastics for almost 10 years. Crapped out at Regionals. Quit after I was 16 and looking down on the beam thinking, "Why the FUCK am I up here?" I ended up winning State on Floor my last year which was my goal. But that was enough.
I think male gymnasts have weird and odd bodies. I wouldn't want the morphology for N. Really. I'd prefer that both my kids be pole vaulters!
brenda m - Aug 09, 2008 6:21:00 pm PDT #2219 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
msbelle, it totally looks that way to me.
Kat - Aug 09, 2008 6:22:37 pm PDT #2220 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What shocks me is how GREY Beijing looks. It's just yucky.
The poor cyclists looked like they were breathing soup.
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2008 6:23:37 pm PDT #2221 of 10003
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Hubby doesn't like watching men's gymnastics because he used to do gymnastics in high school--before his body began coming apart on him. He doesn't like watching the things he used to be able to do. Man, I wish I'd known him then.
SailAweigh - Aug 09, 2008 6:24:02 pm PDT #2222 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I think male gymnasts have weird and odd bodies.
They have big, big arms and skinny little legs. One good push on the shoulder and they'd all fall down like dominos.
amych - Aug 09, 2008 6:24:08 pm PDT #2223 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I can't say I miss the up close and personals -- different strokes, of course, but this year is like "Sports! And then lets see some more sports! And how about some sports!", when the ABC broadcasts in the last few games had headed too far into being nonstop human interest with a few seconds of highlights.