'War Stories'
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.
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!
msbelle, it totally looks that way to me.
What shocks me is how GREY Beijing looks. It's just yucky.
The poor cyclists looked like they were breathing soup.
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.
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.
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.
And I don't think Costas is in a piece, but he was looking decidedly Grecian Formula and Tan In A Can to me. Bad makeup department! No biscuit!
And I LOVE the online stuff. I love the fact that each sport has a "more about this sport" page and then the video. It helped me figure out the libiro spot on volleyball.
Finally getting caught up on the opening games. Amazing. So far, I liked the movable type the best. At the end, all I could think was OMGWTFpeople?!?
Now I'm obsessively checking the French names of the countries in the parade to make sure we made the right spelling decisions for our new maps. The dresses of the women holding the country name banners are gorgeous.
Comments I've read from cyclists makes it seem like the humidity was more of an issue than the air quality.