Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
American was the 31-year-old mother of an autistic child, but they didn't send a whole crew to her house last month to film her with said child, etc.
They showed the profile of her family last night, sorry. With the shots of the family at home and how she was going to make sure her son saw her compete on TV so he'd know where Mommy was.
edit: or an earlier night. But I remember seeing it.
I like those types of stories, but I agree, it's nice seeing them in smaller doses and more emphasis on the sports.
They showed the profile of her family last night, sorry. With the shots of the family at home and how she was going to make sure her son saw her compete on TV so he'd know where Mommy was.
Ah, so they're just saving it for primetime. Or I missed in the morning, or whatever. I'm not saying it's not a good story!
Also makes me wonder what they do after
Yeah, this is the really rough part -- there are a lot of sports (most, really) where your competitive career is over before the rest of your life really starts. 20 is rough, but 25 or so is common to a lot of sports, and it's a time when non-athletes are just starting on careers, families, and all the rest. From a few years older, the age difference doesn't seem like much.
But when you combine early physical burnout with not having had any other education, contacts, skills... that becomes a much harder thing. There was an NPR piece a few weeks back about a woman who had come up through the sports training system and then become disabled (blind, maybe?), and who had never had even a HS-equivalent education, had no job skills or prospects, family in poverty once the sports paycheck stopped... she's an extreme case, of course, but with that system there's just nothing else.
But when you combine early physical burnout with not having had any other education, contacts, skills.
Exactly
It was a gymnast or a sculler yesterday who tested positive for a stimulant, but he took the stimulant so he could stay up studying.
I like the US leotards this year -- the big star design manages both simple and striking.
http://economicalmeals.blogspot.com/2008/06/lentil-soup-with-cornbread.html
Looks great—thanks for the link!
It was a gymnast or a sculler yesterday who tested positive for a stimulant, but he took the stimulant so he could stay up studying.
Not a sculler. I was going to say maybe swimmer, as I heard the story and I saw no sculling.
You're welcome, Calli.
Do the gymnasts use toupee tape tou keep their bodysuits from going up their butts, or are they just magical? I like the starts but not how shiny shiny the lycra is.