Holy crap, that vaulter is 37. (The German originally from Uzbekistan, I mean.)
Technically originally from the USSR! She's like super human and her story is incredible.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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 05, 2012 5:34:32 pm PDT #17017 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kat - Aug 05, 2012 5:36:53 pm PDT #17018 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
If you haven't, all of you should read Chris Cleave's book Gold, which is about three Olympians, two of whom are married and raising a child who has cancer.
Jesse - Aug 05, 2012 5:39:38 pm PDT #17019 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And now the other thing we were talking about at dinner: How bronze winners are more satisfied than silver, because people who get the silver just think about how close they were to gold. People who get bronze think about how close they were to nothing.
brenda m - Aug 05, 2012 5:43:14 pm PDT #17020 of 30001
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
Interesting. And probably right on.
Jesse - Aug 05, 2012 5:43:42 pm PDT #17021 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There was a study, apparently.
Dana - Aug 05, 2012 5:48:43 pm PDT #17022 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
There was a story on NPR, yeah.
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2012 5:52:42 pm PDT #17023 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I suspect part of the reason I'm not winning any medals anywhere is how satisfied I'd be with silver. That is not the kind of mindset that gets you to second best in the world.
Jesse, I doubt I can afford to not go in tomorrow. I will have to defend my (totally defensible!) position of doing that rollout task this weekend. It will be simpler to do face to face.
Kat - Aug 05, 2012 5:54:46 pm PDT #17024 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It makes perfect sense.
Silver winners are really the first losers, while bronze winners are the first of everyone else.
I find it lovely that Oksana continued to compete because the German gymnastics program took her in when her son needed treatment for ALL. Also, I love the idea that she trains 18-20 hours a week because she's been doing this for so long. She was out of the repetition phase and more into the maintenance/injury prevention phase.
This has been a lovely olympics for odd inclusion -- obviously pregnant women and double amputees and even old gymnasts!
Kat - Aug 05, 2012 5:56:48 pm PDT #17025 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Randomly, I think I might do a series of photos this year about what it means to be 40. Because, I'm noticing all sorts of weird and depressing shit about aging, and I'd like to celebrate whatever small victories I can. First photo: [link]
billytea - Aug 05, 2012 5:57:46 pm PDT #17026 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
And now the other thing we were talking about at dinner:
This no doubt explains why I've spent this Olympics shaking my fist at the screen and shouting "You bastards!".