I have been meaning to post something I have been working on for quite a few days. I know that some of you have been checking to see if it’s up and I deeply apologize. I meant to polish and publish it tonight but I got sucked into the Olympics, dammit all to hell.
Event: Ladies all-around gymnastics competition.
By the half way point I was muttering obscenities at the ludicrous way the judging seemed to be going. (And for the record, I haven’t been following the favorites at all. Sure, it’s always lovely when your country wins, but truly I would have been muttering on behalf of anyone I thought was getting unfairly judged. I’m all about the execution and performance, baby. THAT knows NO nationality.)
I was REALLY hoping that we were not going to see some repeat of the famous Canadian vs. French ice dancing debacle at the Salt Lake Olympics. My heart was literally RACING at the end.
It turned out exactly how I thought it would/should.
Whew.
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woohoo, am I really first…LOL!
I haven’t watched those yet. The Olympics are sucking me in, but on the DVR. We have only watched a couple of things live (like the Lezack victory in the relay which we are already tired of seeing repeats of)
Glad everything turned out okay!
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And I’m second. At least I’m not last. Wait a minute. For the moment, I AM last. Of course, if I’d been first, I would have been last too, until someone else commented, and then I would be just first. And not first and last at the same time. Which is confusing. Sorta.
Go US. Hmmm.
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Sale and Pelletier were ROBBED. and that’s all i have to say about that.
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I think it’s great you got “sucked into the Olympics” – appropriate timing!
You’ve nicely peeked my interest about what you’re working on…
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Amazing last night, wasn’t it? I swear, this early bird has not been to bed before midnight since The Games began. I just need them to be over so my obsession will be as well!
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I was just reading about the whole “under age Chinese gymnasts debacle” before I clicked over here. Hmm. Rules are there for a reason. Yes, those Chinese girls are amazing, but its all beside the point if they weren’t supposed to be competing in the first place. We’ll see. I was a gymnast for nearly 10 years growing up, so I really love watching them compete in the olympics.
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You guys crack me up. And I appreciate the peeping up as I suspect this will be a low comment entry (which is ok as I spent 30 seconds on it.)
Still…that judging had me TWISTING MY KNICKERS.
I really think the medals wouldn’t have been the way they were if those two had been anything other that totally flawless at the end. Which is upsetting. The whole night stunk of bias. It was weird.
P.S.
Ali-YUP. They were robbed. I was horrified. BOO.
I haven’t gotten to bed before 1 AM since these olympics started! My poor hubby cant wait for me to stop drooling over the swimmers and male gymnasts! I told him if he’d wear his pants down that low I’d pay more attention to him, too! hee hee
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I was the exact same way last night. The judges were on crack or something! Speaking of crack, the Olympics are like crack right? I know I need to go to sleep, to stop watching but I just.can’t.do.it. LOL
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Yeah, I was about to punch somebody in the face over the unfair judging, but we still won. I’m just waiting for China’s team medal to be stripped because they’re cheating with underage girls.
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Um, YEAH.
The age of the Chinese gymnastics team.
I wanted to read more about it so I just Googled, “Chinese underage girls”.
I probably should have added “GYMNASTICS” and “OLYMPICS” because, um, there are some REALLY sick people in the world.
My bad.
Yeah I think Olympics might have been key there. You’re poor eyes.
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I watched it too last night and I am thrilled with the end result!! I found myself getting up set by the judging but it turned out to be perfect!! Those girls really are amazing!!
Jen
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Oh and I agree with the underage Chinese girls! There is NO way those girls are 16! I realize Chinese people are smaller in statue than us Americans but they look like they are no older than 10!! It will be interesting if anything is done about it!
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I totally doubt that they will do ANYTHING about it. In some ways, what can the do exactly? It isn’t like it is a coach and their families who are trying to pull the wool over their eyes and the government can step in and clarify. It’s a government that is assisting and okaying and PUSHING it.
Any previously published ages in news reports have been taken down and called “Journalism error” and they have passports that are government issued.
It’s just sad.
What post am I waiting for? I’ve been out of the loop all week…
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Tell me about it. I’ve felt out of the loop for awhile. Getting used to this no reader thing is WEIRD.
I am doing a post for Aulds Barking Mad’s dinner party thingy and I also have talked about a post I am doing about weddings to quite a few people in person and on the internet this week. I thought both would be up long before now.
I am the biggest procrastinator on the planet. BOO!
Don’t get me STARTED on 2002. I gained 35 DAMNED pounds in 2002.
Wait, was this about the Olympics?
I would give me left toe (any, really), to have a chance with David Pelletier. Damn you, Jamie Sale.
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If the Chinese female gymnastic team are all of age, then my boobs are real. Bullshit. Who has lost a tooth during the year of their 16th birthday? Who believes that their passports are valid? If the same government that pulled a girl from singing their nat’l anthem because she wasn’t pretty enuf, wouldn’t they be just as corrupt to alter their passports? Pathetic.
Haven’t gone to bed before midnight since the Olympics started. Been sleep deprived ever since. It doesn’t matter though..our American swimmers are just HOT.
I thought you were referring to the post about the picture of you and Whoorl at BlogHer. Who’s caption did you like best? Oh, mine? I know it SO rocked, yo.
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You just had to bring up the Sale/Pelletier debacle, didn’t you?
They trained in my hometown, I’ve had the pleasure to call them my friends.
It took months…no years…of therapy to get over how we were robbed.
And you have to go and bring it up again. Dang, girl.
Back to the therapist’s couch for me. Sigh.
I totally offer to keep you company on the couch, but I can’t guarantee it won’t get dirty. Heh.
I was beyond PISSED off when I watched it and obviously I still am. No amount of reawarding will give the moment back.
Oooh, they all sound fun, but I must now go and check out Laid Off Dad, because nothing suckers me in like a man’s voice. That’s how my husband got me, in fact.
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Well, crap. Wrong post. Sorry ’bout that.
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