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Saturday, August 28, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Come What May" from "Moulin Rouge"

Hm. Okay. Questions. Yeah, i'm too lazy to go through my old entries myself to find the answer to these. Seriously. I write too much. So, why don't i just do a whole fat Phelps info dump for this entry? I'll save the pics for later. This is for the newbies. We aren't posers as some of the Phelps vets from Sydney or before might call us, just n00bs. SO! Here we go. Take notes if you haven't taken notes on this already. And then, y'know... memorize it or something. ;)

Michael Phelps is a 19-year-old swimmer from Baltimore. He's 6'4", but what makes him EXTRA SPECIAL is that his armspan is 6'7". Whereas the average person has a 1:1 ratio of armspan to height, as you can see, Michael has an extra three inches in his armspan. For a person his size, he has a remarkably long torso and short legs, good for swimming, not so good for moving on land... which is why his work-out regimen does NOT include running and his coach supposedly doesn't let him play basketball anymore. I mean, if he got hurt or something, WHERE WOULD WE ALL BE?! But the million dollar question his fangirls want to know is Does he have a GIRLFRIEND? Well. The answer to that is actually... no, he doesn't. Aw, geez... i can hear y'all squealing from here... LOL. Of course, my source may be unreliable as it came from an LJ community, but i guess i can give you a quote of what was said during the AT&T Wireless chat with him when dozens of fangirls such as yourselves asked the million dollar question: "no, as of this moment i don't have a girlfriend ;-)" Oh. And that happy face wasn't... added... by me. hahahaha, how cute. And then the Carly Patterson drama unfolds as she admits on national television that her celebrity crush is none other than Michael Phelps. Aw... :) Michael's celebrity crush, however, is Lindsey Lohan. Hope that clears things up. If i were her, i'd dump Wilmer what's-his-face and go out with Michael. I've seen Fez half-naked on "That 70s Show" and i've just gotta say... the bodies do not compare at all. Michael wins by sheer hotness, hands down. Well. That's all for my "early evening" post. Stay tuned for pictures later tonight. :) OH! I'll have pics of other Olympians, too. Don't worry. Toby Stevenson put on a show yesterday. HAHAHAHA. I love it when they show him vaulting in slow motion because as soon as he goes over that pole his face starts celebrating RIGHT AWAY! Also a couple pics of Alexandre Despatie from Canada. I know i use analogies with Michael Phelps a lot... but Alexandre is like this 19-year-old diving phenom who's doing for Canadaian diving what Phelps did for American swimming. So... whee!

Andi 5:44 PM