Harder, Stronger, Better, Faster

Friday, August 20, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "We Are" by Ana

I'm almost out of Spider-Man 2 Soundtrack songs. Sort of. One more left, i think, and it's only on the Taiwan one my cousin has. hahaha. *ahem* So, anways. That Carly Patterson, huh? Jeebus. What a solid performance. Esp. at the end on the floor. That one girl from Russia was incredibly skinny. and tall. and looked like a bird. We spent the next hour trying to figure out exactly WHAT KIND OF BIRD she was. The best answers? Flamingo, swan, and ostrich. Yeah, so today wasn't too exciting except for Carly's fantastic win, and Aaron Piersol's gold. She didn't pack as much drama into it as Paul Hamm did yesterday (That was just CRAZY), but it was all very, very solid. AARON PIERSOL, however, that was NUTS. I didn't actually get to watch it, but i heard about it. Crazy. But Piersol is so laid back... i dunno. i don't think he would've done anything if that other guy hadn't convinced him to. But still, congrats to him :) I tried to find some pictures, but they didn't have any pictures of Michael Phelps' gold today and the ones they had of Carly PAtterson weren't that great, so i'll probably post up some stuff tomorrow. I'm kind of nervous about the whole 100-m Fly because fricking Crocker just might pull it off, and we all know Michael Phelps does not like Ian Crocker beating him in anything. And yes, some people commented in my tagboard. Which i found interesting. Always enjoy strangers doing that. was EXTREMELY disappointed today when neither Popov nor van den Hoogenband qualified for the 50-m Free. It's INSANE to watch those people race that. It's basically a fecking SPRINT across to the other side of the pool. I will be rooting for Gary Hall, Jr. though, that badass. Watched some kayaking today too. That looks pretty crazy. I mean, that whitewater looks INSANE and some of those gates you have to swim upstream to get to, meaning that you have to stop yourself in the middle of the rapid, turn around and go through the gate. Finally "met" Andy Roddick's new olympic buddy Brett Heyt, i think was his name. He's pretty cool. but, of course, Andy Roddick has been eliminated from the tennis olympics. bummer, man. Better luck next time. Ye gods. Tomorrow, baby. I'm already queasy in my stomach. Crocker is the reason Phelps gets up every morning to swim... he wants to beat that guy that badly. *crosses fingers* Seriously speaking, the media is over-coveraging Michael Phelps, but if it weren't for him, i don't think i would be watching swimming, and then i wouldn't know all these cool swimmers like Klete Keller and Aaron Piersol and Amanda Beard... probably would've known Natalie Coughlin, anyway, because GO BEARS! Hm. And fricking CROCKER. GODS. That RELAY. I'll never forget it. If that's not reason to kick his ass tomorrow, Michael, i don't know what is.

Andi 12:39 AM