Harder, Stronger, Better, Faster

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

 

Man alive... my bandwidth for this month is pretty much sucked up. As in... i checked 10 seconds ago and i have about 2% of my alotted bandwidth left for this month... but i sent in my donation to Photobucket today... dunno how long it's gonna take them to give me unlimited bandwidth though, so if those pictures from yesterday's post aren't showing up, it's because my bandwidth got sucked away again. titties... oh, yeah, that's Jon's and my new "thang" replace the word "shit" and crap and all variations with variations of the word "boob". Funz0rs! SPEAKING of boobies... (i like doing fancy segues...) at Ian Crocker, Lenny Krayzelburg and our own beloved Michael were at Disneyworld today signing autographs for fans and taking pics with them and whatnot... But it's really hot in Florida right now, so guess what Michael does? That's right. Takes off his shirt. *eyes glaze over* Well, SERIOUSLY, it's not like we all haven't seen Michael Phelps SHIRTLESS. Pfft... but this is DISNEYWORLD. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love it...

Yeah, someone who was there took a picture. Isn't it great?! He just walked down the street like that... without his shirt on... in Disneyworld... I wish i'd been there... SPEAKING OF BEING PLACES. MY GOD! The tour says that the three of them are coming to San Francisco or whatever... BUT WRONGO! They're coming to SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY... ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. I... And i'm serious... Santa Clara University is literally ACROSS THE STREET from where i go to church. I'm going to go nuts! I'M GOING TO GO MAD!!!!!! I'll be in San Diego by then! *hyperventilates* Oh, good god... This isn't faaaaaaaaaair! *begins to sob* *sigh* I have a friend who's going to Santa Clara University... it's where a lot of Olympian soccer players are from... Anyways... can't let this distract me. Must... fight... urge... to... kill... self...

In OTHER news... I got the new People with Lindsey Lohan on the cover. Everyone get that. Hahaha. It's kind of disturbing. I mean, there's PICTURES of Lindsey Lohan MAKING OUT with Wilmer what's-his face. Seriously... heebie jeebies, okay? but it's WORTH it to endure it for the US Swim Team photos. There's only like a two-page spread but, hell... come on. We're going through WITHDRAWAL, here, okay? They've got Michael, of course, Aaron Peirsol, Badass Gary, and little bitty one of Klete, Vanderkaay, and Lochte. :) Worth every cent. PLus a little blurb thing in the beginning just to tie together the end of the Olympics (*solitary tear*), and there's a pic of Michael in there with those. *muses* And now, a little bit of Olympic swimmer goodness!


Look, i know Erik Vendt wasn't big in the Olympics... i mean, he was pretty much overshadowed by good ol' Michael when he won the silver medal... and the only pics you see of him are pretty much of him and Michael together whether it's hugging in the pool or standing on the medals podium... but i thought he deserved a little Erik Vendt moment. HEhe... he has an Olympics rings tattoo, too... ;)


Yes, yes... if you give a mouse a cookie... so i posted a couple of Peirsol pics in here, and people have been coming back for more, so i'll INDULGE YOU ALL! THERE! AARON PEIRSOL! Shoot... now i have an INCREDIBLE urge to say "There! I've paid my whore!" *kneads forehead* Shouldn't've watched "Moulin Rouge!" again yesterday...


My, my... a bit posessive, aren't we, Aaron? *whispers* Run, Lenny! Run! He's too young for you anyway!


Well... that would be the members of the gold medal winning Medley Relay team from the finals and... er... Michael Phelps. I have absolutely NO idea why he's in that picture but he looks SO out of place... hahaha


I feel bad. I think i might have stolen this from someone... and they're gonna swing by any moment and say "What the hell, man! That's ME!" And if that happens, i apologize now. But come on... it's KLETE KELLER!
j y a s d f (5:40:58 PM): klete is..
j y a s d f (5:40:59 PM): um
j y a s d f (5:41:05 PM): scary looking in my opinion
WELL, BOO ON YOU, JONATHAN! *pouts* Hehe... funny stories about Klete like how when he was little he climbed into a walrus pit at the zoo... and once lost his retainer on the Golden Gate Bridge (it got stuck somewhere on the bridge structure) and his family fished it back for him :)


There... not QUITE as freaky as that other one i put up a couple of days ago... that one STILL CRACKS ME UP EVERY TIME!


Well. This was from... yesterday or whatever. I mean, i'm not jealous of Minnie, i'm jealous of the person INSIDE THE MINNIE SUIT! Take your hand off his Spandex-clad ass! TITTIES!


Aw... poor baby being hounded by reporters... look at all those tape recorders in his face! And Jason Lezak's trying not to laugh at him... Just kidding. There's a really BIZARRE picture of Jason Lezak in Vanity Fair... it looks like he's feeling himself up :X


*uses Elvis voice* "Hey, baby..." Aw... Hi! Ye gods... i'm not usually the melty-giggly type, but boobies, Michael... if i ever met him i'd dissolve into gymnastics girl-like giggles.


I'm pretty sure this is a Baby Phelps pic. He doesn't look much taller than his coach... so. Baby Phelps! Aw... How do i know, you ask?


Cuz he looks MUCH taller than his coach in this picture... but it could be the perspective, although i doubt it. Wow. Guys, they just SHOOT UP when the reach puberty, eh? Yeah, tell that to my brother... fricking Asian genes...

That's all for today... i actually have a couple more pics, but i'm thinking i'll save them for tomorrow... you know... keep things fresh... keep y'all coming back and stuff like that. Have fun. Because those pictures from yesterday's post as well as nearly everything in the table next to the bulk of my blog is going to be as good as gone by tomorrow... because of the bandwidth sucking. So until Photobucket processes my donation... :/

Andi 10:04 PM

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Song of the Day: "1985" by Bowling for Soup

Hm. Well, okay, i'll try to answer all your questions again... About where i find all these pictures... *scratches head* A lot of times, it's the fangirls who provide. And by a lot, i mean nearly every time. I find that Livejournal communities are quite useful... my personal favorites being Mphelps_daily and _phelpfans. HEh... i'm not actually a part of any livejournal communities, but when you want to find pictures, you go where the fangirls are. Trust me... they ALWAYS have something to post. As for the pics of the other swimmers, those are harder to come by only because there AREN'T any LJ communities for Klete Keller or Markus Rogan, and to top it off most of the Markus Rogan fansites are in... German. Hahahaha... cuz he's Austrian. So things get tough, but the tough get going. As for the shaving tips! Pay attention, now... i posted the Shaving Tips link in yesterdays non-picture post. So just scroll your way on down there to the inconspicuously placed text post and click it. That is... if you can get through the obstacle of all those hot, hot men... *evil laughter* Have fun with it. Oh, AND BY THE BYE! Your daily Michael news of the day... in case you haven't heard already, Michael is currently traveling the country with Ian Crocker and Lenny Krayzelburg for this Disney thing. They started off in DisneyWorld yesterday, and they'll eventually end up in Disneyland in Anaheim on Oct. 5th. Actually, you know what? Here's the whole fricking itinerary:
"Disney's Swim the Stars" Tour Itinerary


1. Orlando / Walt Disney World Resort (8/31 - 9/2)

2. Atlanta (9/3 - 9/5)

3. New York City (9/6 - 9/9)

4. Baltimore (9/10 - 9/12)

5. Chicago (9/13 - 9/15)

6. Dallas (9/16 - 9/18)

7. Denver (9/19 - 9/20)

8. Las Vegas (9/21 - 9/23)

9. Salt Lake City (9/24 - 9/25)

10. Seattle (9/26 - 9/27)

11. San Francisco (9/28 - 9/30)

12. Anaheim / Disneyland Resort (10/4 - 10/5)

Lol. And a couple more questions... i have no idea really when Michael's going to be on any more late night TV shows. Sorry. And yes, i'm Asian... how the HECK did you know? haahaha...

Andi 12:10 PM

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Monday, August 30, 2004

 

*frowny face* Dangnab... it's only been two days and nearly 60% of my allotted bandwidth for photobucket has already been sucked up. That bandwidth has to last me a month, all y'all. *sigh* looks like i'd better send that $5 to the photobucket place soon before all you see is a "Bandwidth exceeded" picture again >.< SOoooooooooooo... as promised, non-Phelpsie pic update coming up! WEll. Actually. *looks around sheepishly* I found a couple of pics that i liked/had never seen. :) Oh, come on, you know you want it! May have to get up earlier than usual tomorrow just to go to work with my mom so i can go to the bank afterwards. Whomps. I really wanted to get the new People tomorrow. Oh, well. I can get it on Wednesday. i WILL get it on Wednesday... since i'll be home alone and bored out of my mind. Seriously... i wish school started a little bit earlier just so i could get out of this place. Go surfing in San Diego. Hahaha, right. During Orientation we tried to find the beach and ended up on the top of a cliff looking down and saying "Well... who wants to jump it?" Eh, needless to say, we chickened out. So. That was useless info. PIC DUMP TIME!

A Brief Olympics Update
So brief you won't even know it happened!


Steven Lopez is very *tsss* I wish there were more pics of him. There were a couple in the Time with Michael Phelps on the cover, but it was hard to see his face cuz he was showing off his taekwondo moves. Nice face shot in this one. He won the gold medal in his weight division for Taekwondo... in case you didn't know already. It's his second gold, as he got one in Sydney, too. :D


He carried the Chinese flag during the Closing Ceremonies last night. Yes Liu Xiang. OMG. I watched him race that night... he kicked so much ass. hahaha. it was hilarious when practically shoved that judge. I nearly fell over laughing. He's great... hope to see him in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing!

Klete Keller
In case you haven't heard already... or haven't been paying attention... I *HEART* KLETE KELLER! He's my hero... him and Peter Vanderkaay during the now-famous 4x200 Freestyle Relay! CRAZY AMAZING!


L33T Klete with Beauty and the Beast. I love giving them all nicknames. Anyway... this is from one of the international championships, but it didn't tell me which one on the site i got it from *frowns* Oh, well. I freaked out because Klete had hair... and since i'm a newbie, i'd never seen Klete with hair... the funny thing about seeing bald guys when they had hair is that it looks like a wig... i think Hair-Klete carries his hair quite naturally. Michael Rosenbaum aka Lex from "Smallville" on the other hand...


Another shot with just Hoogie and Klete from the same international championship, i believe. I HEARD HOOGIE TALK FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY. I'm so sad and so behind. Seriously, now. But they have a clip of him at a press conference on the NBC Olympics site. And now whenever i see the colors blue and orange together i scream "OH MY GAW!!! WHERE'S HOOGIE?" Except one time it was Inge de Bruijn... cuz they both swim for the Netherlands, y'know... >.<


The swimming dream team... before they became the 4x200 Freestyle Relay champs at the Olympics. I couldn't believe i found this picture. It's like... fate threw this pic at me screaming "HOLY SHIT ON A STICK, WOMAN! PUT YOUR MONEY ON THESE GUYS CUZ THEY'RE GOING TO WIN IN THE OLYMPICS!" And win they did! Um... 'scuse me, back of lady's head, but you're blocking my view of Klete...

Markus Rogan
Because if there's anything i love more than America it's Markus Rogan! He's so precious. I *heart* him for his sportsmanlike behavior... and because he's such a fricking cutie! *clings to Markus' leg* PLEASE STAY IN THE BAY AREA! PLEEEEEASE! Oh, crap... i'm not going to be here... PLEASE MOVE TO THE SAN DIEGO AREA! PLEEEASE! Besides... i don't see how Aaron Peirsol should get ALL the lovin'...


There. You can see Markus' face a gajibbafillion times more clearly in this pic than you can in the other one. Like i said, i've BEEN there. BEEN to that part of Stanford. I REMEMBER THAT SPOT, THOSE ARCHES. GODS! It drives me crazy to know that...


Rogan and Peirsol after that infamous swim... again... it seems that the media was photo-happy at the time during that race. There's just no shortage of these Rogan/Peirsol pics...


Aw. He doesn't seem happy after the race even though it could mean a gold medal for him if Peirsol's disqualified. Oh, wait... that's right. THEY'RE FRIENDS. Friends don't let other friends lose out on gold medals...


"Gods... i wish Aaron didn't pinch so hard..." Naw... just kidding. *observes* he has very nice teeth... straight and stuff...


With his silver medal after the 100 backstroke. Aw... he has such a cute smile!


With both of his silver medals... i mean, that's not bad. He didn't get the gold due to Aaron Peirsol, and we all know how fast he is. Come to think of it, i'm starting to wonder if Peirsol's going to take Crocker's place by Phelps' bedside... hm... that just sounded rather dirty. haahaha


aaaaaaaaaw... Markus in his Austria swimcap! i lurve his smile. it's so cute. I wish there were more Rogan fans because then it would be a heckuva lot easier to find pics of him. So, all y'all you'd better be reading this stuff and not just scrolling straightaway to the Michael Phelps pics. I'm trying to expand horizons here! ;)

Michael Phelps
Because some people need their fixes.


And that, ladies, is why he wears a swimcap... so things like that mushroom poof don't happen. Of course, his hair is so short at the moment, i doubt that would happen :( *wants to run fingers through crazy hair*


*freaks out* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THEY'VE TURNED INTO ONE PERSON!!! JUST LIKE VOLDEMORT AND QUIRREL IN THE FIRST HARRY POTTER BOOK! OH, god! KILL IT! KILL IT! Just kidding. Excuse me while i slightly shudder at Ian Thorpe's after-swim look. Some people look hot for their after-swim look... like Hoogie. Thorpe looks fine dry, but that's not a great quality for a swimmer...


A shirt? PANTS? BASEBALL? *cries* That's not Michael! Well, i sort of tossed this picture in here so as to attract Minar who loves baseball. Hahaha... i wonder if it'll work... well... i'm sure i've already been seen on her Rogan Radar.



Michael with his Wheaties box. Michael ON his Wheaties box! I don't eat Wheaties... i think i tried them once and ended up not liking them. I suppose it's athlete food, and i'm not much of an athlete... Chris told me i should do water polo and i laughed at him because i'm a huge wuss and water polo gets violent. I'll just swim for fun, thanks...


Michael at the closing ceremonies... *clings to Michael's elbows* (Well... i would do shoulders, but i could probably only reach elbows) I don't want this to be the last time i'll ever see you! Don't leave me!


A little something Jonathan made because he's ... a blend whore. Nah, because 1) He's good with photoshop and 2) he NEEDS photoshop or else bad things happen and he just might die... or produce things in Paint. Hahaha it happened once, and trust me it wasn't pretty... But THIS is pretty. That's a big as it gets, so don't try to read the little words under "KEEP IT OFF" because it doesn't actually say anything worth noting. :) I like it... but Jon doesn't so much. Michael, he says, is hard to blend.

Well, hoped you enjoyed this photo dump! See you tomorrow!

Andi 11:51 PM

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Wow. I got my res hall assignments today from UCSD. I get to have a roommate! Her name is Ami Thakor, and suddenly i'm quite scared as i have a crapload of posters that are dear to me and that i want to bring with me but i'm not sure how another person would handle so many people staring down at them while they sleep. Hm. And what if she doesn't like Michael Phelps?! I WOULD JUST DIE! *begins hyperventilating* It's not as if i weren't ALREADY dying because of the whole Olympics withdrawal. I turned on the TV today and realized there was NOTHING ON! NO OLYMPICS! *tears well up* As if going through swimming withdrawal weren't bad enough... now i have to deal with THIS! :( So anyway. Breathe deep... seek peace. *Sigh* Photo dump will come later today in the evening as is customary. I think on the menu today we have Markus Rogan and Klete Keller as well as cameo appearances by Beauty and the Beast aka Pieter van den Hoogenband and Ian Thorpe respectively. Also included are some leftover Olympics stuff i have yet to hash out. :) If anyone knows where i can find screencaps from the Closing Ceremonies, i would greatly appreciate it. And, just to amuse yourselves, and because someone asked... here you go! Shaving with Michael Phelps :D Enjoy!

Andi 6:21 PM

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Sunday, August 29, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Hello Goodbye" by the Beatles

Yes indeedly. Goodbye, Athens! Hello, Beijing! I'm quite excited as my mom has said we just might go to Beijing during the summer Olympics of 2008. I'm already thinking of how i'm going to ask for Michael Phelps' autograph. Finally... a decent sex symbol around my age. Ye gods... after David Gallagher and Frankie Muniz... FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY! :) So i hope all y'all caught the closing ceremonies today because there were a couple of fantabulous shots of our favorite athletes as well as a handful of interviews on NBC for the Americans. They interviewed Jenny Thompson, Michael Phelps, Jennie Finch... some GREAT shots of Peirsol and Rogan separately as they were coming into the stadium. Very cool Greek dancing and then a taste of what's to come in Beijing 2008. Congratulations are in order for Andre Ward and Steven Lopez. Andre won a gold medal in boxing for his weight group and Steven won a gold for taekwondo. Which kicks all sorts of ass. I wish i follwed them both more, but they don't show them on NBC, which is the only Olympics-broadcasting channel i have... okay, BESIDES Telemundo. :/ Andre Ward is another local... hailing from Oakland, or as some like to call it "Oak-town" hahaha. And Steven Lopez is really cool... and kind of cute :X In other, non-Olympics related news... I finally found my "Affirmation" CD. YAY! Well, actually, it was more like my mom found it.. heh heh heh... OH! RIGHT! I ALMOST FORGOT! Yesterday in the hurtles! Liu Xiang... man, that guy! he had a flawless hurtle bit. He didn't touch any of the hurtles at all. And the best part is when he won and he nearly tackled that judge who was trying to stop him from running into the javelin-throwing area. hahaha. Sweet. It was cool. So i have a pic of that. *Sigh* too many pics... Jeebus on a crapstick. Okay all y'all. Here's the dealio. I just thought about it, and now i've decided. I'll give you your Phelps Fix for the day, but next post will be sheer... Phelps-less madness. Try not to cry, mmmkay? ;) I know you miss him. I do too. BUT OCTOBER! Oh, yes, and thanks to whoever cleared up that thing about what he's doing underwater in that one pic :)

Michael Phelps (Ye gods, we'd better figure out a GOOD nickname for him soon)
And so, yeah. I said i'd bring happy-smiley pictures, and so i come bearing happy-smiley pictures. And... some pics i'll call "other" BWAHAHAHA


Aw... I think he's at a press conference in this pic. It's one of his "off days"... basically taken after swimming is all over and everything, and he's dealing with the press 24/7 as well as going to see some of the other events.


*Has no idea which medal that is* I dunno. He doesn't know which medal is which either cuz he can't read Greek. Silly Michael... ;)


Seeeeeeeeeee? When the hair is longer, the ears get smaller. Worked with Clay Aiken it can work with you, too! But... dammit... despite those ears, he still manages to look precious... "We like guys who are unconventionally hot" says Alice. She left today, so i'm sad... :( I found all these Markus Rogan pics she couldn't share in... *Sob*


This one's from 2003 in Melbourne. Um. YEah. He's wearing a hat. What more do you want me to say? Just soak in the Michael. Don't let me distract you.


:D I love his crazy hair! *messes up Michael's hair* How come you didn't have crazy hair during the Olympics? I wish you had crazy hair! CRAZY HAIR! I hope there's crazy hair in October!


*wolf whistle* NICE LEGS, SEXY!! *pout* i want nice legs, too. Nice... smooth... shaved legs... has anyone else ever read Michael Phelps' eight rules for shaving? They're pretty... interesting, to say the least. CHECK OUT HIS TOES!!! I TOLD YOU THEY WERE LONG! *is mesmerized by toes*


Well... i guess i don't REALLY know if he's smiling in this pic, but let's PRETEND he is. What a cool picture. I can't look that cool in close-up pictures of me. Trust me. *nods*

Sorry... those are all the smiley pics i have... so i guess we'll move onto "other" where i show no mercy and basically just make fun of Michael. Because i love him and he's adorable and this is turning into like... a relationship. Where i'm comfortable enough with him to poke fun at the way he looks. Aw... Don't break my heart like Nick Carter did, Michael... just because i make fun doesn't mean i don't lurve you!


What a cruel picture! It's like they took it just to show us how not-made-for-land Michael is... it looks like those waves are going to knock him down any second, and his already too-short legs look even shorter in the surf. :/ I'll catch you! Yeah... and then we'll BOTH fall into the water and get wet...


*bursts out laughing* No... NO! i'm sorry! Don't leave. I know it was mean, but... Pffffffffggppppptttt... *snorts up more laughter* No... i'll stop... seriously. Scroll away! SCROLL AWAY! DON'T LOOK! JUST GO! I don't want to laugh, but i can't bloody help it. I'M SO SORRY!


WHEE! MORE CRAZY HAIR! *runs hands through crazy hair* I could do this ALL DAY!



if someone could animate those two pics so it looks like he's rolling his eyes... i would be REALLY REALLY amused. Like... more amused than ANYTHING. Well, maybe not ANYTHING. There's nothing more amusing than that... picture... that i like to call "Hannibal Lector" :X Okay. Time to shut up...

Andi 11:25 PM

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Song of the Day: "The Animal Song" by Savage Garden

From the AT&T Wireless chat thing...:
from a number of people: how come the new swim suits are so low?
michael: it's just the style- each athlete has their own personal preference.

Sure, Michael... you fucking tease. So... in case you didn't know already, Peirsol and Crocker and probably swimmers that i don't know about have the same Olympics ring tattoo on the same general area as Michael Phelps... except his is the only one you can see on a regualar basis. Everyone else's you really have to look for. That's just your interestingly boring tidbit for the day. IF there are any typos in this thing... it's because i'm fucking tired. And it's about 2 AM. Sweet. And we were laughing at Michael... even though we love him. Sometimes those photographers just take damn funny pictures. But um... yeah. I actually had an "Angry Michael" dump planned. So. Here you go. If you like broody, non-smiling Michael... have fun. I'm still trying to decide which one i like better... but i think Smiley is winning.

But first... Olympics RECAP!

Because Crash is cool. Toby "Crash" Stevenson has the coolest post pole vault routine i have ever seen. As soon as he clears that pole he's already celebrating. Yesterday he even played air guitar on his pole. He kicks a lot of ass, and that's how he won a silver medal. The other guy's cool, too. :)


CELEBRATE!!! GOOD!!!! TIMES!!! COME!!! ON!!!! He's pretty fly for a white guy! It's all about that hockey helmet. Hahaha. He's not hot at all... but he just kicks so much ass.


Alexandre Despatie didn't win anything in the 10m platform... :( He was fourth. SO CLOSE. But he got a silver medal a couple of days ago for 3m springboard. Like i said, only 19 years old... he's like a month older than our beloved Michael. He's like a dark sort of cute. Very messy-hairy. hehe


I dunno... for some reason i just really liked this diving pic. IT looks so cool. HA

Swimmy!

Okay. They were AWESOME in the water. Anyone who watched that crazy 4x200 freestyle relay can vouch for that. BUT on land? Eh... someone needs to take more synchronized platform ascension lessons... i love the look on Vanderkaay's face. Go get 'em, Peter!


I WANT THIS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if Lindsey Lohan is on the cover. Guess what? There's a picture of Peirsol in it, too. But, like... don't ask me questions about him, guys... cuz i don't know him that well, and the reporters don't interview him as much. I'm just as disappointed as you. But. Yeah. I only know about Michael. :/


See? People. Everyone don't go out and get it. You know why? Because it might sell out, and then i don't get one. So i'm selfish. DEAL WITH IT! ;-) HAHAHA JUST LIKE MIKE! Stupid Lil Bow-Wow... he should make "Like Mike 2" where he tries to swm! HAHAHAHA POSER.

Broody Michael
Cuz he can't keep up that cute smile ALL the time! Much to our dismay...


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... broody... hahaha i almost typed in "Brody" whoops!


"I'm frowning at you!" Maybe there was a bad time on the scoreboards. :( Poor Mikey. Mmm... Mikey... like on those old cereal commercials... cereal... *snaps back to attention* What?



*plays "Eye of the Tiger"* HAHAHA He looks so much like something out of Rocky. "Does his underbite help him swim?" I don't know, Alice. I don't know. Maybe that's the only way he can breathe...


Well... you know this pic reminds me of? HAve you ever seen "Austin Powers"? You know the part where he's like "No, THIS is me in a nutshell... 'Help! i'm in a nutshell! How is this nutshell so big?'" or something like that. I really can't quote Austin Powers anymore... BUT I CAN QUOTE "ZOOLANDER"! I like to impress boys with my skillz... hahaha, yeah, right. *whispers* his hands are so big!


I really, really, really like this picture... and that makes me wish it were much bigger. The smallness of this pic makes me sad :( I dunno what he's doing, but it looks like he's reading. For reals this time. Not like in that pic with the "towel reading"


Alice hates this pic. But it's just so hot. I like to annoy Alice by flashing this pic in her face when she least expects it. Look at that bulge. Ladies... it seems that the thing about men with big hands/feet is true. And now. I'll shut up. It kind of looks like he's thinking "Please... go down... get smaller!"



REally. I've been trying to figure out what the heck he's doing in this picture for the longest time. the numerous speculations: "He's changing Speedos" "He's cleaning his goggles" "He's cleaning the pool!" And, my personal favorite from Alice, "I think he's jacking off."



Surprisingly... Michael won gold in this race, and Vendt looks happier than he does... Michael looks like he's about to kill something.

Oh, yeah... Alice really isn't dirty all the time. Just when i flash questionable pics at her. ;)

Andi 2:06 AM

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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

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Friday, August 27, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "The Last Song" by All-American Rejects

So... i'm wondering... what are y'all going to do once i, you know... stop putting up Michael Phelps pictures every single day? Just a question. One i've been wondering myself... because this extreme surplus of pictures is BOUND to run out sooner or later. Just look at what happened to us in California... surplus turned into defecit... Davis turned into Schwartzeneggar... Don't even ask me if that's spelled right. I can't even spell the last name of the guy who plays Fez in "That 70s Show" and it took me a long time to remember how to spell "Jake Gyllenhaal". So. *nyah* SOOooooooooooooo I've been anticipating this picture dump as much as... um... you have. Hope you likes. My cousin found a bunch of Markus Rogan pics and two of them are REALLY CUTE. :) So, EXTREME picture dump today... just to make up for not putting a dump in there yesterday. I felt like a part of my day was missing. So here we go! I just hate how there's no LJ cuts so my blog looks random and... messy... JUST LIKE MY ROOM! hahaha...

One Last Foreign Swimmer

Duje Draganja: Croatia

Silver Medalist in the 50m freestyle. There he is with Badass Gary. They hugged a little bit at the end of the race to congratulate one another, but i didn't save that picture. OH, BTW, he's the guy who's NOT Gary and NOT wearing the South African colors (green and yellow). That should help narrow it down a bit. He's a cutie.


Draganja is kind of a local, too. He swims (swam?) for Berkeley. GO BEARS! But he ALSO swims under the Croatian flag in the Olympics. You might've seen him in the Olympics as he was the guy with the big "CAL" written on his swimcap. Hehehe. This picture is VERY Neo-rrific... "Jujitsu? I'm going to lear jujitsu?"

Aaron Piersol
HA! As requested... ask and ye shall recieve. These are the best of the Aaron Piersol pics i could find. A lot of them are Rogan/Piersol... because if you didn't know already, i think they're really cute. sometimes when girls are best friends it gets gross and icky. Somehow when guys are best friends... it's adorable. hahahaa


I even captionated this one! :D
Markus: I love you, Aaron
Aaron: Please, Markus... not in public!
:) aw... *hug*


Not as amusing as the one where both of them are throwing their hands up at once, but still cute.


That's what best friends are for! *happy tears* OKAY OKAY! I'LL DO SOME PIERSOL SOLO PICS... Sheebies...


YAY! CELEBRATION! I really like this pic. I think it's my favorite Piersol pic. :) He has a nice smile.


The infamous finger-biting pic. It's cute, too.


And just one from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney... CUZ IT'S FUNNY! AND HE'S WEARING GLASES! HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR!

Markus Rogan
Like i said, Alice found a bunch of good Rogan pics... MUAHAHAHAHA!


:/ The worst part is... i've been there. In that EXACT SPOT, probably. And i didn't even know who Markus Rogan was! What if one time while i was at Stanford, i actually SAW him... AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!? *hyperventilates*


aaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... A half-naked guy with a bunch of medals in a swimming pool! What a precious picture. :D


But this one's my favorite... cuz there aren't a stream of bubbles coming out of his nose and covering his face. Pssh... i want to see that cute smile! awwwwwwwww...

Klete Keller

I *HEART* KLETE KELLER! I don't like a lot of bald guys. Seriously. like i can count the number of bald guys i would enjoy the company of on the fingers of one hand. Klete is at the top of that list. L33T KLETE KNEW THAT THORPE WAS THE ONE TO BEAT! And i'm turning into a BIG FAT LOSER!

Michael Phelps
Duuuuuuuuuh... I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE! You're here for this, of course!


Okay. So. If you win a gold medal, you get to take a picture/talk to/dance with Michael Phelps. I'll KEEP THAT IN MIND! This picture i can be jealous of... cuz... well, i dunno... maybe some of those soccer players are harboring crushes on him. Isn't one of them only 18 or 19? *eye twitches a little bit*


At the soccer game... on his phone. Which better be an AT&T Wireless program phone... hahahahaha. I HAVE AT&T WIRELESS! *scratches head* YEah... that's a real conversation starter...


From Sydney Olympics... cuz you know... at 15, you're a little cuckoo en la cabeza (crazy in the head). I'd probably do something like that for... homecoming or something if i were still in high school... and if i were a guy... I guess this sort of counts as a "baby Phelps" pic.


I had this pic in my Time magazine. It's the one where Michael's on the cover. In the little um... index section, there's this picture, but it's a LOT SMALLER than the one posted in my blog. So i was more than ecstatic to find this big one. :D


And finally, my favorite out of the pics i saved up the day before yesterday. :) However, the first thing Mina said when she saw the pic was "Oh... he has a pimple!" >.O Thanks, Minar... and then Alice had to add "Maybe that's why he looks so angry... because it hurts." Yeeaaaaaaaah... i just ruined that picture for everybody... :) Sorry.

Andi 12:27 PM

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Thursday, August 26, 2004

 

Yes. Yes. i know the pictures aren't showing up. Too many fangirls at once sucked up too much bandwidth. I'm amused that so many people are looking at this blog, though. I'm trying to set up a new photobucket account, but until the 29th those other pictures aren't going to show up. Sorry, guys. there's no picture dump today either as i haven't received my activation from photbucket yet. I'm thinking i'll just send them the $5 as a donation so something like this will never happen again. Until then. I suppose y'all will just have to actually read the words i put here. Nothing really GREAT happened today. Vannie and i went to band camp for the last little bit. Frickin' Pohan bailed on us at the drilldown! Hahaha. For those of you not in the know, a drill down is what hardcore band kids do for fun. It's like "Simon Says" except with marching band commands. >.< Fun to watch, not fun to do. There was that time... with the guys from Santa Cruz that took off their shirts... *loses train of thought* Anyways... I need to stop. So we ate at the annual "last day of band camp" potluck. After we finished dinner, Alan managed to salvage up a deck of cards from the percussionist crap and we played Texas Hold-em and Napoleon until it was time to clean up so we ran off before we could get lassoed into doing that. My sister came back today from drama camp. She met some guy from Scotland and a couple from England, so i'm kind of JEALOUS. I never meet guys at BAND CAMP. I KNOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE ALREADY. Jeez... *sigh*

So... not much news on Michael Phelps today... there was that AT&T Wireless chat, but i didn't join in on it although a lot of the LJ fangirls posted some bits and pieces on there. My cousin Alice sort of picks out the parts she thinks i'll like and tells me them. Hahaha. Apparently, Carly and Michael have talked a bit and even danced together at a Speedo party... which i find mildly amusing, and i'm sure you will too once you IMAGINE 4'9" Carly dancing with 6'4" Michael. HA... cute, though, that Carly. I'm starting to get scared that i'm becoming a poser... that after this hype is all done i won't be interested in swimming anymore... which would suck because i really like it at the moment. I think i'm more of a n00b. Hahaha. I'm annoyed by those girls who get mad because they've known about Michael Phelps "since Sydney". And now they're mad because all these girls think he's hot. Well, sorry, but i missed him last time. And he IS hot. Because of him a lot of people are watching swimming now. in fact, if it WEREN'T for Michael Phelps, i wouldn't know about other cool swimmers like Piersol and Rogan and Neethling and Badass Gary. Klete Keller would not be my hero if it weren't for Michael Phelps. But onto lighter more joyous things because i hate talking about things that are actually, you know... serious and pretain to real life. So as i've was saying before i digressed so much, my sister was at camp this past week, drama camp to be exact... meeting "exotic" European men with cute accents... ANYWAYS, there's apparently a "camp veteran" who's been there quite a few times... do you know who used to train in the summer at the pool at that camp? THAT'S RIGHT. MICHAEL PHELPS. a;iu;dfgh;sjdaflkjdf. As we all know, when Jon and i have near-misses of celebrities, we freak out. Like that time that girl who was a friend of his suitemate didn't get an autograph from Elijah Wood and he mouthed "Sorry!" to her as he left. I asked my sister if she went swimming, but she said no as it was "that time of the month", BUT SHE DID TOUCH THE WATER. Too bad she didn't save any in a water bottle or something. Haha... just kidding. This was like two years ago he trained there. So. Yeah... if we want to think about it THAT way water evaporates... so whenever it rains, little particles of Michael could be landing on us. IF you catch raindrops on your tongue, you're technically eating him! HAHAHA. Okay... time to stop. I'm starting to disturb myself. Fricking swimming withdrawal...

Andi 11:24 PM

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Song of the Day: "Weird" by Hanson

Man... i don't even like Hanson. It's just that the explosive number of responses in my tagboard is very weird and very unnatural for me. So... to answer all your "burning questions". Sorry, Amy, i'm not a swimmer. HAHA, ALICE! SUCKER! Ah... my LJ name is thereisnosp00n... there's a link to my LJ in the blog links it's "All Things Biddie". Haha, thanks. Pieter is PRETTY... sometimes being TOO pretty gets REALLY ugly... you just have to adjust your pretty receptors. And finally, i think i have some Piersol pics stashed away for my little sister... i'll try to dig 'em up, but odds are they're ones you've already seen. *scratches head* That's it for now, i guess. Um. Thanks for the comments. :D

Edit: Okay... so my bandwidth on photobucket has been exceeded for this month. It's kind of a bummer, but i'm not THAT surprised. My bandwidth "refreshes" itself on the 29th, but until then i think i might start a new account. That, or stop posting pictures for a couple of days. Eh... let me know what you think. /edit

Andi 12:28 PM

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:) Because i promised... and well, actually i got more pictures than i anticipated because, and i can't emphasize this enough, the FANGIRLS PROVIDE. Hehehehehe... Dammit... someone stop me. I'm starting to scare myself. Okay, so i didn't go to band camp today. :( We had a thingy at Amy and Eileen's house. It was more of my parents' thingy, but we (me, Alice, and my brother) went. *sigh* we were bored for a while... well, technically not bored, but kind of... uncomfortable because we had nothing to do and nothing to talk about. :/ We visited Amy at the Crepe Cafe because yeah we had nothing better to do. hahaha. James is a really quiet guy, but i think he likes Peter... even if he doesn't like us loud, crazy girls. But, um... i think i'm going to band camp tomorrow. I want to see Pohan win in the drilldown again! He can't lose on purpose! He has a legacy to carry on! And i miss the Biddies... a lot. :( BUT Michael Phelps. God... i could just start annoying myself! hahahaha

EVEN MORE MICHAEL!
I swear... it'll wane. I promise. And then it won't happen again for another four years. It's just that there's still a lot of pictures to collect. Gotta catch 'em all!


I call this the "BomChickaBom" picture... because you know like... stripper/porn music... it looks like he's stripping! Some celebrities you have to undress with your eyes, but it's that much cooler when the celebrity gets rid of their clothes for you! :D I'm turning freaky...


A headshot! I carry this one around with me because i'm kind of scary like that.


Look, Minar! He's not in street clothes. He looks slightly more like he belongs on land when he's wearing a nice tux. there's actually an LJ icon out there that's a cut of this picture that says "At least i know he will look good on our wedding day!" Hahaha... kind of cute kind of crazy.


"Hi, Mom." Hehehe... so cute. Look at how big his hands are! You don't want to see his toes...


Cuz Jonathan likes the swimming ones. He says "backstroking" sounds weird, which is what Michael's doing in thie picture... but he agrees that "breaststroking" wins the gold medal for dirtiness.


Holy Horchatas... It's like he's posing... only he's not... he's pretty graceful in a Speedo, in water or not! *Tssssssssssss* that tattoo... it's peeking out again! Someone really really needs to tell him to pull up his pants because he wears them so low on his hips... not that i'm complaining... since because of it...


... we get shots like these. hahahaha... i'd be thoroughly embarassed if someone caught a picture of me like that... but i guess it matters less for guys... Still, MICHAEL! PANTS! UP! It's like Euny, Mina's friend, said... someday that Speedo is going to fall off, and we'll all be watching. That's the money shot


This is referred to as "Fangirl Phelps" where he's cheering on the US team as they do the Medley Relay. IT was like his only day off, and the first time i'd actually seen him clothed... EVER. Well, maybe not EVER... but every other time he was in clothes it was that jacket and he always took that off, so it was kind of a shock to me. I wasn't used to it. Wow...


Yes... this is from the Access Hollywood a few nights ago... those accursed fangirls made screencaps, and by the gods, the rest of us are mildly thankful. We had a brief conversation about this pic...
Ch0w Der GirL 8 (2:48:49 PM): awwwww... so his ears were always big
j y a s d f (2:49:02 PM): lol
j y a s d f (2:49:17 PM): oih man he wasnt a pretty kid
I actually thought he was kind of a cute little kid... :/


LOOK! SUPER DORK! Why do i always fall for the ones that look extremely dorky? After Clay got his "Extreme" makeover i didn't like him AS much. I still liked him but not as much, you see. And then of course there's Lijjie, who's as dorky as they come... And Tobey Maguire... and Chris Carrabba...


:D So far, the pride and joy of my collection... oh, except for...


... THIS ONE, which warrants an explanation. In Olympic Village, the athletes sort of live in this dorm setting (in which, i would LOVE to be in the Swimmers' Dorm). And so the swimmers put on this skit night. that's Peter Vanderkaay, one of the swimmers in the relay that we barely kicked the Aussies in. He's pretending to be Michael Phelps, host of "The Michael Phelps Quiz Show". HAHAHAHA. the earphones are a NICE TOUCH, Peter! ;)

Andi 12:48 AM

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Wednesday, August 25, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Miss You" by Blink 182

Once again the fangirls come through. Alice and i were too lazy to get off our bums and deal with Billy Bush yesterday on Access Hollywood. That man really annoys me. And when something annoys me/freeks me out, i don't want to have to deal with it... or he/she whatever. So we watched it again on Peter's computer. Carly... she's so cute. The reporter lady's like "Michael's confessed that although he thinks you're pretty, he actually as a crush on Lindsey Lohan! You should say you have a crush on Wilmer (whatever his last name is, don't make me spell it)." And Carly's like, "Oh, okay... i guess... but... wait, she's taken and i'm not!" really flustered. Adorable. I actually didn't watch any Olympics yesterday. Yeah. I felt like there was something missing yesterday. BUT HOWEVER congratulations are in order for Misty May and Kerry Walsh. GOOOOOOOOOO BEACH VOLLEYBALL! *Sigh* where am i supposed to get my man-fixes now? Swimming's done. Gymnastics is done. Track and field guys are... sorry to say, not geeat looking. (Maurice Green? No no no...) It's too bad Tom Pappas hurt his leg. Poor baby... anyway, going to band camp with Vanessa today. I dont' know how she tricked me into it, probably because i'm missing the Biddies like crazy. *Sigh* on the school front, UCSD didn't receive the Hepatitis B immunizations i sent them about a month ago. So i have to DEAL WITH THAT! SUCKS! SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS! >:O I was so angry i binged. BINGED! THIRTEEN PICTURES IN ONE HOUR AND THEN ONE MORE THIS MORNING. And then Jonathan didn't help either as i was remarking about not realizing how small Speedos were until i saw Michael Phelps wearing them. "Well," he said, "Zee used to wear them, too." Thanks, Jonathan. Thanks. I FORGOT TO CONGRATULATE THE MEN'S ROWING TEAM! THEY WERE AWESOME. AND CRYING. *MUAH! MUAH!* i haven't done cheek kisses in a long time. So now... *hoists up pants* About that photo dump... Should i do it all in one big thing, or should i post some and save some for the inevitable band camp post i'll put in later? Hm... decisions decisions... *Cracks knuckles* Okay. Seven now, seven later. These are cheap shots... ones that aren't as high quality as other ones. So, like Access Hollywood waits until the VERY END to tell you who Carly likes just so you'll watch the whole show i'll wait until the VERY END to show you the GOOD new pics in my collection. Sweet. I'm turning devious.

More Michael...
HAHAHAHAHAHA... GET IT? "MORE MICHAEL"? MICHAEL MOORE?! AHAHAHAHAHA... just kidding...


Hehe... another baby Phelps pic. This one's from the last Olympics, i believe. I have a question that's been weighing on my mind for a long time... how come they make those jerseys for football, basketball, even soccer stars and as fans you can buy them in certain places. WEll, you know what? The swimcaps that belong to the Olympic swimmers have THEIR names on the side. I want some of those. Swimcaps with my favorite swimmers on them! COME ON! DO IT!


He's saying, "Come, dance with me, Andrea" And i'm saying "No, sorry, i heard you were clumsy on land... but in WATER..." :) He's probably just stretching... getting ready for men's synchronized swimming... ahahaha, is there such a thing?


Alice says this looks like a mug shot, and after looking at it carefully, i have to concur. Pull up your pants, Michael! Ouuuuu... speaking of pulling up our pants, i read about this thing in one of the LJ communities... because we all know everytime they interview Michael Phelps after he swims he always mentions that he slept pretty late, and as devious and dirty fangirls, our minds begin to wonder WHY. DId you know that in the Olympic Village, the condom machines need to be refilled every two hours? YIKES!


I like watching him swim... just not from the front. i LOVE the pictures they take of him doing the butterfly from the side. Those are hot. very graceful-like. There's one picture in this week's Time where they took it underwater while he's doing the butterfly. IT's very unflattering as there is a stream of bubbles erupting out of his nose...


:D I love this commercial. "Dude, you're gonna hurt yourself. Here, use mine." But i like the Visa commercial better... the one where he swims from Athens to New York and says "One" before swimming back. Unfortunately, no one's taken screencaps of the part where he smiles in this commercial... yet. love that smile.


Cuz it makes me laugh like no other. Look at that face... It looks like he has the mumps!


And the coup de grace... just for Alice, who HATES this picture. Personally, i find it HILARIOUS. Photographers take pictures of the weirdest things. If you thought those pictures of Michael in a Speedo were borderline porn before, check out this one where someone's massaging his legs! I can see why the massage would be necessary. He did swim almost 20 races in the course of a week, but was it NECESSARY to take a picture of THIS? No, i don't think so. I don't think the massage therapist realizes how jealous the fangirls are of him. Really.

Alright... there's half your picture post for the day. Stay tuned for more!

Andi 11:50 AM

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Tuesday, August 24, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "The Reason" by Hoobastank

The fangirls will always provide... like manna to the Hebrews wandering in the desert. That's what i feel like right now. A starving Hebrew. So i guess i could recap on what's been happening in the real world other than the Olympics. Um... yeah. Like anyone's interested in that. Hahaha. But i promise that if you listen to my shpeel, i'll have a photo reward for you at the end, mmmmmmkay? So yesterday i went shopping with Alice. She bought this Ramones t-shirt, and it almost made me cry... because it reminded of Michael Phelps. HAHAHAHA. Just kidding. I didn't cry. "Too bad he doesn't listen to the Ramones," said Alice. "He's a fricking swimmer thug... POSER!" Yeah, anyway. She's still bitter and angry about that. Well, Alice, maybe you should put that on his iPod that his crazy fangirls are sending him. "So, what does Michael think of his new sex symbol status?" "HAHAHAHAHAHA... It's definitely different." Anyways... i'm trying to talk about normal things here and once again i diverge. HAve to stop thinking about Michael Phelps... i'm becoming as obsessive as that creepy girl in Swim Fan... which luckily i didn't see! :D I bought some DVDs. Everyone go to Target. It's the shit. Because i got "Moulin Rouge" on DVD for $7.50. WHUT WHUT?! Um... i'm running out of things to talk about. SURPRISINGLY i talked to Chris yesterday... my wittle bass clarinet buddy. Band camp started... poor kids. :/ I feel bad for them. I don't start school until the 25th of September, and they're already slaving away in the sun for a couple of hours a day listening to Die Kraftler bark out orders. *Sigh* I laugh and cry at the same time. I kind of miss being a band geek. I guess i'm an Olympics geek. Erica is out for the week, so she didn't have to see Paul Hamm getting booed. She would've cried. For reals. *hits head on desk* I need Michael Phelps. I need my water babies... WELL... since i can only keep my hands off of the Olympics for about five seconds (or less than a paragraph...) HERE YA GO!

Scenes from Yesterday's Olympics:

Jeremy Wariner... what a beast! Not a beast in the sense of the word that Thorpe is a beast. More in the sense of the word where Michael Phelps is a beast (SEXY BEAST!) He looks really cool with his sunglasses on, less cool with them off. Whenever they interview him, he's always breathing heavily right after a race so you can never understand what he's saying. Kind of reminds me of Malcolm's handicapped friend in "Malcolm in the Middle".


They call him "Sexy Alexei" for a reason. Cuz he's hot. "Oh my God, when you search for him on Google they have all these gay porn sites." Hey. After spending a week with a bunch of swimmers, porn doesn't phase me anymore. Someone told me that all those pictures of Michael Phelps is kind of like porn... and, well, they're right. But back to Alexei Nemov... whom we sometimes refer to now as "Nemo" since it's cuter than "Sexy Alexei". Nemo's quite a sweetheart, i think. When the crowd was booing his score, he smiled for a little while before getting throughly embarassed, and went as far as to signal the crowd to quiet down so Paul Hamm could do his routine. Sweet guy. If he doesn't show up next Olympics, i'll miss him

For the Swim Fans
I guess i don't have too much stuff for you today. Pictures are becoming scarcer and scarcer. I mean... new pictures. Old pics are still good, but we want some fresh ones. So... i've got a handful of Michael's but more of other swimmers that are pretty hot and don't swim for the US. Nothing hotter than a foreign guy... except a foreign guy who swims! :)

Markus Rogan: Austria


:) Still... cuz he's a CUTIE PATOOTIE. I just like how he's always biting on something... except in that second picture. Heh heh heh. Piersol and Rogan are so cute. They're like... Beauty and the Beast only both hot. Even the really really ridiculously good-looking Pieter van den Hoogenband cannot make up for Thorpe's evilly big nose.

Ryk Neethling: South Africa

Ryk Neethling trians in the same place Amanda Beard does, so they're sort of going out, i think. Like i said, he's really hot, right? *Tsss*


Again... but this time not looking at the camera. In the above picture they look intense... like models that are naked... OH! ABERCROMBIE MODELS. It never ceases to amaze me how A&F is supposed to be selling clothes but their models are never wearing any. Go figure.

Pieter van den Hoogenband: Netherlands


Isabel says i should stop lusting. Hahahaha... maybe she's right. If Hoogie weren't so hot...


Jeez... i can't see what that piece of cloth is. IT's probably a swimcap... but then again we can always pretend that's his speedo he's waving around. "Look at me! I'm totally naked!" *takes out binoculars* Why, hello, there...

For those who need their daily dosage of Phelps:

Bigger and badder than ever. I'm in love with that tattoo...


Reading his towel... or at least that's what it looks like. :) How cute. Minar says he looks dorky in street clothes. I say he just looks dorky in clothes period. BRING ON THE NAKED! ;)


Amanda Beard, Michael Phelps, Jenny Thompson, and Natalie Coughlin. I tried not to be jealous and i succeeded. Go me. Just think about it this way. Amanda already has hot Ryk Neethling. Jenny is too old... unless she wants an Ashton/Demi thing going on. And Natalie is tired of us comparing her to what's-his-name all the time. So, there. No need to be jealous at all.


Because i love L33T Klete. he's my hero. :)


And just because. I have a lot of "just because" pictures of Michael Phelps, don't i?

Andi 7:12 PM

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Monday, August 23, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Stuck in a Moment" by U2

Poor Paul Hamm. It's the judges, and he gets the blunt end of the bat. I don't think he thought he desevered the score he got today, either. That Russian guy who came just before him... what the FUCK was that?! He had five flawless releases. So he took a little step at the end of his routine. So what? Jesus... the crowd was right to boo that score, and i think i'm in love with that guy. He seems like such a sweetheart, even going up onto the platform to quiet down the crowd so that Paul could do his routine. :/ He should've gotten a medal for his efforts. They were amazing. I don't understand what the hell is wrong with the judges this year. They've really screwed up this whole scoring thing. *sigh* Go Carly, though. Silver medal on the beam. She has a very nice routine. Very tough. I like watching her do it just cuz she's so good at it. um... Alice and i missed the Michael Phelps thing on Access Hollywood today while it was on TV (I HATE HATE HATE BILLY BUSH! HE'S SO ANNOYING) but of course, the fangirls will provide. We just watched a video of it on Peter's computer. Lindsey Lohan? weeeeeeeell... it could be worse... could be Hilary Duff or Kirsten Dunst. But, Michael... CARLY!!! CARLY!!!! It would be absolutely precious. Or maybe Nicole Kidman. She's hot. And um... yeah... that thing in my tagboard is amusing, to say the least. I think i'll save it... or put it in the post, just because i'm so amused by it.

michael phelps: i think this is great what u are diong. it realypromotes the sprot of swimming...not just me...thanks!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...i like how nobody reads your blog until you post something... hot in it. I'm extremely amused by that. I wish it was last week's Olympics. This week's Olympics are sucking. Except today's win of the 400m by Jeremy Wariner. That man is FAST. OMG. Watching him run brings almost as much joy as watching Michael Phelps swim because he makes you wait until the last minute before he sprints across the line. I mean, in the heats he was so far ahead of everyone else he actually walked the last few steps across the lines. Freaking crazy. *sigh* So "Stuck in a Moment" is dedicated to Paul Hamm. Stick it out, man. Let the guy share the medal if he thinks he deserves it. I'm still rooting for you. Oh jesus... he just seems like he needs a huge hug. *huuuuuuuuuuug* It'll get better. I promise.

Andi 11:54 PM

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I feel like i'm dying. I have to get my Michael Phelps fixes from COMMERCIALS. I'm... I'm not gonna make it, you guys. I miss all my water babies too much. Not being able to see the Olympic pool in Athens is taking it's toll on me. Every time i see Carly Patterson on TV, i think about Michael Phelps. What's going to happen after SHE stops being on the TV, too? *curls up into a fetal position*

Andi 12:55 AM

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Sunday, August 22, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Time to Say Good-bye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman

It's hard to say good-bye to everyone. *Sigh* I've been dreading it all day. Olympics news today: In the women's medley relay we got silver, which is still pretty kick-ass. I like a lot of the girls like Natalie and Amanda and Kara Lynn. They're all really cool, and should get as much exposure as the men. They probably do; it's just that i'm straight so i'm not attracted to them even though i agree that Natalie and Amanda are really pretty. In the men's medley relay we set another world record! :) Crocker did not disappoint, and i'm quite proud of him except that part when he reached into his speedo before the race. You know, Ian, we ALL KNOW you're naked under there... *shudder* Piersol's such a cutie and Hansen seems like such a sweet guy. Lezak is... Lezak. I'm not familiar with him, so i haven't acquired an attachment to him like i did the rest of the team... (except in Crocker's case it's sort of a wary attachment). Seeing Michael Phelps in close and dry was... something new. I wasn't used to it and nearly freaked out. I feel like my day is somehow incomplete... like it's missing something, which means i've now officially gone into Michael withdrawal. OR maybe just swimming withdrawal in general. Watching track and field just doesn't CUT it. I'm rooting for Alan Webb, still, even after yesterday's somewhat disatrous race. He got hurt. :( Jeremy Wariner seems like... Michael Phelps on land. Well, wait, techinically no. Michael Phelps doesn't move that quickly on land. Okay, HYPOTHETICALLY if the LAND were WATER... never mind... i think you get what i mean. He's really fast. *thumbs up* I want to watch Toby Stevenson. He's supposed to be quite a crowd pleaser. :D But still... it's like there's an empty hole. Now everytime i see a swimming pool on TV i get excited. I CAN ONLY SEE MICHAEL PHELPS IN COMMERCIALS NOW!!! *hyperventilates* Okay. You're daily picture dump:

Here's some of Markus Rogan and Aaron Piersol... cuz they're so cute. Together AND apart.

Markus Rogan, brought to you by Minar.


Rogan and Piersol after the infamous backstroke race. both of them are SHOCKED and APPALLED that Piersol got disqualified. Best Friends Forever... i'll buy them a pair of those bracelets. ;)

And now, lady Phelp fans... i give you Mighty Michael

Er... not mighty yet in this picture. Hehehe... look at those baby muscles. he's got some ways to go in there.

*shrug* random headshot


For a guy with a HUGE underbite, he has the cutest smile i have ever seen in my entire life. You know what his nickname should be? Dumbo. Because he has huge ears and just FLIES through that water. *sigh* I wish i were his Speedo. Ummmmmm... you didn't just read that...

From the Vanity Fair:


*bites knuckle* It is, as Jon would say, ORGASMIC. He hasn't used that in a long time. *melts*

And so. That concludes today's picture dump. It is time to say goodbye... but i'm still not ready. It'll be a gradual thing. Like... oh god, i hope i never get addicted to anything because i'll never be able to quite cold turkey. >.O Have fun with the picture dump!

Andi 12:45 AM

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Saturday, August 21, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "In Too Deep" by Sum 41

I said goodbye to Michael Phelps today. :( It was... sad. He's not racing tomorrow because he let Crocker take his place on the relay even though he beat Crocker in the 100-m Fly. *hugs Michael* IT really looked like Crocker was going to take it, but (and this is what the LJ fans call him) Speedo ripped in there at the last second to take the gold. Speedo. It rhymes with Thorpedo. Which the slash-bitches love. *eye twitches* The man of the moment in my book is Gary Hall, Jr., whom i like to refer to as BADASS GARY! He's so BADASS! In his interview he's all like "People say i'm too old to win the gold. But tell me i can't. I dare you." And he got this angry look on his face like the kind Vince gets right before he mock-kills you. And then he appeared for his race decked out in his usual American flag robes like a prima donna. He's not that hot. But my god. He's so badass. BADASS GARY! :D Yes... so... um. Not a lot happening in the world of Olympics today, but some stuff happening in the world of Alice and Andrea, freaky deaky Michael Phelps fans. Hahahaha... speaking of freaky deaky Michael Phelps fans, guess which gold medalist has a crush on him? CARLY PATTERSON! It's like... the most adorable thing i've ever heard of in my entire LIFE. IT sounds like the making of a great romantic comedy: "She's 4 foot 9. He's 6 foot 4. Can they make it in the world together?" Well, if you think about it... she's a gymnast, and she can jump really high to kiss him... if that doesn't work, Michael Phelps is clumsy on land so if they both swim in the water, they'll be the same height... and i'm putting too much thought into this, so i think i'll stop. So... since today is the last day of Michael Phelps... We have to say good-bye with great pomp and circumstance. But first, a few pictures from the past few days in the world of Olympics... and some random pics.


SUPER BEAST! I mean, i nearly fell over LAUGHING when Alice showed me this picture. It's the funniest thing i've ever seen in my entire life. Jeez... *whispers* My MOTHER likes Ian Thorpe... >.<


Blaine Wilson. Cuz he's hot. It was tragic how he fell of the high bar... :\ But he's STILL HOT! *tssss*


Carly Patterson... *giggles like a school girl* She has a crush on Michael Phelps! It's so cute i'm not even jealous.


Phelps' gold from yesterday... in the IM. "1, 2, baby!" :)

BADASS GARY!!!!!!!!


:) I love his flaming American robes. It's so... badass... hahaha


Him and his newest gold medal... Neither the Flying Dutchman nor the Russian Rocket (Popov) made it into the finals... a major bummer. BUT BADASS GARY! *MUAH!* *MUAH!* Those were cheek kisses, btw.


I think Aaron Piersol and Markus Rogan are so cute. I would love to have a best friend relationship like Piersol and Rogan... who would NOT have accepted the gold medal if Piersol hadn't gotten it. He's also the one who encouraged Piersol to appeal for the gold. :) They're so cute. In a non-sexual sort of way.

And now... the Michael Phelps farewell! *blows a kiss* *waves*

I thought this picture was REALLY CUTE. Um... but yeah, it was just for a sunglasses commercial. Amanda Beard is actually going out with one of the guys from the South African swim team, Ryk Neethling (Alice and i got the Vanity Fair we've been lusting after for the past week... IT'S HOT!)


I like it and think it's cute, but Erica and Alice don't like this pic. *Shrug*


Oh em gee... it's like they're ALL NAKED. hahahaha. I like Piersol, too.


I was amused.


It's cool. I like it. Because he's so graceful in water, so graceless on land. You can tell. I'm surprised he hasn't tripped and fallen yet. :X


Crap. I had a picture i titled "baby Phelps" but i think i forgot to save it. :( It's just him when he was paler, younger, and not as muscle-y. I was going to compare it to this one. This is Alice's favorite pic. It's hot.


My favorite. Cuz "i envy the water"...

And that's it. I had no special thing prepared since i thought Michael would be swimming tomorrow, but as he is not... i bid him a tearful goodbye, and a "SEE YOU AT THE NEXT OLYMPICS!" *blows kiss*

Now i'm ready to watch Toby Stevenson, pole-vaulter! :D

Andi 12:26 AM

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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

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Thursday, August 19, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Lose Yourself" by Eminem

It's really just those couple of lines in the chorus: "Lose yourself in the music the moment you own it, you'd better never let it go. You only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow. The oppurtunity comes once in a lifetime." Paul Hamm. Seriously awesome there at the end after that tragic fall during the vault. That was just... horrible. Seriously. I was like "NOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo!" even though i like knew the results already. It hurt to even WATCH it. And then the way he came back. It was a spectacular moment that was ruined by my fucking little brother. Who wouldn't stop talking during the national anthem. Who said "If i were one of those Koreans i would break his legs." Pissed me off. I never want to watch the Olympics ever again with him. I mean, even though i was disappointed that the Chinese guy fell off the high bar, i'm still rooting for the Americans. Afterall, i am an American, and that's what we do in the Olympics: beat incredible odds, pull of incredible feats. Such as today's world record women's relay in swimming. AWESOME. as cool as yesterday's men's relay. Saw Klete Keller rooting for the girls in the stands and my stomach did an adrenaline flip that was still left over from yesterday. Pieter van den Hoogenband had an amazing race today, too. The South African swimmer looked like he was going to take it, but the Flying Dutchman swooped in at the end to take the gold while Ian Thorpe took bronze. Then, Beauty proceeded to swim across four lanes to congratulate the Beast. They make an interesting couple. I admire Ian Thorpe's taste in men... But of course. Pictures.

First off, a couple from yesterday that i didn't have time to scrape up for the post, but i like 'em.

Aw... :)

There's nothing like a bunch of scantily clad men giving each other hugs...

The National Anthem... and Klete Keller. That man looks so much like Lex Luthor from "Smallville." But i love him. If Crocker screwed us in the last relay, Klete Keller more than made up for it.

Even more Lex Luthor-y in this one. I like this one because it's more close up than that other one i had. (The one where Thorpe didn't get his dessert)


An okay picture of the girls. I wish it were closer up, but this is the best i can do for now. Natalie Coughlin... GO BEARS!


Gold medalist Pieter van den Hoogenband. He is so pretty. It's unreal.


Beauty and the Beast.

I was mildly amused when the Flying Dutchman swam across those four lanes to congratulate the Thorpedo. Really. Ian Thorpe, hang onto that man for all you're worth. They are SO about to make out.


And of course, Paul Hamm... whom i'll call "farm boy" (stupid commentators). "Farm boy... fetch me that pitcher?" *sigh* watching him stand on that platform, i could almost block out Peter's fucking voice. The part where his coach told him he'd just won gold, and he was like "No... NO NO!" if i had been watching it by myself, i might've almost shed a tear. Instead i just felt sick to my stomach. Break his legs... i'll break YOUR LEGS, FATASS. And it's interesting to hear him talk. Athletes, they're all quiet and poised when they're in their element, and then the reporters interview them and you go "WHOA, THAT'S what they sound like?" Michael Phelps didn't win any medals today as it was just the 200-m IM qualifying rounds. He looks really good out there, but there's that little Hungarian kid i'm a little worried about. It'd be interesting if he upset the... Phelpsinator... no that doesn't sound right... BUT, for your viewing pleasure...


Alice and i are planning to get two copies of that Vanity Fair. One for me and one for her. Like the tatoo, don't you? hahaha...


Mina says: "I know he's a swimmer and all and they all do that or whatever, but someone needs to tell him he's no longer unknown." o.O DECK-CHANGING! What kind of photographer takes PICTURES OF THAT?


And this one... just cuz it's kind of cute.

Andi 1:05 AM

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

 

...and which lesser Harry Potter character are you?

Haha, pretty cool, eh? Yeah... i suppose i'm a little Firenze, but i'm probably louder than he is. ;)

Andi 4:02 PM

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Song of the Day: "We Will Rock You" by Queen

Holy crap on a stick. Today was the most EXTREME day EVER. I'm actually handwrote this down onto a piece of paper because my stupid internet wasn't working, and i was SO ADRENALINE PUMPED! But before i get to that story... about the rest of my day:

I actually woke up at about nine today which is ridiculously early for Andrea time. I actually didn't have any time to check any of Michael Phelps' standings this morning, so i went blindly into the world. Jae picked us up at around ten because we'd planned to go to Great America. We tried to get discount tickets at Safeway, but when that didn't pan out, we went all the way to AAA in Newark. Poor Cindo waited half an hour for us at the entrance because i underestimated how long it would take us to get there. :( Sorry Cindo. We made JAe go on his first rollercoaster, Vortex, as soon as we got in. Lines weren't too long today, actually. After Vortex, we did Demon and Invertigo before meeting Damian, Anthony, Crystal, and Cecilia. We split up, some of us opting to go on Grizzly while the others went on DropZone. After that, we hit Psycho Mouse, getting a sock to the stomach when those fricking restraints came down. Then we did Top Gun and the Bumpcer Cars before splitting up again, most of us heading to the Rapids while Peter, Allison, Harrison, and I opted for the Orleans Orbit before doing Top Gun again. Our last ride was Delirium and it was GREAT. After GA, Jae suggested we see "Collateral" at the Mercado, but some of us had to walk as we didn't have enough cars. We actually ended up running and jumping a fence just to make a movie i thought was kind of... average. During the more boring parts i found my mind wandering to more interesting things like the Olympics ("Boring... ouuuuuu... Michael Phelps!" But don't tell Jae as he LOVED the movie and HATES Michael Phelps) We ate at In-N-Out where i seriously considered that they shoud've done "Harold and Kumar" in CA. I mean, come on, "Harold and Kumar Go to In-N-Out" would kick multiple degrees of ass. My dad picked us up and took us home. I forced myself not to be tired and watched the fucking Olympics.

It was WORTH IT.

I turned on the TV just in time to see Michael Phelps get gold for the 200 M Butterfly. I can't believe Ian Crocker didn't qualify for the 100-M Freestyle. He's supposed to be better than Phelps at the 100-M Butterfly. We'll see. Crocker hasn't really been in top form, but the butterfly IS Phelps' worst stroke. Then some gymnastics. A sort of interlude. I was disappointed that Carly PAtterson had a couple of bloopers for her vault and uneven bars routine. Floor was GOOD, though. But GODS... the poor Chinese girl who practically landed on her head when she dismounted from the bars. Jeez... that must've SUCKED. I don't know WHAT'S up, but the Chinese gymnastics team isn't really up to par this year. Finally, the absolute highlight of my day. You know there are pictures of this. Trust me. Gods... Klete Keller is MY HER, currently the SEXIEST BALD MAN ALIVE. Hell, the ENTIRE relay team kicked ass today. Vanderkaay with that CRAZY lead in the third leg. Jesus, halfway through his leg, Keller started breathing from the opposite side just so he wouldn't have to see how Thorpe was progressing. As soon as Thorpe jumped into the water, i seriously believed that the Australians would take it. He was just that smooth. But gods... KLETE KELLER! I COULD KISS THAT MAN ON HIS BALD, BALD HEAD. I just wanted to jump into the screen and hug the whole goddam team. I nearly collapsed, nearly FAINTED. When i got up out of my seat i almost bloody FELL DOWN. That's how INTENSELY CLOSE that race was. My fingers are STILL Shaking over it. So if there's typos, it's because although i was FUCKING TIRED when i got home from GA (the running around to get to the theater pretty much did me in), i am now PUMPED. I don't know WHEN i'll go to sleep. So. i promised pictures. Here they come.



Cleverly dubbed by Alice, these are the "no dessert" pics. When Alice showed me the first one after we lost the relay to South Africa, she said Michael Phelps looked like a little boy who didn't get his dessert. Poor Thorpe had the same look on his face today when the US got the gold.


Michael Phelps' second gold... not to be confused with the picture where he got his first gold.


Here's Vanderkaay, Phelps, and Lochte watching Keller swim. Try sitting like that for... i dunno... a minute. See Michael Phelps? I had that EXACT SAME EXPRESSION when i was watching Klete Keller vs. Ian Thorpe.


Had that expression, too. Man... he's CUT... hahahaha...


And, of course, the hero of the hour, Klete Keller himself. there's not a whole lot of pictures of him, and i had to scrounge for that old one. :) Nice job, Klete!

Andi 1:15 AM

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Monday, August 16, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Someone to Die For" by Jimmy Gnecco feat. Brian May

Okay. So i'm disappointed. A little. But, i mean, freestyle is Thorpe and van den Hoogenband's event. It's their THING. Their NICHE. Phelps kicked ass just be getting bronze. I mean, he was right up there with those two all the way. So. Still. He medaled. That's good enough for me. :) But now that i look at pictures from the event, Pieter van den Hoogenband is seriously the best looking of the three, and, um, i was talking to my cousin about that, and sort of made up innappropriate nicknames for Thorpe and van den Hoogenband. But they're not REALLY MEAN. I like them all. I just hate my little brother, who thinks Thorpe is the shit. Seriously, Thorpe is the best freestyler, but Phelps kicks his ass at all-around swimming. That's why he holds the record for the 400 IM. DUMBASS! Okay so back to van den Hoogenband and Thorpe. nicknames: Beauty and the Beast. No. Seriously. Come on, now. No bitterness. YESTEDAY, there was bitterness. But today there isn't. OMG. Don't get me started on the USA men's basketball team. Jeebus... Okay, but i have pictures! Screencaps that Alice found for me. Because she's the shit! :D

Chronological order:
Michael's First Gold for the 400 IM



Bronze for 200 Free

:) He looks slightly unhappy here... but still. BRONZE!!! :)


Beauty. Cuz he's VERY PRETTY. Jeez... van den Hoogenband. I forgot how hot he was. hahahaha...


The Beast. Cuz he's VERY UGLY. Jeez... Thorpe. I forgot how ugly he was. hahahahaha... now people are going to kill me, aren't they? Decent swimmer though, that Thorpe. *dodges rocks*


Cuz black and whites are the best. Alice, i want THAT one for my poster!

That's it for today's picture dump. The next big race will probably be the 800M medley relay. I hope they use Gary Hall, Jr. for the finals this time. As well as the 100M butterfly... *crosses fingers* American vs. American in this one... Phelps vs. Crocker.

Andi 6:31 PM

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Song of the Day: "The Night that the Lights Went Out in NYC" by the Ataris

Okay. I'm not going to blame Ian Crocker for anything. It's just that something he said a while back in Time about Michael Phelps that stuck with me like a sore rib when Crocker was the only Olympic swimmer in the entire 4x100M Free Relay to swim his leg in 50 seconds. WHOMPS. Seriously. *eye twitches* First leg, too. *breathes deeply* No problem... big event is on TV on Tuesday. It's actually happening on Monday in Athens, so i'll probably know the results by Tuesday morning if i so choose. But. Come on. It'll be worth it to watch. Phelps vs. Thorpe and van den Hoogenband. I feel like a little kid who needs to ... do a twinkle twirl (aka a pee dance) cuz i'm so excited. *sigh* I should sleep cuz my mom's getting fussy, but BEFORE i do that... i have a crapload of pictures to show off. :)

Michael Phelps:

Alice (my cousin) thinks that one looks "really gay".


I like this one. :)


And this one.


And this one a lot. You can make fun of the way he looks while he's on land, but damn it if he doesn't look SO COOL in the water.


This has nothing to do with anything. I just want this poster. :D Really badly.


And this one just cuz it's hot.

Andi 1:08 AM

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Saturday, August 14, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Gifts and Curses" by Yellowcard

So. Um. Right. Hahaha... i really have no idea what i'm doing. Something messed up with my blog and i have basically zero access to it, and it's pissing me off. Today was an interesting day. Woke up at 11 AM just like i said i would and watched Michael Phelps PWN everyone in his qualifying heat for the 400M IM. Awesome. But yeah, i wasn't going to be around tonight for the actual finals, so i went to nbcolympics.com to see the results. OMG. Gold Medal number one AND he beat his own world record by .15 seconds. I don't think he's adding anymore things to his Escalade, but dude, really. They interviewed him after the first heat, and he does talk with a lisp. Hahaha... yeah. So after that we went to lunch, and basically spent the rest of the day out. We went to Valley Fair and hung out, bought stuff. I saw this Power Ranger T-shirt i really wanted at Hot Topic. They had lots of HP stuff, too, like the Slytherin Qudditch jacket. I got some clothes from Aeropostale AND AND... AND the coup de grace, i FINALLY FOUND a copy of Nicholas Nickleby somewhere. gods. After scouring the FRICKING LIBRARY for months and NUMEROUS booksotres, i FINALLY got my hand on the last copy at Bretano's. Holy crap on a stick. Not only that, it's the movie version cover, too. Kicks ass. I can't wait to read this 777 page book. Sweet. Which reminds me i still have to finish reading The Count of Monte Cristo again. Hm. Nicholas Nickleby will make or break me. I've had awful experiences with Charles Dickens so far. So. w00t. :) *muses* OH... hahaha i'm still talking about my day. Okay. So after spending like the entire day at the mall, we went to Praise Night. IT was awesome. Kicked so much ass, and so many people came. It was great. And the band rocked. ROCKED! ROCKED! Pretty friggin cool. And that was my day. And so i leave you with this thought: MICHAEL PHELPS! oh, yes, AND GO GYMNASTICS! AND WOMEN'S FOOTBALL (or soccer... whatever)

Andi 11:37 PM

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Michael Phelps. 11AM. Gotta sleep now!

Andi 2:41 AM

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Thursday, August 12, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Ordinary" by Train

YEs... i've been listening to the Spider-Man 2 Soundtrack like basically nonstop ever since my cousins came. I rather like that song... most people don't. I like the part were he says "I think i'm trying to save the world for you." Very Peter/MJ. Like, the REAL Peter and MJ. YE gods... i wish they'd never cast Kirsten Dunst as MJ. It makes me really sad. I had a QuizDump all prepared, but in the middle of it, my computer froze, so i was to lazy to go back and take all those quizzes again. Let's just say Orlando Bloom was involved and leave it at that. *eye twitches* I wish he'd stay away from me. Yes, it is fun living in this fantasy land. *muses* A bunch of really dumb looking movies coming out tomorrow: "AvP" (the abbreviated it to make it sound cooler). Didn't anyone learn their lesson with Freddie vs. Jason? If we want to make crappy "horror/slasher" movies, I'd like to see "The Ring" girl vs. "The Exorcist" girl. BITCH FIGHT! Princess Diaries 2 comes out tomorrow, too. I mean, i like Anne Hathaway a lot, but "Ella Enchanted"... i liked that book a lot, but i heard it had nothing to do with the book, and that made me really sad. Still want to see "Garden State". *muses* What else... oh THAT'S RIGHT. JOHN HEFFRON IS THE LAST COMIC STANDING! How exciting! I seriously thought Alonzo would win. I mean, i would've been happy if Alonzo or John won... but... i, um, voted for John Heffron. Heh heh... he was really funny! The joke about the "We gotta go" girl was the greatest. I loved it. He puts all his energy into those jokes. And i was sold when i found out his name was Heffron. I mean, it's a SIGN. of course no one gets the sign, unless they're HARDCORE Band of Brothers watchers. Yeah. I just bummed myself out. Watched "ER" today, too. I feel so bad for Dr. Kovac! Aw... :'( Oh yeah, and Dr. Carter, too... cuz his baby died (i didn't watch it last week, and now i'm KICKING MYSELF IN THE HEAD!). Yeah, "ER" is pretty cool. Tomorrow is the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics! And i'm PARKING MY ASS IN FRONT OF THE TV ON TUESDAY TO WATCH MICHAEL PHELPS!!!!!! I hope everyone else is, too. If he doesn't kick ass, at least it'll be fun to watch. *whoo* I'm done. :)

Andi 11:38 PM

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Wednesday, August 11, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Beautiful Day" by U2

Okay. So. I finally watched "Love Actually" today, and i have to admit it's one of the best chick flicks i've ever seen, if it can be considered a chick flick. I feel sorry for that American girl because Karl, the designing guy, was really hot. Really. Looked nice in those black briefs. My favorite storyline would have to be... er... omg, i thought Sam was SO CUTE, but that girl he liked was SO UGLY. Eh... but she sang pretty well, if that's her real voice. But really, i'm just totally stalling. Stalling because i don't want anyone to know about my newest addiction/fetish/obsession. *hangs head* Okay. So i'm just going to start off by saying i like watching the Olympics every time they come around. IT's not just a one-time thing, but, to tell you the truth, the only part of the summer olympics i've ever really watched was the gymnastics part. Blaine Wilson, unfortunately, is a mite old now, and his thunder is being stolen by the Hamm twins, PAul in particular. This year i'm definitely watching the swimming. Four years ago it was all about rooting for Ian Thorpe, the Thorpedo. Now, i would love nothing better than for Michael Phelps to kick Ian Thorpe's ASS. And even if that doesn't happen, Michael's still got a good two more Olympics left in him, what with being only 19 and all. But today i crossed the line. It stopped being a "GO USA" kind of thing and more of a "GO HOT GUY IN THE SWIMCAP" sort of thing. Why? Because of the damn picture! Not the one on the cover of Time. That one i can't stare at for more than three seconds. No. Imagine a magazine spread of this:

Right? I nearly keeled over. If there were ever a Michael Phelps poster, i would want that one. My cousin Alice laughed at me. Asked where i would put a Michael Phelps poster if i had one. I entertained the idea of putting it on my ceiling where Spider-Man is right now, but... man, it'd be like waking up to a well-built man in a Speedo every morning. Tempting, but very disturbing... almost stalker-ish. So no. I'd ENTERTAIN the idea, but i wouldn't actually do it. Somehow, a swimmer about to lunge at you from your ceiling is more menacing than a swimmer just about to lunge out of your walls.

Andi 2:59 AM

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Monday, August 02, 2004

 

Song of the Day: "Addicted" by Simple Plan

Okay. So. I was watching "ER" today and i came up with a GREAT new category for a new MotY category: "Oldie but Goodie of the Year" for those guys who have had their thunder stolen by the younger jet set, but are still as zesty as they were in their prime. HA! i'm a genius. Eh... not really, but Vienna Teng is! *muses* I think i watched too much TV today. The best part? "Quintuplets" when the dad won Patton (the short one) a tux for the Homecoming Dance... there was just one catch, it was a tux on a giant teddy bear. Gods... that show. It's so dumb but so funny... but not the same dumb funny that got "The Help" cancelled. Stupid show. Eh... the rest of the day wasn't very interesting... well, actually... hahaha Leo and Linn showed up today much to the SHOCK of all parties involved. Only other exciting thing was that i found my Sexiest Man Alive People magazine from last December. Gods... i've been looking for that thing everywhere. Watched some Food Network at around 11 PM. Note to self: Don't do that anymore because it just makes you hungry.

Andi 12:35 AM

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