Shawn Johnson can totally be the mascot of our Dream Team of friends. She is adorable, and always looks so happy! Look at her scarf! And her Uggs! I feel like I am looking at a kitten hugging a baby monkey while some ducklings pass by in the background and a rainbow appears in the sky and then it starts raining Skittles.
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Monday, October 6, 2008
Shawn Johnson: Silver In All Around, Gold in ADORABLE
Posted by: Jen
Shawn Johnson can totally be the mascot of our Dream Team of friends. She is adorable, and always looks so happy! Look at her scarf! And her Uggs! I feel like I am looking at a kitten hugging a baby monkey while some ducklings pass by in the background and a rainbow appears in the sky and then it starts raining Skittles.
Shawn Johnson can totally be the mascot of our Dream Team of friends. She is adorable, and always looks so happy! Look at her scarf! And her Uggs! I feel like I am looking at a kitten hugging a baby monkey while some ducklings pass by in the background and a rainbow appears in the sky and then it starts raining Skittles.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Shalane Flanagan Is My Hero
Posted by: Jen
So I was in London and the Womens' 10k was live on the BBC. What. A. Race. I'm sure all of the UK could hear me screeching at the TV but I just couldn't help it! The woman who got gold, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia, set an Olympic record and ran the second fastest 10k ever run (short of the world record, run by cheater-pants Wang Junxia in 1993 -- hey IAAF why haven't you taken down that record yet?!)! The woman who got silver, Elvan Abeylegesse, put in a GREAT race but just couldn't hang with Dibaba when she went by her in the final lap (I don't think I could run ONE lap as fast as she ran lap 25, just saying). Seriously people, one hundred meters shmun drundred shmeters, this was a race and it was exciting and amazing and fun to watch and should not be interrupted by showing one M. Phelps AGAIN.
Anyway, but the star of the show for me at least was Shalane. She ran the smartest race, and watching her finish with her mom cheering her on in the stands made me cry a little. I mean, she just looked so happy when she finished it was really great to see someone who has run so well in the NCAA and on the national level finally make it big on the world level. I am a fan. And I hope she kicks more butt in the 5k tomorrow (or tonight, if you are in NYC like me and 12 hours behind China, and oooh man, would I stay up to watch the qualifier if I weren't so jet lagged). I rarely get all "America the beautiful" around here, but, um... USA USA USA! Right.
So I was in London and the Womens' 10k was live on the BBC. What. A. Race. I'm sure all of the UK could hear me screeching at the TV but I just couldn't help it! The woman who got gold, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia, set an Olympic record and ran the second fastest 10k ever run (short of the world record, run by cheater-pants Wang Junxia in 1993 -- hey IAAF why haven't you taken down that record yet?!)! The woman who got silver, Elvan Abeylegesse, put in a GREAT race but just couldn't hang with Dibaba when she went by her in the final lap (I don't think I could run ONE lap as fast as she ran lap 25, just saying). Seriously people, one hundred meters shmun drundred shmeters, this was a race and it was exciting and amazing and fun to watch and should not be interrupted by showing one M. Phelps AGAIN.
Anyway, but the star of the show for me at least was Shalane. She ran the smartest race, and watching her finish with her mom cheering her on in the stands made me cry a little. I mean, she just looked so happy when she finished it was really great to see someone who has run so well in the NCAA and on the national level finally make it big on the world level. I am a fan. And I hope she kicks more butt in the 5k tomorrow (or tonight, if you are in NYC like me and 12 hours behind China, and oooh man, would I stay up to watch the qualifier if I weren't so jet lagged). I rarely get all "America the beautiful" around here, but, um... USA USA USA! Right.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
I <3 the Olympics
Posted by: Kim
So, they've been dissected to death already by this point, but I just thought I'd throw in my two cents on the USA's Olympic opening ceremony outfits, by Ralph Lauren:
Clearly I think they're perfect in every way, except for the offending newsboy caps. Newsboy caps haven't been cute since they were worn by newsboys ... in "Newsies" ...
This includes the time Chuck Bass wore one, yes.
But anyway, fantastic. Fantastic. Congrats, Mr. Lauren. I, for one, love them. I am like that, though, or so I've been told. That meaning blazers, I suppose, and navy blue.
Olympics! Go America go! And ... Scotland. Italy. And French Canadia, for Jen. Whoo!
So, they've been dissected to death already by this point, but I just thought I'd throw in my two cents on the USA's Olympic opening ceremony outfits, by Ralph Lauren:
Clearly I think they're perfect in every way, except for the offending newsboy caps. Newsboy caps haven't been cute since they were worn by newsboys ... in "Newsies" ... This includes the time Chuck Bass wore one, yes.
But anyway, fantastic. Fantastic. Congrats, Mr. Lauren. I, for one, love them. I am like that, though, or so I've been told. That meaning blazers, I suppose, and navy blue.
Olympics! Go America go! And ... Scotland. Italy. And French Canadia, for Jen. Whoo!
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