Who is the manliest VB player on Team USA? (Or, a catch up LJ post.)
Hi everyone!
We got back from the ranch at close to 1:00 a.m. early last Saturday morning. I had to work the next day, and then it was a blur of getting ready for back to school, so I haven't been around here as much as I'd like. I also had to format a couple of stories for a historical fiction competition I'm entering, so that's been taking up what little free time I have. But they're officially submitted now, so yay. The girls are in school half days this week, then in regular schedule starting this coming Tuesday, so I'll be back to normal then. I've been reading my Flist but commenting only sporadically, due to being super busy.
I had planned on posting a little ranch report, including the plane ride from hell (as an aside, I wonder how much money the person who invented airplane barf bags has made), but my husband has been having trouble emailing me the photos I wanted to show you, so I've been putting off that post. I hope to do that tonight.
In other news, I've fallen in lust with a manly man who just may rival Will Wood for my affections at our next virtual party. I've been trying in vain to make an avatar, but I can't seem to be able to copy the pic that I want, and better/other pics of him are extremely scarce. I have always loved volleyball, both playing and watching, and I've always had a thing for volleyball players. I've been somewhat of a fangirl going to Team USA matches regularly back in my late teens and twenties, following the pro beach circuit very closely, and dating a VB player at my university. So I suppose it seems fitting that my latest mini-crush is on Clay Stanley.
http://volleyball.teamusa.org/multimedia/photo_gallery/187?photo=2800#gallery-header
He has a devastating jump serve, and it makes me all tingly before he serves when he holds the ball up like this right before he crushes it.
Here's another pic a little closer up.
http://volleyball.teamusa.org/multimedia/photo_gallery/235?photo=3791#gallery-header
He's on the far left, and I haven't been able to find a pic that does his attractiveness justice, though he's going to be a nice inspiration for my mental image of one of my Spartan soldiers in the story I'm writing.
He's 6'9'' and 230 lbs of solid volleyball power. *tries to calm breathing* Actually, the team's setter, Lloy Ball on the far right, isn't half bad for Spartan inspiration either, but I'm digging Mr. Stanley right now. If anyone can tell me why I can't seem to copy the pic from the link I've posted, or tell me if I'm breaking a law if I use that pic to make an avatar of him, I'd be very appreciative. Avatar by-lines (is that what they're called?) are already running through my head like "Manly Stanley", LOL. (All right, so that's a bad one - I'll come up with something better.)
In other news, I am definitely going to get back to our Charlie contest results and send the winners the gift certificates that I promised oh so long ago. How do you all put up with me? I need Ros' help, though, as she was the one who picked the winners. Will get to that over the weekend (I hope and pray).
And I still need to go back and give more detailed comments to Megan and CHK for their wonderful stories for my birthday. I think I'm caught up on all of the other gifts from that wonderful birthday, but I only wrote preliminary comments for those last two stories, and they both were a blast. So I sincerely apologize for being so terribly late on that.
I hope everyone is doing well, and especially that Mary is hanging in with her move and things are starting to shape up for Ros' new school.
Love to all.
We got back from the ranch at close to 1:00 a.m. early last Saturday morning. I had to work the next day, and then it was a blur of getting ready for back to school, so I haven't been around here as much as I'd like. I also had to format a couple of stories for a historical fiction competition I'm entering, so that's been taking up what little free time I have. But they're officially submitted now, so yay. The girls are in school half days this week, then in regular schedule starting this coming Tuesday, so I'll be back to normal then. I've been reading my Flist but commenting only sporadically, due to being super busy.
I had planned on posting a little ranch report, including the plane ride from hell (as an aside, I wonder how much money the person who invented airplane barf bags has made), but my husband has been having trouble emailing me the photos I wanted to show you, so I've been putting off that post. I hope to do that tonight.
In other news, I've fallen in lust with a manly man who just may rival Will Wood for my affections at our next virtual party. I've been trying in vain to make an avatar, but I can't seem to be able to copy the pic that I want, and better/other pics of him are extremely scarce. I have always loved volleyball, both playing and watching, and I've always had a thing for volleyball players. I've been somewhat of a fangirl going to Team USA matches regularly back in my late teens and twenties, following the pro beach circuit very closely, and dating a VB player at my university. So I suppose it seems fitting that my latest mini-crush is on Clay Stanley.
http://volleyball.teamusa.org/multimedia/photo_gallery/187?photo=2800#gallery-header
He has a devastating jump serve, and it makes me all tingly before he serves when he holds the ball up like this right before he crushes it.
Here's another pic a little closer up.
http://volleyball.teamusa.org/multimedia/photo_gallery/235?photo=3791#gallery-header
He's on the far left, and I haven't been able to find a pic that does his attractiveness justice, though he's going to be a nice inspiration for my mental image of one of my Spartan soldiers in the story I'm writing.
He's 6'9'' and 230 lbs of solid volleyball power. *tries to calm breathing* Actually, the team's setter, Lloy Ball on the far right, isn't half bad for Spartan inspiration either, but I'm digging Mr. Stanley right now. If anyone can tell me why I can't seem to copy the pic from the link I've posted, or tell me if I'm breaking a law if I use that pic to make an avatar of him, I'd be very appreciative. Avatar by-lines (is that what they're called?) are already running through my head like "Manly Stanley", LOL. (All right, so that's a bad one - I'll come up with something better.)
In other news, I am definitely going to get back to our Charlie contest results and send the winners the gift certificates that I promised oh so long ago. How do you all put up with me? I need Ros' help, though, as she was the one who picked the winners. Will get to that over the weekend (I hope and pray).
And I still need to go back and give more detailed comments to Megan and CHK for their wonderful stories for my birthday. I think I'm caught up on all of the other gifts from that wonderful birthday, but I only wrote preliminary comments for those last two stories, and they both were a blast. So I sincerely apologize for being so terribly late on that.
I hope everyone is doing well, and especially that Mary is hanging in with her move and things are starting to shape up for Ros' new school.
Love to all.