Ugh, a nasty summer cold virus had me laid out this weekend. My throat was so sore, I thought it was strep. Alas, a trip to the doctor confirmed it was not bacterial, so no antibiotics for me, just lots and lots of ibuprofin. Today is better - well, my throat and ear are better, but the pain seems to have moved up into my sinuses. Wah. There is ( Read more... )

• Coolest athlete nickname of the Games: "War Horse" (Andrew Weibrecht)

• Athlete with the most fun name to say: Didier Cuche! *sing-songs* Didier, Didier, Didier!

• Evan Lysacek is an unbelievably poised and congenial person. And the dude has seriously good hair. I think maybe that gave him the golden edge, you know? The judges finally said, No, we ( Read more... )

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I just read a book where I found myself arguing with the author (in my head, of course) about his pairings. "Come on dude, these two are canon - and now you're writing her into a highly improbable relationship with different guy? At the very end of the book?" I felt cheated some how, like the author was leading me down this path of OTP - sure there ( Read more... )

Three things that are making me happy today:

1. Olympics, wheee! And they are in *my* time zone! To celebrate, a few Olympics icons up for grabs:

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I'm a little depressed now that the Olympics are over. Boo.

The second week was awesome, with the US Women winning gold in soccer, and US Men winning gold in volleyball. And, Bryan Clay winning the decathlon - sweet! People always make such a big deal over the 100m race, but the decathletes have to do that race, plus 9 other events. 0_o ( Read more... )

Michael Phelps is trying to kill me, I know it. God, that 100m fly race! My heart can't take much more of this. But, oh what a ride it's been! *g*

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Michael Shanks plays crazy so well. Those of you who have met him, is this acting? Or just Michael? ;) He's gonna be a whole lot of fun on Burn Notice. And they are continuing to bring teh hawt with ( Read more... )

What kind of fan club member would I be if I didn't squee about Michael becoming the winningest athlete in Olympic history? Thus, picspam!


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Darn lj's 40K icon size limit! *grumble, grumble*
ETA: OK, I got it looking a little better...


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Ah, late summer. How I despise your spider-producing ways. Had the first wolf spider sighting of the year... in my shower, natch. Why can't I ever spot them before I get in the shower? If there were an Olympic sport for jumping around wet and naked and half asleep while trying to flush a gigantic spider down the drain with the shower sprayer, I'd ( Read more... )