Comments | thorne_scratch: Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.

thorne_scratch

Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.

Jul 11, 2010 17:17

Watching the World Cup final right now. I kept saying I was going to say something about it, and now I find myself at the end of the series, so honestly? Just go read the past month and a half worth of entries or so on flidgetjerome's journal, and you'll be much better off. Or do the same thing with Warren Ellis' twitter. (You can read some collected examples ( Read more... )

pic-spam, soccer, aim conversation, linkage, michael phelps, swimming

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puckling July 11 2010, 22:10:15 UTC

I'm a bit madly in love with this post.

thorne_scratch July 11 2010, 22:19:38 UTC

Thanks! (Hopefully, that means you didn't notice I spelled my own damn username wrong, like 74 times.) There is a lot of eyecandy to be found.

puckling July 12 2010, 15:24:56 UTC

Hopefully, that means you didn't notice I spelled my own damn username wrong, like 74 times.

I was distracted by the mancandy and lolzy comments, not gonna lie.

thorne_scratch July 13 2010, 04:57:52 UTC

Then my work here is done!

hackthis July 11 2010, 22:28:44 UTC

Shut up, Murderball made it to the Olympics? Awesome (you should watch that documentary). What? You thought I wasn't going to read a post full of football babbling? HA! Also, I was thinking of you, cause I have to swim right now, cause I can't run (injury) and holy baby Jesus this shit is hard. I can't quite get my breathing right, or my arms, I'm kind of a mess. Cause I'm a runner dammit. You need to train me. Or send MP. Or Ryan. No definitely Ryan he'd be an awesome coach.

ETA: Wayne Rooney looks like Shrek. At least that's what my Englishmen informed me. I agree. Also, I will never forgive anybody for the phrase 'Rooney's babymakers." That's just wrong on SO MANY levels.

ETA #2: Michael really is a pretty pretty princess with that headband on his head. And that floral print I'm pretty sure I had a dress or skirt of when I was 11.

thorne_scratch July 12 2010, 01:39:42 UTC

Apparently so! I've heard good things about the documentary. (And man, I wouldn't have read my entry; it makes it abundantly clear that I know jackshit about football and am really just here for the shirtless hot dudes. Though, hell, what's wrong with that?)

Also, ooh, man, sorry about the injury and good luck with the training. (My big goal for the summer was getting back to the point where I could do one of the hideous sets my old coach used to pull on us about once a month without dying, which was the hundred hundreds. Exactly what it sounds like: 100 of 100m sets, in various speed intervals. HORRIBLE.) If you want, I can always send some set ideas? And Ryan can coach you, and Michael can sit around in his neon speedos and be inspiring.

He...does, now that I stare at him a bit. I think it's the shape of his head. And seriously, I would have shared that jewel of a story except then I suspect the world would have ended in protest.

Michael is adorkable in the headbands. I want to glue a flower to the it. Maybe it can match his

hackthis July 12 2010, 01:50:54 UTC

Your entry was comedy GOLD baby. Babymakers. Whoo.

I am not trying to do your sets! I am not Dara Torres! I just want to be able to swim a mile without thinking I'm gonna die. Or stopping every other length. I should probably try and get a flip turn together too. At this point I've been sick for two weeks with a nasty cold/sinus infection and would just be happy to be able to breathe. Breathing really is everything in swimming isn't it? How the hell does one work on that? Apart from just holding my breath.

Michael is a 20 something boy going on a 16 year old girl. The pink never ceases to make me laugh. This also goes back to my prior point about swimmers have NO ASS.

thorne_scratch July 12 2010, 02:19:45 UTC

If I had a nickel for every day I've improved with Wayne Rooney's babymakers-- man, I can't even finish that sentence.

Oh, I am nowhere near back to that shape yet. Really easy quick tip-- breathe on the third stroke, and always alternate sides! That keeps you from going off course and plowing into the lane ropes. Or try backstroke! Less issues with breathing patterns. And hey, there is no shame in wearing flippers now and then; you'll go faster and feel smoother. It's insanely weird, just fine-tuning breathing, and then trying to correct stroke form at the same time. I'm always impressed with the pros who pull it off.

Sadly true. No junk in the trunk. At least the new suit laws mean chests are always on display now!

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flidgetjerome July 11 2010, 23:55:47 UTC

Item 1! I totally did find a new goalie to perv over! I am now Iker Casillas' slut.

Item 2! There's a rumour going around now that a couple of the players on the German National Team are having a relationship with each other. I am now wondering if our discussing the possible sexualities of various players has brought this into being. Like we do.

Item 3! That hair really suits Phelps! Also, I am delighted with this growing fashion for hairbands for men, it's a cute look.

thorne_scratch July 12 2010, 01:15:44 UTC

Huzzah! I am pleased that it worked out, and that the octopus was vindicated again. I wish I could take that octopus to Vegas with me. We could have a good time, if you know what I mean and I think you do.

It is a distinct possibility. Keep an eye on the Murderball roster to see if we managed to make Bode Miller join ahead of schedule. This also means we've probably definitely ruined Yoann Gourcuff's life.

It does! I like it so much better than the buzzed look. And the headbands are terribly cute. Less so when they scrape it into tiny ponytails in the back AND do a headband.

m_steelgrave July 12 2010, 04:13:50 UTC

So if Murderball becomes an Olympic sport, will they change the name to something that sounds less like Will Ferrell and Rob Zombie got drunk and filmed a movie?

flidgetjerome July 12 2010, 06:19:21 UTC

It actually got officially changed to "wheelchair rugby" sometime in the 80s!*

It's just that who'd use that name when you can call it something as descriptive, unique and awesome-sounding as murderball?

*(except in the States, for some reason, where it got renamed "quad rugby" instead. Are you guys doing this "call a sport by a completely different name then what the rest of the world calls it" thing on purpose?)

thorne_scratch July 13 2010, 04:47:41 UTC

Seriously, with a name like murderball, who needs anything else?

(except in the States, for some reason, where it got renamed "quad rugby" instead. Are you guys doing this "call a sport by a completely different name then what the rest of the world calls it" thing on purpose?)

Yes, for the same reason that we like to exclude the vowel u, and replace s with z. It is a conspiracy!

thorne_scratch July 13 2010, 04:55:38 UTC

I thought it kinda sounded like a Jonah Hill movie, myself. But apparently the documentary is very good!

sheraton July 12 2010, 17:08:20 UTC

I WILL TRADE PANTS WITH YOU

But if you wore my pants then Zack would have to sing for you.

And if I wore your pants I would likely suffer from a full torso ligature or something.

INCOMPATIBLE PANTS is my new They Might Be Giants cover band.

thorne_scratch July 13 2010, 04:54:38 UTC

Zack occasionally tries to trade pants with Cloud. This... does not work so well.

Cloud: *hysterical* My pants! This is the seventh pair!

Zack: *in shredded remains* Nibelhiem seams are shoddy.

INCOMPATIBLE PANTS is my new They Might Be Giants cover band.

I love this.