The Olympics

As a hardcore swimmer, you can bet that I'm watching the Olympics avidly. I also used to be a gymnast and was even trained at a facility that an olympic gold medalist trained at. Her name, I believe, was Kerri Strugg. So I'm watching gymnastics as well.

I really loathe Michael Phelps as a person, but I can't help cheering him on so he can get that gold medal and become the most decorated olympian of all time...However, to my surprise, he lost the 400 IM to Ryan Lochte. He didn't even get a medal! On the TV, he was just speechless, like, "how did this happen?" He didn't even congratulate Ryan at all either until later after his coach (probably) told him to.

Phelps and Lochte were also in a relay together and got silver, losing to the French, unfortunately. I felt bad for them. Lochte looked pretty depressed.

As for gymnastics...It is absolutely heart-wrenching to watch. These little girls are going out there and being criticized for every, little mistake they make. The Fab Five are all best friends, yet they're competeing against each other for a spot in the all-around competition.

One girl didn't get in and was bawling her eyes out, poor thing. The camera kept zooming in on her and I finally couldn't stand watching her pain anymore so I just turned away. Seriously though...These girls aren't no fairy princesses. They're tough as nails to be able to compete against each other and still be able to be friends afterwards. Of course they're also tough because of their general awesomeness at the sport.

So what's your favorite sport to watch? Do you think the Olympics could have any correlation whatsoever to writing? There is that same fierce competition...


Oh! Remember how I said I would post that video of me singing Iris? Well, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgi2fQmMK5U&feature=g-upl. Enjoy. :)