RANDOM RANT

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I ACTUALLY WROTE OF THE PARALLELS OF THE GYMNASTICS TRIFECTA AND JUSTINE, AND I FOUND EVEN MORE PARALLELS NOW THAT MY BBS OUR COMING BACK.

I REALLY WISHED THAT JUSTINE HAD GONE THE NASTIA ROUTE OF AN 'EXTENDED BREAK' INSTEAD OF OUTRIGHT RETIRING, BUT HEY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS COMPARING JUSTINE WITH ASAC - THEY BOTH 'RETIRED' DUE TO INJURY. TO THE KNEE. AND SHOULDER. HAHAHA. I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH AT THEIR SUFFERING, BUT THE SIMILARITIES ARE UNCANNY.

ANYWAY, AS I WAS SAYING.

JUSTINE RETIRED, AND WENT ON TO DO LOTS OF HUMANITARIAN UNICEF PROJECTS (OKAY, MAYBE NOT A LOT, BUT SHE DID), AND WAS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN SOME RANDOM FRENCH PLAY (STOP LAUGHING) WHILE SHE CAMEO'D IN A FRENCH SOAP OPERA (OH, BBJUSTINE, HAVE BETTER TASTE, PLEASE), HAD LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON WHICH I DO NOT KNOW OF BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK FRENCH.

IN THE MEANTIME, OUR TRIFECTA GOES INTO THE OLYMPICS, BRINGS BACK MORE MEDALS THAN A TENNIS PLAYER CAN, GOES ON A WHIRLWIND TOUR, ETC ETC.

JUSTINE GETS HER EYES FIXED AND HER KNEE FIXED. THANK GOODNESS SHE FINALLY TOOK THE KNEE SURGERY. IF SHE INJECTED MORE CORTISONE, I WOULD KILL SOMEONE. NOT LITERALLY. DID YOU KNOW THAT CORTISONE ACTUALLY WEAKENS/DAMAGES YOUR MUSCLES (THE ONES WHICH YOU ADMINISTER TREATMENT) IN THE LONG RUN? DID YOU KNOW THAT CORTISONE ALSO WEAKENS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM? WHICH IS WHY I WONDER WHY SO MANY ATHLETES (ESPECIALLY GYMNASTS) TAKE CORTISONE JABS. SURE, THE SHORT TERM RELIEF IS THERE, BUT YOU'RE LITERALLY DISSOLVING YOUR MUSCLES AWAY IN THE LONG RUN. CREEPY.

OOPS, I GOT CARRIED AWAY. ANYWAY, YES. FIXED HER EYES AND KNEES. DEAR ALICIA SACRAMONE, IN TIME OF HER RETIREMENT (I WILL NOW CALL IT AN EXTENDED BREAK, OR SABBATICAL), LET HER BODY HEAL AND HAD HER SHOULDER AND KNEE(S?) FIXED. HEEHEE.

THEN ALICIA ANNOUNCES HER COMEBACK.

ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, JUSTINE ANNOUNCES HER COMEBACK.

THEY'LL BOTH BE BACK IN COMPETITION IN 2010, WITH THE AIMS OF LONDON 2012 AND WIMBLEDON. JUSTINE WANTS BOTH. ALICIA CAN ONLY HAVE ONE. GYMNASTS DON'T HAVE WIMBLEDON. I CAN STOP BEING LAME, NOW.

I AM NOW STOKED FOR JUSTINE'S RETURN.

IF I GET INTO COLUMBIA OR GEORGETOWN OR PRINCETON OR CORNELL, I REALLY REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE US OPEN. I'M SURE THAT IF I STUDY IN THE EAST COAST OF THE STATES, WE'D GO AND STAY A FEW NIGHTS IN NEW YORK AT MY MUM'S FRIEND'S PLACE. I COULD TOTALLY GO WITH HER (MUM'S FRIEND).

ANYHOW. I REALLY HOPE SHAWN COMES BACK TO THE GYM... EVENTUALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WOULD PULL A HAMM AND JUST COME BACK IN 2012, BUT... I JUST HOPE SHE COMES BACK. I MISS THE USWGT'S DYNAMICS. ALL I GET NOW IS HOW NASTIA LOVES L.A.. UGH.

ALSO, THIS IS AN OFFICIAL CAPSLOCK ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I NOW HAVE A NEW TV FANDOM - LEVERAGE - WHICH JEN AND MIN SHEN ALREADY KNOW TOO MUCH OF. LEVERAGE IS MY NEW REGENESIS. YIH SHAN LIKES CONMEN. SHE WANTS TO BE THE MASTERMIND, SO I DECIDED TO COVERTLY CALL HER 'NATE'. OOPS. NOT SO COVERT ANY MORE. MIN SHEN DOESN'T LIKE SOPHIE. I DON'T KNOW WHY. JEN CAN TOTALLY BE HARDISON, THE HACKER. I LOVE PARKER. BUT I DON'T HAVE HER SKILL SET. IN FACT, WE PRETTY MUCH DON'T HAVE ANY OF PARKER'S SKILL SETS. GRIFTING SOUNDS COOL, THOUGH. DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, THOUGH. I'M NOT GOING TO CON PEOPLE NEXT TIME. UNLESS I BECOME A DIPLOMAT, IN WHICH IT IS A SKILL TO LEARN HOW TO "TELL PEOPLE TO GO TO HELL SO NICELY THAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT". THEN I'M TECHNICALLY A GRIFTER. HA.

SORRY. AS YOU CAN SEE, I WAS BORED.

AMERICAN TV SHOWS ARE BACK. WHOO!