come feed the rain

So pissed off right now about the gymnastics qualifications.

a) Fuck NBC Olympics for their determination to show every last tear running down Jordyn Wieber's face (to the point where they were pretty much ignoring Aly Raisman);

b) Fuck FIG for their ridiculous rules; and

c) Fuck NBC Olympics again for completely glossing over the non-American gymnasts competing.

It's a fucking disgrace that Jordyn Wieber isn't going to compete in the all-around finals. How the hell can those finals be a legitimate competition when the fourth-ranked gymnast isn't allowed to compete because of some dumb-ass rule? I understand that they want to give all the countries a chance, but seriously, this two-per-country rule is just punishing the gymnasts who happen to be on stronger teams.

Also, I'm pretty sure Jordyn's floor was grotesquely underscored. How else does Romania's Catalina Ponor - who not only stepped out of bounds, but balked on her triple twist and did a tuck full instead - get the same damn score?

Finally, I really appreciate NBC showing us all the key routines from non-American gymnasts. Only, you know, except for the part where they didn't.

NASTIA LIUKIN IS THE ALL-AROUND OLYMPIC CHAMPION!

Shawn Johnson placed in second - GO USA!

We showed those twelve-year-olds. =P

I'M DONE WITH GYMNASTICS MEETS FOR THE SEASON! *squee*

I just had States yesterday, and omg they sucked. I got my lowest score on bars EVER (6.6, which I still don't understand because I normally get in the low sevens - not enough difficulty in my routine - and I did a better routine than I usually do), and my second lowest score on floor this year (8.0, they apparently didn't count my "wimpy" - thank you, o nice floor judge - split leap series, even though I have been told at other meets that what I currently have is perfectly acceptable). My vault was okay, 8.05 (I normally get low sevens/high eights), but I was kind of hoping for more on beam (I got an 8.575 with no falls, and a bunch of people were getting higher scores with falls).

However, now that that's over with, I don't have to compete anymore this year (!!!!!), and I get to work whatever I want at gymnastics practice, instead of just what's in my routines. =D

On the other hand, now I have to worry about taking the AP European History test, and that's not until May 9th. Crap.

(Once I'm done with that test, I think I'm going to throw a party. Or something.)

So, "ow" story of the day: I was doing a round-off back-handspring on the beam (only one handspring, not two like the video does), and I landed on my head. On the beam. From what I heard - I don't actually remember what happened - I missed my feet on the round-off and my arms were bent as I went for the back-handspring, the result being that my head landed first. Because I was arched, my neck bent underneath me, and I seriously thought I was going to break it.

Luckily, it didn't break, I wasn't paralyzed, and in fact there's only a small bump and a major kink in my neck, so crisis averted! =DDD

In other news, our science midterm is on Tuesday and I just fit everything we've learned this year onto one index card (which she's letting us use as a cheatsheet). Including a copy of the periodic table. Score!

P.S. I'm listening to Toby Lightman right now - ya'll need to check her out, she's absolutely amazing. She sounds exactly like Sara Bareilles, so if you like Sara you should definitely look up Toby! (And if you have no idea who either of these people are, go look both of them up!)

So, apparently in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Boy Scout troop was kicked out of a plaza for trying to collect supplies to send to soldiers in Iraq. People apparently complained that they were advertising a political, pro-war agenda.

I find this totally offensive and inappropriate, am I the only one?

Random fortune cookie story of the day: Last night at around 10:00 PM, I was totally stalling on my history essay. I had two paragraphs to go, but I couldn't focus. The subject was utterly boring, so I kept procrastinating, getting about one sentence every five minutes (and that may be stretching it). Finally, I got really frustrated and went downstairs to clean the dishes, because I had also procrastinated on that. We had had Chinese food that night, so I picked out a fortune cookie, which read:

Do your best to make it happen.

I went back upstairs and finished that sucker in twenty minutes.

In other news, my mom is now getting up in my grill about gymnastics. (Yes, I did have to say that.) Recently my back has been hurting during floor, which is directly connected to the impact from tumbling. I've scheduled an appointment with my doctor to see about getting an athletic back brace for that event, but now my mom's talking about me retiring from gymnastics and she's going on and on about how I shouldn't be looking at colleges that have gymnastics teams because who knows if I'll be doing gymnastics by then, and why not do dance or cheerleading instead?

Aside from the fact that I'd rather kill myself than do cheerleading, and that I'm only going to turn to dance when my body's too broken to do gymnastics, her attitude was irritating because she was implying that she was going to put pressure on my doctor to keep me from doing gymnastics. *facepalm* It is totally not the end of the world if I want a back brace to make floor easier.

She was also complaining about how I can't walk without Bob (my current back brace), which is total bull because I only need him when I'm walking around malls for hours at a time. I don't have a lot of muscle in my back, so it gets sore if I don't sit down and rest. Understandable, if regrettable.

Argh, major frustration.

Good things that are happening in my life right now: Tomorrow I have a free block and a full lunch, which essentially comes down to two and a half hours of free time and only four classes, none of which involve science. =D Oh, and btw, I only have science once this week, due to the Thanksgiving scheduling!

My Wednesday is scheduled to be full of awesome, too. We have three blocks, none of which are my math, science, or Spanish. Instead, I have English (okay), history (score!), and gym, which I'm actually liking this quarter. Then we have an actual half day, as opposed to a five-sixths day, and we get out at 11:03, which means I have time to go home and eat lunch and chill before work! I then go to gymnastics and after that Olive Garden, woot!

Oh, and you know what's the best part about all of this? I don't have to get up early on Thursday!

Thanksgiving should be good, my cousin and I are planning on watching the director's cut of Alexander (at least, I think), and I'm making yummy pretzels. Then on Saturday, llamallicious is coming over (assuming nothing suddenly comes up) and we're going to be having a childhood TV show marathon (ya'll know which show I'm talking about...), not to mention making a chocolate fountain, which should be delicious! =D

So, a fun weekend is coming up!

P.S. If anyone's interested, I quit Dance Troupe for this semester, because I hated going to the practices and it was making my back really sore. Now I have Sundays free, yay!

So, flist, what's up with you?

Does anyone know of a good program that can remove vocals? I need to have my floor routine music ready this week, and I really want to do the Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up To Boston," but I need to get rid of the vocals and so far all of the programs I've tried don't work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

P.S. I've already tried YoGen. >_<

P.P.S. If anyone has an instrumental version of "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" and can upload it for me, I will love you forever.

Woot, it's new layout time!

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*excitement*

On another note, I WENT TO GYMNASTICS TODAY! =DDD Well, I didn't actually do anything, but I talked to my coach and my teammates. One of the girls is getting ridiculously skinny, which creeps me out, but other than that I had lots of fun!

And then, when I came home, I unscrewed the Oreos perfectly! Then, I figured out that if you put peanut butter on the clean cookie, and put the halves back together, they make a sandwich! jfldkgjfdkljgkldfgjkd

(Yes, I was serious.)

Let's see...

( To do... you can ignore this )

Was looking for LOTR fanfiction (when I should have been working on my own), and one summary caught my eye:

Humour. More sex in Lothlorien. It's like the gay bar of Middle Earth.

*gigglesnortdie*

( Ramblings and a meme! )

Okay, so, this post is kind of a chance for me to collect my thoughts on what has been a frigging BUSY weekend. So you don't really have to look at it if you don't want to, lol.

( ajfjshgksg*ded* )

UGH, I am so frazzled right now.

On a final note, I'm going to see the play my cousin's in! It's Aladdin! =D Hee, so excited.

Omg, today was the BEST DAY EVER!

1. HARRY POTTER'S OUT!
2. I had only two full classes today, as I had a free block and the others were, for various reasons, let out early.
3. I had a really good burrito thing for lunch. And I also had lots of chocolate.
4. I was wearing my boots! *claps*
5. I brought my CD player to school, so I was listening to the AMAZING House of Flying Daggers soundtrack almost the entire day.

And one of the best reasons?

I DON'T HAVE TO JOIN THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS TEAM!

( And for those of you who are like, wtf?!... )

I'M SO EXCITED! GOF TOMORROW, BABY! WOOT!