Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Good Job, American Olympians...
Last night, KT and I watched the Olympics. Here are some of the highlights:
Mariel Zagunis wins a gold medal for US in the women's individual fencing (Sabre) competition. It's been 100 years since the last American won a gold medal in a fencing event.
Kerri Walsh and Misty May are just doing fantastic in the women's beach volleyball! Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger of the men's beach volleyball, for the US, are out of the competition.
Michael Phelps is just superb with his swimming events. The 400 meter relay-freestyle had me on the edge of my seat while the American team were swimming against the Australians. Klete Keller deserves some awesome credit because he was the last leg and had to swim against Ian Thorpe, of Australia. Ian Thorpe has been doing fantastic for Australia.
Small mistakes in the among the American team for the women's gymnastics landed them with a silver medal. They did their best. A big applause to the Romanian team because they truly deserved the gold medal. There was hardly any mistakes in their routines. The Russian team did superb as well but the judges were strict with their scores. In fact, the audience did boo'd the judges a couple of times, especially with the low scores given to Svetlana Khorkina, who has competed in 3 Olympics. The Chinese team could have placed in the top 3 but they made some major mistakes and gone were the hopes of winning a medal.
All the girls had me on the edge of my seat as they were doing their routines on the beam. The beam event is really scary, yet these girls were confident.
Can't wait for the Track & Field events!
Thousands of people are at the Washington Convention Center to audition for a chance to land a spot in the upcoming American Idol, which will begin once again in January.
How freaky is this? Costco has decided to sell coffins in their stores. You're going shopping for bulk amounts of food, household stuff, etc. and then you stop by the aisle that has the coffins and you're making your selections.
Just how sad is this? A toddler in NY chokes to death on popcorn, while the family were watching Aliens vs. Predators.
WTF?!? 7 Texas children were found abandoned in a Nigerian orphanage. They have since been returned to the States and under the custody of the Child Protective Services.
So, who's telling the truth? When N.J. Governor James McGreevey "came out" about his homosexual affair, he stated that it was with an Israeli, Golan Cipel. McGreevey came out because he said he was being blackmailed about the affair. Meanwhile, Golan Cipel said that the affair never existed because he is straight and was sexually harassed by McGreevey. Cipel plans to return to the States and seek justice against McGreevey. Hmm...
Beginning on Sept. 26th, Metro, Fairfax County and the city of Alexandria will begin the Richmond Highway Express bus services, REX.
So, what's special about today? In 1587, Virginia Dare was born. She was the first child to be born in America of English parents. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, which gave women the right to vote.
I've added Marlee Matlin's website (which I stole from Alan's blog) under Sites. Alan mentioned, in his blog, about Marlee's upcoming (controversial? for the Deaf community?) movie.
Anyways, I better shut up for now and get busy with work. ta ta for now...
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Mariel Zagunis wins a gold medal for US in the women's individual fencing (Sabre) competition. It's been 100 years since the last American won a gold medal in a fencing event.
Kerri Walsh and Misty May are just doing fantastic in the women's beach volleyball! Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger of the men's beach volleyball, for the US, are out of the competition.
Michael Phelps is just superb with his swimming events. The 400 meter relay-freestyle had me on the edge of my seat while the American team were swimming against the Australians. Klete Keller deserves some awesome credit because he was the last leg and had to swim against Ian Thorpe, of Australia. Ian Thorpe has been doing fantastic for Australia.
Small mistakes in the among the American team for the women's gymnastics landed them with a silver medal. They did their best. A big applause to the Romanian team because they truly deserved the gold medal. There was hardly any mistakes in their routines. The Russian team did superb as well but the judges were strict with their scores. In fact, the audience did boo'd the judges a couple of times, especially with the low scores given to Svetlana Khorkina, who has competed in 3 Olympics. The Chinese team could have placed in the top 3 but they made some major mistakes and gone were the hopes of winning a medal.
All the girls had me on the edge of my seat as they were doing their routines on the beam. The beam event is really scary, yet these girls were confident.
Can't wait for the Track & Field events!
Thousands of people are at the Washington Convention Center to audition for a chance to land a spot in the upcoming American Idol, which will begin once again in January.
How freaky is this? Costco has decided to sell coffins in their stores. You're going shopping for bulk amounts of food, household stuff, etc. and then you stop by the aisle that has the coffins and you're making your selections.
Just how sad is this? A toddler in NY chokes to death on popcorn, while the family were watching Aliens vs. Predators.
WTF?!? 7 Texas children were found abandoned in a Nigerian orphanage. They have since been returned to the States and under the custody of the Child Protective Services.
So, who's telling the truth? When N.J. Governor James McGreevey "came out" about his homosexual affair, he stated that it was with an Israeli, Golan Cipel. McGreevey came out because he said he was being blackmailed about the affair. Meanwhile, Golan Cipel said that the affair never existed because he is straight and was sexually harassed by McGreevey. Cipel plans to return to the States and seek justice against McGreevey. Hmm...
Beginning on Sept. 26th, Metro, Fairfax County and the city of Alexandria will begin the Richmond Highway Express bus services, REX.
So, what's special about today? In 1587, Virginia Dare was born. She was the first child to be born in America of English parents. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, which gave women the right to vote.
I've added Marlee Matlin's website (which I stole from Alan's blog) under Sites. Alan mentioned, in his blog, about Marlee's upcoming (controversial? for the Deaf community?) movie.
Anyways, I better shut up for now and get busy with work. ta ta for now...
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