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MyrnaLynne · 08-12-2008, 05:49 AM

Rain.. more rain. I am starting to think I live in Forks, Washington (mythical town where 'Twilight' girl lives - rains a LOT there).

Watched Michael Phelps win another gold medal last night - he was so far ahead of everybody else in the pool, it must feel like 'why bother' to the other guys. He is that good. Saw a piece on how he trains and you see why he's that good - it's all he does. He swims 6-7 HOURS a day, eats a lot (like 10,000 calories a day - or enough food for 5 normal people), sleeps, pats his dog, sits around, that's it! Swim, eat, sleep. Talk about dedicating your life to something. When he was 11 years old, his coach told his Mom, well, we need to start planning for the Olympics.

Watched the synchronized men's diving too - oy, could they wear smaller bathing suits?

That has to be one of the strangest (and gayest) of sports. Not only do you have to do a perfect dive off a scarily high cement platform, but you have to do it exactly the same/at the same time as the guy who jumps off and does it next to you. Very strange. LOL! Although I suppose not as weird as that synchronized swimming where the women do those Busby Berklee routines in the pool.

I like the sports, like gymnastics, where you can watch and see if they are good or make mistakes yourself - it's obvious. They fall off, they wooble, they step outside the line, they make bad landings. I am just in awe of how strong those little gymnastic folks are. I guess I admire anybody who does anything really well!

LOL, which wouldn't describe Mr ML and any sort of house fixing project!

I told Mr ML I wanted to be in the Olympics so I could get away with eating 10,000 calories.

He pointed out that it would require me doing some sort of exercise.