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dammit! :mad:
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Did we just lose another shot at a medal johnny?

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Post by gerri_cherry »

well perdita felicien fell over on the first hurdle. that was pretty sad for her. seems like she couldn't handle the pressure on her. and it doesn't help that all these tv stations will keep playing that video over and over again when all she needs is closure...
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That does suck for her. One mistake and it's all over. I just heard Canada got another medal, this time time for biking yay!

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Harrr Australia in the baseball final!! 1-0 over Japan
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And Canada just got mauled in the baseball. Score was 11-2 to Japan at the top of the 9th
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you mean i was suppose to jump over the hurdle?! :wtf:






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gerri_cherry wrote:well perdita felicien fell over on the first hurdle. that was pretty sad for her. seems like she couldn't handle the pressure on her. and it doesn't help that all these tv stations will keep playing that video over and over again when all she needs is closure...


it sucks for the russian that she dropped. that sucks worse. then she sat in the hurdle and cried....i mean c'mon, you just ruined someone's dream to run in the olimpics, go say my bad or something. i thought that was pretty selfish of her to sit there and pout when she ruined something for someone.

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The men's 1500 meter was pretty exciting. The guy from morrocco finally won a gold by holding off a competitor on the final 100 meters.
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Corey wrote:And you don't need to have oceans to have water... (Lakes for example)


But you don't get sandy beaches at lakes. And beach volleyball is all about the sand as far as I know.
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Honestly, if I were that Russian girl that was taken out by Felicien, the Canadian girl would have had a few track spikes in her back.

In other words, I would have murdered someone if my lifelong dream was taken from me.
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Now what happened EXACTLY?

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Once you're lost in twillights's blue
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Tempt the fates, beware the smile
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What's behind them...

So glad you could stay
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He steps between the trees, a crooked man
There's blood on the blade
Don't take his hand

You warm by the firelight, in twilight's blue
Shadows creep & dance the walls
He's creeping too..

So glad you could stay
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Perdita stumbled, knocked over one of the hurdles, lost her balance, fell into some russian girl. russian girl got pissed off, perdita just sat there.
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That sucks
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yup. it really did.
"if the nuremberg trials were applied to us foreign policy, every us president since 1945 would have been hanged." noam chomsky.

...and this is me hanging on / i'd burn our initials in the sun if it would shine / anxiety chokes me like razor wire / if hate's in your heart man, you'll take what you're given / wake up / i'm not the only one / it's never goodbye / go ahead and play dead / if everyone's a casualty, then take your time, there ain't no trouble / these wounds they will not heal / ambition can be a tricky thing / what the hell do i know about rape anyway? / this is not what i hoped for / ain't it so weird how it makes you a weapon / who will be there to tell me how stupid i am? / those living for death will die by their own hand / and it's me that I am spying on / pick up the pieces and live with the stars / hurry up and wait / things have never been so swell / they're always the ones who slowly drift / be great / ...and this is my world.
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Sufjan Stevens wrote:Honestly, if I were that Russian girl that was taken out by Felicien, the Canadian girl would have had a few track spikes in her back.

In other words, I would have murdered someone if my lifelong dream was taken from me.


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Soozy wrote:
Corey wrote:And you don't need to have oceans to have water... (Lakes for example)


But you don't get sandy beaches at lakes. And beach volleyball is all about the sand as far as I know.


Ever been to any of the beaches around the great lakes? Lots of sand there.
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J-Neli wrote:
Soozy wrote:
Corey wrote:And you don't need to have oceans to have water... (Lakes for example)


But you don't get sandy beaches at lakes. And beach volleyball is all about the sand as far as I know.


Ever been to any of the beaches around the great lakes? Lots of sand there.


Thank you J-Neli... beat me to it.
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we are goin to have like 15 boats in the canoe and kayak finals and not get one medal,

thats the canadian way :(
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J-Neli wrote:
Soozy wrote:
Corey wrote:And you don't need to have oceans to have water... (Lakes for example)


But you don't get sandy beaches at lakes. And beach volleyball is all about the sand as far as I know.


Ever been to any of the beaches around the great lakes? Lots of sand there.


I've been to a few of them thank you. And none of them had sand. And all the beaches I've been to in Switzerland didn't have sand either. Just big horrible stones, or mud.
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.


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