June 2012
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OKAY
I have to return to my electricityless house now :(((
I’ve vaguely stocked the queue.
GOODBYE FOREVER
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inksolstice-deactivated20121203 asked: i know pretty much nothing about gymnastics but i'm enjoying the hell out of your blogging of it!
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Anonymous asked: "Shawn did come back. She came back last year, but didn’t make the Worlds’ team after which she reportedly threw in the towel, then six months later she finally announced her retirement officially." Shawn didn't throw in the towel after not making worlds. She went to pan ams, then trained after that, but her knee prevented her from pushing her body even more. THAT's...
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Anonymous asked: who do you think is gonna make the olympics?
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Anonymous asked: you seem kinda sorta really bitchy and over oppinionated about what you think you know about a gymnast's artistry .. aly and jordyn may have muscles but they are not overscored or boring
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mylifeinwords-vln asked: Drunk judging! I think you are on to something there! At the very least there could be a very dangerous drinking game where you have to drink every time the judges clearly favor one athlete over another!
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shoesforall asked: I can't decide who has the worst amanar in the US. I think Raisman's is the worst but Ross' is the scariest.
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Anonymous asked: So, who are your favorite gymnasts? And who do you think is overrated?
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monalisaofpasta asked: Rawles, I meant to ask you this in chat but, what international gymnasts should I be watching (You don't need to break down, just names) I know nobody outside of the US and Russia and I'm curious. Also is there a contract where the "It Girl" has to come out on top going into the Olympics because that is what it feels like right now.
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MY POWER IS STILL OUT!
I have retreated to the Panera Bread down the street from my house.
NOW TO ANSWER ASKS.
genebeanbelcher asked: ARE YOU OK??????????? I KNOW A BIGASS STORM WENT THRU THE DC AREA LAST NIGHT. I HOPE YOU ARE OK!!!!!!!! :(
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NOW IT’S TIME FOR JO’S “CONNECTIONS”
Little wobble.
Front walkover WAAAAY too long. And WAAAAAY too long again. She shouldn’t get either of those. OR the switch leap-back pike.
She gets such height on her leaps.
More little nerve wobbles.
I need to crunch the numbers and see if they’re actually getting these connections with the L turns that aren’t actually completed because they dropped...
WHOOPS. THE POWER WENT OUT AND STAYED OUT THIS TIME.
So, uh, good night I guess?
I’ll answer the billion gym-related asks in the morning since typing on an iPhone is not fun.
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HAHAHAHAHHAGSJHKALK
They gave Aly a .1 OOB.
A .1 OOB is for taking a step out of bounds with a single foot.
Stepping/hopping OOB with both feet is .3.
She LANDED OOB with BOTH FEET.
That’s .5.
LOOOOOOOOOOL US DOMESTIC JUDGING.
you are DRUNK line judges
line judges YOU ARE DRUNK
Also my power blinked out RIGHT AFTER THE COMPETITION ENDING. Then blinked back on.
Good timing.
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Anonymous asked: Thoughts about Jordyn Wieber?
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RAISMONSTER!
OH NO. Landed out of bounds! That’s going to be a .5 deduction. But with THESE line judges you never fucking know.
I really admire that they put together this routine for her in an attempt to improve her artistry, but……………… some peeps just don’t got it.
That said HUGE TUMBLING.
lol that last leap omg!
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AGH
Ross sits her Amanar.
STOP DOING THAT VAULT.
GO BACK TO YOUR DTY. YOU ARE GOING TO BE A BARS AND BEAM SPECIALIST IN LONDON. ACCEPT IT.
ffs
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“SO HARD TO WATCH THIS CONCUSSION!! SO LET’S SHOW IT 900,000 TIMES!!!1”
Come on McKayla. Hit this shit. Don’t give Martha a reason to screw you over.
FUCK YEAH. Nearly stuck 3 1/2.
Oh god this third pass. STRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
SHE MADE IT. THANK GOD.
\O/
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lol 15.4 for Jordyn’s floor with an OOB that the line judge napped through I guess.
Gabby is NOT going to get a 16.1 on vault, but she’s going to end today a few tenths back from Jordyn.
“THIS IS JUST LIKE THE FINISH TO NATIONALS!!! WE IN NO WAY MANUFACTURED THIS!~”
Nice Amanar from Gabby.
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Apparently, Brenna Dowell did a pretty nice DTY. ALAS WE DID NOT GET TO SEE IT.
“And she gets ANOTHER GREEN ARROW!! BECAUSE THIS ARBITRARY SHIT WE MADE UP MEANS SOMETHING!”
OKAY Wieber on floor. Let’s see how hard she’ll make it for Dougie.
Then we’ll see how hard the judges will make it for Dougie!
OOB! That they didn’t… call. looooooool I SEE
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OMG Price on floor.
LOOOOL THEY MENTIONED KIM KELLY. For anyone who doesn’t know, let’s examine why Kim Kelly got taken off of the Olympic team.
This is a solid floor routine.
Hella.
GOOD JOB.
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THIS FUCKING BOARD AGAIN. SIT DOWN YOU CLOWNS.
lol these judging panels
They gave Dougie a 6.2 difficulty on floor.
Now no one loves Dougie more than me, but she did NOT get that double L turn around. Maybe the floor judges were trying to make up for the beam judges giving Jo a 6.3.
Also, they’ve got Dougie .7 back from Wieber, with Wieber going to floor and Dougie going to vault.
THEY...
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Anonymous asked: why didn't shawn johnson come back this year? also, will she have a chance to come back for the next olympics?
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danceanthems asked: jo's scores are so inflated domestically, smh. london is going to be a shock for her and raisman in particular.
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Time to TOSS YOUR HEAD BACK AND FORTH with Kyla Ross and her double twist from 1987.
If anyone wonders why this routine scores so low please note that her first pass is Dougie’s SECOND pass and her SECOND PASS is Dougie’s third.
DOUBLE TWIST
AND DOESN’T EVEN STICK IT
Honey, if you’re going to do a double twist at least stick that mofo. SAME FOR THE DOUBLE TUCK.
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Anonymous asked: weird question lol but what do people wear unnder their leos?
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Anonymous asked: Ummm, Vega went pro
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They gave Jordyn a 6.3 difficulty on beam.
LOL NO
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DOUGIE ON FLOOR
LET’S GO DOUGIE
Little hop on the triple! She can stick that.
Beautiful double arabian - stag.
CROWD GETS INTO IT AS ALWAYS
OMG DID SHE MAKE THAT GOGEAN?
It looked the closest I’ve ever seen her do. Didn’t make the double L though.
BEAUTIFUL FULL-IN.
HUGE SPLIT LEAP
YES CROWD
CHEER FOR YOUR QUEEN THE LADY DOUGIE
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YAAAAAAAAAY Sabrina’s floor!
I love this routine.
She looked like she stepped out again with her heels!
Hit routine! Cutie-pie smile.
DO GREAT IN NCAA, SABRINA!!1
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Anonymous asked: Which 5 girls do you think will make it?
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rachealelaine asked: Thank God I'm not the only one who thinks Nastia is fucked. I mean, her bars were overrated in the first place!!
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Anonymous asked: what do u think of sarah? do u think she has potential??
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Anonymous asked: sorry for sounding stupid but what are connections?
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WHOOPS I WAS ANSWERING ASKS WHILE FINNEGAN WAS ON FLOOR.
Did she put her hand down?
THEY NEED TO BE CRITICAL ON BEAM, TIM. THE JUDGES IN LONDON WILL.
Let’s go Alicia! I really want her to make alternate.
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Anonymous asked: Do you think Nastia has a chance with her fall? :(
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lol our national beam champion ALY RAISMAN
because she can stay on the beam
uh oh! UNCHARACTERISTIC WOBBLES WTF
Raismonster what are you doin’?!?!
Missed connection! Shitty leaps!
DON’T LOCK YOUR LEGS ON THE DOUBLE ARABIAN
Thank you!
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I feel so bad for Becca. :C
Hope she hits both routines Sunday.
I ALSO WISH THEY WOULD STOP SHOWING THE STANDINGS AND TALKING ABOUT WIEBER’S LEAD WHEN HER TOP COMPETITORS ARE NOT IN THE SAME ROTATION AS HER.
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nicolasechs replied to your post: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
14.900?!?!
Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaah. I’m throwing a tiny bit of shade. They didn’t give her her two missed connections, as they shouldn’t have, but they must have hit her HARD on the dismount. Because there was the .3 on the aerial and like one or two other .1 adjustments for the interior of the routine. They must have...
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Oh gosh, now it’s time for BECCA’S PRAYER CIRCLE.
Make the dismount make the dismount make the dismount make the dismount make the dismount.
14.9 for Gabby on beam. OIC.
BROSS IS STILL BOSS EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME COME ON
nooooooooooo
off on the arabian :(((((
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
GREAT SET
(but she can still do better)
DOUGIIIIIIIIIIIIE
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GABBY ON BEAM OH GOD
PRAYER CIRCLE
i cannot liveblog through this
because i am too busy trying not to die
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Beam has been a hot mess thusfar. The only one who’s broken 15 is Finnegan with a 15.1 and a 8.6 execution.
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OH HEY they’re showing Sabrina! She’s so pretty.
Btw they gave Jordyn a 15.35 on bars. lol sure.
Don’t fall, Sabrina!!!! She looks like she’s grown.
I hope rumors of her going pro aren’t true because she could AMAZING in NCAA. Imagine her with some Miss Val choreography *____*
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ACK! McKayla off of bars. AS IF IT EVEN MATTERS.
Her bars mystify me though because she actually has good basics and huge releases, but her composition is bizarre and her start value is shit.
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fistfuls of honey: Aly on bars, dear lord.Flexed... →
thebeautyintheheartbreak:
glamaphonic:
Aly on bars, dear lord.
Flexed feet! Crooked giants! Missed handstands!
She’s been doing so many bar routines and they still look like shit.
SAME OLD SAME OLD
Gift her a 14 and move along.
ROSS ON BEAM
Misses switch ring to back tuck connection. Tiny adjustment on the layout. Ridic juniorish…
to be fair brestyans in general isn’t really good at...
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nicolasechs replied to your post: Finnegan. She fell like 900 times in the warmup. …
Can we talk about Nastia’s hair? WTF is happening there?
Who even knows. It’s this new sloppy thing everyone’s doing. Her hair’s too long for a ponytail (gymnasts’ hair can’t hang past their shoulders) and she for some reason refuses to do a nice bun.
