August 2012
26 posts
here are a few fundamental things i don't understand
- why gays shouldn’t be allowed to get married
- why rich people shouldn’t pay higher taxes
- why people are so unwilling to help others
- why people are making laws about my vagina
- why university costs so much
- why it’s wrong for everyone to have healthcare
Just took a five-hour nap.
Woke up and within 5 minutes, queued up Carl Sagan’s Cosmos on the Netflix and ordered thai food.
To not getting shit done and to not giving one single fuck about it.
When you discover a problem late in the day and can't fix it until tomorrow.
From a To-Do list I sent myself this afternoon:
- Join LitReactor and start those short stories.
- Finish my school essays.
- Make Mike’s mixtape.
- Follow Bob Dylan tumblrs.
- Listen to Bob Dylan’s music.
- Watch Bob Dylan youtube videos.
- Generally obsess over Bob Dylan.
UPDATED: Just a few ways NBC has undermined Gabby's achievements. →
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“Ally Rainsman really reigned in Gabby in the time of need”— Gabby scored 1/3 of the team’s points. [n-i-h-i-l added]
“She trained with Shawn Johnson which REALLY must have had some effect on her”— many gymnasts have trained under professionals. [n-i-h-i-l added]
“Gabby has a lead…not by much but, we hope she takes advantage of it”—Gabby consistently scored better (on average) than her teammates.[n-i-h-i-l added]
Not to mention they contributed the all-around success to Alexandra saying that she was the clincher… [cum-fraiche added]
and “ooh, lets talk about Jordyn not making the all around ten times more than Gabby being the highest scorer in all four events” [withasideofswag added]
The first Women’s Gymnastics team win since ‘96, but it was deemed “not all that amazing” by NBC.
Airing a commercial featuring a monkey doing gymnastics right after Gabby’s win. During all the commercials for other athletes and their wins they showed appropriate commercials featuring them and their talents. For example: the swimmer Rebecca Soni was featured in her own commercial beating her world record score. Gabby got a monkey.
Also, when Gabby did her vault:
NBC on Gabby - “That wasn’t great…but she’ll take it” (she gets the highest score on the fucking thing, a 15.966)
NBC on Aly - “That was an AMAZING vault! She’s off to a great start!” (scores very well, but lower than Gabby)
Yeah. NBC hates that a black girl won the whole thing.
I thought I was the only one who heard this shit… Thank goodness others, too, are paying attention to the bullshit. FUCK YOU, NBC.
Did anyone notice that they did not talk about Dominique Dawes at all….not even when she attended the gymnastics for Gabby’s last go! They didn’t mention how great she was or what she accomplished when she was in the Olympics. Just nothing…No story.No commercial. Yet they have time to talk about and make a commercial about that white gymnast who got a perfect score back in the 70s or some shit and that other one who was on the same team as Dawes….and anybody else who’s white!….
