Showing posts with label Nastia Liukin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nastia Liukin. Show all posts

12.13.2008

Nastia!

Yahoo! is my homepage, and they frequently link to their awful stories. The one on the main page today was of Nastia Liukin and one of her recent fashion decisions. Here it is:



Yikes. Yikes, yikes, yikes, yikes, yikes.

I mean, the outfit itself: bad, but could be worse. But look at her. She looks like she's 40. What the hell is up with that? She's 19. So that means, now, after I marry her, not only do I have to educate her in movies (her website says her favorites are 27 Dresses, The Holiday, and Kung Fu Panda -- gag), but dress her as well. This is starting to sound more like a parenting job, and I may need to reconsider.

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8.19.2008

Gymnastics Tiebreakers are Stupid

Why can't two gold medals be awarded in gymnastics? Nastia Liukin tied the score of one of those (supposedly) 16 year-old Chinese girls in the uneven bars, but because of some technicality got placed second.

I feel really bad for her -- but at least she won the individual all-around. That makes me feel a bit better.

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