Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts

Sunday, February 28, 2010

all good things must come to an end.

after practically living in vancouver for the past seventeen days, i decided that the olympics in their entirety were
what do you think?

the closing ceremony was weird/hilarious, but it was also a bit unfortunate to have to come to terms with the fact that my nightly workouts on the elliptical will be far less entertaining. oh well, until 2012...

*photo taken in the toronto airport, during a layover on the way to the UK in 2007.



Friday, February 19, 2010

who knew...

that this little lady is lds?


way to go, torah!
not only did you capture olympic gold, you might've been one of the few daring (or potentially a little bit crazy) fly high all on your own... no drugs necessary.
she says, "I'm a Mormon but I don't think it affects me as a snowboarder. Mormon is in fact a nickname because our church is the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. We believe that Jesus Christ and the heavenly father God are two separate beings and the main difference between us and other Christian religions is that we have the Book of Mormon and the Bible. For me it's just a way of life - I don't drink, smoke, drink tea or coffee, or have sex before marriage. I've never drunk or smoked but I'll go out to dance and stay up late and then drive home at the end of the night."


maybe i've got some double corking in my future, after all.
(okay, we all know that this is highly unlikely. but at least i've got a role model of someone insanely cool to look up to, right?)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

seriously, so good.

i may or may not have a ginormous crush on shaun white.
what do you think?

did anyone else see his incredible performance tonight?
i am in awe.

*image via guardian.co.uk.