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My oranges have turned into shrivelled prunes. I'm averaging five hours of sleep a night, which is actually a lot better for me than it sounds. Sarah Palin and the Republican party continue to give me nightmares. And somebody pretty much just pissed on my head and called it rain.

On the upswing, I did post OSS (Olympic Swimmer Slash) yesterday (Random Acts of Crazy Behavior), which, let's face it, is the only thing I'm motivated about these days. I'd like to write something else, but I have no other fandom at the moment besides that and Generation Kill, which is *sob!* over. And there is nothing on network telly for me to get excited about. Damn. It's going to be a dry broadcast season for me. Maybe I'll start robbing banks or something.

Give me some good news. Anything. Something. Please?

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here's a link to the blind item :D

http://layontheice.blogspot.com/2008/09/gossip-corner.html

found this via ontd_olympics btw

Re: drive-by posting

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I appreciate you linking me. I had a, uh, few thoughts about its veracity here (http://hackthis.livejournal.com/501384.html?thread=13737352#t13737352).

Re: drive-by posting

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I don't believe that story was true...in that they probably know each other but the events in that post didn't happen. But I got it off ONTD which, well, I feel is kinda like crack. You know it's bad for you, but you just can't stop reading it.

To make up for that link, here's one I trust is true: http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/9/bobcostas :). It's an interview with Bob Costas where he answers questions about NBC's coverage of Matthew Mitcham (or lack thereof), covering out athletes, and homophobia in sports.

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I don't believe that story was true...in that they probably know each other but the events in that post didn't happen. But I got it off ONTD which, well, I feel is kinda like crack. You know it's bad for you, but you just can't stop reading it.

LOL. Yes, they do know each other. There was an article about it up on either ESPN or SI (I don't remember which). It was actually a rather adorable read. I guess Braylon got hurt and couldn't do regular PT, so Michael convinced him to try his PT in the water. I know. Sweet, right? Plus, you know, Braylon is *hot*, and talented, so, if Michael were so inclined he could do a lot worse. Might make Ryan sad though. Mostly, I just think if you're making shit up, you should say GUESS WHAT? THIS IS MADE UP. It seems to work for the rest of us.

And yeah, homophobia in sports if fucking RAMPANT. Less so on the female side, but on the male side? It's like the plague, which you know, is sad, and hard. Presumably, if you sleep with men that makes you a lesser man, which hello, stupid as I don't know what. Here you've got a group of men, playing together, showering together, supporting each other, but oh noes, heaven forbid they have sex. It's just -- IT'S SO FUCKING STUPID. Since when does how you get your rocks off (providing you don't injure anybody else) have anything to do with how well you perform on the playing field? But, then again, people have been peddling that same old bullshit about 'inferior! bad! wrong!' about race and religion since time began, so I'm not really surprised they'd do the same thing about sexuality. It would be nice if people could be taken on their own merits and not for your skin color or where you put your dick, but I used to believe in Santa Claus too, so what do I know?