BEIJING BEIJING, I LOVE BEIJING!!! Or, in which Sophie has trouble ~*letting go of the Olympics*~

[sophieisgod]

It's over. And I am far more sad about this than I should be. Therefore, JOIN ME! Let us mourn and rejoice and commemorate through spam! Spam of people with hot bodies wearing lycra! Spam of people looking tearful on podiums! MONTAGES! Here are some of my personal Olympic highlights:

First up, swimmers! Because they are wet and scantily clad a lot of the time, and this is flattering.

So, Michael Phelps. He is kind of strange-looking (BECAUSE HE IS LEGIT A MERMAN), but he does like to wear his pants *low* and I am a pervert for hipbones.






MERMAN!!!




THIS IS TRUE.


Not quite as speedy, but certainly gosh-darn attractive is fellow US swimmer Ryan Lochte (yay artemislives!). Observe.






SEXY TATTOO ALERT. Also, anyone else amused by the fact that several US swimmers basically have Olympic rings tramp stamps? Awesome.


Phelps & Lochte! Together! In tiny trunks!


Also, apparently the US pwned the swimming relays? I missed it (pesky timezones!), but I will say this: HIPBONES HIPBONES RYAN LOCHTE'S HIPBONES.


Male gymnasts are weird. They're uber-strong and muscly, but often rather short (what up, US men's team?). But there was a foxy German who caught mine eye (Britishers, I hope you'll agree that Matt Baker, Blue Peter Legend was also basically in love with him), and his name is Fabian Hambuchen. He looks like this:


Jonathan Horton loves him aussi:


Also, Usain Bolt is awesome.




But oh yeah, I'M BRITISH. And we had a pretty fucking awesome games. Best medal haul for a century! TASTE OUR AWESOME:
Christine Ohurugou, 400m


Ben Ainslie, Sailing (Finn class)


Paul Goodison, Sailing (Laser class)


Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed & Andy Hodge; Rowing (Coxless Fours)


Louis Smith became the first British male to ever win a medal for gymnastics. Also, his tattoo is pretty sweet.




You know what Britain is good at? CYCLING!
Nicole Cooke, Road Race


Victoria Pendleton, Sprint


Rebecca Romero & Wendy Houvenagel, Gold & Silver, Individual Pursuit




Chris Hoy & Jason Kenny, Gold & Silver, Sprint


Is it weird that my biggest crush of the Olympics is on Chris Hoy, a 32 year old Scottish cyclist? It is, isn't it. But I cannot help it! Accent! Thighs! Amazing modesty and graciousness despite winning three gold medals! His big fat dad!




My absolute favourite athlete of the games didn't win a medal, despite being the favourite in her event. Shanaze Reade, the 19 year old BMX world champion, came off her bike as she clipped the rider in front of her at the last bend of the Olympic final, because silver wasn't good enough for her. She is so fucking fierce.

Bonus!Hoy!












Yeah, I kind of love her. You know what else I love? CRACKY THINGS. Like this: LOL Bush - Dubya's Olympic experience, in macro format. Also, this post is made of win (and also features Hoy & Kenny! Jason Kenny is 20 and hardcore awesome and adorable and looks a bit like a duckling. He is going to be scary in 2012). Massive win.

You know who else is awesome? Athens medallist and swimming commentator Steve Parry, who bears a slight resemblance to Michael Phelps...

And in case you didn't know, synchronised swimmers are kind of terrifying:


Okay, let's begin to wind this up. As I said above, BEIJING BEIJING, I LOVE BEIJING, and man alive, they built some pretty stadiums.




And damn, they know how to put on a show. Pshaw, London, do away with your pesky unions, and we too can achieve perfection!














O HAI THAR CHRIS HOY


LOL BORIS. Ohhh, what the world must think of the buffoon we call our mayor. Why, London, why? He didn't even tie his jacket!




LONDON 2012, BITCHES. IT'S GOING TO BE EPIC.






OH. ONE MORE THING. Ladies of the internet, it is IN NO WAY COOL for you to be scamming on Tom Daley. He's 14! And weirdly precocious in the style of Dakota Fanning! Shame on you! Shame!

Comments

[three-nails.livejournal.com]

HOMG THESE OLYMPICS WERE THE GREATEST THING EVERRR!! I can't believe I missed seeing them by a couple weeks ;__;, I hope there will still be that spirit in Beijing when I'm there in 2 weeks!

MICHAEL PHELPS, USAIN BOLT, AND THE US GIRL GYMNASTS (SHAWN JOHNSON AND NASTIA LUKIN) ARE MY FAVVVVVORITES =D=D! No time to spam, BUT YAAAAAAAY OLYMPICSSSSSSSS!!1!!!!!

Also, you didn't see the legendary swimming relay when US won by a hair?? I've found it online here. Terrible quality but the only video of the Olympics I've been able to find online yet! I guess youtube is really cracking down.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

EVERRRRRR. Although Sydney was also immense. Are you going to try and go and see the OH DEAR LORD SO PRETTTYYYY stadiums?

I loved the gymnastics! Nastia Liuki was probs my fave (she's so amazingly graceful, and I used to dance a lot so I'm a sucker for that).

THAT WAS INDEED KIND OF EPICS. Also LOL American commentators. And LOL the fail of British swimmers :)

Say hi to Leah! ♥

[agguss.livejournal.com]

GIVE ME SOME LOCHTE. God, that man is gorgeous.
And is his tattoo written in Greek? I might love him.

This Chris Hoy is also quite attractive. Besides, you say Scottish accent and I'm already there, seriously. Why is it so hot?

synchronised swimmers are kind of terrifying
:O yes! most of them looked diabolic, eeek.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous, but kind of goofy. Have you read his blog (http://www.swimroom.com/?page_id=3&cat_id=13&post_type=2&lmt=0)? LULZ APLENTY. It is! It means 'first', apparently. HE IS SO CHISELED.

I don't know, it just is! Especially re: James McAvoy & Kevin McKidd. I miss Rome!

[erture.livejournal.com]

It is so good to see/hear about some athletes that are NOT from the US for once (thanks ever so much, NBC, for not pointing out the rest of the world). And yeah ok it's good to see Phelps' hipbones again too... I'll be in my bunk.

Tom Daley freaked me out! I was like woah that kid is 14! His face is just so young. Cannot imagine competing at that level so young.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Haha, we get a lot of international coverage, because, well, we're not great at many sports. There was a *lot* of Phelps on the BBC :)

He scares me just a little bit, I must admit. He's just so perky in interviews. He'll still only be 18 in 2012!

[lalumena.livejournal.com]

...THOSE SWIMMERS ARE REALLY PRETTY. AND IF I WENT INTO ANY MORE DETAIL I WOULD BECOME ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE SO I SHALL STOP HERE.

(Although, MERMAN. Heeeee. 'Tis beauteous.)

That Bolt wing-ed macro is kind of magnificent, haha. I think I need to hunt that race down on YouTube or elsewhere.

YAY PATRIOTISM. YAY MOTHERLAND. (Heh.) We had a nice wee haul ourselves, respectively speaking. 5 medals in 6 hours on Saturday!

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

LOL I KNOW. If I were to molest them I would flip decades of sexual harrassment on its head and say THEY LED ME ON AND BASICALLY SAID YES NON-VERBALLY BY EXPOSING THEIR PELVISES TO ME. I would still go to prison, though.

Dude, did you see the 100m final? He didn't even try all the way, and he STILL broke the world record!

Yeah, I saw Valerie Vili getting all teary on the podium, and I got quite teary myself :)

[lalumena.livejournal.com]

I would defend you! Actually, I have faith in your ability to BE SANE AND STRONG and RESIST the pelvic pull. (Even in a merman costume.)

No, I missed it! I did hear something abut him grinning at the others as he blurred past them, though?

Hee. We're all so proud. Especially 'cos Queen Bea (Beatrice Faumoina (sp?) didn't come through for the third year in a row.

And re: what you said to agguss above, Lochte's tattoo does indeed say 'first' in Greek. Possibly in the vocative case. (In which case it could translate as 'O, FIRST MAN'? Possibly.)

...these and other things you never needed to know. ;)

[miss-bluesky.livejournal.com]

I kind of want to adopt Tom Daley except I don't think I'd be able to wake up early enough to take him to his swimming practices.

Opening ceremony was win and MY GOD THAT GUY'S TRUNKS ARE FLYING LOW.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

LOL. I think he may be secretly eveil, and were you to adopt him it would all turn out like The Omen or something. For serious.

SPORT IS A GLORIOUS THING.

[bbbewitched.livejournal.com]

You do a very fine line in picspams, my dear!
The synchros quite reminded me of cheerful zombies. Very cheerful zombies.
LOL @ Leona Lewis's skirt stool.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks :)

One day, I fear that synchronised swimming zombies will rise in great hoardes from the sea and take over the world. Chilling.

[acalicodress.livejournal.com]

Lochte! Personally I have a weird dislike of Phelps and Lochte was underrated when he saved Phelps' medal-dream in the relay. So YEAH. Go HIM!! :D

Ewww, people have ben perving on Tom Daley?! That is so wrong and he's not attractive.

Merci for all the photos, I missed everything from Thursday onwards cos was at Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds, drowning in mud :)

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

YAY LOCHTE!

There was a fair bit going on at ONTD, to which I say no. Just. No.

Leeeeeds! Was it fabulous? Who did you see? My sister went, which flabbergasted me, as she is unable to function without hair straighteners, and she got to see Bloc Party, whom I adore. Grrr.

[acalicodress.livejournal.com]

It was a mudfest but good! I saw... Feeder and Tenacious D and Adam Green and Dizzee Rascal and Lethal Bizzle (LOL) and Queens of the Stone Age and The Fratellis and The Subways and The Ting Tings and Babyshambles and Dans le Sac and Less than Jake and The Raconteurs and Editors and Dirty Pretty Things and We Are Scientists and Bloc Party and The Killers! So... quite a lot lol.

Oh yeah I was a dirty dirty mess on Monday- hadn't washed myself or my hair for 5 days and had been muddy and sweaty and not very pleasant. Didn't smell though :)

Bloc Party was surprisingly (I'm not a huge fan) good. The Killers were awesome- as were QOTS!

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Ach, I adore Josh Homme in all his ginger glory. I saw QOTSA at Wireless last year and... yeah. It was sexyal :)

[tirwen-star03.livejournal.com]

Man, just when I was recovering from Olympics withdrawal you go and do THAT. D:

I don't usually find Phelps attractive (I mean the swimmer, not the twins!) but... those hipbones are nice. Lochte is cute too! And awww, Fabian and Jonathan really adore each other, huh. XD

The Bolt macro is priceless! He was unbelievable.

And yeah, these Olympics were epic! So many awesome moments and gorgeous people.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

I AM SORRY. I have jeopardised the recovery of every addict :(

YAY TWINS. I miss them! July! Nearly a year before we shall get even the merests glimpse of twinly forearms!

[vivere.livejournal.com]

Eughhhhh, I don't find athletic~ bodies arousing at all!

[auroralives.livejournal.com]

YAY RYAN LOCHTE!!!!!!!! MY FLORIDA SWIMMER! WHOO! REPRESENT! HOLY SHIT, AND THAT TATTOO? FUCKING VINTAGE SYMBOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. MY UNI. GO GATORS!

*ahem*

Phelpsie looks damn good in that second pic. But Ryan's still got him beat looks-wise, I think.

And that little diver kid looks like he's 8.

GO LONDON GO!

[auroralives.livejournal.com]

And I just clicked Ryan's blog...much with the LULZ but he mentions the O'Connoll Center. LIKE FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM MY DORM. Maybe he trained there? Must have. We has olympic pools *nods*