Laurie is going to be the break-out star of the Games. She is just electric to watch, especially on floor, and so very consistent.

I like Ragan, but she’s soooo young still. She’ll only be 19 in 2020.

Fuck it...fuck it...so fucking done with all this. Every week, every day, nothing changes. People keep dying senselessly, nothing gets done, nothing changes. Meanwhile some muppet that’s been left in an oven is running for president. Just fuck it.

No, that’s exactly what I’m thinking of. You can only put 3 people on each apparatus in the team competition. So you have:

You’re considering who can medal in individual events, and who the U.S. would choose to compete for all-around gold medals, but you’re not considering the team competition, which is traditionally prioritized. This is the end of the Karolyi era and I think it can’t be overstated how important the team gold is in this…

No disagreement here. My point is that Gabby is only going to do bars. That’s it. Simone, Aly, and Laurie are all very good on floor, beam, and vault, so we’re covered there. Gabby isn’t better than those 3 on any of those events, so she won’t go up on them. On bars, Aly is pretty weak. Simone and Laurie are both OK,…

it needs to become more popular in USA. it’s a gorgeous sport

Diversity has nothing to do with it. You make the team (any team) based on merit. If diversity were supposed to be a thing in sports, white fans of the NBA would have reason to be pissed 24/7. Yet they don’t.

So am I. Love Gabby, but she clearly looks distracted and/or like her heart isn’t in it anymore. Her spot could’ve gone to someone much more deserving.

I’m still on a high this morning because I got to go to the trials live this weekend! It was such an incredible experience, and despite who made it to Rio or not, they all have ridiculous super-human talent. I did gymnastics for years and years, but can’t imagine having the drive and talent to do anything CLOSE to…

I’m annoyed that they picked Gabby over Ashton Locklear. Barring injury to Simone, Aly, and Laurie, Gabby isn’t going to touch anything other than bars in Rio, but Ashton is consistently better than Gabby on bars. Gabby’s reputation and not her gymnastics is what got her on the team this time around. :-(

I hope these women are able to stay safe and healthy in Rio. I’m so nervous for all the athletes headed to that boiling cesspool.

Last night, my husband suggested that we make Gardasil our go to gift for baby showers. I'm not sure it's a logistically sound plan, but it reminds me why I love him so!

What just floors me- and it shouldn’t, I should be used to it, but it does, is that there are two instant reactions I see from a certain group of people whenever these tragedies happen:

I’m a professional illustrator (Seriously.) and yeah...that’s not a wallet.

Yeah, a ham wallet.

oh....that’s....that’s a wallet

I give you a C-. It’s a little too obvious especially coupled with your posting history. Try again.

Who wants to tell him