Vogue WTF?!?!/ One way Argument

I repeat: WTF, Vogue? If gymnastics couldn't get enough fans that have no clue what they are talking about. Now we have 3,000 vogue readers who claim they know about gymnastics.
Numero Dos: WTF, Vogue? again, this time for including Chellsie Loser Memmel instead of one of my insanely cool heros: Shayla Worley. I personally believe since Chellsie hasn't done much, she doesn't deserve to be included in Vogue. Now Shayla on the other hand, most certaintly does. Plus she kinda sorta looks like a model anyway. WTF?

Now moving on to the second topic of this entry... the one way arguement part. I am sick and tired of hearing about the "old guard" vs "new guard". It's probably insanely and absolutely retarded. Truly, because everyone is out the like: "Oh my gosh, people don't give old guard as much credit, they worked so hard..." and blah blah blah blah blah blah.
First off:
No one is arguing for the new guard so you can quit your whining. Seriously no one is saying the old guard is bad. hence the reason its a one way arguement. I could careless their age. They're all freakin gymnasts!! Shawn is 16 and Nastia is 18. Shawn is made out to be the devil by some people because she's too young and "ripping" the thrown away from nastia. [seriously, some people make it sound like she had a gun and was threating Nastia]

I mean come on! If you root for the old guard now, and they win. then the old guard will retire and the new guard becomes the old guard. isn't it the point to do it while your young.

whatever, i blame chellsie memmel and elfi schlagel [but mostley elfi]

Samantha Shapiro: The Good/Bad News

The Good News:
she's probably the ost amazing gymnast i've ever seen
no joke people. i mean seriously if i had a dollar for everytime she pointed her toes...
i would have a lot of money [math isn't my best subject]
anyway the point is she's a goddess as many people have already stated and aided her in her attempts to be a front runner in the race for 2012.

The Bad News:
yes, there will always be bad news, no matter how much you absolutely love and adore a gymnast, there will always be something i can find that bothers me. I am a very optimistic person, but i see all the cons too. When i'm in my 'optimistic' mood i tend to ignore them. But seriously, name a gymnast. I'll find the pro... and the con.

anyway:
she kind of looks like a monkey. now i know thats not "politically correct" or "polite" or "nice" or "any other word i could think of to put in quotations" but... i think it's true. so be it if you don't , but it's kind of a complement coming from me because:

A) i couldn't find anything else wrong with this girl [oh, i searched]
B) okay there is no B get over it.

The Official Release of the: ICGURM

Okay so wait in line to be part of my amazing club Entitled:

ICGURM: International Club of Good UnRecognized Montagers

Okay well the title isn't catchy... at all, but still.
Anywho, guidelines to being in this club are as follows:

1) you have to make montages
2) they have to be semi-decent [this will be voted on by chair peeps]
3) you have to be classified as "unrecognized"
which means that you can't have more than 5 montages over 10,000 views.

since i've never had a montage of 10,000 views, this pends no problem to me [still some hard feelings about that]

anyway, there will be two other chair people in this club [if they choose to be super nice and except]
they would be:

charloadams
gymnasticsbabie

People Who Generally For The Most Part Can Stand Me

okay well Mileycyrus990 has made a list of people who Hate me because she is a very kind, thoughtful and mature person. So far her is her list:
Mileycyrus990

woah! astounding
anyway, so I have decided to make a list of my own. It shall be entitled:

People Who Generally For The Most Part Like Me

get in line to add yourself to this list:

cccam <--- yay me!

charloadams <--- sweet... and canadian!

ashleyakaflipper <--- practically a movie star

gymnasticsbabie <--- best gymnast in the world!

adadancer7 <--- what can i say, she's just cool!

deathblessme <--- fellow tessa pama lover

horsegirl04 <---yeaaaah!

gymnasticsbabee9 <--- haha she said she loved me... yay!

gymnastralohartley <--- funky name and sweet comments

mlmj1994 <--- she seriously has commented like every single video of mine and for that i am forever greatful!

britluvsgymnastics96 <--- i luv her she is the cutest! lol jk no but she really is very sweet!

chachakid <--- gave me the best comment on a montage i have ever gotten!

gymgymgymnast08 <--- fellow chalkbucketer!

londongymgurl<--- ooh! my favorite foreign city!

disneydance1169 <---heck yes with the disney!

gracefulone <--- discussin' the skylr!

NYGymFan <--- soo cool!

gymnasticsaddict <--- crazy amazing fellow choreo wizard

Kayleigh<--- gymchat.blogspot.com!!!!! GO THERE NOW I SAY!!

I know, there is no bigger thrill in your life then to be part of my amazingly pathetic 'i have friends' list. but hey why not?!?

Chellsie Memmel: Friggin 'Flips Out'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9qWU3u44Cs
okay, if you didn't absolutely laugh for about 10 minutes after seeing this video then there is something wrong with you.

i would rather shoot myself in the ovaries than take lessons on how to do a backhandspring from chellsie memmel.
okay.. well maybe i wouldn't take it as far as shooting myself in the ovaries. that could be potentially problematic if i ever want to have kids... okay lets say I would rather shoot my sister in the ovaries. That works. I doubt she'll be using them anytime soon anyway. And besides there are lots of kids in the world in need of adoption.

well i got a little off track. allow me to get myself back on it.. okay i'm good.
so, chellsie starts out the video trying to amaze us "non-talented athletes" by doing a simple layout that any of the 5 year old teammates could throw after one week in a gym.
well big whoop. I'm not going to be disguised by your smile and 'happy go lucky' attitude Ms. Memmel. No, i am smarter than that.

So she continues to talk condesendedly to us about how to do a correct backhandspring.

I think her backhandsprings suck

well not the BHS in the video of course but when she's actually tumbling and stuff, they are so ugly. [i am just not a fan of her body type in a leo... scuzzy]

really, i have no problem with her body type, but i don't like it in a leotard. it gives me nigtmares.

anywho, she continues to show us steps to a backhandspring and as she is doing so, she is raising the rate of backhandspring-related-fatalities in America.

And she calls herself a role model.

Moral Of The Story: If you are trying to learn a backhandpring, learn it from a coach, not from Ms. Chellsie Memmel.

PYT: Profiles of the Young

I have now found a new obssesion in seeing how young and how bad you can actually be to qualify for HOPES Pre-Elite. Now, you only need an all around score of a 45.000. Which i could score doing these skills, And i'm a level 6/7. So, here are the youngest i have found. Courtesy of gym-style. [she is my hero]

Numero Uno:

Name: Skyler Memmel
Birthday: Jan. 17, 1997 <--- oh sucks for her. 2012 b-day is '96
Club: M&M <--- psh figures
Level: Hopes Pre-Elite
2008 PKI Qualifier- VT
2006 L8 Meet- UB
2008 PKI Qualifier- BB
2008 PKI Qualifier- FX
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Numero Dos:

Name: Bailey Fitzpatrick <--- says in her profile and i quote:
"She also has competed as a level nine at some invitationals."
Birthday: Jan. 22, 1997 <--- again, that sucks
Club: M&M <--- WTF?!?!?
Level: Hopes Pre-Elite
2008 PKI Qualifier- VT <--- this one made me cry. A tsuk?!?!? and a bad one at that
2008 PKI Qualifier- UB
2008 PKI Qualifier- BB
2008 PKI Qualifier- FX <--- the front handspring, front full was muy bonita!
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Numero Three-o:

Name: Allyson Nied
Birthday: Sept. 1, 1997
Club: Texas Dreams <--- yay! not M&M!
Level: Hopes
Texas Dreams
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Numero Quattro: [yes, i know thats not how you spell cuatro]

Name: Erica Len
Birthday: Oct. 2, 1997
Club: GAA <--- what the hell is "GAA"?!?!?!
Level: Hopes
2008 PKI Qualifier- VT
2008 PKI Qualifier- FX <--- well at least she attempted a double pike!
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El Fin:

Name: Hanna Duncan <--- it says "she has also competed as a level nine at some meets"
Birthday: April 7, 1996 <--- ellllligable!
Club: M&M <--- I'm going to kill myself. It's like God is mocking me.
Level: Hopes Pre-Elite
2008 PKI Qualifier- UB
^^I love how she just collapses over the bar for her shoot over, now thats STYLE!
2008 PKI Qualifier- BB

Anyway, my point is. These girls are too young.Period. Especially the one's where it says "she competed as a level nine once"

thats like me putting in my profile: "one time i sorta kinda not really did a double full...it was close enough"

yeah so thats my story. look them up and either be amazed, or laugh at them. I personally did both at the same time.

Big thanks goes out to miss yeger: www.youtube.com/missyeger

Gymdivas.us: www.gymdivas.us

and my ever favorite hero: www.gym-stlye.com

This is Probably the best article written in the history of forever:

courtesy of hatsumomo on the WWGym board:

For those calling for a boycott of the 2008 olympics:

Shut up.

Just...shut up.

Now, I'm not saying this because I disagree with your sentiments. I do agree. I honestly do think that Tibet is an important issue that needs more media attention. But calling for a boycott isn't the way to do it. Why? Because you're essentially asking the estimated 600-700 athletes that the U.S. believes will be competing to sacrifice their childhood dreams, the years they spent training and sacrificing many aspects of their own lives. Fuck you. Think about the athletes, please. Take gymnastics for example: most of these gymnasts don't have another four years of dieting, strenuous training 25-36 hours a week, intense competition schedules (a few of the U.S. gymnasts just went through a series of Pan-American Games, Nationals, training camp, and World Championships in a span of about six weeks), injuries and recovery, training camps etc., on top of schooling and trying to stay on top while new and younger talent is coming in, in them. And that would be on top of the massive disappointment you hit them with. Talk to the gymnasts who were pumped for the 1980 Games only to find out that the U.S. was boycotting. Many of them have said that there is a hole in them because of a dream unfulfilled.No. If YOU believe in something so much, then YOU sacrifice yourself for them. Don't ask others to do it for you. That's supremely unfair.The Olympics aren't the podium for politics. 1972, 1980, and 1984 taught us those lessons. Any and all politics between the U.S. and China will be symbolically played out in the medal counts. A boycott wouldn't accomplish much anyway because not enough countries would be willing to participate for it to make a big enough dent. Wouldn't the U.S. beating China in medal counts on their home turf pack a more powerful punch than any boycott would? I can guarantee that both countries are working their athletes much harder because both want to top the other. I can also guarantee that there will be athletes who agree with your sentiments, but will not say anything publicly because they know they will face a permanent ban from China, therefore ruining their Olympic dreams. They probably also think that beating China on their turf will show more than a boycott.And please, George Bush will never call for a boycott. And if he does, it won't be because he cares about human rights or Tibet.Not only does one need to learn to pick and choose their battles, they need to learn to pick and choose when they will fight their battles and who is going to do the necessary sacrifices for them.

kthxbai,

Hatsumomo

P.S. BTW, we knew what Hitler was doing and yet we still attended the 1936 Games. Just sayin'.

*This is just C&P'ed from a rant I did in my LiveJournal*<--- go to her/his livejournal please because i now love this person.

i also enjoy hatsumomo's amazingly cool avatar on wwgym: it is a picture of nastia at the 2007 Worlds winning beam, and under it are the words: Suck It Al

that is all: its copyrighted to Hatsumomo just to let you know, since everything is copyrighted these days