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OH, SHAWN JOHNSON!
I'm so glad she got her gold! Oh, god, can you even imagine being the favorite favorite favorite going into something as big as this and then having to go home with a smattering of silvers? I mean, not that and Olympic silver isn't a big deal, but... I DON'T KNOW. I'm just happy for her!

ALSO: Bela Karolyi is my favorite.

Yesterday my replacement laptop came, and then today... another replacement laptop came. I... don't even know, Staples. It's been two months of them sucking at service and this... is the hilarious icing on their little cake of failure?

BUT BUT BUT: dear friends, what were your favorite summer albums? I am depressingly behind on new music and I would love some recommendations for when I slog through the deluge of things I've missed.

FANDOM HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY: CHUCK BLOOPER REEL! I think, after months and months of the strike pushing this show to the back of my fandom consciousness, that somewhere between this and the commercials that NBC has been airing that it has somehow become the show I most want back? REMEMBER HOW FUN IT WAS LAST FALL? I miss the Nerd Herd and Awesome and Sarah Walker's silly little Weinerlicious outfit? THANK GOODNESS WE GET MORE SOON.

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[tashternal.livejournal.com]

I love Shawn Johnson OMGOMGOMG SQUEE she is just too adorable!
I'm sadly behind on music, and I think we listen to different things as well.

[goldenmelisande.livejournal.com]

I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT GYMNASTICS, OMG. Seriously Shawn Johnson is so cute! I want to put her in my pocket/give her a really big bear hug. AND HER PARENTS! They were like crying and hugging and there was so much hugging! :) I'm so proud.

I'm obsessed with Alas I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling right now, idk if you already have it? But her music is sooooooo pretty, I love it.

OMG WATCHING THAT BLOOPER REAL RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE DVDS.

[spentayearinla.livejournal.com]

OH MAN YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME AND MY FRIEND WHEN NASTIA DIDN'T BEAT SHAWN. I mean, we love Nastia because she's from Texas (represent!), but Shawn deserved it. I ALMOST CRIED WHEN HER MOM STARTED, NOT GONNA LIE.

Um, as for summer albums, mine was a lot of Tegan and Sara and Margot & The Nuclear So and So's. And playlists for my OTPs.

[barilace.livejournal.com]

Emiliana Torrini's new album is grrrrreat in my opinion.

Hmm? What else have I been listening to lately? *ponders* I've been listening to Kings of Leon. That's basically it. haha.

[humble.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited she got her Gold! I was going to be sad for her, if she didn't walk away with one. I haven't been able to watch it yet, I can't wait. ;)

[thecolorbetween.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy for Shawn, too! I was spoiled by a headline in The New York Times (which I'm actually completely fine with) and got home too late to watch it (I don't think I've seen any of the women's individual events, actually!), but YAY FOR HER! She's so cute.

My favorite part of the blooper reel is when Casey goes, "I love it when we see eye to eye," and Yvonne pauses and says, "...Riiiiiiight?" LOVE IT. Yes, yes, yes, I can't wait for it to come back, either! But I watched the Comic-Con reel, not realizing how spoilery it would be, and JEEPERS, they spoiled a lot of stuff! I was sad. But still excited!

[glassbomb.livejournal.com]

I'm happy for her! She's cute as a button and she seems so sweet, so I'm glad she got at least one gold.

[so-bambiesque.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen in yet because I need to wait for a download but YES. That is EXACTLY the way that things should be. I 100% adore Nastia and she completely deserved the all-around, but I was so bummed for Shawn and this just make it perfect again. What did Nastia get? Silver, right? Please?

Urm, summer albums. Coldplay's new album, I'm really into Colbie Caillat right now, Mika of course... And the Mamma Mia soundtrack lol :D

[veils.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD THE BLOOPER REEL! YVONNE! The more I watch her, the more I love her. I REALLY LOVE THAT LIKE, THE ONLY TIME SHE WASN'T SHOWN TO BE LAUGHING, SHE WAS TALKING IN HER REAL ACCENT. I don't think I said that right. Whatever. ALSO, being a dork: all Zachary Levi ever does, y/n?

GOD, I NEED CHUCK ICONS, STAT.

[coast.livejournal.com]

ha! Bella karyoli! God, that brings me back to 1996 and the Magnificent Seven. You were a little shrimpers then so you might not remember, but Dominique Moceanu was pretty much my fav ever!

[forthesky.livejournal.com]

UGH THAT BEAM WAS AMAZING. I was getting so pissed because they gave that first competetitor (Cheng Fei) such a high score, and our commentators were going "should be low 15's" and she got 15.95 or something, and then they were like "oh they must be feeling generous today" and then gave everyone lower when she wasn't even the best! (I like Cheng Fei, actually, but that wasn't fair). So when Shawn overtook I was SO EXCITED. She was the best by far anyway. I love Nastia though - she is so different in shape to the others? So much taller? And it makes everything she does look so different and pretty.

It's so funny to think of Summer albums in Winter :D Although, the weather is quite Spring-ish here, which is nice. I just looked back through some old posts to see what I was listening to - I remember listening to Sneaky Sound System, who are Australian and kind of disco/pop? IDK. They're fun. I remember being obsessed with Andrew Birds 'Armchair Apocrypha' and Bright Eyes's "Lifted..." album. But idk, that's not really what I'm into NOW. So this was absolutely pointless. I do remember loving "Here It Comes" by Longwave though. (Just the song). :D

[carrine.livejournal.com]

Beam was brutal last night. I can't remember the last time I've seen an elite, y'know, high level competition with that many mistakes in just that event. I'm not a huge Shawn Johnson fan, but I'm glad she got her gold, and I'm glad we took 1st and 2nd.

Bela is hilarious. I have his signature on a tshirt! And Marta's actually. I went to a gymnastics meet at their gym one time.

Dude, the commercials about Chuck are killing me. It looks so entertaining and Melinda Clark guest stars! I can't wait for the season to start.

[vintagejoy.livejournal.com]

YES, SHAWN. I was pulling for her so hard this beam final. Three silvers is nothing to sneeze at but she was the golden girl and expected to pretty sweep everything so ultimately it would've been disappointing for her. She was always nothing but gracious in defeat, so I have a lot of respect for her.

I stayed up until 1am every night while they played the event finals (they showed them live here on one of the tvnz online channels) except the final night when I missed the beam final by thismuch and got home from work at 11.30pm just in time to see the results on the screen. Fortunately they replayed it on another online channel 45 minutes later because I would've been SO DISAPPOINTED to miss that. Shawn was so solid and Nastia was so fluid and graceful, I've never been more impressed with them, especially under so much pressure.

Music-wise, I have to agree with whoever (whomever?) recommended Emiliana Torrini's new album Me and Armini. And the new Beatbeat Whisper album is pretty good too.

AHAHA. I only respond to ACTION.

[just-float.livejournal.com]

Bela Karolyi is so damn adorable! I've loved him ever since he carried what's-her-name after that fantastic Atlanta finish.

In terms of old music I've enjoyed this summer, I've been listening to a lot of Joy Division, Maximo Park, ABBA, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Queen, Thao with the Get Down Stay Downs, and Rolling Stone's Top 500 Songs of All Time.

In terms of newer albums (I think all can be found on indie_exchange)-- and yes, I know some of them are shameless pop, it's summer!

Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
Amanda Jensen - Kill My Darlings
Boy Kill Boy - Civilian
Ane Brun - Changing of the Seasons

Have any suggestions for me?

[promiseoftin.livejournal.com]

Summer albums!

Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
M.I.A. - Kala
Conor Oberst - s/t
Weezer - The Red Album

And I really want to get the new Santogold record

[allibabab.livejournal.com]

There are oh, about twelve thousand albums I could recommend, but since you specifically said summer, the first two that came to mind were Hideaway by the Weepies and Alright Still by Lily Allen. And I'm looking on your Last.FM page and it says that we have the Weepies in common but i can't find them on your artists list, AND THIS, MY DEAR FRIEND, IS A TRAVESTY. Lily Allen's album is just fun and dancey and filled with exaggerated English accents that are delightfully fun to imitate when singing alone in your car.

I'd also recommend Brandi Carlile's The Story, but it's not (HAHA just typed snot) really a summer album. Though, whatever. It's fucking fantastic and I really do recommend it.

It might have been easier to just send you to my Last.FM page but then how would I go on and on about albums and artists I am in love with?

BY THE WAY, YOU'RE AT THE CONVENTION, YOU PIECE OF CRAP. I keep looking for young girls in the crowd and boiling with jealousy.

David Duchovny is a Sex Addict?! APPARENTLY!

[superskittles76.livejournal.com]

OMG I AM DYING OMG ALSO WHY HAVEN'T YOU POSTED IN FOREVER

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/27312534.html

OMG OMG OMG O_O

EDIT: APPARENTLY YOU ARE AT THE DNC BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND SEE THE SUBJECT FOR THIS COMMENT AND FREAK OUT A BIT :D