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Archive for August 2008

2nd is the Painful-lest Position

Posted by: rabbitatduke on: August 17, 2008

The Bronze medalist is happy because he’s glad he got anything at all. The Gold medalist is… well, c’mon he got gold. Bite the sucker and smile. The Silver medalist is the saddest because he came so close and got so far but it still wasn’t enough.
So yeah, I kinda wish Lee Chong Wei was [...]

Wicked!

Posted by: rabbitatduke on: August 14, 2008

Not so much the phrase this faux New Englander picked up years ago, more like the musical. 
Yes, along with Avenue Q, Wicked has joined the ranks of musicals I MUST SEE ~!@*U£*U!@~!!!!!
Oh, and totally saw the nit-picky response to the opening ceremony coming. Ok Western media, if you can prove that you’ve NEVER attempted to [...]

Ao Yun Hui!

Posted by: rabbitatduke on: August 9, 2008

Hwuahaa, that opening was the bombastical awesomfangrowasomeail!!!!! Seriously.
Oh maaaan. That take silly doubting Thomases. What bad air quality? what shoddy human rights record? LOOK AT THE FIREWORKS!!! Half the so called first world countries are probably shifting uncomfortably in their seats wondering, “could we have pulled that off? … But you KNOW they tortured those [...]