I maybe be too loopy to blog
Hi gang. It's one a.m. and I'm 180 pages into the GG3 copyedits--you know, the time when I sit in a room the size of a closet with a manuscript, a colored pencil and pencil sharpener and the big orange eraser that I've had since my days at OSU.
Oh, and there's usually Diet Coke.
LOTS of Diet Coke.
And little mini Kit Kat bars.
And some banana bread.
And microwave popcorn.
SO. MUCH. POPCORN.
hey, maybe that's why I'm feeling a little loopy?
Anyway, I just finished watching a (mostly) fast forwarded version of tonight's Olympics coverage and I'm seriously trying to decide what Olympic event I should try for in 2012.
I mean, I know that a 33 year-old woman took home a medal on the vault (YAY HER!) but seriously, she's probably been doing gymnastics for years and I don't think I could really learn it at this point in my life.
And I've pretty much ruled out track because...well...it appears to involve an awful lot of running.
And obviously beach volleyball is a non-starter because of the offensive bikinis (that I would rather have root canal than wear). Plus, I'm not big on sand. And I don't live near any beaches.
I've considered speed walking since walking is a skill that I currently posses.
Also, competitive table tennis holds a great deal of appeal since I think it would be incredibly handy to participate in a sport for which you can train in your garage.
I saw a clip of the women's air pistol competition and frankly that looked like something that I could totally do and not have it take away from my banana bread/Kit Kat obsession, so that's a huge plus.
Oh, and let's not forget archery. I don't know anything about archery, but I know a lot of men who hunt deer so I'm thinking I could pick it up.
So what do you guys think? Because to be honest I should probably decide pretty soon if I'm going to make the London games.
-Ally
Oh, and there's usually Diet Coke.
LOTS of Diet Coke.
And little mini Kit Kat bars.
And some banana bread.
And microwave popcorn.
SO. MUCH. POPCORN.
hey, maybe that's why I'm feeling a little loopy?
Anyway, I just finished watching a (mostly) fast forwarded version of tonight's Olympics coverage and I'm seriously trying to decide what Olympic event I should try for in 2012.
I mean, I know that a 33 year-old woman took home a medal on the vault (YAY HER!) but seriously, she's probably been doing gymnastics for years and I don't think I could really learn it at this point in my life.
And I've pretty much ruled out track because...well...it appears to involve an awful lot of running.
And obviously beach volleyball is a non-starter because of the offensive bikinis (that I would rather have root canal than wear). Plus, I'm not big on sand. And I don't live near any beaches.
I've considered speed walking since walking is a skill that I currently posses.
Also, competitive table tennis holds a great deal of appeal since I think it would be incredibly handy to participate in a sport for which you can train in your garage.
I saw a clip of the women's air pistol competition and frankly that looked like something that I could totally do and not have it take away from my banana bread/Kit Kat obsession, so that's a huge plus.
Oh, and let's not forget archery. I don't know anything about archery, but I know a lot of men who hunt deer so I'm thinking I could pick it up.
So what do you guys think? Because to be honest I should probably decide pretty soon if I'm going to make the London games.
-Ally
posted by Ally Carter at Wednesday, August 20, 2008
55 Comments:
you know, i always think the same thing..only considering how the gymnastics ppl ae ,like, 16...it's so out of my league
I'm thinking table tennis would be the easiest sport to train for in just 4 years. I think all the other sports would take more than 4 years of training to make the teams. Plus I think you would still be able to eat kit-kats while training.
I think u would be good at archery, because i bet u have good focus points(maybe!)
I kno u could do it!
Go for what you want Ally! But I think you should stay with writing books. THAT is where YOUR talent is!!
Yeah Ally! Go for it! i would absolutely heart it to see you in the olympics! But maybe you should lose the obsession to kit-kats, and gain an obsession to carrots...Anyway, i think garfield should make an apperence in one of the gallagher girl books. you could just say that one of the characters loves garfield, or that she was reading garfield in the paper, or, if you want to, Garfield could make a bigger appearence! just so you know, i want you to blog EVERY DAY, because I check the site twice a day for updates. And you should also get a boutique on girlsense.com, because it's a lot of fun. See ya!
Are you looking for the easiest or the most fun (in my opinion- I hold nothing against speed walkers)?
I would honestly go out for archery because it seems like the most fun. Seriously- speed walking? Unless I was trying to get to a sale, or to class on time, what would I need that for?
Table tennis seems like the easiest to train for, though.
oh definitely archery. one: you have access to people who know what they're doing. two: it's just dang fun!! ^_^ three: you feel like robin hood while you're doing it!!
Briana
i LOVE archery and the best part: you dont have to run!!! lol
-Elise
I'm thinking speed walking and table tennis. Or air pistol and table tennis. Something and table tennis.
Sounds yummy.I would LOVE copy-editing. I'm not claustrophobic. Especially around food.
Hmmm, choices choices, eh?
Though table tennis is extremely, uh, exciting, well I think I know something for you Ally.
You don't have to be strong.
Or fast.
Or a complete athlete prodigy.
And its an actual 'sport.'
I like it.
Its...
(ellipses rock!)
Badminton!
And a plus, the court is cute and mini!:P lol.
Stick with writing. My sister is in pre team gymnastics, It looks like to much work, not to mention time and money that goes into the sport. Not to mention that Shawn Johnson and the girls are are on very strict diets.
I think you would do great in the olympics! I ahd a dream that I was on the US Olympic swim team; then i saw how fast they swam and well bye-bye that dream!!!!!!!
Hmmmm.... I'd have to go with archery. You need strong arms, but it not a huge physical burden. And it sounds like you've got a lot of people who can help. Definitely archery. Good luck with the copy edits!
-Lisa
Maybe you should pretend that there is a writers section and go for that one
Archery (quite 7th grade Gallagher Girl-ish), Ping-Pong, or Speed Walking. Archery sounds coolest and funnest to me. If you start practicing now you could so beat those Olympic pros. We hope. :P
--Nadia
Writing is in the Olympics right? ;)
Omg! i was thinking about joining the speed walk team too! Lol. we can do it together!
well i love popcorn too. (on sundays i usually eat a bag for dinner.) but on the subject of olympic try-outs: i would try for table tennis, which i personally suck at, but i'm okay with other people being aces at it!
Air pistol or archery. They seem most GG-ish. You could combine sport and research for your writing. :-p
you should go for speed walking. i'm actually a pretty fast walker myself. -LEC :)
Table tennis is a good one. :)
And, you are totally right, why do the girls have to wear the teeny-bikini?
Archery is really easy to pick up, though table tennis is probably easier to practice. OR maybe you could attend the Olympics and have an amazing time in London :) If you're going to be competing, how much of London would you really get to see??
Archery is awesome, but it requires an *insane* amount of arm strength. I don't mean to insinuate that you're a wimp, Ally, but for real - I couldn't believe how hard it was to pull the string *at all*, let alone far enough to actually shoot an arrow. I am actually thinking of taking up fencing. I mean, it's cool enough that there are swords, but now there are those cool, light-up helmets, too! :)
archary all the way Ally. Its the best sport out there. :)
archery. hands down.
If you had to do an olympic sport, archery or fast walking would be awesome! Dont 4get ur kit-kats!!! haha.
Luv ya,
Lins <3
Ha, did you hear about the restriction on the toxic speed glue that helps you play table tennis? They're banning it! Ah, Ally, don't worry... maybe table tennis will still be a good sport for you!
I think the shooting thing might come in handy for research and all that.
Archery is also a good one, except it can scrape your arm raw. Eew.
Teri
I'm going to say either tennis or archery! Tennis is easy to learn and archery is just in luck!
Um, Ally? No offence, but I'm pretty sure you're not very good at gymnastics (remember the last time you took yoga classes?). You're way better at writting novels, so just stick with it, 'kay? For everyone's benefit. Thanks!!
-Amanda
PS Of course doing sports once in a while would do you some good, don't forget that!!!
Fencing would be cool. I actually tried fencing for a while. It was fun until this experience with a sexist coach and... well, lets just say I dropped his class. And any respect I had for him.
But you could totally do it! Except that it's actually pretty hard. I wasn't very good at it. :-p
Let's see... speedwalking could be fun; you could practice while shopping - some people speedwalk around the mall for excersize. I tried it once. It's fun. Just exhausting. But still fun!
And then there's table tennis... Well, olympic gold is olympic gold, right? Then there's also rhythmic gymnastics - you can bend yourself until you snap! (yeah. bad experiences with that one. don't mess around with the hula hoop)... it's harder than artistic gymnastics (which i CAN do, sort of). oh well... it's okay ally - there was a men's synchronized diver who was extremely old, but he was really good so he kept diving. i think he was fifty or sixty or something...
Annnnnyway, you can totally do it, ally! good luck in your quest for olympic gold. ill be rooting for you!
Hey Ally,
I LOVE MINI-KIT-KAT BARS! Somebody was so thinking when they made them! love diet coke too. and Banana bread. and popcorn. I think if I had to choose... Table Tennis. You can train AND eat mini-kit-kats! LOL. good luck w/ the rest of copyedits.
From a GG fan,
Wghoops21
PS cant wait for the title... well i CAN wait, but i dont want to.
LOL
i think u shold stick to writting Ally u might sprang somtheing
and u know we love ur books
Whatever you do please do not stop writing your books ally because we love you and your books so much, your such a great writer
best writer EVER! and for ALWAYS
im a gymnast so i know its hard to learn im 15 and i recently gave up my olympic dream for london, so i could be in my high school choir team in oklahoma :( so sad for me but keep your dreams alive
KLBFlex
Do they have a red pencil toss? That could be good.
Umm...you should do all of them except for table tennis cuz you don't want to be to much like forest gump.
I'd say go for the table tennis Ally. It's a fairly stationary sport as far as leg movement goes, and you could totally practice in your garage. Go for it!! AND YAY GG3 EDITS!!!!
I completely agree with liza with the sports!! Table tennis would be the easiest! Good luck on that lol.=D But I agree even more with smartgirl5982! Writing books is what you do best and I (along with millions of others) wouldn't want you to change that.=D
I play soccer and lacrosse so of course I pick soccer cuz they don't have lax... but thats me. If I were you and I wanted to do something easy to learn I would pick speed walking. you don't have to have fast reflects like you do for table tennis. Archery might be easy. IDK. but should def try!!!! tht would be awesome!!!!!
You know I feel loopy too.When you think of school most kids feel loopy..lots of books..pencils..homework..YUP!
-shy
I know the one that I want to do, gymnastics, but I had a surgrey that forbids me from doing bars(my favorite) so I could only go if I do everything but that one. :[ but I think you should go for it, that would be awesome!
I think table tennis would be good. :]
<3 Renee
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I'm thinking Womens Air Pistol! It sounds super cool and would be a fun skill to learn!
heyy you need to post another Heist progress box thingy!! then you can get some sleep. not until u post another progress thing. ok?
Ally- IT would be sooo cool if you made it into the olympics!! I think that speed walking or table tennis or Archery would be the eaisest to learn and train for.
;P
heyy!!..
i no the olympic diver laura wilkinson .. she dives where i swim in the woodlands TX.. she dives 4 like 10hrs. a day everyday... lots of work.. but i bet u could make it doing some sport.. well u sure would be able to talk to everyone.. lol : ) anyway Gallagher girls can do anything!!...lol <33
best of luck!!
Hi im the girl who talked about the fliing pants . Im Chineme. I've always wanted to do tennis and fencing at the same time but that takes time i aint patient.
Ummm, i actually didn't waych the Olympics at all. so i wouldn't be able to tell. ( And I totally agree with the bikins... I would never wear one in out like that!)
lemme know what you choose cuuz i wanna do it too, but know exactly which sport..... plus it would be totally AWESOME to be your partner!!!(P.s. I think table tennis would be easiest to train for.)
<3 ya
ok i just got done reading your second gallagher girls book. i really liked it. it was amazing. when i finished the first one i made my mom look every where for the second book. you have officially got me addicted to these books. i cant wait till june 9th when the 3rd one comes out!!!
its not juts men who hunt deer...
anyway, you should totally ask to go out with them once. it might help if you ever gets a writers block or are looking for ideas
I think you should stick to writting. =]
-Devin
P.S. Sorry I haven't commented in a while.
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