The Big Nose Song

BigNose the big-nosed Sevvie, Had a very big fat nose, And all the other Sevvies, would laugh, and watch as it grows. Then one foggy Christmas Eve Pinnochio came to say, 'Big Nose with your nose so fat You'll guide us and that is that!!'

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I know this is random, and its been a while since I said anything here.

I've taken to using my twitter (www.twitter.com/CreamyCaramels) a lot more.

xoxo!

The WORST Leotard. I. Ever. Saw.

A beautiful girl determined to ruin her future.....
Sorry Couch Gymnast.....

Make It Or Break It Spoiler

I know I haven't blogged in AGES. And I apologize. I really am sorry.
BUT I have some spoiling to do. In the season finale of Make It Or Break It (ep. #10), Payson falls. Off bars. On her Full In Dismount.

Here's how I figured that out:

1. Payson does a full-in.
(Well so does Emily! You might think)
2. In the ABC preview, it was a blonde who fell.
(Well, Lauren's a blonde!)
3. When you're watching an ABC show, a little bar comes up, right? That showed Lauren, Kaylie, and Emily standing watching something. Then at one point their faces fell and they grabbed hands. Yup. They did that when Payson fell. :(

Anyways enjoy :)
(Well, WHAT!? Proof enough.)

7 Routines I Wish I Never Saw (Past Quad ONLY!)

Nastia Liukin 2007 Worlds AA BB
Alicia Sacramone 2008 Olympics TF BB
Anna Pavlova 2008 Olympics EF FX
Cheng Fei 2008 Olympics EF FX
Isabelle Severino 2005 Worlds EF UB
Steliana Nistor 2006 Worlds EF UB
Alicia Sacramone 2006 USA Nats AA/EF BB


Now I can't get them outta my head, and they're like, haunting me! :D

My Life Would Suck Without You

If these stars didn't exist, I'd DIE!

Steliana Nistor
Catalina Ponor
Anna Pavlova
Alicia Sacramone
Svetlana Khorkina
Elena Produnova
Ludivine Furnon
Emilie LePennec
Alina Kozich
Irina Yarotska(ya)
Tatiana Lyssenko (my favie)
Svetlana Khorkina
Elena Zamolodchikova
Anastasia Liukin
Courtney Kupets
Courtney McCool
Shannon Miller
Dominique Moceanu
Svetlana Boginskaia
Elena Grudneva
Roza Galiyeva (we need someone to cry)
Elena Grosheva
Tatiana Groshkova
Tatiana Gutsu
Natalia Lashenova
Aurelia Dobre
Olga Mostepanova
Natalia Kalinia
Nadia Comaneci
Teodora Ungureanu
PENGUIN!!
ASHLEY!!
MEREBEARRR!!

About those two meets.....

Universiade Belgrade: Poor Rie Tanaka of Japan. She was the only gymnast to qualify to all events and came home empty handed :(.
Jiang Yuyuan wins AA after scoring only 14.2 on bars. What happened? She never messes up bars!

Mediterranean Games: A good showing from Youna. Only screwed on floor. I wonder why,

HOLY COW!

I was browsing through lists of USA National Teams and found out that the one and only, back full onto the beam, side Valdez, Kelly Garrison-Steves, HAS BEEN ON the USA team no less than SEVEN times! Holy cow!

Possible 2009 World USA Team

Taking all events into account (we don't have that ahmazing vaulters anymore).....

Possibilities:
Nastia Liukin
Bridget Sloan
Chellsie Memmel
Ivana Hong
Kytra Hunter
Jana Bieger
(Shawn Johnson)

VT:
Sloan - DTY, great execution.
Hunter - 1 1/2, but it's HUGE. If she's selected for worlds, she'll upgrade to a DTY almost for sure.
Hong - DTY, pretty good.
Liukin - 1 1/2, perfect. She's going to be used for vault in prelims if doing the AA, which I think she will. After all, she's the reigning olympic champion.
Memmel - will only vault if doing the AA.
(Shawn Johnson - Amanar, good form. Landing needs work xD)

UB:
Liukin - DUH!
Memmel - Another world champion.....
Sloan - only if they need her.
(Shawn Johnson - ?)

BB:
Liukin - given.
Memmel - If doing the AA.
Hong - if WOGA can give her the beam abilities of Nast and Carly, then for suresies. WOGA always has the best beamers. So light on their feet, like feathers (ech hem, Carly :P)
(Shawn Johnson - given if she shows up, cause she's um, lemme think..... another olympic champion!!!)

FX:
Liukin - Bronze medalist and needs it for the AA.
Kytra Hunter - WHOOOOO explosive. One of the best in the new code.
Jana Bieger - great tumbling.
Memmel - if doing the AA. Has good difficulty, could clean it up.
(Shawn Johnson - ?)


AA:
Liukin
Memmel
(Shawn Johnson)

If Liukin hits, I have a feeling she will come out on top. With Beth second. And Ksenia third. AND PAVS POWNS ALL!

We don't really need Jana Bieger.

TEAM: Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Ivana Hong, Bridget Sloan, and Kytra Hunter.
If Shawn does not show, either Jana or Mattie Larson might take her place. But I hear Mattie is out with ankle injury.

TQ
VT: Shawn, Nastia, Chellsie, Kytra
UB: Shawn, Nastia, Chellsie, Bridget
BB: Shawn, Nastia, Chellsie, Ivana or Bridget
FX: Shawn, Nastia, Kytra, Bridget

TF
VT: Shawn, Nastia, Kytra
UB: Nastia, Chellsie, Bridget
BB: Shawn, Nastia, Chellsie or Ivana
FX: Shawn, Kytra, Bridget







EDIT: Thanks to Kennedy Sorenstam for telling me these worlds are individual and only four per country.


So I will re-do this.

Team: Nastia Liukin (WOGA), Chellsie Memmel (M and M), Kytra Hunter, and Ivana Hong (WOGA) or Bridget Sloan. Depends on how Ivana's shaping up at WOGA cause we haven't heard much from her.

(Possible: Shawn Johnson -Chows)

AA: Liukin, Memmel (Johnson)
VT EF: Nobody. Unless Shawn pulls out an Amanar and another vault such as a DTT.
UB EF: Nastia and Chellsie
BB EF: Liukin, Memmel (Johnson)
FX EF: Memmel, Hunter (who can pull out gold, has scored 15+) (Johnson)

Youna Dufourtnet Hit Once In Her Life

Glided through the Mediterranean Games for once in her life. I don't think she landed on her head but I'll check on that.

Sharing time!

My fave VT-er: Pavs
My fave UB-er: Queen Khorkina
My fave BB-er: Lyssenko!
My fave FX-er: Pavs
My fave AA-er: Lyssenko!
My fave Gymnast: Lyssenko!!!!

Dream Team:
Lyssenko, Pavs, Ponor, Khorkina, Zamolodchikova, anddddddddd.........YANG YUN!

VT: Lyssenko, Pavs, Zamo (in order)
Scores: 92 OG TF - 10!, 04 OG EF 2 - 9.8! 00 OG EF 2 - 9.825!
UB: Lyssenko, Yang Yun, Khorkina (in order) 92 OG AA - 10!, 00 OG EF - 10!, 00 OG EF - 10!
BB: Pavs, Ponor, Lyssenko (in order) 04 OG AA - 9.825!, 04 OG EF - 9.9!, 92 OG EF - 10!
FX: Khorkina, Ponor, Zamo (in order) 00 OG EF - 9.815!, 03 WC TF - 9.8!, 04 OG TF - 9.9!

New Montage!!!!!

Youtube for some snakey reason will not upload this video.

I put a lot of work into this montage. I don't know what I'll make next (maybe a fast paced one) because I have so many new effects for wmm! Yay!~

Tweet, Tweet!

I have a twitter! Yay me!!

www.twitter.com/CreamyCaramels

Important Quotes

Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
- Vladislav Rastorotsky (URS)
Thomas Edison much??

[Mandy Gornall] encountered one unpleasant episode which greatly annoyed our contingent, when she had to wait before starting her bars because Turischeva who was judging wanted to watch the Russian girls on floor [at the 1981 World Championships].
-(??)
Oh, wow.

I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.
Nadia Comaneci (ROM), Time Magazine 1976
My mom believes in this too.

After a while, if you work on a certain move consistently then it doesn't seem so risky. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my opponents -- but it isn't to me. That is my secret.
Nadia Comaneci (ROM), The Illustrated History of Gymnastics
It isn't secret anymore!

When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB), World Championships press conference 11/21/05
This made me crack up because Chuso, as one of the oldest gymnasts, knows what she is talking about!

Generally speaking, I think it is unbecoming to act as a national hero, wave hands and so on.
Vitaly Scherbo (URS/BLR), International Gymnast 01/91
If anyone has right to act heroic, it's Scherbo.

I'm always smiling, always waving. I'm just a natural show-off.
Kristie Phillips (USA), International Gymnast 1990
Hmm.

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.
Marian Dragulescu (ROM), Olympic press conference 8/23/04
I would rather you three gold medals! You're my fave male gymnast!

We usually spend one hour per week on ballet but Marta Karolyi has us do a lot of compulsory floor in the morning practice.
Kristie Phillips (USA), USA Gymnastics 3-4/1986
What torture did Marta put you through in the evenings?

There are two main faults with women judging. They cannot judge vaulting and bars. Once again, I believe a woman judge does not have the visual reflexes, the quickness that is necessary to judge these two events.
Bud Marquette, Gymnast magazine 8-9/72
Like you could judge!

You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives! Bela Karolyi, International Gymnast 8-9/91
You wouldn't do.

I have a problem with the judges. In my opinion, I don't feel they are trained well enough, I don't think they like me. I was gold medalist in Athens on the beam and at the European Championships, and here I am only third. I'm very disappointed and unhappy with them."
Catalina Ponor (ROM), World Championships press conference 11/27/05
Ponor deserved Silver.

I wasn't too good at vaulting, and I didn't have running speed and jumping power.
Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN), International Gymnast 11/82
Naw, you weren't, you know, yeah, just a HUGE originator.

Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.
Olga Korbut (URS) in 1972, The Illustrated History of Gymnastics
LOL!

One time a French reporter asked me how I could do a cross so easily. I said, "You just lower your body down until your arms are straight out to the sides, then you stop."
Albert Azaryan (URS), International Gymnast 05/94
Is this Mattie Larson's coach?

I don't think many people will remember me when I retire.
Svetlana Boginskaya (URS/BLR), International Gymnast 04/90
Heh? Svetlaaaahnaa? Voo eez zat neenkumpoop?

I truly believe in my heart that I am the all-around champion.
Paul Hamm (USA), New York Times 8/24/04
So do I.

We realize our appeal [of Alexei Nemov's HB score in event finals] is unlikely to change final results of competitions, but we must draw attention of the IOC to the existing problem.
Anatoly Kolesnikov (Head of RUS delegation in Athens), USA Today
You deserved a medal Alexei!

LOL. Enjoy.

A leetle makeover.....

Nastia w/ brown highlights.

What do you think? I think she looks nice :)

Photo credit: http://www.nastialiukin.com/

I don't think I've shown anyone other than the peeps on WWGym this.

Algeria's Volleyball Coach

Moumoud Ikhedji, volleyball coach for the Algerian women, is shown above.

I went a little loco with it. Considering iHeart the expression on his face, he's so funny.

Except when he shakes his finger at his poor (really bad) player, I think #7. The only normal player on that team is Mouni Abderrahim, and she wouldn't have made it onto the USA Olympic Team.

Eww! #2

Look at that I'm-about-to-get-married-at-Nationals-in-PINK! hair:

Eww!

Does that leotard seriously have an 'F' on the front? And yes, it's blue with orange shoulder-stripes.

This would give the Couch Gymnast's Worst Leo Competitions Competition!

Best New Code Uses

In this new code, to have a high start value, you (as a gymnast) will want routines with: Tons of connection, and difficult elements.

Best examples:

Nastia Liukin's ah-mazing bars, like, TEN skill connection (all d's or e's) worth 0.8. For one flipping connection. I'm stunned.

Shawn Johnson's beam: An F, G, and 2 E's. Pretty Killer connections. Shawn can easily add a pike back after her full twist for a 0.2 (?) connection.

Beth Tweddle Bars: F, E, D + D flight connection, E into D - Dismount, another E. She's going to do well. Clean it up, though.

Cheng Fei floor: G, E, Pretty big twisting connection, whip (A) into Triple (E)

Shawn Johnson floor: G, Whip into triple, Full-In (E), the crazy ability to stick that double double

Daiane Dos Santos floor (duh!): G, G, F, F, A into D. Yeah. Are you thinking 'Not human, man!' right now? But that's five passes: Ah-ha! SOLUTION taking the forward tumbling thing into account!

1st pass: Arabian Double Straight
2nd pass: Full Twisting DLO
3rd pass: Arabian double pike + Branny (tuck front 1/2) - 0.2 connection
Last pass: DLO (this could be interesting...)

That's 0.7+0.7+0.6+0.2+0.2+0.6 in that alone...who said you need leaps...that actually comes out to 3.0 (!) in just that, assuming she fills up all the requirements she has a 5.5, NOW comes the time for 2 'C' leaps and she has a 6.1 SV. Geez.

Li Shanshan BB: Not too many E's and zero F's, but she has good connections.


Anyways, what do you think?

And what's the current deal with Pavs?

What do you think?

First off, congrats to Shawn Johnson for winning DWTS! I'm so proud of you, except for the Lindy Hop.

I think Shawn will return to gymnastics. We haven't seen what she's ready to unveil at worlds! I think it will be big!

Head Cases!

Including Krasnianska, Lyssenko, Pavs, Ferrari, sometimes Nistor, Nemov, Dragulescu, Cassina, A-Sac (in a good way, of course. How could there be anything bad about Sac!?), Cheng Fei, etc.

What do you think? Any biggies I left out?