anyway, it's a very good thing that you had your birthday today because i was looking for an excuse to get out of posting about the olympics, it was just getting too much. i can't keep up anymore, i'm losing sleep. but today i just found out that roger federer lost! i'm so sad. he's had a pretty tough year (by federer standards) and i think maybe he just needs to take a break, take the pressure off and relax for a bit to recharge for next year. of course, he's still got his US open championship to defend so maybe he can't let up just yet. but i was so sure that he was gonna redeem his year by winning this olympics... he was upset by james blake (who, although he's an american, i don't care for that much).
still, even though federer is kinda fading this year, it's an exciting opportunity for novak djokovic, who is my second favorite, to take the lead. 
plus, he's the one with probably the best chance of taking down nadal, who i still just can't get myself to like enough to root for, even though he's one some incredible winning streak and looks like a solid favorite not only for the gold, but also for the US open and whatever other tournaments come up before the season's over. 
seriously, take a shower. put on a real shirt.but the real problem with this olympics is that djokovic and nadal are on the same side of the draw, which means they meet in the semifinals, which means only one of them can win the gold or silver medal and the other will have to settle for bronze at best. this is wrong. with the single-elimination tournament bracket set up like they have, the silver does not necessarily go to the second best player. i would like to see them reform the tournament into a round robin thing, like the kind of pool play they have for volleyball, then you can have single-elimination quarters and semis because they would have earned their placements in those brackets. while we're at it, i think they should have team tennis at the olympics instead of just the individual bracket. that would be so much better.
oh i just found out that serena and venus lost too. sigh. so sad. well, i'm rooting for lindsey davenport in doubles, she's still going, wow.
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thank you thank you!! =)
my birthday was cool but didn't do much. my uncle who lives in san diego came and took me out to dinner last night and breakfast this morning. it was a nice relaxing day though, no work! it's been in the 90's and maybe hit 100 tomorrow. so gross. well let's just plan on you coming up for the olympics in 2010! that will be fun fo sho!
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