speaking of zaha hadid...

The 2012 London Olympics Aquatic Center is now open to the public! They took the bulky seating risers off the sides, replaced them with fog-proof glazing and voila. Now regular flabby Londoners can take a dip where THIS happened.

i've been smashed in the face with some flowers

you boys smell nice

did you watch the closing ceremonies last night?

of course you did

did you know

 that the olympic organizers made rad bike rave video promos for track cycling? sfw, if you can fist pump at your job...


UPDATE: the video was put together by CrystalCG with music by the chemical brothers.
omg remember?

thomas heatherwick likes putting things on the ends of long sticks, to great effect

the 2012 London Olympic cauldron is undeniably beautiful. i didn't make the connection until later that the designer, thomas heatherwick, is responsible for some other breathtaking stuff on sticks. check out a slideshow of all the olympic cauldrons beginning with amsterdam in 1928

this is sweet

gawker has a video of the reaction of the parents of aly raisman, one of our gymnasts, as she goes through her uneven bars routine. they seem terrified. click HERE.

get out your umbrellas, here come the london olympics

are you going to watch the danny boyle directed opening ceremonies? are you looking forward to watching ryan lochte swim around in a speedo? during the booze cruise i got some advice from olympian erin donohue and she recommended that i set my sights on the shooting and archery sports or maybe sailing for Rio 2016.i've always wanted to go to brazil so i might as well let the US Olympic committee foot the bill, and BRING HOME THE GOLD.

i digress, lets get excited about london (someone has to).
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its beginning to to look a lot like the olympics

read this article and watch number 15 and see if you dont start crying.

nErD aLeRt!

presenting (also old news)....the london olympic tower, aka ugglez mcgee! how foolish!

click here to see a slideshow of all the new facilities, and click here to see drawings that mock them all. (i actually think the aquatic center and the velodrome are quite stunning.)

between this and the recently released details about the opening ceremony plans, this is shaping up to be the shittiest olympics since atlanta. speaking of....

never forget!

the olympics are coming.

his favorite is rings. which event is your favorite?