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After 7 years today is the day that Aaron Peirsol Online.com will shut down.

I'll keep the news blog open but that will be it. I think it was a sign that the new company owning now owning the one I signed the domain with sort of didn't react at all when I tried to get a new account to renew the domain. Hope they don't treat all of the new clients like this. I should be sadder about it I think but I have sort of lost the big enthusiasm about it all. I still love swimming, I still love to watch and to know what Aaron is doing, I just don't need to have the site anymore.
I am a little sad though, seeing how many contacts I made through that site, where the site is listed and what kind of people actually still talk to me.
But Aaron has his own official site now and I think thart's one of the reasons why I am not trying to keep mine, I don't feel like something is left unsolved.. or whatever.

Seven years is a long time though and Aaron is still active.
But I have been thinking about it for a while now and I think I have come to terms with giving it up.

I feel like a huge part of my life is ending but surprisingly enough, right now I don't miss it all that much (I guess I'll miss all the lovely emails from NBC and Arena, and that is not meant in a sarcastic way, because those companies sort of know how to be fanfriendly).

It was fun while it lasted though and I don't regret a single thing.

ETA:
It also figures that now The Race Club has decided to follow me on Twitter and that Ed is back tweeting as well.
*g*
I feeling very melancholic right now.


ETA 2:
Geoff sure as hell seemed to be fascinated by the pool in Berlin. And by Mike ( judging from the pictures he took ). And Berlin was the only World Cup meet he actually posted picture from.
Nice Skippy. :)

Mike really made it. It is kind of wow, may you think about it what you want. I don't really know..
I have never seen him cry during a victory ceremony, this was actually the first time I really saw him cry.
Jason and Aaron laughing their asses off was awesome to see as well.
Thorpey kissing Mike's mother though was... kind of dirty (yes blue_ant, I totally agree with you there.

The relay was closer than I had expected, which was good. I feel sorry for Brendan because that really wasn't a good race.
I was actually rooting for Roman and Kosuke.
Yay Russia for the European Record there.

Mike and Aaron after Jason touched the wall kind of reestablished why I had them as one of my OTPs all those years ago.
Boys, it's nice you can't keep the touching and hitting down but dude, that was almost like pda.. :)

Sheep was sick. Made 5th though. Oh Larsen. But hey, a 400 free medal.
I so didn't expect Ous to win. I really didn't. Ous pointing at Larsen during the medal ceremony was cute (USC boys).
Erik being in the stands and cheering for Larsen was even cuter.
I had to switch channels in between because I couldn't stand the things one of the commentators was rambling about.
He wasn't even stating things as his opinion but as facts, implying things that really hadn't anything to do with the race going on.
*sighs*

Hehe Britta! She was so cute with Dara and Cate during the victory ceremony.

So that's it. It feels strange to know that some, or well almost all of my favourite swimmers will not be there anymore at major competitions.
There are only a few left that I like and that I want to watch.
After 8 years of watching meets, being at meets, watching Olympics and seeing how they grew and what they managed, it's really weird to know that I'll maybe not being doing that anymore in the future.
I am still hoping for the World Cup to be well attended and maybe for Aaron to be at the Worlds in Rome. But I don't know.

Bed now.

What was that? What the hell happend to Grant?
And I shouldn't be excited about Erik and Larsen cheering for Ous and Ous cheering back at them. Trojans. *headdesk*

Just, Holy Fuck Mike!

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I am off to re-arranging my room (due to new phone line and new computer arriving soon) and then hopefully finishing my two minor papers.
Let's just hope fluffy will be nice enough to work with me again this afternoon.

And yay amazon, Torchwood audio book will be delivered next week. *bounce*

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Since I am totally feeling fangirly and all....
Happy Birthday Gareth.
*grins*

Holy Shit!
Mike just broke the WR!

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ACCORDING to reports out of Columbia, Klete Keller and Kaitlin Sandeno have both withdrawn from the Missouri Grand Prix taking place this weekend.
The Club Wolverine teammates will not be competing due to injury for Keller and illness for Sandeno.

Oh Kleteeee. Hope it's nothing big. World Champs are close.

I promise I'll never do that again. I watched the race half with my hand in front of my eyes. I am a wreck, shivering and my heartrate is beyond healthy. But fuck it, it was Aaron against Mike and RyRy.
And I could kill them for doing that. It was a close race until the last 25m or so. Haven't been worked up over a race that much since the 2004 Olympic Trials. Goddamn Aaron!

God, someone should shoot me now.Seriously. Larsen is next and I so going to watch it. Okay Bren first then Larsen.
Excuse my while I go and be sick for some minutes.

BTW I hate C- and B-Finals at least at Nationals when I am already nervous enough. Thanks a lot for ruining my nerves a lot more than necessary. And yes I just have to bitch because it really is unhealthy to get worked up that much.

ETA 1 WOW. Holy cow Bren!
Also Aaron: meet record is cool.

ETA 2 Sheep Larsen made the team. Thank God. Even though Erik was almost 6 seconds ahead of him. But I think Larsen can do much better than a 15:11.11.
But wow Erik is back.

ETA 3 OMG JAMIE!... CW relay with Mike, Jamie, Davis and Klete. So cool. They won.

I want to go to New York. To the World Cup.
Klete! Klete and short course. I. Want. To. See. That.
And no that fact that Nick will be there has nothing to do with it. really. Nothing at all.
Klete! Oh yes and Mike.
BJ! BJ swims again. Wow he did nto vanish.

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*hugs* to callmecayce for making my day.
Eeep. Angel and David.. :)

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I will try to be online more often in the next days. I have the slight hope that I won't bee so freaking tired anymore.
One can hope right?