I have pretty much spent the past five days glued to the TV watching the Olympics in Beijing. I have cheered Canadian rowers, developed a full-on crush on Michael Phelps (and several other members of the US swim team), and strategized from a horizontal position on my couch on the quickest way to a beach volleyball body. However, I have a serious rant brewing on the subject of women's gymnastics. WHAT IS UP WITH THE SCRUNCHIES?!!! Most girls I know lost the scrunchy around the same time they got their braces off and, well, 1997 happened! But no, with the glitter hairspray and the coloured barrettes pinning back their bangs, gymnasts' hair the world over is frozen in 1989. To add insult to injury, there is the matter of the frosted pastel eye shadow on the Chinese team last night that stings like a stick in the eye.
To correct and prevent further offenses, I propose slick buns as the official Olympic hairdo, and hiring Gucci Westman to do makeup in the Olympic Village. That way, even if you fall on your ass, you'll still be gorgeous in the highlights reel and that, my friends, is better than any gold medal.

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Image from Los Angeles Times

Posted by SAM