shades of 96

watching the olympics tonight makes me remember how the last time i got super into the games was the 1996 olympics because of the women's gymnastics team. ohhh man i loved them. i had the wheaties box, a book, the people magazine with "the magnificent seven" on the cover, etc. etc.

i was in sixth grade and spent every afternoon for a month after the olympics out on our trampoline, trying to do flips and keep my balance on a "balance beam" i drew with chalk. too bad at that time i was already probably a good two feet too tall to ever be a gymnast. oh well. i still love dominique moceanu, kerri strug, dominique dawes and all the rest. maybe i'll sign my future daughters up for gymnastics and live vicariously through them ;)

and speaking of flashbacks...tomorrow in pershing square they are doing an outdoor concert featuring none other than sophie b. hawkins. um, seriously? i totally loved her "as i lay me down to sleep" song...i think i was in 6th grade for that heyday as well. and now she's performing midday concerts in the middle of downtown LA. interesting switch.