1) I was talking to Eccentric NYer about the Olympics, and he brought up that he had heard that Michael Phelps is "kind of a bitch."
Phelps actually visited my h.s. during freshman year, though only the swim team got to meet him. That was when I was first clued in on his possible douche-ness, since I had a friend who joined the team just to meet him and ended up really disappointed since Phelps didn't give out autographs and didn't swim with the team either. (Which sort of makes me wonder why he was even there?) But I chalked it up to management issues and didn't really think much of it afterwards...
So I searched the celebrity wank LJ comm ohnotheydidnt (which is a GREAT comm btw) for Phelps posts and came upon a picture post with a thread in the comments about how much of a manwhore Phelps is at UofMich. My fav comment: my roommate's friend was out at a bar, went up to him and started flattering him and stuff to get him talking then suddenly she was like, "you are a piece of shit. the way you treat girls at this school is a fucking disgrace."
I guess he just stood there stunned then walked away, but came back with a bouncer and the bouncer kicked her out of the bar.
LOL. I like him a lot as an athlete, so it kind of sucks to hear about all this, although I won't deny that it makes for good cellphone convo fodder. :)
2) Thought this was an interesting read: speculation on The Dark Knight's chances of getting an Oscar nod for Best Picture. I don't have an informed opinion on the matter (certainly the article says more than I ever could), though I do hope the Academy doesn't snub it just because it's Batman. That well-known critics were making should-be comments about the film's Oscar chances even before the thing was released obviously adds to its cred, and with so much support behind its getting a nom, I don't see any reason why they SHOULDN'T recognize TDK at this point if the only hindrance is reputation. :/
On a vaguely relate note, my mom is renting Thank You for Smoking (starring Aaron Eckhart a.k.a. Harvey Dent) after work today. I've seen it three times already, but am still excited to see it again b/c it's just THAT amazing. Easily one of my most favorite comedy films ever and it has such a brilliant script, guh. Aaron Eckhart for prez.
EDIT:
I like this influx of TDK parodies. :)
