Rose Bowl Parade
So I hope all of you watched the Parade of Roses on New Years day, but if not here's a link:
The experience was one of the best of my life! Budweiser certainly knows how to sponsor an event! At first I was a little nervous because I'm not a big drinker, but a cold beer after being on your feet all day is definitely the best way to recharge.?
We were so busy that I almost forgot that it was New Years Eve! I was up at 4:15AM New Years Eve, went to bed at 11PM (hey! I made til midnight mountain time), and woke up at 5:20AM the next morning to get ready for the parade! So there wasn't much time to ring in the new year, but I haven't overlooked the fact that this is the year we've all been waiting for! 2010 is here. 33 days until the competition I've been training for all my life.
So, back to the float! It was beautiful! All the floats were. I met a couple from IL who fly into Pasadena every year to volunteer to help build floats. They were wearing Illini t-shirts. Bless their hearts! You've gotta love real fans, even if our football team is awful! But they told me that it can take 300 workers an entire week to build one float! But one thing I didn't realize about the floats is that even though every part of them is covered in something living, that living thing can be ground to a dust and used to decorate the more intricate things. Like most of the platforms people were standing on were a piece of float with ground up flower dust sprinkled on top. And a lot of the signs written were actually little seeds or beans, glued to the float, using tweezers one at a time! But nothing is allowed to be painted. All these floats were amazing to see. Especially when the sun was out and the flowers really bloomed!
The game was great too, but the best part about the trip was meeting all the Team USA athletes. Shannon Barhke, Rebecca Sorenson, Steve Fisher, Marco Sullivan, and Steve Holcomb were all on the float with me as Olympic Hopefuls, as well as former Olympians Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen, and Michelle Kwan.
It was the first opportunity I've had to see what it's like to become a part of Team USA. The Olympic Movement is so much bigger than me and my results at the Games. It's about coming together as athletes to represent our countries, and coming together as countries to unite the world. That's what I look forward to the most.

啊哦~~~要审核~~大家等等吧~~

希望你们都看了元旦的玫瑰游行花会，如果没的话，下面是链接：
这次经历真是我活到现在最棒的之一！百威啤酒当然知道赞助这样一次活动能有多大的好处！开始的时候我蛮紧张，毕竟我不太会喝酒，但在站了一天之后，喝一杯冰啤酒的确是个提神的好办法。
一直都很忙，都有点忘了是年三十了！早上4:15醒的，晚上11点睡的觉（我是快到美国时间的午夜才睡的哦），元旦这一天是早上5:20醒的，因为要准备去看花会了！尽管不用花太多时间来辞旧迎新，但有一点事实是我不能忽视的———我们一直期待的2010到来了！就在这！还有33天，那些我一直为之努力的比赛就要开始了！
转回到花车的话题吧！所有的花车都很漂亮！我碰到了一对来自伊利诺斯州的夫妇，穿着伊利诺斯的T恤，他们每年都飞来帕萨迪纳帮忙建花车。保佑他们！尽管我们的足球队很烂，但你还是能在这看到真正爱他们的FANS。他们告诉我，300人工作整整一周才能造一辆花车！还有一点我不知道的就是，所有用来装饰花车的东西都是有生命的，那些有生命的东西都被磨成粉末，来进行更复杂的装饰。大部分车台上的人都高举抛洒着一片片的花瓣，还有很多部分不能直接画，是用小镊子把小种子或豆子一点一点粘上去的！所有的花车都让我们叹为观止，特别是当太阳升起，那些花儿绽放的时候！
比赛也很精彩，但最棒的部分在于，我在这次行程里见到了所有的美国队队员。像Shannon Barhke, Rebecca Sorenson, Steve Fisher, Marco Sullivan, 和 Steve Holcomb , 还有前几届的奥运选手如Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen， 和 Michelle Kwan.
我第一次如此深刻地感觉到自己成了美国队的一份子。奥林匹克运动的这一切远远大过于我和我的结果。在那里各地的运动员就代表着自己的国家，大家聚在一起就像是整个世界结合在了一起，这真是我期盼已久的。


希望你们都看了元旦的玫瑰游行花会，如果没的话，下面是链接：
这次经历真是我活到现在最棒的之一！百威啤酒当然知道赞助这样一次活动能有多大的好处！开始的时候我蛮紧张，毕竟我不太会喝酒，但在站了一天之后，喝一杯冰啤酒的确是个提神的好办法。
一直都很忙，都有点忘了是年三十了！早上4:15醒的，晚上11点睡的觉（我是快到美国时间的午夜才睡的哦），元旦这一天是早上5:20醒的，因为要准备去看花会了！尽管不用花太多时间来辞旧迎新，但有一点事实是我不能忽视的———我们一直期待的2010到来了！就在这！还有33天，那些我一直为之努力的比赛就要开始了！
转回到花车的话题吧！所有的花车都很漂亮！我碰到了一对来自伊利诺斯州的夫妇，穿着伊利诺斯的T恤，他们每年都飞来帕萨迪纳帮忙建花车。保佑他们！尽管我们的足球队很烂，但你还是能在这看到真正爱他们的FANS。他们告诉我，300人工作整整一周才能造一辆花车！还有一点我不知道的就是，所有用来装饰花车的东西都是有生命的，那些有生命的东西都被磨成粉末，来进行更复杂的装饰。大部分车台上的人都高举抛洒着一片片的花瓣，还有很多部分不能直接画，是用小镊子把小种子或豆子一点一点粘上去的！所有的花车都让我们叹为观止，特别是当太阳升起，那些花儿绽放的时候！
比赛也很精彩，但最棒的部分在于，我在这次行程里见到了所有的美国队队员。像Shannon Barhke, Rebecca Sorenson, Steve Fisher, Marco Sullivan, 和 Steve Holcomb , 还有前几届的奥运选手如Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen， 和 Michelle Kwan.
我第一次如此深刻地感觉到自己成了美国队的一份子。奥林匹克运动的这一切远远大过于我和我的结果。在那里各地的运动员就代表着自己的国家，大家聚在一起就像是整个世界结合在了一起，这真是我期盼已久的。


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都过了这么久呢`