I can’t talk to the guy that IM’ed me anymore. He was telling me that Jesus didn’t write the Bible and all this negative stuff. How can he say these things to me? That the Bible is very corrupt ? I mean, has he ever even read it? I can’t talk to him anymore. I mean, my relationship with God isn’t perfect, but I wouldn’t want to get mixed up with a guy who talks like this. On and on. Live Through This has got to be the greatest album created in my lifetime. I downloaded it from iTunes on Thursday. Courtney Love has an awesome voice. I like when she screams. I bought the cassette tape in 1994, then bought the CD like, five years ago. I love track&field, It has to be like my favorite sport before tennis and basketball. I wish I was still skinny so I could run. My gym membership expires soon so instead of renewing in, which I can’t do, I’ll just go to the track in the park and jog. I was real shocked when Marion Jones came forward and said she used steroids. I was like, “no, no, not my girl!” I really liked her. Could I say looked up to her? We’re like, the same age. But I was even more shocked when she said she was going to retire from track. I was like, “no, she can’t!” That’s a waste of a good talent. She can’t retire. She’s only in her thirties. I mean, I know the cloud of suspicion of her using performance drugs would go wherever she decided to compete at, but I mean, if she learned from her mistake once I don’t think she should retire. That’s like, the worst. I mean, retire completely from track? She really can’t do that. I mean, I know she has a college degree to back up her track career but that was what she was good in. For me, to hear she will never run again is really disappointing. I would just say in my apology, “I still plan to compete professionally and monitor closely what someone encourages me to use to boost my performance.” I mean, she could’ve said something like that. Now who do I look for next year in the Olympics? Is Justin still running? I haven’t heard about him in a long time. Maybe another American female can win and prove you can win without the use of performance enhancing drugs. I still love you Marion, even though I think you shouldn’t banish yourself forever from the sport.
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I think her decision to retire accepts that the weight of scandal will hang over her whether she competes again or not. Athletes who get caught cheating and then try to compete cleanly again face the hurdles of public opinion (ridicule, taunts) and then have to prove all over again they can win again when clean. Competing won't be any easier after a two-year lay off from competition; then she'd come back and race people in their twenties while she's no longer in the peak of her own career. Losing to them would only give her critics ammunition and they would fire with all barrels.
It's a no-win proposition for her, but she rolled the dice when she associated herself with the BALCO people and chose to cheat. (I don't accept that she thought it was flaxseed oil. Flaxseed oil comes in marked containers. You buy flaxseed oil at healthfood stores.)