World sport one

LIVING PAIN-FREE IS A MIRACLE

The Celadrin combined with daily stretching is working. Everyday I wake up, meditate, stretch my hips for at least ten minutes, take my vitamins, including Celadrin with a good breakfast while reading the LA Times. I have been going to the gym, swimming and stretching. But because of the joint pain in my hips, I can’t run.

I used to run everyday, for five, sometimes ten miles. I have run long distances, sprints. I’ve even run for my life a few times. Because of joint pain and hip pain I have had to stop. Sometimes I dream about running. Have you ever seen an old friend off to the airport, and known they would never return. That’s what it’s like for me not to be running anymore.

As you get older what you love changes. You go in and out of things. Sometimes you change, and sometimes life changes you.

Stretching and Celadrin have given me a window into a new life. But joint pain has made me change some things. Today, I can’t run on land, but I can run in the water. Everyday when I go to the pool, instead of doing the backstroke I run through the water. The water comforts my joints, and I don’t feel any hip pain. Combined with the Celadrin and stretching, it’s the best joint pain relief I’ve found.

Have you ever seen those famous shots of Muhammad Ali boxing in the water they published in Life magazine? I always thought those pictures where amazing, but I never knew why until now. Maybe I’ll never be the greatest like Ali, but now that I am living through joint pain with Celadrin I feel like the greatest.

When I read these the first time around, Lila Fowler was my favorite. Probably because she was rich, pretty, and popualar (supposedly). Criminy, her house actually had a name- Fowler Crest. I totally got a Sarah Michelle Gellar circa Cruel Intentions as my picture of her. I would say I still do like Lila. She is a total beast. but at least she is honest and not manipulative and borderline like Jessica. Plus, she's got MAJOR daddy issues, so cut her a break.

Roger Barrett is sooooo poooor. Bruce Patman is soooooooo rich. In case you didnt already know, Francine, has to mention it about a thousand times. And she only thinks in extreme binaries. Roger is totes channeling Edward Norton. And ick! He has to wear a sweatshirt. Cuz he's so poooor!

Ok, so there is this big annual race happening at SVH. It has never been mentioned before this book, so I am pretty certain it will never be mentioned again. The winner get some cash plus a scholarship to Sweet Valley College. Uh, okay. A track scholarship? They don't mention it. Also, there is a big dance that follows the race. Because Sweet Valley can't go five fucking minutes without having a dance. Lila suddenly shows interest in Roger once he becomes a strong contender for the title, because she "wants to be seen at the dance with the winner". See, she's a cold-hearted beast, but at least she's straightfforward. But uh oh! Roger actually can't make the race because on Saturday afternoons he is at his job as a janitor in an office building. BECAUSE HE'S POOR! God forbid a teenager has an afterschool job in Sweet Valley. And he couldn't work at the mall?

Oh wait, Jessica decides she is totally mature and wants to go work at her father's law office. Seemingly because she wants to learn more about it. But she delivers this gem, probably influences tons of preteen girls to apply to law school.:

It was one thing to defend lost causes but quite another to have to defend really grizzly, dangerous criminals. Civil law, something more along with the lines of her father's practice , was much more better, she concluded. Conferring with other lawyers-including lots of handsome men- certainly had to be exciting , and a lot less dangerous

But about eight books ago, she was okay with giving it up to the town criminal when he picked her up on the walk home from school. Anyhoo, about five minutes into the job, she got annoyed that she actually has to make copies. What is this, Heidi from The Hills? But, she sneaks out and meets another guy working at the law office across the way. Because she is soooooo pretty and soooooooo popular (as we are constantly reminded) he asks her out. Except that he never wants to go out. They meet in the copy room after everyone goes home. Well, what is the purpose of this subplot? Well, I love when Jessica gets embarassed. Turns out the guy doesn't take Jessica out of the building because he can;t drive because he's really fifteen. Oh! The horror! Jessica's a shallow cunt so breaks it off. But during her late night rendezvous, she sees Roger working as a janitor in the building.

Ok, so of course Liz always has to be so condescendingly moral, she asks her father to ask Roger's boss to give him the time off work so he can run the race. Oh, because his boss is making him work on Saturdays because he's just a mean bitter guy. Not because he actually needs to get the office clean because the big shot lawyers like Ted Wakefield will complain. No, he's just mean. I can't wait til the class riots overtake Sweet Valley and loot the Dairi Burger.

Yes, Roger wins big shock and realized Lila is not the girl he wants, so he gets together with his friend Olivia. You know, the weird girl who eats alfalfa srouts and wears peasant skirts.

Snore.

Oh wait, Lila may be mentally retarded. Check out the poem she wrote for Roger:

Roger Barrett, a boy so fine

His speeding runner is so divine

In school, too, he is very smart.

He'll walk away with the trophy from the Bart

In everything he operates in the highest stratum.

We at Sweet Valley are so proud we have him.

Wow Lila, great use of active voice.

My grade: D +