Winning Wimbledon

I feel like I need to catch up with Wimbledon. Whatever is written here, I still maintain that Roger Federer is my favorite tennis player ever.

Starting with the woman's side, I was very happy to see that Venus crushed Maria Sharapova and that she went on to win the championship. I was sad to see Justine Henin lose, it is not something that happens on a regular basis. She lost to Marion Bartoli, who hits every shot two-handed. This is a weird concept for me to accept. It seems as if someone would need really long arms to hit a two-handed forehand. However, I do hit a two-handed backhand, so nothing is impossible. Again, way to go Venus.

With the men's side, I have many comments to make. First, Federer received a fourth round bye. My sister did not like this turn of events, she believes that he should be the last person to receive a bye. My thoughts are quite the opposite, if anyone is going to receive a bye it should be the best player in the tournament, right? Second, Nadal has breezed his way into the finals and his semi-finalist opponent had to withdraw because of injuries. He is the only player to threaten Federer's Wimbledon-winning streak. Federer is going for five straight wins, no easy feat. Third, my ultimate favorite match was between Richard Gasquet and Andy Roddick. Gasquet won 4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 8-6. He had something like 60 or 70 winners. This guy can hit a winner of a shot he has to run all the way across the court to get. That just amazes me, he is such a pretty tennis player. I am sad that the poster boy of tennis lost in the quarterfinals, but all he could do was watch those amazing shots hit the line every time.

Well, when all is said and done, I am hoping that Federer remains the best and that he wins tomorrow. I won't go as far as to say I will pray for him, but I am glad that I don't have church until 12:30, hopefully after the match.

On Aunts and Robots

Yesterday was a very exciting day, two things happened. I became an aunt to a beautiful baby girl and I saw the movie Transformers. The baby was born yesterday at about noon Texas time and she quickly became the topic of every discussion after that. I was very excited until I realized that no one wanted to talk about me any more. Not that I always enjoyed being talked about, but why is this little baby girl getting all the attention? It's not as if she can really enjoy it already. Despite the fact that I am currently not being discussed in close circles, it is okay. Every person deserves their moment, even if it happens within the first 24 hours of being born. The baby girl, however, deserves to be the center of attention because she was born with open spina bifida. She had to go into surgery today to close the whole in her back. The prognosis is very good and despite that fact, she is a healthy baby girl. I am just glad that I don't have to babysit until the baby gets to be about one, when she becomes fun.

On a different note, I saw Transformers yesterday. That movie was awesome. It included violence, comedy, and robots, what could be better? Call me a nerd, but those make the best kinds of movies. Not to mention the fact that Shia LaBeouf has turned into quite the handsome young man.