Wednesday Night Chat Recap

by afadingvoice...thanks babe xoxox

After a mass exodus of the majority of the European contingent that had stayed up all night waiting for him to come on, our pumkin arrives. He had been finishing up a school project and apologized for his delay, but was stoked to be done with it.

Home Life/Spare (in theory) Time

• Owns a Sleigh Bed (apparently from the Pottery Barn). That plus his 12534633 count thread sheets,no wonder why it's "heaven."


• Will be getting a pool for the house. For training purposes. Right? Oh no. It's for "chillin'" and with a hot tub "fo' sho.'" It'll help because he's sore 90% of the time. *Cue line for massage volunteers*


• When he hunts,he mostly goes for birds, but will hunt deer. AN: this is where I stick my fingers in my ears, close my eyes,and start humming.


• His duck Hank is safe at the pond at the end of his street, which he passes by every day. A collective sigh of relief is heard throughout the BHO world.

Upcoming Events

• He's still hoping Worlds will be in Canada. The closer in distance, the better.


• He'll be in Atlanta this June. What for? Now if he told you, he'd have to kill you.


• There will be a clinic in Irvine in May. Anyone can attend. Cali. folks should set up a meeting.

Oh yeah...Swimming/Training

• He is able to bench press 265 pounds. (producing a collective gasp among the girls,who quickly tried to calculate how many of each of us there was in weight). AN: Can I even press the bar by itself?


• He prefers long course to short course because there are less turns,which can get pretty tiring. Secretly though,Brendan is afraid of reliving his childhood nightmare of coming out of a turn into the neighboring lane.


• His IM is coming along nicely. He can always comfort himself in knowing he'll have the fastest breaststroke split out of anyone.


• A normal workout is 7000 yards "of hell."


• Swimsuit of choice in Nike. Surprised? He owns hundreds of suits cause he gets the hook up from Nike. This summer he wore a new suit every time he swam. So is there a special discarded swimsuit can next to all the recycling bins at meets or something? Suits can run $200 a pop. Brendan rationalizes this by saying we spend all that money on underwear. $200? Me thinks not. Who are we? Mandy Moore?

Bonus Tidbits

• He talked with Dave Denniston's father. They will know more how things are in a month once swelling has gone down. He'll continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.


• Not even a chat will delay Brendan from keeping his pearly whites clean.


• He owns more than one pair of cowboy boots. He lives in Texas. Are you surprised? The real question is can he line dance?


• When asked what he gave up for Lent,he said hasn't decided yet (times a' ticking hun), but he usually gives up soda.


• We never need to talk about Facebook...again.


• Brendan is a well-traveled guy. He's been to 42 states off the top of his head. Even Wisconsin.


• When suggesting what sort of club we should start Brendan suggested a chess club and dismissed the idea of a fight club. You see he's a "lover,not a fighter." Works for me.


• Brendan likes to wear "smelly stuff." Not just any stuff. "Pleasant smelling stuff." Thus throwing off my idea he was trying to pass chlorine off as cologne. FYI girls: Deisel is a new favorite scent.