Wednesday Night Chat Recap

Compliments of the lovely Sarah (ICO!)

Joined by the Beautiful European Fans, Brendan appeared earlier than usual, as promised, allowing us all to be a bit more awake while listening to his little gems of wisdom

Daily Stuff:

• While chatting Brendan was enjoying his dinner: a monster burrito, because after all he is a growing boy.
• Brendan is a messy eater. He dropped some burrito on his laptop, and then later when eating some mystery cookies, he got "crumbles everywhere"
• Brendan had an uneventful day. Uneventful for Bren means two workouts and a power nap
• Speaking of naps, Pumkin loves them; they are "a little piece of heaven during the day"

Valentine's Day/Contest:
Ok ladies, you know you want the dirt on Bren's Valentine's Day: nothing special. That's right Valentine's Day was much like any other day for him. Bren, I'm sure you would have had many volunteers to spend the day with if you had only asked ;)

The winner of the contest was announced to us, but only after extremely long unnecessary pauses from Brendan. The tease! Prizes are as follows:

• Gold Medal: The Perfect Date (Bren's heart lies with Mandy)
• Silver Medal: The Haversomething Daily (according to Bren, second place needs not to worry because he's come in second before and "second isn't that bad" That's ok Bren, I like silver better anyway)
• Bronze Medal: The Sun is Hot and so are you..

Ladies, do not despair if you did not place, He thought all the entries were awesome and our cleverness made him laugh.

Training:

• Bren trains twice a day, once at 5am and then again at 3. He does this six days a week: every day except for Sunday.
• He doesn't just swim, Bren also lifts weights. Yeah, like 265 pounds of them.
• Other than swimming, how does he train? Bren does core training, such as yoga. This means he is pretty flexible. Ladies, get your minds out of the gutter!

Family:

• Best advice his mom has ever given him: He will know when he meets the girl he is going to marry because he will have no doubt in his mind about it.
• He really admires his sister. She has had to follow in his footsteps all of her life and is still a shining star. (Note: We admire her too; those are some pretty amazing steps to follow)
• The reason he had to leave us all was because his sister called him. Come on, let's say it together, "Awwwwe"

Fans:

• The craziest thing one of his fans has done is make a website for him. Gee, I wonder who he is talking about there?
• Brendan fans must be the most vocal at the Short Course Championships in Austin in March. We must show those Phelps fans where it's really at. Or as Bren puts it, "we need to be able to compete with the Phelps legion." Good luck to the girls who do go, we are counting on you!

Oh yeah, Swimming:

• Brendan will be competing "all days" of the Short Course Championships, although he's not sure yet as to which events.
• Where has he felt the most pressure in competition? Well, the Olympics, duh! "You are behind the blocks thinking if I screw this up I have 3 years to think about it."
• At the World Championship Trials in Indy Brendan will be swimming the 100 and 200 breast, skipping out on the IM, and "of course the relay"
• In Athens, the coaches put the best guy in the medley relay. End of story. Thank you Brendan.
• Brendan has never swum a 1000 breast stroke and timed himself. That's just crazy, yo.
• Don't ask Brendan to choose between swimming as part of a relay or an individual event. They are both different experiences, and he loves them both equally.

Other stuff:

• The burning question: Ashlee or Jessica Simpson? Bren likes Ashlee better, because he likes brunettes.
• Does Brendan suffer from narcolepsy? No, but he does fall asleep in class sometimes (who doesn't?). Oh, yeah he also twitches when he falls asleep in class. One time while sleeping he hit the girl next to him. She woke him up with her screaming, but Bren had been sleeping so had no idea why she was so upset
• Once again, Brendan has confirmed the fact that he doesn't use pick up lines. Accept it ladies, he's just not that sleazy.
• Bren doesn't have a preference as to what a girl's perfume smells like, "but it has to smell good. Not like cowpies" Thanks for all the detailed help Pumkin.
• I mentioned he is a mess, right? Brendan says that he needs a maid. Applicant line starts to the right.
• "Slurpees rule"
• Brendan shoots using his right hand. He is also still convinced he could beat Lena in archery. I'd so pay to watch that.
• Bren has no commercials or photo shoots coming up at the moment "but you never know" *goes off to write letter to Nike*
• Oh, the heart that Brendan has. The reason he is involved in Leukemia research is because of a hospital visit he once made. Brendan went to a children's hospital in Austin and saw all the sick kids. He was pretty upset about it, and decided that he wanted to do something about it. Heart of gold, that boy.