Here's what: August 22

Here's what three things I'm obsessed with this week...

They just released the new ad for Scandal season 3. I can not wait for it to premier in October! BET has been airing reruns and I got caught up in it two weekends in a row. Even though I've seen every episode already. Twice. It's just so compelling.

I still don't know when I will get the keys to my new place, but it should be some time in the next week. I'll be moving all of the furniture a week from this Saturday. I think I will be throwing myself a packing party this weekend so I can get my shit together. Really all that's left is my bedroom (mostly clothes), bathroom and kitchen. Ok, so I guess that's more than half the apartment. But I still feel like I have a lot done already. This shouldn't be too bad. Famous last words.

The World Championships have ended and one of the stories I'm still following came out at the end. American pole vaulter Brad Walker, a former world champion and two-time Olympian, did not have a shoe deal for much of the season. Having been with Nike for most of his career, his contract had run out and he believed he was worth more than they were offering to renew. So he shopped around for a while. With no deal done right before Worlds, he re-signed with Nike. Bc he wears customs spikes to vault in and the Championships were so close, he said he didn't feel right asking for new shoes. So he decided to wear old ones. But bc he keeps his shoes with his chalk, the velcro strap on the upper didn't keep a good grip anymore and he taped around his shoe to keep it together. And in doing so taped over the swoosh. He ended up finishing fourth at Worlds, just off the podium. And when Nike found out that he had covered the swoosh, they dropped him. Now, I can understand Brad's anger at being dropped like that, but I can also understand why it happened. He taped over the swoosh. Brad is so angry over the whole situation he has decided to sell every piece of Nike gear he owns on ebay. The first thing he put up was his medal stand jacket from the 2012 Olympics. Followed by his collection of gear from Moscow. You can see his current items http://www.ebay.com/sch/polevaulterbrad/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

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Here's what: August 15

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