Gary Hall Jr.

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So, I had the pleasure to hang out with him for quite a while today. I was asked to take a few publicity photos of him, for his dad, Gary Hall Sr. and Rowdy Gaines. I was very pleasantly surprised, Jr. is a very nice and very personable guy. I thought perhaps he'd have a hot shot attitude... Not even close. As I was asking him to make couple poses for the camera, for the publicity, he and he did... and we chuckled about them, he made a comment something to the effect of, about I dunno why people take some of that so negatively, and think I'm a total jerk :( He seemed pretty genuinely bummed out. I was thinking how he is always being asked to pose and do publicity things, and do some showing off or what not, then it turns around and ends up giving him a bad rep. Later on introduced him to a massage therapist friend of mine who works on a lot of pro athletes, to work on him and they can compare notes, and Gary's first response was, oh, that would be so nice but, aren't there people here that need it a lot more then I do, they'll say, what does he need *that for*.... he was all embarrassed, and rather humble about it. He's the kind of a guy that wouldn't squish a bug! I mean literally. As we were sitting and chatting, a June bug landed, he reached for it, and I reacted, oh, no, don't hurt it! Before he had a chance to respond, I realized that he proceeded to check it out and started petting it with one finger, saying hi little guy...
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    Re: Michael Heather mentoned the meet stoppage... Oh, I think the stoppage was when the guy in lane (I think it was 7) realized it was Gary Hall Jr in lane 8 next to him, and started making cute gestures, something to the effect of, wow, I'm the man, I'm having Gary Hall Jr. swim in a lane next to me, which got the cheering going. I think the officials wanted to take a few minutes to give the crowd a chance to quiet down. Flirting Age wise, I'm somewhere in between. I have to say, as much as I like Jr. I'm leaning towards liking Sr. more. He seems like a very classy gentleman, and I love that. But ... eat your heart out Jr. and Sr. My heart belongs to someone else! :p By the way, their club name and a website is: http://www.theraceclub.net/ I think the Race club, and the way Jr and SR. have teamed up, and their philosophy is a wonderful thing for USA and Masters swimming. Some of us here who like to philosophise about all things swimming should read Gary and Gary's aqua notes on the race club's website. There's interesting stuff there!
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    Re: Michael Heather mentoned the meet stoppage... Oh, I think the stoppage was when the guy in lane (I think it was 7) realized it was Gary Hall Jr in lane 8 next to him, and started making cute gestures, something to the effect of, wow, I'm the man, I'm having Gary Hall Jr. swim in a lane next to me, which got the cheering going. I think the officials wanted to take a few minutes to give the crowd a chance to quiet down. Flirting Age wise, I'm somewhere in between. I have to say, as much as I like Jr. I'm leaning towards liking Sr. more. He seems like a very classy gentleman, and I love that. But ... eat your heart out Jr. and Sr. My heart belongs to someone else! :p By the way, their club name and a website is: http://www.theraceclub.net/ I think the Race club, and the way Jr and SR. have teamed up, and their philosophy is a wonderful thing for USA and Masters swimming. Some of us here who like to philosophise about all things swimming should read Gary and Gary's aqua notes on the race club's website. There's interesting stuff there!
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