Oh my gosh, I found this sport that I really like, which is ski jumping, and is probably the closest sport you'll find to gymnastics. They jump off of this HUGE ramp, and do this triple back full (twisty layout) in the air, and have to stick the landing. Maybe after gymnastics I'll try ski jump. Scary, but it seems really fun!
More news on the Vancouver games to come!
-Lindsey Vonn wins the gold
-Apolo Ohno wins the silver
-Shaun White wins the gold
-Male figure skater (unknown name) wins the gold
Also, if you really wanna get deep into the winter games even after they are over, check out my story, Mandy Jacobs' Olympic Story.
Mandy Jacobs starts out as a seven-year-old girl who has a desire for speed skating. Her parents were both Olympic figure skaters, and that's how they met. Mandy's mother was proposed to on ice, and Mandy's dreams are on ice too.
Mandy's parents divorce before Mandy even knows her dad well enough. At just ten years old, she moves to Hershey, Pennsylvania. She hates it, but eventually gets used to it.
She misses her friends, gets harrassed at school, but still trains hard for her dream. She also soon realizes something else--- she wants to figure skate too. She trains on frozen ponds, soon becoming better and better before Olympic level.
But her speed skating dreams are nearly crushed when she is shoved out of the way at the World Championships for Womens' Short Track when she is fifteen. She has severe cuts on her leg, memory loss, and a broken arm, but still believes.
Will she meet Apolo Ohno, (Cutie pie!) or stay in the town of chocolate? Ages 9+
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Lindsey! Apolo! Shaun!
You athletes are like, THE best! And yes, they are soooo not reading this, but I love them!
Lindsey received her gold medal yesterday! On an injured shin, Lindsey completely ignored it and went down the track like nothing was wrong. She's my favorite!
News on Apolo is scarce. But he got a silver meadl his first Vancouver day!
Shaun is doing well. Keep it up!
And keep practicing you kids in swimming, soccer, judo, and gymnastics. You might go to the Olympics too! (Yes, soccer is Olympic) And keep working for the Gold in all you do! And remember:
I LUV U APOLO!
Lindsey received her gold medal yesterday! On an injured shin, Lindsey completely ignored it and went down the track like nothing was wrong. She's my favorite!
News on Apolo is scarce. But he got a silver meadl his first Vancouver day!
Shaun is doing well. Keep it up!
And keep practicing you kids in swimming, soccer, judo, and gymnastics. You might go to the Olympics too! (Yes, soccer is Olympic) And keep working for the Gold in all you do! And remember:
I LUV U APOLO!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Cheerleaders Show Some Spirit For Their 183rd Birthday!
Johnny Campbell is football, soccer, and basketball's hero. Back in the 1800s, his school, University of Minnesota, was having a three-game losing streak, and he was not happy about it. So he created a cheerleading team to show the world he had some spirit and introduced our world to organized cheerleading. And his team won. Didn't think cheers and chants were helpful, huh?
Johnny is our hero. I would not be a cheerleader today, neither would my friend Andrea, or Chelsea, or Lissa. And it is fun, it's just when you do it for so long... this is my third year cheering, on TWO SQUADS. I've actually been on THREE squads in the entire time I've been a cheerleader.
I went to Grace Community, then Premier Athletics, and am currently at FAITH doing a club/squad, and still at Grace, too. Premier Cheer was... okay, but not really a challenge for me.
So happy birthday, cheerleaders around the U.S./world, and eat some cake! (I ate my mom's)
Johnny is our hero. I would not be a cheerleader today, neither would my friend Andrea, or Chelsea, or Lissa. And it is fun, it's just when you do it for so long... this is my third year cheering, on TWO SQUADS. I've actually been on THREE squads in the entire time I've been a cheerleader.
I went to Grace Community, then Premier Athletics, and am currently at FAITH doing a club/squad, and still at Grace, too. Premier Cheer was... okay, but not really a challenge for me.
So happy birthday, cheerleaders around the U.S./world, and eat some cake! (I ate my mom's)
The Issue: Stick It
I'm sure you've heard this question before: 'what do you wanna be when you grow up?' I think it's clear I ant to be an athlete for life.
But have you yet planned YOUR life after high school? Do you want to go to college? Do you want to be famous? Do you want to have a job or stay home with your kids or family members or whatever?
I have noticed that many people say they will do something but will not stick to it. Many children say they will become president, but by the time they've turned seven, they want to be a doctor. Then they want to be a teacher by the time they have turned thirteen, and next thing you know, they go to college for cullinary arts.
For me, I wanted to be a cheerleader, and I became one, but now to think of it, I've gotten pretty bored with it. High V, Daggers... it's the same thing over and over. chairs, preps, pyramids, waterfalls, 360s, libertys... I always have the same position. (I've been the top girl once, it's scary but super fun!!!) But I don't really like cheerleading anymore. Sure yeah, it's really fun, but what I always ask myself is:
If I could die one way, cheer or tumbling, which would I do?
And the answer is gymnastics. I'd rather fly off the bars then fall six feet down, pretty much the same height, onto the wooden basketball floor. And I could do gymnastics all my life.
Phases come and go, and cheerleading is one of them for me. But gymnastics surely isn't. Try to find something you can stick to, not something you know you won't like a year from now.
-Find what you love
-Work on it
-Find out if you like it enough
-Practice even at home
-Tell yourself to do it even if you don't feel like it one day.
But have you yet planned YOUR life after high school? Do you want to go to college? Do you want to be famous? Do you want to have a job or stay home with your kids or family members or whatever?
I have noticed that many people say they will do something but will not stick to it. Many children say they will become president, but by the time they've turned seven, they want to be a doctor. Then they want to be a teacher by the time they have turned thirteen, and next thing you know, they go to college for cullinary arts.
For me, I wanted to be a cheerleader, and I became one, but now to think of it, I've gotten pretty bored with it. High V, Daggers... it's the same thing over and over. chairs, preps, pyramids, waterfalls, 360s, libertys... I always have the same position. (I've been the top girl once, it's scary but super fun!!!) But I don't really like cheerleading anymore. Sure yeah, it's really fun, but what I always ask myself is:
If I could die one way, cheer or tumbling, which would I do?
And the answer is gymnastics. I'd rather fly off the bars then fall six feet down, pretty much the same height, onto the wooden basketball floor. And I could do gymnastics all my life.
Phases come and go, and cheerleading is one of them for me. But gymnastics surely isn't. Try to find something you can stick to, not something you know you won't like a year from now.
-Find what you love
-Work on it
-Find out if you like it enough
-Practice even at home
-Tell yourself to do it even if you don't feel like it one day.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Olympics: Your Only Chance
When you go to those X-Games, World Championships, or Trials, you know you are having a once in a lifetime chance to really cut it. You know that one tiny mistake could cost you everything you worked on, in many cases your life, and if you're lucky, you might [attempt] to walk away paralyzed.
Take Kodar Kumaritashvili for instance. He practiced Luge just as fast and hard as he could. But a bit TOO fast and hard. He flew out as if you would on a waterslide. Ugh. I would hate for someone to ask me how to spell my last name with that... It is just too sad to exclaim what happened. Of course he tried so hard, but just couldn't even enter the doors of the Vancouver Opening Ceremony.
Or take Kerri Strug. She was trying so hard for HER team, not Russia, that even after she could just barely walk anymore, she vaulted again, so that her team could feel the touch of a gold medal.
These athletes really want this.
the 2002 games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, and if you know me at all, you know I've only lived in Ohio for a little bit longer than six years. I might as well have lived in Salt Lake City. From where I lived, you could already smell the dead lake's salt. THAT is how close I was from the Olympics. In fact, my parents have been to the stadium the Olympic ceremony was in and we even saw the torch before it was lit.
I didn't really care about the Olympics then, but as soon as it hit Torino, I was like, Gosh! that is awesome! I want to be a figure skater! Now, that's not my thing. Dancing on ice? No. But I do like speedskating. Now gymnastics has taken my attention, which would be a summer sport.
Every time I watch those games, it's like, how come I can't be there watching? Someone watching would say, 'How come I can't be an athlete?' Someone as an athlete would say, 'Why is SHE going home with MY medal?' Those athletes don't even know if they even WANT to be there because of Apolo Ohno and Micheal Phelps. But they do make this pledge:
I, (your name), promise to train my hardest in everything I do in (your sport, for example, volleyball).
But the question that no one, not even that athlete can answer is:
"Did I do my best today?"-Apolo Anton Ohno
Take Kodar Kumaritashvili for instance. He practiced Luge just as fast and hard as he could. But a bit TOO fast and hard. He flew out as if you would on a waterslide. Ugh. I would hate for someone to ask me how to spell my last name with that... It is just too sad to exclaim what happened. Of course he tried so hard, but just couldn't even enter the doors of the Vancouver Opening Ceremony.
Or take Kerri Strug. She was trying so hard for HER team, not Russia, that even after she could just barely walk anymore, she vaulted again, so that her team could feel the touch of a gold medal.
These athletes really want this.
the 2002 games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, and if you know me at all, you know I've only lived in Ohio for a little bit longer than six years. I might as well have lived in Salt Lake City. From where I lived, you could already smell the dead lake's salt. THAT is how close I was from the Olympics. In fact, my parents have been to the stadium the Olympic ceremony was in and we even saw the torch before it was lit.
I didn't really care about the Olympics then, but as soon as it hit Torino, I was like, Gosh! that is awesome! I want to be a figure skater! Now, that's not my thing. Dancing on ice? No. But I do like speedskating. Now gymnastics has taken my attention, which would be a summer sport.
Every time I watch those games, it's like, how come I can't be there watching? Someone watching would say, 'How come I can't be an athlete?' Someone as an athlete would say, 'Why is SHE going home with MY medal?' Those athletes don't even know if they even WANT to be there because of Apolo Ohno and Micheal Phelps. But they do make this pledge:
I, (your name), promise to train my hardest in everything I do in (your sport, for example, volleyball).
But the question that no one, not even that athlete can answer is:
"Did I do my best today?"-Apolo Anton Ohno
Vancouver!!!!!!!! (And Winter Blast)
VANCOUVER!!!!
Oh my gosh, the U.S. team went to Vancouver, Canada for the Winter Olympic games 2010! You should've seen those athletes Friday! They were so happy! Plus there were opera singers and dancers... it was awesome! The only thing I didn't like was the lack of people who watched the ceremony. I only saw like, five people that actually knew what happened! All everyone knew was that Kodar whatever his name is on Luge died.
And I have not seen snowboarding and my valentine Shaun White, but I watched Figure Skating and Luge at Winter Blast. I loved Winter Blast so much!!!! The hotel was amzing! So was the pool/waterpark! In my room I had a balcony and HDTV in a room with my BFF Mariah, Kayla, and Courtney! (Their all my friends) So yeah, that was cool. And I have so much more to say about Winter Blast...
The sermons were awesome! There was this lady named Kayla (the fourth Kayla I know now) who had a really good testimony/sermon, and others spoke too. So if you are in fourth or fifth grade right now, next year, if your church is going, you better go! You'll love it, both spiritually and fun-ly! And don't forget to watch Vancouver 2010 on NBC channel 2! Watch Luge, Figure Skating, and Snowboarding!
Oh my gosh, the U.S. team went to Vancouver, Canada for the Winter Olympic games 2010! You should've seen those athletes Friday! They were so happy! Plus there were opera singers and dancers... it was awesome! The only thing I didn't like was the lack of people who watched the ceremony. I only saw like, five people that actually knew what happened! All everyone knew was that Kodar whatever his name is on Luge died.
And I have not seen snowboarding and my valentine Shaun White, but I watched Figure Skating and Luge at Winter Blast. I loved Winter Blast so much!!!! The hotel was amzing! So was the pool/waterpark! In my room I had a balcony and HDTV in a room with my BFF Mariah, Kayla, and Courtney! (Their all my friends) So yeah, that was cool. And I have so much more to say about Winter Blast...
The sermons were awesome! There was this lady named Kayla (the fourth Kayla I know now) who had a really good testimony/sermon, and others spoke too. So if you are in fourth or fifth grade right now, next year, if your church is going, you better go! You'll love it, both spiritually and fun-ly! And don't forget to watch Vancouver 2010 on NBC channel 2! Watch Luge, Figure Skating, and Snowboarding!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Childhood IS a Memory
Right now I'm watching the Olympics--- Oh my gosh! This sixteen-year-old is singing "Oh Canada" this moment as I type! I love the Olympics!
WEEKLY QUESTION:
Do you think the Summer Olympics get more of the fame than the Winter Olympics? If so, why?
Okay, so recently, I was in the nursery as a preschool teacher, and I was babysitting a little girl named Cassie. Cassie is... wow. She's energetic in ways that can drive you crazy. But adorable, too. So I was teaching her, and all of a sudden, while I am watching her and a few other girls, I find myself forced to play with the dollhouse with her. I haven't used a dollhouse since I was like, seven, so what was I suppose to do?
Eventually, I caught on to it and actually, and HONESTly, I had fun. It reminded me of four years ago when I actually had fun doing this. And then I went over to watch the kids playing with Legos.
So I went over there and one kid like, I don't know how to say this; bribed, forced, demanded me to play with them and build something so at the time, my mind was focused on winning a gold medal at the soon to come, 2020 Olympic games. I dreampt of meeting Shawn Johnson and getting her autograph, so I imagined what her medal looked like. Every athlete has a different medal, and she got one, just one, gold medal for the balance beam. Hers was, of course, gold and square with a torch on it that I couldn't draw. So I made a yellow, square thing with red on the necklace part.
So I had to be like, PULLED away from the Legos, and went on to giving out snacks. (I think I pigged out on those.) So yeah, a little stomach ache when I got home, but all peachy otherwise. (Get it? Peachy? If you remember Peachy Enchanted, you do.) And then we lifted the kids and twirled around.
I had more fun as a teacher than I did as the student! I honestly had more fun than the kids. So yeah, I'm just saying that every once in a while, try to remember one thing you had fun doing as a [younger] kid.
WEEKLY QUESTION:
Do you think the Summer Olympics get more of the fame than the Winter Olympics? If so, why?
Okay, so recently, I was in the nursery as a preschool teacher, and I was babysitting a little girl named Cassie. Cassie is... wow. She's energetic in ways that can drive you crazy. But adorable, too. So I was teaching her, and all of a sudden, while I am watching her and a few other girls, I find myself forced to play with the dollhouse with her. I haven't used a dollhouse since I was like, seven, so what was I suppose to do?
Eventually, I caught on to it and actually, and HONESTly, I had fun. It reminded me of four years ago when I actually had fun doing this. And then I went over to watch the kids playing with Legos.
So I went over there and one kid like, I don't know how to say this; bribed, forced, demanded me to play with them and build something so at the time, my mind was focused on winning a gold medal at the soon to come, 2020 Olympic games. I dreampt of meeting Shawn Johnson and getting her autograph, so I imagined what her medal looked like. Every athlete has a different medal, and she got one, just one, gold medal for the balance beam. Hers was, of course, gold and square with a torch on it that I couldn't draw. So I made a yellow, square thing with red on the necklace part.
So I had to be like, PULLED away from the Legos, and went on to giving out snacks. (I think I pigged out on those.) So yeah, a little stomach ache when I got home, but all peachy otherwise. (Get it? Peachy? If you remember Peachy Enchanted, you do.) And then we lifted the kids and twirled around.
I had more fun as a teacher than I did as the student! I honestly had more fun than the kids. So yeah, I'm just saying that every once in a while, try to remember one thing you had fun doing as a [younger] kid.
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