THIS SUMMER...FLIPS WILL HIT THE FANS

Ahhhhhh, 2012. You give me something that I love. Something that I only get to enjoy every so often. Approximately every four years. You give me a reason to obsess over gymnastics and force everyone to watch it with me. You give me THE OLYMPICS.

     The Olympics. I LOVE THEM!!!! Where the WORLD participates in something and you can catch a glimpse of other countries and their people. so cultural, but also so ethnocentric. You cheer for your own country while at least I am partially in awe of what other countries have accomplished.

This year, as with every Olympics, I am most excited about GYMNASTICS! Not just the women's competition, either. I love watching men's and women's gymnastics and watching ALL countries, not just USA.I also love dragging my friends to watch gymnastics with me and then seeing their faces and they are befuddled and how any of it is humanly possible and are amazed at what superior acrobatic and powerful feats they are viewing at the moment.

The following are some pictures that I've gathered just because I can no longer put my love for gymnastics into words:
(P.s. It's mostly Nadia because I love her gymnastics)

Nadia, duh.

Nastia.

Beth Tweddle

Nadia

 

Nadia

Shawn Johnson

EXAMS. XMAS. Almost the same letters, but not really the same awesomeness.

I LOVE THE HOLIDAY AND I LOVE THE MOVIE "ELF" AND I DO NOT LOVE EXAMS.

      This week is exam week, and it's not fun. It could be worse, but it's definitely not fun. I've completed 3 in one day and still have two more to go. Good thing is that all of my past exams have been short; the shortest exam taking 14 minutes to complete and the longest exam lasting 45 minutes. Tomorrow I have but one more exam in the morning and the rest of the day to pack/go to gymnastics practice/study for my LAST exam/procrastinate on the interwebz. 

   BUT after the exams are over, IT'S WINTER BREAK, PEOPLE!!! That means watching Elf all 3 days in a row that it's showing on USA (and/or TBS) and drinking cinnamon hot chocolate, even if you're not cold!! It also means visiting family out of state and giving/getting awesome presents. I already have a solid guestimate that I'm getting an awesome book bag that I'm pretty excited about! Then it'll be off to a new semester at college (to put my new book bag to use)!

C0LL3G3 LYF3

So it's the week before FINALS and this pretty much sums it up:

 

(I personally don't know how these particular people do it. There are definitely not enough outlets for all those computers.)

. My finals week won't be so bad. As an education major, I've been in schools completing assignments throughout the semester. I'm pretty much just gathering all information that I've been taking all semester and compiling it into a portfolio. No lab practicals or national exams, just whatever my sometimes eccentric professors decide to put on the final. 

And that's all I've got to say about that.

OMGLONGITMENOSEE

So, it's been a while, but good news everyone! IT'S OFFICIALLY THE HOLIDAY SEASON!! Time for jolly music, gingerbread decorating, and green and red sparkly goodness! I've been compiling my fav Christmas tunes and now I can play them with no remorse and prepare myself for the joy of the season, but also the horror of finals.

The picture provided is a tribute to my SecretShark (a variation of Secret Santa) gift that I shall be giving this Sunday!! This particular picture is a compilation of various memes that inhabit the interwebz because the theme of memes may or may not be related to my gift. Yay!

The Beginning of Fall at Clemson

FiRsT Post of the fall semester! 

Well, it's a bit late, but at least I have an awesome picture of the most exciting 25 seconds in college football!!

So, it's the start (or was the start) of another semester at Clemson University. That means Orange Fridays, a lot of free stuff being thrown at you (shirts, Frisbees, coupons, etc), and getting used to grocery shopping on my own on a regular basis. It also means cooler weather is coming (FINALLY) and the mood of campus will be determined by how our football team performs each Saturday. Luckily, we're 2-0 right now, but we'll see how we fare against Auburn and Florida State, our next two games in a row.

FIRST!!...

...DAY OF SUMMER!!!!

Well, nothing super exciting to report -- BUT!! in honor of the start of summer, the current rumbling of thunder and frequent flashes of lightning, and the insane heat index daily average of 115, here's a picture of some lightning.

School’s—Out—Forever! (…Until the fall!)

     So the semester is over and now we can enjoy posting/reading about awesome things/activities!! So put your fun cap on kiddies, it’s SUMMER!