Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Super Six-intro.
Woo woo!
Here's part of Super Six..It's basically just the intro, I'm planning on covering the rest of prelims, then onto Team Finals, AA finals, FX finals..etc., etc.,..I'd looove some of y'alls feedback!
EXCERPT COPYRIGHT (C) 2009 TO MEREDITH (Last name withheld for saftey).
"Owwww." Samantha Peszek screeched, lying on the floor, gripping her ankle. Shawn Johnson, the reigning all-around world champion jogged over timidly, helping Sam up. Nastia Liukin, current beam world champion took over from there, guiding a limping Sam off the podium. Alicia Sacramone, another fellow world champion looked on at Sam sympathetically, wishing she could give her a huge hug. But, this was the Olympics...Team Preliminaries, to be exact. Alicia couldn't do anything except for warm up the rest of her tumbling. With a sigh, Alicia ran towards the corner, flipping into a two and half twist to front layout. She flew out of bounds. "Ughh." Alicia moaned, throwing her head back. Nastia stood absentmindedly in the corner, trying to focus on what was ahead. Sam was going to be an All-Arounder, and was really focused on proving that she could hit. Nastia knew what it was like having an unexpected injury at the worst possible time. Bridget Sloan, another world championship team member was going to have to step up, due to Chellsie Memmel, a 2003 and 2005 world champion injuring her ankle. Nastia just prayed that her ankle held up. Shawn was doing her best at blocking out all the distractions. hitting powerful tumbling runs, but yet, coming close to the boundaries of the floor. Bridget was having difficulty with her tumbling, considering now Team USA needed to count all 4 scores, after losing two of their best floor workers. Nastia flipped into a front handspring double front, and landed well, just with a slight knee bend. Sam was out of the meet, except for bar. She bit back the tears and stood quietly next to Chellsie, both of them silently agreeing that they were "Injury Buddies". Sam looked up at her mother, Luan, in the stands, who was wiping her eyes, looking so sad. "I'm Sorry." Samantha mouthed to her, eyes pleading for some sort of love, wishing that she could run up into the stands and crawl into her mother's lap. Before long, it was time for the meet to begin. Nastia stood away from the floor, breathing in and out slowly, running through the routine in her head. Alicia gripped Samantha's hand tightly, assuring her it would be okay. Chellsie stood rigidly, glancing at all the other teams. Shawn hopped up and down, attempting to forget everything and just do what she loved most. She was here...the hard part was over. Bridget climbed up onto the podium and shifted her weight from one foot to another. She was proud that she had even made it to the team, after tearing her meniscus in early April. She was going to let it go, and give it her all. The judges saluted and Bridget struck her first pose. As soon as the music started, she flew into her dance gracefully, forgetting it all. She hit her one point five through to triple twist, and smiled happily. The rest of the of the routine went well, until Bridget stepped out of bounds. She scowled fiercely, hitting her final pose. Brdiget quickly walked off the floor, embarrassed for herself and her teammates. Wha happened to "Stepping Up"? Bridget thought to herself. Then again, She continued. You can't always be perfect. Bridget concluded that she would hit the next event, vault, to try to "redeem" herself. Alicia followed Bridget, and went out of bounds, which cost her so much. Not only did she need to help USA qualify for team finals, but she wanted to try to win an individual medal, as well. But after her under par performance, it was not going to happen. Nastia hugged Alicia quickly, ready for her shot. Marta had told her to calm out this team, that she had the power to do it, seeing as she had competed under tons of pressure previously. Nastia saluted and walked onto the floor. Her floor music, "Dark Eyes", began and she turned on her famous look. She danced to the corner, and ran for her first pass. She smiled a tad when she stayed in bounds, and landed solidly on her feet. Nastia threw her head back into a graceful move, and was ready for another tumbling pass. No trouble there. Nastia landed the double front perfectly, just slightly cowboyed. The two major ones were over, but Nastia was still worried. The third pass was the one she had difficulty on before, either going out of bounds, or falling completely. She breathed in after a long dance sequence and ran into the dreaded third pass. She flirted with the white tape on the edges, but managed to keep it in. She grinned, dancing yet again. All that was left was her two and a half twist, the ending pass. As expected, she hit, and fell to the ground for her final pose happily, pleased with her efforts. She clapped hands with Shawn as Nastia made her way off the podium. Marta hugged Nastia, praising her as Nastia smiled up at her Dad in the stands. It was a new environment to her, not having her father, Valeri with her. "Good girl." Marta finished, patting Nastia's back. Marta turned her attention to Shawn who was all ready on the floor, awaiting her music. "come on, Shawn!" Nastia called out lightly, still out of breath. Shawn hit as she always did, and as her music, a song from her favorite movie August Rush (Which the girls had been forced to watch may times at camp by a pleading Shawn) came to an end. Shawn was all smiles, jogging off the podium, not even out of breath. She looked as if she had just taken a brisk walk. Team USA had been centered, and it was time to rotate. "We can do it." Alicia said with a grin, trying to overcome what had happened. "YEAH!" Shawn screamed, still rushing on the adrenaline. Everybody huddled together and started to giggle for no apparent reason. Maybe it was the fact that out of a million aspiring gymnasts (if not more) the were truly the Super Six chosen for the Olympic Team. And who wouldn't smile about that?
Here's part of Super Six..It's basically just the intro, I'm planning on covering the rest of prelims, then onto Team Finals, AA finals, FX finals..etc., etc.,..I'd looove some of y'alls feedback!
EXCERPT COPYRIGHT (C) 2009 TO MEREDITH (Last name withheld for saftey).
"Owwww." Samantha Peszek screeched, lying on the floor, gripping her ankle. Shawn Johnson, the reigning all-around world champion jogged over timidly, helping Sam up. Nastia Liukin, current beam world champion took over from there, guiding a limping Sam off the podium. Alicia Sacramone, another fellow world champion looked on at Sam sympathetically, wishing she could give her a huge hug. But, this was the Olympics...Team Preliminaries, to be exact. Alicia couldn't do anything except for warm up the rest of her tumbling. With a sigh, Alicia ran towards the corner, flipping into a two and half twist to front layout. She flew out of bounds. "Ughh." Alicia moaned, throwing her head back. Nastia stood absentmindedly in the corner, trying to focus on what was ahead. Sam was going to be an All-Arounder, and was really focused on proving that she could hit. Nastia knew what it was like having an unexpected injury at the worst possible time. Bridget Sloan, another world championship team member was going to have to step up, due to Chellsie Memmel, a 2003 and 2005 world champion injuring her ankle. Nastia just prayed that her ankle held up. Shawn was doing her best at blocking out all the distractions. hitting powerful tumbling runs, but yet, coming close to the boundaries of the floor. Bridget was having difficulty with her tumbling, considering now Team USA needed to count all 4 scores, after losing two of their best floor workers. Nastia flipped into a front handspring double front, and landed well, just with a slight knee bend. Sam was out of the meet, except for bar. She bit back the tears and stood quietly next to Chellsie, both of them silently agreeing that they were "Injury Buddies". Sam looked up at her mother, Luan, in the stands, who was wiping her eyes, looking so sad. "I'm Sorry." Samantha mouthed to her, eyes pleading for some sort of love, wishing that she could run up into the stands and crawl into her mother's lap. Before long, it was time for the meet to begin. Nastia stood away from the floor, breathing in and out slowly, running through the routine in her head. Alicia gripped Samantha's hand tightly, assuring her it would be okay. Chellsie stood rigidly, glancing at all the other teams. Shawn hopped up and down, attempting to forget everything and just do what she loved most. She was here...the hard part was over. Bridget climbed up onto the podium and shifted her weight from one foot to another. She was proud that she had even made it to the team, after tearing her meniscus in early April. She was going to let it go, and give it her all. The judges saluted and Bridget struck her first pose. As soon as the music started, she flew into her dance gracefully, forgetting it all. She hit her one point five through to triple twist, and smiled happily. The rest of the of the routine went well, until Bridget stepped out of bounds. She scowled fiercely, hitting her final pose. Brdiget quickly walked off the floor, embarrassed for herself and her teammates. Wha happened to "Stepping Up"? Bridget thought to herself. Then again, She continued. You can't always be perfect. Bridget concluded that she would hit the next event, vault, to try to "redeem" herself. Alicia followed Bridget, and went out of bounds, which cost her so much. Not only did she need to help USA qualify for team finals, but she wanted to try to win an individual medal, as well. But after her under par performance, it was not going to happen. Nastia hugged Alicia quickly, ready for her shot. Marta had told her to calm out this team, that she had the power to do it, seeing as she had competed under tons of pressure previously. Nastia saluted and walked onto the floor. Her floor music, "Dark Eyes", began and she turned on her famous look. She danced to the corner, and ran for her first pass. She smiled a tad when she stayed in bounds, and landed solidly on her feet. Nastia threw her head back into a graceful move, and was ready for another tumbling pass. No trouble there. Nastia landed the double front perfectly, just slightly cowboyed. The two major ones were over, but Nastia was still worried. The third pass was the one she had difficulty on before, either going out of bounds, or falling completely. She breathed in after a long dance sequence and ran into the dreaded third pass. She flirted with the white tape on the edges, but managed to keep it in. She grinned, dancing yet again. All that was left was her two and a half twist, the ending pass. As expected, she hit, and fell to the ground for her final pose happily, pleased with her efforts. She clapped hands with Shawn as Nastia made her way off the podium. Marta hugged Nastia, praising her as Nastia smiled up at her Dad in the stands. It was a new environment to her, not having her father, Valeri with her. "Good girl." Marta finished, patting Nastia's back. Marta turned her attention to Shawn who was all ready on the floor, awaiting her music. "come on, Shawn!" Nastia called out lightly, still out of breath. Shawn hit as she always did, and as her music, a song from her favorite movie August Rush (Which the girls had been forced to watch may times at camp by a pleading Shawn) came to an end. Shawn was all smiles, jogging off the podium, not even out of breath. She looked as if she had just taken a brisk walk. Team USA had been centered, and it was time to rotate. "We can do it." Alicia said with a grin, trying to overcome what had happened. "YEAH!" Shawn screamed, still rushing on the adrenaline. Everybody huddled together and started to giggle for no apparent reason. Maybe it was the fact that out of a million aspiring gymnasts (if not more) the were truly the Super Six chosen for the Olympic Team. And who wouldn't smile about that?
Montaging
So, according to my Friend, Amber, montaging has become too much of a competition.
Really? Why do we do this to ourselves?? It started out as a fun thing to do, and now it's Quote; "Become who can top who." Unquote.
Honestly, I'm disgusted with it. Come on. We're not going to win anything if we're the best montager on Youtube. It's just something to have fun with and express your creativity & show people how the gymnasts really inspire you.
Ugh.
In other news, I'm trying a hand at writing Gymn fan fic by myself. I'm writing a little story called "Super Six", and HOPEFULLY plan to post a little bit today.
Oh, and I'm removing the Twitter feed, because some people have claimed that it asks for an API e-mail and password. I've gotten it, too, I'm so sorry about that! It could have done serious damange to y'all's computers..holy crap. lol.
You can just find me at twitter.com/merebearrr
I'll accept all follow requests, I was just afraid of spammers and other stupid crap.
Thanks!
And it's my mom's birthday..woo woo!
Really? Why do we do this to ourselves?? It started out as a fun thing to do, and now it's Quote; "Become who can top who." Unquote.
Honestly, I'm disgusted with it. Come on. We're not going to win anything if we're the best montager on Youtube. It's just something to have fun with and express your creativity & show people how the gymnasts really inspire you.
Ugh.
In other news, I'm trying a hand at writing Gymn fan fic by myself. I'm writing a little story called "Super Six", and HOPEFULLY plan to post a little bit today.
Oh, and I'm removing the Twitter feed, because some people have claimed that it asks for an API e-mail and password. I've gotten it, too, I'm so sorry about that! It could have done serious damange to y'all's computers..holy crap. lol.
You can just find me at twitter.com/merebearrr
I'll accept all follow requests, I was just afraid of spammers and other stupid crap.
Thanks!
And it's my mom's birthday..woo woo!
Friday, April 24, 2009
I'm going to go die now!
I'm stuck. I have like absolutely no montage ideas, haha.
Request? Somebody. lol. Please.
Hit me up on YouTube. ;)
Request? Somebody. lol. Please.
Hit me up on YouTube. ;)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
More Sammy Peszekness.
Read THIS amazing article just posted about Samantha Peszek.
Wow! A double arabian dismount!! ohmygawsh, I love Sam so much. :)
That's a really cute article.
Wow! A double arabian dismount!! ohmygawsh, I love Sam so much. :)
That's a really cute article.
Sammy's heading out west.
So, after Samantha Peszek tortured us last night, via Twitter she revealed (At 6...AM..yes, IN THE MORNING!) that she has commited to UCLA.
Bruin Sammy. Gymdog Sammy sounds better. Hmph.
best night everrrrrr such a surprise for you all tomorrow morning CANT WAIT TO GIVE YOU THE NEWS =) =) =)about 17 hours ago from web
And the torture began...
@NLiukin omgggg me tooooo =) =) the whole world will know tomorrowabout 15 hours ago from web in reply to NLiukin
More torture. I was about to die.
.......going to be a UCLA BRUIN!!!!!! =) =)about 8 hours ago from web
NUUUUUUUUUUU.
And I was ready to congragulate her on commiting to UGA....
*Sighs*
GO DOGS!
- Mere <3
Bruin Sammy. Gymdog Sammy sounds better. Hmph.
best night everrrrrr such a surprise for you all tomorrow morning CANT WAIT TO GIVE YOU THE NEWS =) =) =)about 17 hours ago from web
And the torture began...
@NLiukin omgggg me tooooo =) =) the whole world will know tomorrowabout 15 hours ago from web in reply to NLiukin
More torture. I was about to die.
.......going to be a UCLA BRUIN!!!!!! =) =)about 8 hours ago from web
NUUUUUUUUUUU.
And I was ready to congragulate her on commiting to UGA....
*Sighs*
GO DOGS!
- Mere <3
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
DAWGS WIN!
After slaving over live scoring for 3 hours, I'm about to pee my pants.
Dawgs in. Bama 2nd. Utes 3rd.
GO DOGS! UGA UGA UGA!
They were truly All In For Ten.
Courtney Kupets achieved a career-high 39.9 AA, with two tens, one on vault, one on bars.
Wow. I'm literally shaking.
Dawgs in. Bama 2nd. Utes 3rd.
GO DOGS! UGA UGA UGA!
They were truly All In For Ten.
Courtney Kupets achieved a career-high 39.9 AA, with two tens, one on vault, one on bars.
Wow. I'm literally shaking.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Nastia Liukin's Floor Music.
My friend has cracked the code..possibly.
Her new fave movie- Slumdog millionaire.
Fave Song- Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)- From Slumdog Millionaire.
Just bought Slumdog Millionaire & Marley and Me!!!11:05 PM Apr 1st from web
- From her Twitter.
Training is going really well, getting back in the swing of things and i THINK I may have found my new music But I’m going to keep it a surprise until its all done.
Thank you ALL soooo much for you support! i love you guys with all my heart and really appreciate you!
Keep dreaming BIG,
XOXO~Nastia
- Posted April 3rd..from her website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrVlBrooxcM Don't pay attention to the words...listen to the beat of the music.
Consider it 99% cracked. She's trying to give us a hint!!!
Her new fave movie- Slumdog millionaire.
Fave Song- Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)- From Slumdog Millionaire.
Just bought Slumdog Millionaire & Marley and Me!!!11:05 PM Apr 1st from web
- From her Twitter.
Training is going really well, getting back in the swing of things and i THINK I may have found my new music But I’m going to keep it a surprise until its all done.
Thank you ALL soooo much for you support! i love you guys with all my heart and really appreciate you!
Keep dreaming BIG,
XOXO~Nastia
- Posted April 3rd..from her website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrVlBrooxcM Don't pay attention to the words...listen to the beat of the music.
Consider it 99% cracked. She's trying to give us a hint!!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Haha!
Aww, this was dedicated to me! :) All the pics towards the end are me except for the very last one! THANKS, MAGZ! LOVE YA!
FYI, 3:16 isnt me...lol
Easter Bunnay.
Happy Easter! :) ♥
Get anything Gymnastics Related from the Easter Bunnnnay? (Pronounced BUN-HEY..The H in HEY is silent.) lol.
Get anything Gymnastics Related from the Easter Bunnnnay? (Pronounced BUN-HEY..The H in HEY is silent.) lol.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Are Nationals here yet? + US Classic
New poll: Do you want to see live blogging for Nationls, like what I did with the American Cup?
I wish 09 Nationals would hurry the poop up already. I'm ready for my Nastia to get back out there..I'm practically dying to see the new floor routine...and she's even taunting us.
From her website:
Training is going really well, getting back in the swing of things and i THINK I may have found my new music But I’m going to keep it a surprise until its all done. :)
See!?! Oh, well. Absensce makes the heart grow fonder..but not in this case. It just makes the Meredith impatient.
And, also, I was browsing USA Gymnastics today, and I came accross this Ad for Nationals:
So, um, why are they advertising 09 Nats with Shawn?She's ahbviously not going to be there.
Also on USA Gymn, I found an article about the US Classic..woop.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 5, 2009 – Ashley Stott of Temecula, Calif./Precision Gymnastics, and McKenzie Wofford of Spring, Texas/Stars Gymnastics Training Center-Houston, won the senior and junior all-around titles, respectively, at the 2009 American Classic, held April 4 in San Diego, Calif. The American Classic was a qualifying meet for the 2009 Visa Championships, scheduled for Aug. 12-15 in Dallas, Texas.
*Sigh* I guess I'll just sit here and waste away while waiting for 09 Nationals.
Happy gymnasticsing.
- Mere
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
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