Just keep swimming just keep swimming justkeepswimming…
Funning Around the Interwebs, I Am Not a Geek Add commentsSomething you may or may not have known about me: I was once a synchronized swimmer.
It was the year 1992, and I was fourteen years old. We had recently moved back to Phoenix, Arizona after about five years in Oregon and my sister and I had transferred to the Arizona Aqua Stars from the Tualatin Hills Synchro Club.
After hours of tinkering around with my computer and some DVDs that my father gave me, I now have my very first YouTube video to prove it.
BEHOLD! Me, in all my gangling, awkward, teenaged glory. I’m the really pale one in the duet and in case you still have trouble picking me out, my father was nice enough to put my name briefly over my person just before the routine started. Also, if you recognized the last song in the performance, but couldn’t remember where it came from, hereyago.
And you can laugh all you want, but those skillz got me through the swim portion of boot camp with ease.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I remember the day when I had to bribe you with a Thrify ice cream cone. Time to sign Ms. En up for lessons.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
It doesn’t look like Omaha has any big synchro clubs. I looked and all I can seem to find is the College team for the University in Lincoln.
It would be sweet if Natalie ever got involved but at the moment I don’t see how I could ever get her in.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
You know, I’m watching our routine here and I’m noticing that there are a lot of instances where it was choreographed that Leeta (wow, I hope I spelled her name right, it’s been over 15 years…) would do a move and then I would do the same move right after her, but it’s coming off more like, “Oops, looks like someone was ahead/behind.”
Shoot, it’s funny how I could still sit here and critique all our performances to bits as if it were yesterday. I keep having to remind myself that that was a long time ago!! and that it no longer matters in the grand scheme of things. *L*
May 29th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I *heart* this video so much!! I was telling a couple of my (guy) friends about it and they were like, “yeah yeah yeah, teenage girl running around in a bathing suit on youtube. we’ve seen this before”. I was like, ‘no guys, it’s synchronized swimming!! you don’t understand…’ Oh well. I don’t want those pervs watching your video anyway!!
May 29th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Just a hunch, but I’m thinking that swim qual was a joke for you…
May 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Amy — lol You can’t be serious!
T1G — Big joke. I should have tried for level 1 qual, but never got around to it. I did whip through levels 4 - 2 pretty easily, though. Who know this stuff would come in handy later? ^_^