Is This Real Life?!: The Gossip Corner with Stine

Olympic Fever!!!

Hi guys hope everyone has had a good week so far! Now I have to ask, who's getting pumped for the Summer 2012 London Olympics?!?! It's only 42 days : 6 hours : 45 minutes (and counting) away-ahh!!! I have been an Olympic fanatic ever since I can remember, in fact when I was in middle and high school (the 2002, 2004, & 2006 winter and summer games) I was always keeping tabs on my fave athletes and their rankings. It didn't matter what the time difference was, I would still be awake cheering Team USA on to victory!

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With this year's games being in London I was really wanting to go, and seriously planning my finances to make it happen. I also studied abroad in this beautiful city my junior year of college and was looking for any excuse to make a trip over there lol. My cousin, Jennifer, who I've told you all about before is also a huge fan of the Olympics, and we were going to try and go together (since she's going to college in Scotland in the fall). Unfortunately, things came up in the 2 years of planning-such is life right, so we won't be making the trip across the pond, yet anyway! On the bright side Jennifer, Lauren, and I are going to the next best place-Disney World! (More on that later)

Top: While in London I stopped to make a call

Bottom: Me at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece

I love both the summer and winter games, but if I had a choice I would go to the summer games because, while I love watching snowboarding and speed skating I don't love the cold weather. I would rather just watch it on TV from the warmth and comfort of my house. Some of my fave sports to watch are: gymnastics, snowboarding, short track, down hill, swimming, ice hockey, basketball, beach volleyball, equestrian, tennis, and now field hockey.

Current athletes that top my list are: