Hello to everyone
who’s eyes might fall upon this entry, whether it’s an aspiring cheerleader or
a binge blogger at 1am.
My name
is Bryant Griffith and I am 18 years old. I’m a Second year college student,
but I have junior standing (not to toot my own horn or anything, but - toot
toot). I started cheering for my high school cheer team during my freshman year
of high school . They taught me level 4 and 5 stunts on the first day, and
taught me no tumbling for the 3 years I was in the program. The summer after my
sophomore year I came to my senses and joined North Star All Stars. Now fast
forward 3 seasons and I am on a level 4.2, senior of course. Balancing school
and cheer used to be easy just because school was really easy for me, and I
never really had to try very hard. I did my homework on the plane ride to
competitions which were pretty long since we live in Alaska. Now being in
college it’s a lot harder to balance the two since I have to work to pay for
tuition myself as well as be a Pre-medical Biology major AND actually show up
to practice. I’m not here trying to start off this “series” whining or moaning
about how tough it is, you’ll have plenty more blog entries to read about that
from me. Overall I have a really amazing coach, her name is Meghan and she’s
actually insane(ly disciplined), a pretty cool gym owner who understands me and
my “I’m kind of an adult but also please help me” attitude, and a really great
mom who I take for granted way too often. Other random facts about me before I
go, I have a pet Boa Constrictor. Her name is Scarlette and she is 4 feet long.
One day when she’s an adult she will be upwards of 10 ft. I love piercings and
have 13, which the coaches resent because I have this cute habit of never
taking them out like I’m supposed to. I can barely tumble (level one and two
skills and an occasional tuck), but I’m always trying to improve. I’m comfortable
saying I have the best performance/facials in my gym. I personally think it’s
because I don’t mind making a fool out of myself because I have never known
shame or embarrassment; sometimes my coaches have to pretend the other athletes
have better ones so they don’t get jealous. But I understand.
Anyways
that’s it for today. Thanks for “listening” reading, whatever you’re doing,
thanks for doing it.
Ciao,
Bry
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