"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
Klew's 2014
In the words of Taylor Renft: " only you could write something like this and manage to get away with it and get like 100 likes"
1. Started my first ever job in January. G chat is a beautiful thing y'all (add me if you have it too duh.)
2. Had a fun nationals season coaching Force, KC Cheer's senior level 2 team. We competed in Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Nashville. We got to teach the girls a lot about how to go confidently through the practice room, and how to fix mistakes on the floor. It was an awesome first year coaching experience.
3. Took advantage of the fact that I had 5th year friends in Lawrence. 23 year olds in the Boom Boom Room happened. No shame.
4. Spent an awesome weekend watching awesome cheerleading in Dallas at NCA All-Star nationals with Mom and Clarkson. Excited to carry on that tradition.
5. My first Rock Chalk Revue as an alum. Don't worry everyone, +Taylor Renft was still on Ad Board so I still pretty much got to do whatever I wanted ( also, there was plenty of Gin & Syrup with Nate, Sam and the whole Ad board crew. Don't you worry.)
6. WENT TO THE CHEERLEADING WORLDS AND WATCHED FIERCE 5 WIN 4th PLACE. Also got to sit on a baseball field and watch my sport happen in one of the coolest atmospheres of all time. The highlight of 2014. Such extreme happiness and pride as an alumnus of the program and of this amazing team. Also watching all of Harrison Whitney's dreams come true his senior year was COOL AF.
7. Celebrated graduation with some of my absolute favorites, sans panic attack. Lawrence is beautiful y'all. So proud of Emily, Meredith, +Elizabeth Raplinger, +Taylor Renft , +Katie Wells , +Elizabeth Albani , +Annabelle Thomas and company.
8. Quit my very first job.
9. Started a new cheerleading season as the Coach of Fame. KC Cheer's Junior level 3 team. I ADORE these girls. They are so hardworking and a joy to see twice a week. It's cool to teach them about teamwork and working hard and getting through stupid teenage girl crap. I love them all and want to hug them always. Did I mention they're machines? Can't wait to kick ass all over America during 2015!
10. Celebrated the engagement of two of my very dearest friends! Annie Lemark and Chelsea Coday I can't wait for your big day! (Which is the same day. But wait, they're not marrying each other..for the record. They're getting married separately. On the same day. Could see how that would be confusing to others. THE MAIN TAKEAWAY IS TWO OF MY FAVORITES ARE GOING OT BE BEAUTIFUL BRIDES!)
11. Cried crocodile tears as I said goodbye to some of my nearest and dearest as they moved out of Kansas to start their real lives. Good news is, I now always have a bed in Dallas and LA. : )
12. Had a BLAST BLAST BLAST watching Bobby O'Connell get married. Another highlight of 2014.
13. Started my job at Meers! Yay!
14. Took the coolest trip of all time to NYC with +Jesse Hoffman and +Lauren Vanlandingham. We saw The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and sat FRONT ROW and HIGH FIVED JIMMY AND WERE ON TV. That same day we saw Cinderella the Musical. It was a day made for Klew. We also saw A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Aladdin, went to some famous bars, hung out with +Kerry Benn and Kyle Grace and Shannon Morgan at their new place in TriBeCa. One of my favorite weekends of 2014.
15. Went to Chicago with +Kathryn Hoven, Sarah Vanlandingham and +Lauren Vanlandingham to see Nate Watson and One Direction. It was awesome. No shame. #23at1D
16. Had an AWESOME TIME at KU Homecoming. The first one where pretty much all of my grade was graduated and back. It was a great weekend. I can't wait for next year.
17. Had the flu for a month. Not kidding. A month. Zillion degree fever, in the hospital, can't move, mom brushing my hair for me-type sick. This was the low.
18. Enjoyed "watching" the Royals World Series run. By "watching" I mean sleeping through all of the games because of the aforementioned flu. But seriously. It was a cool time to be in Kansas City.
19. Said goodbye to stupid 23 and had a fantastic 24th birthday filled with Cake, my fam, bagels, grilled cheese, pizza, and Broadway. Am I really that easily pleased? Who cares. I ate everything in sight on my birthday in New York City and couldn't be happier about it.
20. Started to enjoy watching Fame kick ass in the first half of the competition season. They win everything by a LANDSLIDE. Can't wait to watch it continue with Victoria Zonko as we get into the big nationals! Also we had the CUTEST CHRISTMAS PARTY EVER, thanks to the awesome Fame parents! We feel so loved!
22. Celebrated Christmas with the fam in Hawaii, where I'm sitting typing this. We've been drinkin chi-chis, hanging out by the pool, riding helicopters, and just all out having the T of our L. We are one lucky group of idiots. Excited to ring in 2015 being this Tan.
2014 seems to have been a year of supporting my friends and watching them do awesome stuff. I'm super lucky to have lots of amazing people in my life who do amazing things. I also took some awesome trips and had some BIG laughs. Lots of tears of sadness...but even more tears of JOY. Overall, no complaints 2014. No complaints.
BRING ON 2015 (AND HOPEFULLY MY NCA JACKET!! ) TIME TO GET TO WORK YOU GUYS.
365 Lovely Thoughts: #354
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
-e.e. cummings
365 Lovely Thoughts: #350
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Fame Update: America's Best
Woo woo woo! Our first two-day competition is in the books! This weekend we were in Kansas City for America's Best Nationals. Fame had a pretty deep division, up agains 6 other Junior level 3. Teams. I'm writing this retroactively so I don't really remember all of the good juicy details, but I can tell you they won first place again!
After the first day they had .25 in deductions, but the high score of ALL of the level 3 teams. They were even beating Flawless, our SENIOR level 3 team (they had a legality issue, but still). Zonko and I were very proud of them.
Day 2 they had some issues. There was a pyramid stunt that went wrong and they had to fight to keep it in the air. Zonko and I thought it was going to be a TON of deductions, but we were actually able to argue a lot of them down! Instead of 1.25 in deductions they only had .75! We were pretty pleased with that. We didn't think they were going to win with that many issues, but they still came out on top. They didn't end up winning Grand Champions, but we think they were probably 2nd or 3rd in line for the award!
We definitely have some work to do to get ready for the big out of town nationals, but Fame has some great momentum right now. Also our National Champion Jackets are sparkly : )
After the first day they had .25 in deductions, but the high score of ALL of the level 3 teams. They were even beating Flawless, our SENIOR level 3 team (they had a legality issue, but still). Zonko and I were very proud of them.
Day 2 they had some issues. There was a pyramid stunt that went wrong and they had to fight to keep it in the air. Zonko and I thought it was going to be a TON of deductions, but we were actually able to argue a lot of them down! Instead of 1.25 in deductions they only had .75! We were pretty pleased with that. We didn't think they were going to win with that many issues, but they still came out on top. They didn't end up winning Grand Champions, but we think they were probably 2nd or 3rd in line for the award!
We definitely have some work to do to get ready for the big out of town nationals, but Fame has some great momentum right now. Also our National Champion Jackets are sparkly : )
365 Lovely Thoughts: #343
"Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."
-Voltaire
365 Lovely Thoughts: #342
"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling."
-Margaret Lee Runbeck
365 Lovely Thoughts: #338
"It's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
-Marilyn Monroe
They're Making Cinderella into a Live Action Movie and i am beside myself.
You guys.
Cinderella is going to be a live action movie in 2015. This is probably the most exciting news I have heard all year. I can hardly concentrate on anything because they just released the trailer and it is PERFECT. If you haven't already watched it, here it is.
"Have courage, and be kind." I LOVE that that is a focus of this movie. If you ask me, that's the biggest takeaway from the story of Cinderella: Good things come to those who are kind and deserving. So often the story of Cinderella becomes all about the dress and the dancing. I am glad the kindness bit is included in this trailer.
THE COLORS IN THIS ARE MAGNIFICENT. DO YOU SEE HOW HER DRESS IS BLUE AND SILVER AND PURPLE AND TEAL ALL AT THE SAME TIME?!?!?!?!?!?!? I WANT IT SO BADLY.
I can't wait to watch Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother. I'm so used to watching her be evil!
I wish they would include some of the Rodgers & Hammerstein music. That would make this the total package of everything.
Now that this is out there is all this stuff on the internet talking about it. READILY AVAILABLE STUFF TO READ ABOUT CINDERELLA WHAT A DAY. She's in Vogue! I don't know how I'm going to get any work done.
"Where there is kindness there is goodness. Where there is goodness there is Magic." I CAN'T WAIT.
Cinderella is going to be a live action movie in 2015. This is probably the most exciting news I have heard all year. I can hardly concentrate on anything because they just released the trailer and it is PERFECT. If you haven't already watched it, here it is.
"Have courage, and be kind." I LOVE that that is a focus of this movie. If you ask me, that's the biggest takeaway from the story of Cinderella: Good things come to those who are kind and deserving. So often the story of Cinderella becomes all about the dress and the dancing. I am glad the kindness bit is included in this trailer.
THE COLORS IN THIS ARE MAGNIFICENT. DO YOU SEE HOW HER DRESS IS BLUE AND SILVER AND PURPLE AND TEAL ALL AT THE SAME TIME?!?!?!?!?!?!? I WANT IT SO BADLY.
I can't wait to watch Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother. I'm so used to watching her be evil!
I wish they would include some of the Rodgers & Hammerstein music. That would make this the total package of everything.
Now that this is out there is all this stuff on the internet talking about it. READILY AVAILABLE STUFF TO READ ABOUT CINDERELLA WHAT A DAY. She's in Vogue! I don't know how I'm going to get any work done.
"Where there is kindness there is goodness. Where there is goodness there is Magic." I CAN'T WAIT.
