So, many of must wonder what Reality-TV stars like myself do all day long. Seeing as we aren't stuck in an office all day, we have the freedom to accomplish so much during the day. I usually hesitate using the word "we" as that would indicate I actually have something in common with other people who have appeared on realty tv shows. Semantics aside, lately I've been getting ready for our big pitch for our Olympic show. Additionally, I WAS gearing up for a gig as a contributing author for a book. But, sarcasm aside, what do we actually fill our day with. I know a couple Real Worlders who hit the gym a lot, while a number of others who spend the better part of their day nursing their hangover from the night before. Additionally, there are a few others who nap. And when I say nap, I mean NAP! At least a two-hour slog each and everyday. And, I shouldn't judge, as I get testy if I can't take my nap. That isn't to suggest that I actually take one everyday, rather I need the option of napping.
Well, to give you a clue as to what I'm up to during the sunlit hours, you needed look to far. In fact, I spend many fruitful hours on Youtube, doing what I consider "research".

"Researching what now?" you ask!

Well, gymnastics of course. That is to say that despite all the MTV bullshit that I've done in the past year, on some level, I still live in this delusional world where NBC might still hire me down the road as a researcher for their sports department. However, you can't just get hired to do research. You have to know the sport. Or, at least that is what I told myself in college when I had the proverbial "what am I going to do with my life" freakout session. It was at that point where I realized I needed a trade. While all my friends had taken a slew of Econ courses, or bio/pre-med courses, I was wandering through the fields of thought concerning gender perceptions in, what I now affectionately refer to as, Touchy-Feely classes. These are the classes where minorities all sit around talking about our feelings about being minorities. We use big, academic words to describe and dissect, in quite colorful detail, concepts that are so elementary and well-known its ridiculous. Take for instance my first semester, senior year. I took at class called "Constructions of whiteness" where we literally de-constructed the notion of a white heirarchy in American politics and history, instead choosing to witness the "American Experience" through the eyes of a non-eurocentric perspective on the formation of institutions of utility in America.
Tell me, how the HELL is a class like that going to help me get a job? But, whatever, I can say I wrote a 30-page treatise bullshiting on the corollation between the identity formation of afro-carribean women and white, gay men. Its actually quite interesting, knowing that it conception was mainly due to a 24 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper. Basically enough caffeine to power a small city in Belgium.
So, considering all of this, I convinced myself that my "trade" would be Olympic Sport Trivia. So, during my second semester of senior year I decided to dedicate my freetime to the art of Olympic Fact Gathering. I can now tell you any and everything about the two gayest sports out there, Gymnastics and Figure Skating. This is done through countless hours of blogging at GGMB. My favorite place to find all the hottest gossip about my two favorite sports.
However, while researching this morning, I came across this video of the Great Shaposhinova. Known today for a transition she invented on the Uneven Bars, she was a Gold Medalist or "Zolotoye Myedalistye" at the Moscow games in 1980. If you get a chance, check out this link on youtube. Then you can see what I do all day. Research!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Ad1VYY28s

Basically this bitch is the baddest bitch in town, this side of 'crenshaw. Check out that "one armed planche". Probably the coolest move on beam, EVER!

Your sister in Kwan,
Ty