Rah Rah Sis Boom Bah!

OK... just to make it official - I was a cheerleader in 6th grade. One of those "little league" thingys where everyone made the team. There were 4 teams (Chiefs, Rams, Someone else, and the Cowboys (Help me out Design). This was for the 5th and 6th graders. There were other teams for the 7th and 8th graders.

The Cowboys usually sucked... and guess what - I was on that team. I think they divided up the city into 4 parts, and whatever part you were in, was the team you cheered for. I do remember, Mark V and Ricky H (the class hotties, as it were) were on the Cowboys... We had do it yourself uniforms for the cheerleaders. (Homemade grey skirts, which was fun, since my mom didn't sew) and a white sweatshirt with a C on it (the fuzzy letter kind you get on your letterman's jacket)

All of the "cool" kids, if I remember, were on the chiefs, and had fancy red letters and skirts (the sluts!)

Anyway... I was only on the team one year (thank goodness) and by the time my younger bro was old enough to play on the city teams, the city decided it had enough of "training" kids on the little league teams only to go to the private high school in the area, rather than the city one(If you have seen Varsity Blues, you know what football is like in Ohio) so the kids were not encouraged to play on the sucky city teams anyway. So our school started their own. Ahhh.. where was I...

Oh, cheerleading... So I was one for a while. I sucked big time!

I did try out but I didn't make it... thought I could, but since I can't really do a somersault without crying, cheering probably isn't a good idea.

I also did try out for the volleyball team, no shocker there - didn't make it..

But I did find a home on the track team. I threw track rather than ran it. I actually lettered my frosh year, and made it to districts in discus. So all is well. (Well, except for the time I almost took out half of the boys varsity track team with an errant aim of the disc, but that's another story)

Oh, and skiing, of course! I was on the ski club for a few years until I had to get a job my junior or senior year (Can't remember which) and cut back on my activities (damn you real life - getting in the way of my high school activities.) I liked skiing - lots of cuties!

I would have a pic of Design cheering, but darn it, my scanner is not working (he he) I am sure Design is crushed... never fear, gentle readers, I'll find a way to post one!