Spring is in the Air...

I want to apologize for my slackness in the nail blogging dept. I've been dealing with medical stuff, and then I got sick and it's just been up and down. When things are like that you just don't think about doing your nails.

Anyway, in other news College Baseball Season has officially started. This is something I'm hugely passionate about. I love baseball. I love my team, and my team just happens to be the Defending National Champions! So my time is spent at the baseball field now which I adore. Our stadium is beautiful, and Opening Day/Weekend couldn't have been better. Can you say Sweep? That's what we did. It's nice to start off 3-0.

If you're interesting in seeing a handful of photos from opening weekend click here! (All photos are taken by me.) I don't really talk about it much, but my dream job would be to be a sport photographer. Gamecock Baseball specifically. Ha. Maybe one day, right?

P.S. I'm fixing up my Art/Photography Blog. So if you'd like, go follow it as well. http://artbykb.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone in the blogging world is doing well. Enjoy your week!

Think Queen...We Are the Champions!

A week ago today my South Carolina Gamecock baseball team would be preparing to play their second game of the CWS Championship series against UCLA.

All of us kept thinking would it be amazing if we won this thing. Nearing midnight in the bottom of the 11th inning. Whit Merrifield got the winning hit scoring my buddy Scott Wingo and we WON!

We are the 2010 CWS National Champions!!!

This is the first major Championship for my University. And I still get chills thinking about it.

The team came back from Omaha on (last) Wednesday and we welcomed them home. Thursday the Governor declared it Gamecock Baseball National Champions Day. Friday the city of Columbia held a parade in their honor. The team received the Key to the City. The Mayor also declared it Ray Tanner and Gamecock Baseball Day. (I stood behind the team during the presentation after the parade.)

This has been so surreal and amazing. I'm so proud of my team/friends. Congratulations guys! GO COCKS!

(I also love that now my entire summer wardrobe will be National Championship apparel =D)

If you want to see my videos from the celebrations check out my YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/MissKatieisLove

The Gamecock Flag flying on the State House.

Coach Ray Tanner with the National Championship Trophy.

3rd Baseman Adrian Morales hold up the trophy for the crowd.

Me with one of the 3 amazing Hummers for the team!

It's official. I'm in love with Summer.

Lack up polish updates yet again. I tell you I've been staying kind of neutral lately. I've been at lots of baseball games and it's just easier that way. Less maintenance.
So this post will consist of a Life update. (my first Nuf Oh polishes and Baseball. Oh and my 24th Birthday and a Daughtry concert. Haha. Lots of stuff happening this past week...)
I'm so pleased with my flakies. I can't wait to have more.Now on to baseball. College baseball. If you don't know already I'm a University of South Carolina (USC) alumni. Thus I pull for my Gamecocks, and have been doing so since birth. The boys ended the regular season on a tough note and didn't show well in the SEC tourney. They just couldn't get the bats going.

Thank goodness we got a Regional. I spent three days, June 4-6, sitting behind home plate watching my favorite team kick butt. It was fantastic. Not only that but my friend/player told me they were going to win that Sunday game for me so I could celebrate my birthday on Monday June 7 with happiness. He was true to his word and even hit a 3 run homer that night. Hehe. Here are a few pictures from Regional weekend.

My old college roommate! I love her!

Whit and I. (USC right fielder #5)

Jeff and I (USC 1st baseman #6)

Scott and I (USC 2nd baseman #8)

So on my 24th Birthday. I found out that the Gamecocks would be playing at Coastal Carolina for the Super Regional. I was pumped and ready to be there. Tickets went on sale at Coastal the day of my birthday and would be on sale to the general public on Tuesday. So I went on with my birthday as planned.
I went home with my boyfriend and went out to dinner with my family and best friend. My boyfriend had already gotten me a beautiful birthday cake so my Mom decided to to a playful cake and got me a My Little Pony cake. It was quite funny. Dinner and family time was wonderful and my birthday went off without a hitch. Whoa I can't believe I'm 24 haha.
Peep the Birthday fun:Well, Tuesday the day after my birthday was a bit crazed. I was going to see Daughtry, Lifehouse and Cavo that night via my birthday present from the boyfriend. But my mind was on getting baseball tickets to the Super Regional. Coastal was pulling some mess with the tickets and only allowing walk ups in Myrtle Beach to get the tickets (no limit) They weren't going to put tickets up to the general public until 5pm online. Well guess what? Those tickets sold out way before that. The box office in Myrtle Beach wouldn't even answer the phones for ticket orders that day either! I was beyond pissed. I've gone to every Super we've been a part of since 2000! News outlets and our Head Coach showed they were displeased with the way ticketing was done. Some calling it a scam etc. Needless to say I was sad and angry over the whole thing. But the show must go on and my boyfriend were off to see Daughtry. The show was amazing. I even met the opening band, Cavo.

Now on to baseball again. I wasn't in Myrtle Beach, but I watched my boys bust their arse's and win two days in a row in 100 plus degree heat. We made it to OMAHA!!! Amazing.

The team came back from Myrtle Beach late Sunday night. (1 am so technically Monday.) And my boyfriend and I went to welcome them back at the Stadium.

So here's the video I took. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOsY0MSbh0
And this is my friend Scott Wingo and I. He's our 2nd baseman. (He also made SportCenter's Top 10 plays on Saturday. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5281715 ) Anyway we went to Rival high schools back home, but both of us are Gamecocks. Haha.

Ok, that's all I've got. Hope you enjoyed all the pictures and my ramble!

Bama Bound

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year.

I spent a lot of time in the car yesterday in a 300 mile trek to Birmingham, Alabama. I went to see my USC Gamecocks take on UCONN at the PapaJohn.com Bowl. Wow what a ride. Not a lot to look at in Bama that's for sure. Unfortunately there wasn't a lot to look at on the football field either. The Gamecocks lost 20 to 7. Scoring their lone TD in the final minutes. It was a pathetic excuse for a game on our part. I froze my arse off in the 30 degree temps. Over 30,000 plus Gamecocks showed up and packed Legion Stadium only to be disappointed by our team. Did they care? I don't think so. Did they want it? Not really.

UCONN ate us up. Congrats to them for an incredibly well played game. Well deserved win on their part. They cared, and they were ready.

I must say I was only a little upset about the loss initially. You saw it coming within the first couple plays of the game. But, when I hear stories about our players getting drunk on their first night in Birmingham and saying I don't give a shit about this game and the rest of you shouldn't either, it made my blood boil. I traveled 600 miles overall, and you bastards didn't care! You deserve a good ass kicking. Too many dropped balls, awful play calling, I mean geezz. Don't blame the cold either, because those UCONN boys were out there without sleeves catching everything thrown at them. I know Steve Spurrier isn't the best coach out there when it comes to believing in his players and standing behind them, but don't play hard for him, play hard for the fans who do believe in you. If I keep hearing about this not giving a shit attitude then I certainly won't be giving my money to watch you boys play again. If you don't give a shit why are you there, and why should I watch you play?

Anyway, I enjoyed my trip to Alabama to an extent because I had never been there. However this post will never begin to show the anger I have about this piss poor football game. I'm a Gamecock through and through, and damn it we deserved better than that!

Ok on to some pictures.My mani was Ruby Pumps on all fingers and Goth on my ring finger with USC decals.

The founder of Papa Johns!


All of us Gamecocks heading out of Birmingham. The traffic was awful. They weren't ready for us.

Dinner.

Thanks for reading. Beauty posts coming soon!

My Gamecocks...

Today my South Carolina Gamecocks went down 24-14 against the #1 Florida Gators. Ouch. It was such a good game unfortunately the 4th quarter went down hill as soon as it began. It's hard to see such a talented group of guys play so hard and not be able to finish. If you know anything about Gamecock football I'm sure you've heard a lot of fans are ready to see Coach Steve Spurrier retire. Sometimes I don't think his coaching style really benefits the players of this era. As my friend Jamon said, "Positive attitude brings positive results... Being negative all the time gets you beat!!!" He played for 4 years under Spurrier and is currently the starting offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills. We talked a little after the game. He would know better than anyone what goes on in Spurrier land, and what players just don't respond to. Anyway rough day for us Gamecocks. Off week next week, and then on to our final regular season game against our Rival Clemson. Let's hope for a win fellow Gamecocks...

I'm gonna plug Jamon. Check him out as the Bills take on the Titans tomorrow on CBS @ 1pm. I've know this guy since we were kids. He's a good man and talented football player.
http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/Jamon-Meredith/8b29ca87-351b-4534-8747-75d466ac29f9

And so this post isn't totally picture-less I'm pulling one out of the vault. Here is Jamon and myself at our Senior Prom many many moons ago. Don't hate... lol

Moving on. Hopefully I'll have some new pictures etc. up soon. Unfortunately my computer and I aren't getting along right now, and I can't edit them. Ahhh!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

USC SEC Women's Soccer Champs!

I just wanted to say really quickly that my Alma Mater has won the women's SEC Championship in soccer. This is a first in school history. They've had an amazing season.
My neighbor, Samantha Diaz-Matosas, is a senior player, and I'm so happy for her.

Congrats Ladies!

To read more click here:
http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/110809aaa.html