For those of you who haven't yet figured it out, quite often my blog posts are inspired by current events, holidays (mainstream or obscure), and famous people's birthdays or deaths. Well, today is McKayla Maroney's 17th birthday. If you don't remember, McKayla Maroney competed for the U.S. women's gymnastics team in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She is probably the BEST vaulter ever to have come out of the American gymnastics program, but she fell on her bottom during the vaulting finals and ended up receiving the silver medal. This photo of her on the medal stand went viral and prompted countless memes with the caption "McKayla Maroney is not impressed."
I say, BIG DEAL! I was making faces like that ten years before McKayla was even born. Here is a pic of one of my favorite 'I'm not impressed' moments. This photo was taken in the summer of 1985; I was six and a half years old. I don't know where we were, but I was either hot, bored, disgusted by the food, or (most likely) a combination of all three.
Summer of '85
Do you have a photo of yourself or other family member with an 'I'm not impressed!' expression? Share it with me!
©2012, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
©2012, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
