This week's A Day in the Life of an AquaBear comes from Freshman Jasmine Fryrear. Jasmine, who is from San Diego, CA, gives us a rendition of the Ke$ha Tik Tok song to describe her day as a Bear.



Jasmine Fryrear



Wake up in the morning feeling like a zombie (hey what up moon)

Grab my clothes I’m out the door I’m gonna do this swimming.

Before I leave, rub the sleepy gunk out of my eyes because when I leave for practice there’s no coming back.

I’m talking suits riding up our butts butts, boys chekin out our sweats sweats, food filling up our guts guts

Swim starting , playing our favorite CDs

Outside it’s around 20 degrees

Trying not to be sleepy

Can’t stop, swim a lot

Swim will be the death of me

Today, I’m a fight

Til I get this time right

Tik tok on the clock

But the swimming don’t stop

Owwwowwwowowww

Can’t stop, Swim a lot

Swim will be the death of me

Today, I’m a fight

Til I get this time right

Tik tok on the clock

But the swimming don’t stop

Owwwowwwowowww

Ain’t got a care in the world, but I smell like chlorine

Ain’t got no shirts in my closet, cuz I got all this gear

And now, the fans are lining up cuz they hear we got speed

So we show them how the NC bears will succeed

I’m talking about NC bears getting crunk crunk

Teams tryin to get our spunk spunk

Gonna swim so I don’t sunk sunk

Now, now we swim til our food comes out

Or the team does a breakdown

The team breaksdown

Breakdown, down

Can’t stop, Swim a lot

Swim will be the death of me

Today, I’m a fight

Til I get this time right

Tik tok on the clock

But the swimming don’t stop

Owwwowwwowowww

Can’t stop, Swim a lot

Swim will be the death of me

Today, I’m a fight

Til I get this time right

Tik tok on the clock

But the swimming don’t stop

Owwwowwwowowww

Kelly, you build me up

You break me down

My heart it pounds cuz I can’t breathe

With my arms ripped

You got me now

I got that speed

Yea, I got it

Kelly, you build me up

You break me down

My heart it pounds cuz I can’t breathe

With my arms ripped

The teams arms ripped

The teams arms ripped

Now the swimming don’t start til the Bears walks in

Can’t stop, Swim a lot

Swim will be the death of me

Today, I’m a fight

Til I get this time right

Tik tok on the clock

But the swimming don’t stop

Owwwowwwowowww

In other words, life as a freshman on the UNC swim team is tik tokking! Although zombies and sweats aren’t everyone’s ideal approach to their day, I live for these days. I’ve had two full meals by the time many people have even woken up and I’m also asleep before many people’s classes are over. I wouldn’t be able to do any of this crazy stuff without the support of Ke$ha songs and my team mates. I love the smell of chlorine, banking study hall hours, and devouring the Holmes Dining hall food. The daily life of a freshman UNC swimmer is supported through a loving and goofy family that devotes hours of time to swimming and the team. Now break it down again!