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Eventually, the judges had to admit that he was WAAAAAAY better than me, and they couldn't give me the win just because Mr. "I'm sooooo good" got pissed that I wouldn't go down...Why not?
Hmm... not very familiar with collegiate sports?
Trying to remain as... polite... as possible, bias among collegiate judges/referees/etc. is the stuff of legend. There are the "rules", which belong in quotes, and there are the judges' decisions.
In my day, it was:
(1) Which competitor is Korean?
(2) Which competitor do we feel did better?
(3) Who do the rules say should win?
I'm hoping at least (1) has gone by the wayside in the last 25 years...
EDIT: Darn it, Anius! You finally got me!
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Now you guys have me wanting to go off on the whole politics of collegiate sports, though Freehold with throw a bike at me.
I made the U.C. Berkeley national collegiate Tae Kwon Do team.
Why? Was it that I was great? Was it that I had a chance of winning it all for them?
Nope. It was because I was in the same weight class as their world champion, and they needed someone who could take a beating in another bracket to exhaust the opponents and increase his chances of winning.
I'll admit, I was really, really good, and I *might* have earned that spot. But hearing the strategy sessions, I knew what my place was intended to be: The "impenetrable beating dummy" for the other teams.
Fortunately, I graduated before I had to resign...
Do you see cartoon birds once in a while circling your head
I suspect that answer is something along "not anymore, no"
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Do you see cartoon birds once in a while circling your head
"It's Roger! He keeps blowing his lines! 'Rabbit gets clonked, rabbit sees stars'! Not birds, STARS!"
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Hmm... not very familiar with collegiate sports?
No more or less so than I am almost any other sports, with the possible exception of little league baseball and soccer. >_>
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That Feel™YAY MORE "FRIEND" DRAMA
JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
Yep.
Long story short, there's a player on our NWN server who Scint, Ebon, and I used to play alongside very regularly. Over the past eight months he's turned into a bit of a drama whore, and every time we seem to be inching toward some manner of resolution, something happens and he goes careening back into guilt tripping and blame-gaming.
Frankly, I've grown exceedingly exhausted dealing with it. And when one of the biggest complaints is "you avoid me"... it makes me want to respond, "hell yes I avoid you sometimes, because you're a black hole of drama, martyrdom, and self-pity".
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Do you see cartoon birds once in a while circling your head"It's Roger! He keeps blowing his lines! 'Rabbit gets clonked, rabbit sees stars'! Not birds, STARS!"
Don't get me started on that stupid f%**ing rabbit!
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Don't get me started on that stupid f%&@ing rabbit!Do you see cartoon birds once in a while circling your head"It's Roger! He keeps blowing his lines! 'Rabbit gets clonked, rabbit sees stars'! Not birds, STARS!"
P-P-P-P-P-PLEASE!!
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submitted all the paperwork for my JOB. i will start working tomorrow.
OK, everyone! I'm now taking bets on how many posts it gets to before my "Kentucky" thread gets locked.
I'm betting... 60!
these earbuds are awesome
it's like having movie theater speakers and acoustics in my ear canals.
OK, everyone! I'm now taking bets on how many posts it gets to before my "Kentucky" thread gets locked.
I'm betting... 60!
I like to make fun of Kentucky! Where is it, never mind I'll find it :-)
I like to make fun of Kentucky! Where is it, never mind I'll find it :-)OK, everyone! I'm now taking bets on how many posts it gets to before my "Kentucky" thread gets locked.
I'm betting... 60!
I am really not looking forward to hearing ranting about this for the next month and a half -_- and I'll leave it as that so as not to prompt further political discussion in FAWTL >_>
Mayhaps some Smurfs dancing merrily along will lighten the mood :-)
Yay!
Happy jumpy Smurf!
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Seconding the smurf parade!
Twice in a row even!
Boy this is a smurfy day indeed!
You are the smurfiest smurf of all
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I am really not looking forward to hearing ranting about this for the next month and a half -_- and I'll leave it as that so as not to prompt further political discussion in FAWTL >_>I like to make fun of Kentucky! Where is it, never mind I'll find it :-)OK, everyone! I'm now taking bets on how many posts it gets to before my "Kentucky" thread gets locked.
I'm betting... 60!
Well, so far I'm pleasantly surprised in that all I wanted was an explanation of the legal mumbo-jumbo going on, and I got a few very civil posts explaining it.
Must be because it's the middle of the day. It'll blow up into lunacy tonight...
...and of course, Captain Yesterday now found the thread, and I think he's trying to ensure he wins the "when will it be locked" bet.
So since I think talking about other threads is another violation of FaWTL rules, I'll flee before Freehold gets home and hits me with that darned cannon.
It smarts!
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And what a job!
You may want to put some clothes on for your first day of work, unless you are doing the "strip your way through school" thing...
I got a job as a stripper, once.
Turned out it was stripping paint :-(
You too, eh?
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I blue myself!
Isn't that smurfy!
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I smurfed through the desert on a smurf with no name
It felt good to smurph out of the smurph
In the smurphert, you can't dismember your smurph
'Cause there ain't nobody gonna tighten your girth
SMURPH SMURPH SMURPHY SMURPHY SMURPH SMURPH SMURPHY SMURPH SMURPH SMUUUURPH
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You too, eh?And what a job!
You may want to put some clothes on for your first day of work, unless you are doing the "strip your way through school" thing...
I got a job as a stripper, once.
Turned out it was stripping paint :-(
I guess the name A&A Paint Stripping should've been my first give away, but I just thought it was like those body painted girls ABC News insists are flooding Times Square. It was not:-(
I forgot to Smurf myself, how embarrassing :-)
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I am on fire with the Smurfs today!
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That Feel™YAY MORE "FRIEND" DRAMA
JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
Yep.
Long story short, there's a player on our NWN server who Scint, Ebon, and I used to play alongside very regularly. Over the past eight months he's turned into a bit of a drama whore, and every time we seem to be inching toward some manner of resolution, something happens and he goes careening back into guilt tripping and blame-gaming.
Frankly, I've grown exceedingly exhausted dealing with it. And when one of the biggest complaints is "you avoid me"... it makes me want to respond, "hell yes I avoid you sometimes, because you're a black hole of drama, martyrdom, and self-pity".
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OK, everyone! I'm now taking bets on how many posts it gets to before my "Kentucky" thread gets locked.
I'm betting... 60!
Well, so far I'm pleasantly surprised in that all I wanted was an explanation of the legal mumbo-jumbo going on, and I got a few very civil posts explaining it.
Must be because it's the middle of the day. It'll blow up into lunacy tonight...
...and of course, Captain Yesterday now found the thread, and I think he's trying to ensure he wins the "when will it be locked" bet.
So since I think talking about other threads is another violation of FaWTL rules, I'll flee before Freehold gets home and hits me with that darned cannon.
It smarts!
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That Feel™YAY MORE "FRIEND" DRAMA
JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
Yep.
Long story short, there's a player on our NWN server who Scint, Ebon, and I used to play alongside very regularly. Over the past eight months he's turned into a bit of a drama whore, and every time we seem to be inching toward some manner of resolution, something happens and he goes careening back into guilt tripping and blame-gaming.
Frankly, I've grown exceedingly exhausted dealing with it. And when one of the biggest complaints is "you avoid me"... it makes me want to respond, "hell yes I avoid you sometimes, because you're a black hole of drama, martyrdom, and self-pity".
in that case, tell him the truth. You are doing him no favors hiding this from him. While telling someone they are being a drag rarely helps, keeping them in ignorance always hurts when the truth inevitably comes out.
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You too, eh?And what a job!
You may want to put some clothes on for your first day of work, unless you are doing the "strip your way through school" thing...
I got a job as a stripper, once.
Turned out it was stripping paint :-(
I guess the name A&A Paint Stripping should've been my first give away, but I just thought it was like those body painted girls ABC News insists are flooding Times Square. It was not:-(
I forgot to Smurf myself, how embarrassing :-)
I have seen them exactly thrice, including one time I saw one on the way home from work. They are a welcome diversion when working the second job in hells kitchen, but that's about it. They are truly for the tourists to gawk at, no less and no more.
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Now you guys have me wanting to go off on the whole politics of collegiate sports, though Freehold with throw a bike at me.
I made the U.C. Berkeley national collegiate Tae Kwon Do team.
Why? Was it that I was great? Was it that I had a chance of winning it all for them?
Nope. It was because I was in the same weight class as their world champion, and they needed someone who could take a beating in another bracket to exhaust the opponents and increase his chances of winning.
I'll admit, I was really, really good, and I *might* have earned that spot. But hearing the strategy sessions, I knew what my place was intended to be: The "impenetrable beating dummy" for the other teams.
Fortunately, I graduated before I had to resign...
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I was told there would be pizza at the second job today.
There is no pizza here.
Rain. I wonder if it is the start of autumn rains, or will we get a piece of proper warm and dry Polish autumn?
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In case you haven't noticed, Freehold needs pizza. Badly.
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Don't shoot the food! Oh... Someone shot the food...
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Why the devil would you advertise five job openings when you aren't currently hiring anybody, haven't been hiring anybody recently, and aren't going to hire anybody in the near future?
New York City, man... F~&! pizza.
I know, right? The pizza here in Syracuse is way better.
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Why the devil would you advertise five job openings when you aren't currently hiring anybody, haven't been hiring anybody recently, and aren't going to hire anybody in the near future?
Because the world is an uncaring, cruel place, born from carelessness and inaction, rather than malice.
New York City, man... F~&! pizza.I know, right? The pizza here in Syracuse is way better.
NYC pizza tastes just like it looks-- like a triangle.
NYC pizza tastes just like it looks-- like a triangle.
Boy howdy! And how...
(folksy exclamation)
I think this might be my first posting blitz. Maybe I should drink more.
I think this might be my first posting blitz. Maybe I should drink more.
I'M SO MOTIVATED.
I LOVE BEING MOTIVATED.
SHOULD I JUMP OFF THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD? SHOULD I LAY ON THE LAWN AND LET IT RUN OVER ME WITH LAWNMOWERS? SHOULD I GO TO AFRICUH AND LET IT TRAMPLE ME WITH RAGING ELEPHUNTS?