All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!

Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Stephanie - Apr 01, 2007 3:07:27 pm PDT #58 of 10001
Trust my rage

Well, no hugs here, but I'm sorry you didn't pass.


Zenkitty - Apr 01, 2007 3:10:35 pm PDT #59 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm sorry, ita.


Ginger - Apr 01, 2007 3:11:08 pm PDT #60 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

On my first black belt test, I got lost in a kata I had done hundreds of times before and then ran out of the room. It was not my finest hour. I know you did better than that. I'm not offering hugs, but I'm sure you realize you were under some extraordinary stressors over the past year.


flea - Apr 01, 2007 3:12:10 pm PDT #61 of 10001
information libertarian

I'm glad you gave everything you had and feel confident in your skills. That you were able to do so is kind of a marvel, all things considered, but I'm sorry it didn't get the result you wanted.


Scrappy - Apr 01, 2007 3:13:50 pm PDT #62 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Maybe it wasn't a matter of how much you had to give but in how you gave it? Because that is methodology and that CAN be changed.


Jesse - Apr 01, 2007 3:16:00 pm PDT #63 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm glad you gave everything you had and feel confident in your skills. That you were able to do so is kind of a marvel, all things considered, but I'm sorry it didn't get the result you wanted.

Yeah, that. Sorry.


SailAweigh - Apr 01, 2007 3:17:17 pm PDT #64 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Damn, ita, that's too bad.


§ ita § - Apr 01, 2007 3:17:53 pm PDT #65 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

how you gave it? Because that is methodology and that CAN be changed.

I don't want this to sound arrogant, but my how is pretty good. I mean, the things to know, and how to execute them is my thing. If he wants my spirit to change...I don't know how.


Amy - Apr 01, 2007 3:19:24 pm PDT #66 of 10001
Because books.

Maybe it wasn't a matter of how much you had to give but in how you gave it? Because that is methodology and that CAN be changed.

That seems very sensible to me.

I am sorry you didn't pass, but I know better than to offer hugs. Maybe I'll punch a wall pillow later instead, in your honor.


libkitty - Apr 01, 2007 3:19:49 pm PDT #67 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

I'm amazed that you get anything done with all your migraines, ita. I'm impressed as hell that you do krav at all and even moreso that you do so well at it and the colors of belts mean nothing to me, so brown sounds fantastic. (This is all said from a not-even-close-to-hugging distance, and was thought long before you ever even mentioned taking the black belt test.)