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.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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.
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
flea - Apr 01, 2007 3:12:10 pm PDT #61 of 10001
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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.)
msbelle - Apr 01, 2007 3:19:50 pm PDT #68 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
you have that pie, right?
Jessica - Apr 01, 2007 3:22:06 pm PDT #69 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I'm so sorry, ita. I know how hard you worked for this.