Damn, ita, that's too bad.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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.
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
§ 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.
Zenkitty - Apr 01, 2007 3:30:47 pm PDT #70 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
What libkitty said. I know it doesn't help much, but, you're pretty damn amazing, ita.
Theodosia - Apr 01, 2007 3:35:08 pm PDT #71 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ginger! I didn't know you had a black belt!
ita, I expect it's for the best if you hold off from deciding yea or nay on further testing. You know you have my sincerest admiration for getting as far as you have, and it is admiration untarnished by 'not passing.'
I'm coming down off my fanfic writer convention high and the achiness in my back is pretty bad, too. Might not be unrelated to the layoff and all, ya think? Funniest overheard conversation at the con, though not by me but by a trusted hearer, since there was a pre-teen cheerleading competition also in the hotel, with lots of little girls running about in packs: on the elevator a group was heard to be saying: "let's go down to 3, there are lesbians there!"
Also, there was an interview room for Best Buy hiring right in the middle of the con floor, which led to a couple applicants sitting wide-eyed on their chairs, clutching their resumes to their chests. I expect it will help to cull out the easily-rattled.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 01, 2007 3:36:51 pm PDT #72 of 10001
What is even happening?
ita, I'm sorry you didn't pass. I know you'll end up making the decision that's best for you. I hope after only a short time it will feel right to you.
-t - Apr 01, 2007 3:38:37 pm PDT #73 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
No hugs.
Just imaging your situation - having given so much and worked so hard and not passed - hurts. So, I'm sorry you're there. I hope tat when you get more detailed feedback it makes sense to you.
It seems to me that you already are an asset to krav as a brown belt. I am infinitely more likely to try a lesson than I would be if I hadn't been hearing about it from you all this time.