11.11.2002
me
i've been perusing some message boards put up by various taekwondo teams in our league and it seems that i've been referred to as the "green belt monster" and described as "gargantuan". you know, just cuz you're fat, doesn't mean you're bad. theoretically, the bigger you are, the slower. 'tis not necessarily the case with me, i guess.
we had our second tournament of the season yesterday at upenn. i had three fights, won one of them. the other two were against the same girl from harvard. she is one of the best fighters in our league and is now a black stripe, a step away from a black belt. and i think she's been fighting for four years. well, the first fight i lost 6-3 or something like that; they gave her a head shot she didn't earn b/c she hit me in the shoulder but i moved my head so alas. but when i met her the second time, it was the brawl of the century (for me)! the best fight of my career, folks, and i'm proud of the result. we battled to a 1-1 draw after the first round, and then partway through the second, i was down 4-2, after a 2-point headshot, but in the last 45 seconds or so powered back to a 4-4 tie. the crowd was wild! i freaked out and threw my mouthguard down because i was just so freaking excited that i had TIED IT! folks, i've been doing this for a year and i held my own! in the end, the judges gave it to her, but i know for a fact that at least one out of the four voted for me, so i did well. it's too bad i didn't get to earn more points for the team, but man, i feel good! i was faking the girl out left and right. oh shit, i'm still walking with my head up a little higher today.
in other news, i am 2/3 of the way to getting my iPod. i've upgraded to windows xp, to the chagrin of my dsl connection, which no longer seems to work. now i just need to wait for the computer store to open so i can buy my iPod. and we all know how things seem to come faster when we sleep through the wait. so g'night world.
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bubbly and lovely: i'm too poor for therapy.
