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| I read a few blogs this morning instead of studying. The first was a blog about the coach of the cavaliers. how he was complaining of a call that effectively decided a game. I did not watch the game but based on the responses of the other readers I understood what had happened. This is where my gripe comes into play. Brown was complaining about a call with like .4 secs left on the clock, this call was very similar to a call made against the pacers a few seconds before. It was a make up call, a my bad call, a dang I fucked up call. either way it was made. The first call let LBJ tie the game up, the next call allowed danny granger to win the game. The cavs are one of the best teams in the league, the pacers are not even in the top half of the league. You wanna be the best you not only have to step up in big games and beat the best teams, you also are called upon to dismantle the weaker teams, i.e. the pacers. the cavs lost the game, not because of a bad call, but because they did not desearve to win, they need to step up and play like they got a pair like I know they can.
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| Poise, self assurance, conviction, some may say cockiness.....
but its CONFIDENCE
I like to think of myself as a leader with leadership qualities but I can be unsure of myself. being a proud individual that is hard for me to admit but it's true. I know less and less of myself with each passing day. I feel like Im capable but then I do something or rather not do something that makes me doubt.
reminds me of sports and multiple examples myself and others.
basketball - I know I can shoot. Im good at it and recently i have been developing my dribble and passing. however recently my shots have refused to fall. set shooting. coming off screens. layups. short pull ups. put backs. nothing. ive tried slowing down the game trying less and more working on my mechanics. I feel like Im always squared and have a good release but its just not falling. now Ive come to realize it's my confidence. I no longer have any confidence in my shot. Im guarded less and players play me for my drive cause they know my shot wont fall which in turn makes me want to hit the more open jump shot to prove them wrong. but I miss and the confidence falls more than my shot will. NO CONFIDENCe
Fransico liriano. a MLB baseball pitcher. a prodigy coming out with unbelievable potential (im talking johan potential). In his first 3 starts as a rookie he is 3-0 with a 0.56 era, before he got injured, his record was 11-2 with a 1.43 ERA. then he gets injured and has tommy john surgery ( a very dangerous and career threatening injury for pitchers ) post injury combined with last year, Liriano is now 0-4 with a 9.94 ERA. So what happened. velocity is down as is his command with his pitches. some may say the velocity is down because of the surgery. I feel that that is a part of it but maybe he is holding back because he is afraid of injury again. no CONFIDENCE. but to be honest Liriano is too good and will eventually get back to where he was. hopefully
Football. my boy Eddie Kim. we play all sports together my partner in crime and what have you. when we played football he was my reliable tight end that could get open, bull doze people and ALWAYS catch the ball if he gets some hand on it. recently within the past year or so he's been dropping passes left and right. since we normally play flag football its all about speed and since he don't have much of that, he relies on his hands. but he has no confidence anymore catching the ball. Its something we have done our entire lives growing up. you watch the football game and throw around and play catch. keyword is catch. he just does not catch anymore. I feel like when the ball is up and it;'s coming to him. he starts to think to much. like I ave to catch the ball and then he drops it.
women. So im not that bad a looking kid. I play sports/somewhat athletic. im independent. i have a job, Im nice sometimes, Im kinda funny and im a good listener which in turn makes me a good converser (sp?) so why is it that I am still single. its not cause I only seem to unknowingly go after girls that are already in relationships. i lack the confidence to approach girls that are not mutual friends with my friends. I feel like I'm never good enough for them and I have a subconscious/very conscious fear of being rejected. but honestly I'll never know if that girl is staring at me because of my bald head and earring and overall gangster look; or rather hopefully because she thinks I'm cute and is getting a second glance. Alas I'll never know because of my lack of confidence.
Confidence to me is vastly important in today's society and any hopeful profession that I may pursure. exuding an aura of confidence lets other's know that you are sure of yourself. When a lawyer knows his client is guilty, he gives compelling arguments to entice the jury to grant their client a verdict of not guilty. if the defense attorney does not show the confidence, the client is screwed.
I think maybe for once I should take my own advice, as well as the advice of my mentor, and actually pursue and go for the things I want/need without the fears that may come along with it
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| So I have a friend that has to do this thing for her cutural spotlight thing.....the question is what does it mean to be philipino to you or something like that....She was against it. mainly in my opinion it kinda degrades people as a race. In any cuturall spotlight thing whether it be korean, chinese, black, or philipino the question arises where you have to reflect on your traditional backgrounds and stuff. White people dont do it. What does it mean to be white? you'll never hear that. So why do we minority groups do it, is it to let the world know we are an equal. Why do we do it? Whats the freakin point. dont get me wrong Im proud of my race and Im proud and happy to be korean but why do I have to justify that to other people. Im mean I can understand if someone were to tell me that koreans arent people or something along those lines but nobody does.
So me and my friend had a conversation about what could have been. What would have happened if we had made different dicisions with our lives. What if I still consistently went to church and went home every weekend. What if certain friends had never been introduced to each other. how would that ave changed the way we interact with our current friends and family. For example. I roomed with daniel freshman year. who introduced me to justin and alex. who then introduced me to david. somehow I was introduced to kit through one of those 4. Kit introduced me Paul and Casey. Which allowed me to get to know and meet cartson, who got me my job at the liquor store.
So if I had never went to church and never met daniel and never roomed with him I probably wouldnt be working at this liquor store. interesting huh
You start to think of the people you could have been friends with and how things could have been different. and it is actually kinda fun
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| its a lil more than half way through the semester.
Stressing wondering how im goin to get money for stuff and how Im goin to try and get better at basketball and work out and then at the same time wondering about school
WHat exactly is the point. Im only 20 years old. Im less than 1/3 of the way into life. so much more to do why does the little things like how much money you have, the car you drive, or the gf you have. Does it all really matter. Once I can slow down my life and not be so preoccupied with the workaholic lifestyle that his society dictates, thats when I can start enjoying life. since Im at UGa and I see tons of people everyday and inturn you learn to judge people quickly. Bad and good.
I see people stressing and Im no different, but Im still thinking why...
and after saying all of this... I am thinking how am I supposed to get some girls to like me more. Im goin to start studying. and because Im studying so much Im wondering about when is the nexxt time Im goin to be able to work out and play basketball again...
aint society and social stigmas amazing
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I got it... the only way to get things you want is to take risks, calculated and not. you can get what you want if you always do what you have always done. | | |
| Hello xanga
Its been along time. I kinda forgot about this thing, Xanga used to be this huge thing with everyone's favorite entry being the one after a church retreat. Though I wasnt apart of it, chunjoo recently had a retreat and not any people posted about it. Unless of course everyone changed their xanga page and Im outta the loop. Actually though I dont think that would have bothered me very much considering I havnt been to our church in like ages.
So here's my life in a nut shell
I work at a liquor store but I dont drink
I hate the peopl that come into the store. I think that is one of the reasons I dont drink. be cause Ican see first hand what drinking can does to people. I know if I am to drink I wouldnt drink to that point but whateve
My mom is the most religious women since Mother Teresa and Im not very religious
I get pissed off easily and get annoyed by the stupidity of everyone including my friends
I like to talk and I want other to hear my opinions but sometimes its hard to form my ideas into words.....and it really pisses me off when I can get my thoughts across and someone interrupts me
My closests friends arent as close as they think they are and visa versa.. I might think that Im closer to them than I really am
I have problems
I wanna date a white girl but I only hang out with asian people.. whats the point in that
Im almost about to graduate and I have no clue what I wanna do with my life....
Though at times I look angry and I dont seem like Im having alot of fun with life
I appreciate every day that Im still breathing....but at the same time why do I condone and partake in activites that are detrimental to my life. Im doing things that are seriously shortening my longevity but I still do it....why do you ask? its because I dont wanna be one of those old people and are just there and cant do nothing. Im wanna live life. I wanna do things Rather than live my life like Im "supposed to."
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