Happy birthday Yella tiger!

[duchman]

Happy birthday Yella tiger!

[dan downard]

Duch beat me to it.But,happy b-day to you.

[Ryu (non-working password]

It's your b-day?

Have a good one, YeLLa TiGeR

[SweepEm]

Happy birthday dude.

So, how many candles on your birthday cake?

I went to a party where they were celebrating my birthday and two people brought cakes and it was my 16th birthday and so, they put 16 candles on both cakes and I said to myslef, sheeeeet, that's a lot of candles. And 32 is a long way off.

been there and done that now.

[YeLLa-TiGeR]

Wow didnt expect this...

Well basically today has been the worst day in my life. My parents were being bitches to each other so I told them I didnt want to go out to dinner with them. So no party, and I also told all my friends I didnt want to celebrate.

I just quit TKD and Im never ever going back there again to train. Why? Well its a a loooooooong story. Maybe in some other post. But I just left my close friends there forever. I wish them well and I hope they continue on finding enlightenment in their MA training. I miss them very much and hope for the best for them.

How did you guys know it was my b-day? I am now 17 ****in years old.

And I never ever want to hear the words Happy Birthday again.

[BIG BIRD]

Happy Birthday YELLA! Youre my favorite youngin on the forum and always will be. I hope things get better for you. You're a good kid,see ya in chat sometime.

P.S. Get off the comp and back to the convience store where you belong!

[Edited by BIG BIRD on 01-16-2001 at 04:20 PM]

[What's inside a girl?]

Happy 15th Yellaback. Only 6 more years to wait for that beer!

[SweepEm]

YT

Look at it this way, you won't forget your birthday for a very long time.
I've had some great birthdays and some that I want to forget but years from now, this day will be but a small paragraph in your book of life.
Now, I'm sure if some babe in some hot outfit was in front of you with a scrumptous cake, wishing you many birthdays and wanted to spank you a bit, would you go back and stay in your room?
HA!
I didn't think so.

It could ALSO be a lot worse.

You could be living in a trailer park, no electricity, no running water, Patterson is your OLDER brother, Shimora is your one next door neighbor, on the other side of your trailer home is Masala, your Uncle is Karl who is married to Robin Hood, your cousin is Duchman, the postman is Pit Dog, your school teacher is EJ, your P.E. teacher is some soon to be convicted pedophille named Elijah, your childhood best friend is Martial Artist, your sister's boy friend is Big Bird and tries to box and slam you everytime he comes by to leach some dinners, your Dad is Dan Downard, KeithWs is your piano teacher, the school jaintor who always seems to hang around in the bathroom is ZhooZhitsu................. should I go on?

Now doesn't that make you feel more appreciative of your life?

HA!!!!!!!!!!

[E1am]

Happy Birthday Yella. Man, don't worry about all that sh!t. It's pretty small potatoes. Just because you quit TKD doesn't mean you have to end those friendships does it? Anyway, here's my present to you.

If by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on !";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

[PassiveGuy]

Ouch, sorry your birthday sucked. My parents fight alot so I understand what it's like. I hope you start training in muay thai or BJJ soon, you'll probably like them way more than TKD. Well, I hope things get better for you soon.


cya

[PassiveGuy]

I had to memorize that freakin Kipling poem in 8th grade!!! Arrrghhhh flashbacks... :-)

[YeLLa-TiGeR]

Thanks guys, and thanks for the poem Elijah. I actually just got back from TKD and told the team that I am finished with them. It felt pretty weird that I was watching them for the first time on the bench. I looked at all the past pictures of us in Mexico, Columbus...damn I am going to miss going to tournaments with them. I look over at my trophys and realize that even though I may have not become a future contender for PRIDE or the UFC, I have learned the importance of bonds and friendships. Sportsmanship, suffering, laughing, crying and getting drunk with a team. For the past 6 years I have been in TKD, I have witnessed the downfall of a master that I once really idolized. When I first join up at his school, I obeyed his every command with out question. As the years passed I noticed he wasnt around as often, he would never be at the school. Masters began to leave at a rapid pace because of contract disputes.

Ugly rumors such as him cheating on his wife, not paying his instructors all rose. People within my own club began badmouthing him and his family. I was a very confused person then.

This past 6 months have been rocky as hell. The original people have all left for university and people around me have moved on to other things. I am the only one left. Classes now contain all 12 year old BBs. Im a ****in babysitter now.

Are you still reading this?? Well heres the freaking catch. My mother suggests that I ASK the master for a refund! Now if that isnt suicidal, I dont know what is. I know I have to talk to him, but to ASK FOR A DAMN REFUND??? I'm so dazed and confused now, I dont know how to approach him or what to say.

And hows this for a slap on the face?? The school that I want to go to, just employed A BJJ brown belt by the name of Marc Laimon!! My mom doesnt want me to join and everytime I bring it up she changes the subject. I dont know though, I am ****in determined to join no matter what. I went too far to turn back now.....

[SweepEm]

Do yourself a favor, don't walk, run, take a bicycle or have your Mom drive you over, steal a car if you have to, join up and train with Marc.

I've trained with him for a long time, although I shouldn't admit it to embarass him.
Marc is not only a super guy, he his Jiu Jitsu is awesome.
For the longest time, he was a Ronin, a masterless soldier, learning by tapes and practicing the moves he saw by the great black belts in Brazil.
I can go on about Marc's short BJJ resume but I won't and instead will tell you that if you do train with him, you will remember this part of your life forever.
Marc is going to be an awesome star in MMMA and BJJ and has already made a name for him self by beating some very good dudes.
I believe that he is going to compete at Abu Dhabi.

[rockinronnie]

You said you didn't want to hear it again...but IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND! HAPPY 17th Yella!

You'll NEVER be 17 again, so even though your day has not gone like you anticipated, try and cheer up...

..this is the day that life was given to you..thank your mother and your father..but most of all..thank the creator..

..live each and everyday to it's fullest, because it goes by way too fast.(no lecture, just trying to help)

You mentioned that Marc Laimon (sp) was at your gym. Did you join KATA, because I also heard he's doing seminars there for the next two weeks - and I also heard that he's moving on after the two weeks, so, if he is indeed there to stay, that's great. Did you hear about the GTA Grapplers Challenge at Port Credit SS in March? Will you be going?

Anyway, take it easy...everything has a way of working itself out.

Ronnie.
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A straight arm's a broken arm - Master JPF

[Ryu (non-working password]

YeLLa, teen years are tough, hang in there. Maybe you can simply train with Marc? Do you have to do TKD to get to talking with him?

the bruised uke,
Ryu