Things that make me want to gag!!!

**tgjdlc** · 10-20-2006, 11:04 PM

The H.A.R.M.S for one

H- Holocaust
A- Abuse
R- Rape
M- Murder
S- Suicide

These make me gag, especially when not done right. What makes me gag more than this? you ask. Well, i'll tell you, it really is only one thing...

I was just at a tournament in Las Vegas...and decided to watch Finals of DI...cause I love the event. I walk in, and see the following

1- You don't know me
2-
3- Raisin in the Sun
4- Sybill
5- Bums

Totally ok with me...stuff that i've never seen as a DI in 'You don't know me' and 'Raisin in the Sun'...which were...ok. (I say that almost tentatively). Then Sybill gets up there, and I liked her. She was good. Then Bums, my student, gets up there, and does an 'ok' job as well (but i'm harsh). Then the girl, #2, who was double entered came in and went up to perform. Judged asked her for the title and what she said almost made me throw up, or throw something at her...maybe my throw up. This is what happened: ::smile:: ::look to her friends that said, i know i'm totally gonna win:: EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE.

I literally dropped my pen and just...gawked. And not in a good way. So then I just kinda made a 'uh' noise, of shock. She did her piece, i was hoping it would be different from Blake...hoping...hoping...hoping...all hope lost. EXACT SAME!!! except for the fact that she was a girl, with a worse rendition of his performance. different answering machines...eh. So she comes up to me afterwards and starts to (Excuse my language) ***** about why I wasn't paying attention to her speech when everyone else was crying (everyone else being her friends that came in with her) and how rude i was to make that shocked face when she said the title. I said, i'm sorry, but i didn't know you were performing then too. She got pissed off and said, well thanks. I said, you're welcome. Oohhhhh, how bad I wanted to just make her look stupid for taking a piece only 3 months 'after' the national champion used it...argh. ok, i'm done. just needed to do that.

**Chewie** · 10-20-2006, 11:17 PM

Well, that might, maybe, possibly might not be the absolute most constructive attitude possible on your part, Juan, but that girl obviously just had a little too much going on in her head and not enough going on outside. My reaction wouldn't be throwing up...it'd be more along the lines of...waiting for her to perform. And then telling her what was wrong with it and why she shouldn't do what she did before the round. Remember, they are still learning a lot. A lot of kids can get overconfident and lose a bit of a grip on reality.

Just to be clear, she performed an identical piece as your kid? It was hard to tell from the story.

**Chewie** · 10-20-2006, 11:20 PM

Wait, is "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" the name of the piece? I'm assuming this did well at nationals or elsewhere? I'm confused. Obvioulsly. :P

**tgjdlc** · 10-20-2006, 11:46 PM

haha, the point of that whole story was...She stole the National Championship Cutting and performance from DI last year...yes.

**dwhite** · 10-20-2006, 11:47 PM

It won DI at NFLs this past year.

I'm not really surprised at this, though.....this topic comes up all the time. It happens.

**tgjdlc** · 10-21-2006, 02:31 AM

you know, you're right. It does come up every year, and had i not been so pissed off about it, i would have looked for another forum/chat about this topic...but this was too....'argh' ing to not be it's own. It never gets old to get mad at though.

**chelsealah** · 10-21-2006, 02:40 AM

there are really a very limited amount of words i can use here to express my feelings about said situation.. so i will just present to you the following response:

gag.. indeed.