The "GD's Got Something to Brag About" thread

Ghoulish Delight · 08-03-2006, 08:30 AM

Yes, this is entirely tacky and egotistical...but I don't care.

I am once again a prize winning billiards champion!

This time, I won an individual tournament, rather than just placing with my team. Granted, I was in the "B" side (the "A" side was the top 18 players in our league, by average. The "B" side the bottom), but still, I won 4 best 2 out of 3 matches, and only lost 1 game the whole time (I won 7 games in a row, dropped the second game of the finals, then squeaked out the last one). The finals was actually against my teammate/coworker.

I think I have 2 things to thank for my unprecedented shooting. First, believe it or not, my back. It wasn't hurting, but I knew that if I got lazy and didn't pay attention to it, it would probably get pretty fatigued. So that forced me to be very conscious of my body position, forced me to bend my knees to get over all my shots and stay down instead of bouncing up. My failure to keep tabs on such things normally causes a lot of my usual suckitude. It made a big difference.

Secondly, my iPod. No hearing the horrible music the bar/club plays. No hearing the condescending wench running the swing dancing class. No hearing certain other players and their idiot friends at the other 5 tables yelling every time they make a shot. It was awesome, I was totally focused.

And best of all, I got to give myself a soundtrack. For the first match, I listened to The Pyschadelic Furs (self titled album). A little downbeat and moody, a great intro. Having won that match, I moved on to Psapp (Tiger, My Friend...and I just noticed the Ps connection, heh). A little happy and celebratory, definitely picking the energy up. Okay, so I won that match, which guaranteed that I would at least win a cue stick, the next match was the semifinals, time for some serious music...Kasabian. That got me going and I blew through that match easily. So on to the finals, which called for the appropriately awesome music. Enter Diesel Boy's Project Human, one of my favorite drumb and bass albums. That carried me through that tough final match, and on to my $200 first place prize! *doin' the happy dance*

08-03-2006, 08:30 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The "GD's Got Something to Brag About" thread Yes, this is entirely tacky and egotistical...but I don't care. I am once again a prize winning billiards champion! This time, I won an individual tournament, rather than just placing with my team. Granted, I was in the "B" side (the "A" side was the top 18 players in our league, by average. The "B" side the bottom), but still, I won 4 best 2 out of 3 matches, and only lost 1 game the whole time (I won 7 games in a row, dropped the second game of the finals, then squeaked out the last one). The finals was actually against my teammate/coworker. I think I have 2 things to thank for my unprecedented shooting. First, believe it or not, my back. It wasn't hurting, but I knew that if I got lazy and didn't pay attention to it, it would probably get pretty fatigued. So that forced me to be very conscious of my body position, forced me to bend my knees to get over all my shots and stay down instead of bouncing up. My failure to keep tabs on such things normally causes a lot of my usual suckitude. It made a big difference. Secondly, my iPod. No hearing the horrible music the bar/club plays. No hearing the condescending wench running the swing dancing class. No hearing certain other players and their idiot friends at the other 5 tables yelling every time they make a shot. It was awesome, I was totally focused. And best of all, I got to give myself a soundtrack. For the first match, I listened to The Pyschadelic Furs (self titled album). A little downbeat and moody, a great intro. Having won that match, I moved on to Psapp (Tiger, My Friend...and I just noticed the Ps connection, heh). A little happy and celebratory, definitely picking the energy up. Okay, so I won that match, which guaranteed that I would at least win a cue stick, the next match was the semifinals, time for some serious music...Kasabian. That got me going and I blew through that match easily. So on to the finals, which called for the appropriately awesome music. Enter Diesel Boy's Project Human, one of my favorite drumb and bass albums. That carried me through that tough final match, and on to my $200 first place prize! doin' the happy dance __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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