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A very good one that makes @Olympian1010 very happy.

Or I’m not 1,000 years old (Or more likely they’re not American, so they haven’t popped up in my recommendations)

You sir have to insulted all Fijians, Fijian fans, and Fijian culture. Shame to your house, shame to country. Good riddance, good day! Fiji does not perform a “haka”

If I had to guess. It’s either a small boat that capsized, or a torpedo that never blew, sank to the bottom of the Ocean, got infested with clams, and then the tide eventually brought it in.

I’ve never heard of any of those. When (and where) were they on TV?

That’s how it was last year too. There used to be four year. The problem is the Crashed Ice races are just super expensive. The ATX 500 races are basically top tier races too. The difference is the courses are a bit shorter/slightly easier, and there may be less skaters at an event. There will also be ATX 250 and ATX 100 events. Overall, I’m fine with the schedule and rankings. Plus, countries like have skaters. Should be a fun season.

Lausanne 2020 added me to their international journalists group today (I will not be attending the games, but I obviously intend to give the fullest possible coverage), should be interesting to see what this entails

We’re not known for our originality. I’ve said for years that our cheers need work. I think our Rugby should get permission to do a Native American war dance as well.

Much better version of the schedule from the actual international federation:

It’s that time of year again. Nur-Sultan will be a new stop. No top tier races in the US, Canada, or Finland this year. The dates can seen if you go to the actual post on Facebook.

Speaking for the United States, and only for the United States, people often think of thier states as countries. All the time Americans will accidentally list other states as foreign countries. Most Americans don’t want to split up, but they don’t realize how wonderful it would be to get rid of Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi. The US is generally United, even if I personally hate that. But there is most certainly aggressive state pride. Alabamians hate Californians, Californians hate Alabamians. Everyone hates Florida (sorry @dezbee2008). No one gives three shits about Oregon . The five people that live in North Dakota hate everyone else. That’s just how it is.

Police have shot an unarmed protestor who was fleeing in Hong Kong. thugs at it again.

Man, the US election, Olympic Games, Leap Year, and now this 2020 is an early front runner for best year ever!

Are they not the IHHF, or did I just miss a joke? (Realized what I did wrong gayer typing this) Great, ICEland can’t even do well in ICE sports ?

Quebec is Canada’s metaphorical Texas.

If have to do a few things for school right now (even though it’s a holiday tomorrow ?), but I’ll message you later. There’s some things I want to ask/talk about if you don’t mind.

Such a beautiful song

I am, by no means whatsoever, a person qualified to give advice to anyone. However, I can speak to what your feeling. If you remember back to my 5,000th post, I believe I talked about the long period of depression I went through in middle school. The only reason I’m still alive to this day, is because someone believed in me. A teacher took my aside about 1/3 through 8th grade (the last grade before high school in the US), and essentially told me that I had a gift for writing and deep thinking. That lit up my world. I’ve put a lot of energy into writing, journalism, sports analysis, etc. since then. It’s thankless work. I can stay up for 6 hours writing a masterpiece of political or satirical poetry, and then get shit on by my peers. I’ve submitted to 4-5 internships with pieces that are some of my best, and have never made it to the second round. Often when writing for Totallympics Media, I think “Does anyone even care what I write” or “no one even reads these” or “I’m not happy right now, so why do I do this”. It’s hard. Plus, that’s not mentioning the constant pressure to be at my best. I spend a lot of nights just think “What am I doing!”. I’m 19, I never driven a car, I barely leave my house, I don’t have a paying job, I too lazy to do the simplest of workouts, I do have any life skills etc It takes strength to keep going, and your only as strong as you make yourself. People can tell you what to do, how to fix yourself, that you’ll be nothing, that your works incredibly pointless, etc. At some point you have to decide “this is what I’m doing, and fuck everyone else”. I ran races years, and essentially finished last. Do I feel terrible often for finishing so far back? Yes. Did I often dream of just one time doing exceptionally well? All the time. Did I stop running no? No. What people didn’t see was the work, dedication, and enjoyment behind the scenes. They didnt know how good it felt to be in shape. How good it felt to just run with friends for an hour. They won’t know the feeling of pushing through all the pain to finish. It doesn’t matter to people because they don’t understand the passion. It’s the same with writing. I’ll make to Instagram posts. One is of my cat. That gets, say, 50 little hearts (likes). The second one is a picture of the sunset that took 20 tries to frame properly, accompanied by a poem about the fragility of life. That gets 10 little hearts. I feel crushed. I put in tons of work and into the second post, and people liked the crappy photo of my cat more. It makes me question why I even write poetry. Then, two weeks down the line one person will message me. They’ll say that they really connected to that poem. They feel like I gave them a voice. I remember then why I do poetry. It’s art, it’s subjective, it’s often under appreciated, but I enjoy it. I’m truly myself when I write. There are often times, as I said, where it feels fucking useless, to do anything. I just remember that I’m trying to find that one person to make happy, to brighten their day, to help inform them, to show my true colors. That’s how I get through writing day in, and day out. Sometimes, like you said, I feel like I absolutely love what I do, other times I hate myself and my writing. I’ve decided (a while ago) that’s it’s important to continue writing because it’s the only place where I’m truly me. My opinion matters when I write because some will eventually read it, and want to have a discussion. I’m an average man. I’m about as sadly standard as they come, but I just get through everyday, by trying to brighten, help, or improve someone else’s day. For me, informing people about various sporting events gives me sheer joy. Often no one makes a comment about what I write, but I always know it made someone’s day. I might post a pre-written press release about a Paralympic sport, by I choose to believe deep down, that someone will read and find something they like. Maybe one of their fellow country people won an event, and now they’re fans of them because of my article. Maybe a random fact from my article makes someone realize they love history. Three years later they’re spending hours reading old texts because that’s what they love now. You can’t be believe in anything until you believe in yourself. Think of it like the Greek myth of Pandora. She opened the box of human feelings. Everything scary escaped, and she closed the lid before HOPE could escape. I choose to believe that we, ourselves, have to open our box (our mind, our soul, etc.) and let HOPE out. The world is a sad place without hope. They wouldn’t be happiness without hope. I could spend a lifetime writing reports, articles, political theories, poems, songs, etc. and feel satisfied with my work (even if I’m unhappy) because I know that odds are, it meant something to somebody. @Vojthas you are an incredibly talented, interesting, and funny person. I enjoyed working with you. It pains me to hear about what your going through. I know many entertainers, writers, etc. who have all gone through the same feelings. They got through it because the believed, and choose to continue to hope for opportunities until it finally paid off one day. There are plenty of people who’ve tried thing after thing for 50 years, and one day just hit the freaking jackpot with an idea. That won’t happen if you stop believing in yourself. To me it sounds like you need time to make a choice. Is what you love doing worth it? Is it worth the long nights, the hardships, the glory, the pain, the frustration, the happiness. Or, is it time to move on? Is it not worth it anymore? Is there someone else where you could make a serious impact? Is there something else that will give you the same feeling you loved when you started? I’ve not known you long, and I obviously don’t know you as well as a close friend would, but I know and feel deep down that you’ll make the choice that makes you happy. I spent a long time on this, so hopefully you, or someone else reads it . I ain’t proofreading it, so sorry if the grammar sucks. I hope that it helps, at least in some small way.

The LOL finals have been quite impressive. World Cup/Olympic type atmosphere, I’m rarely impressed by e-Sports because I grew my playing and watching, but damn.

Odd story here: https://apple.news/A7G1UUKiJR2GfCSxsAmeYVA I do often think the United States would be better if we just disbanded.

Fun little announcement. We have decided to try something just a bit different to distinguish ourselves from the likes of Inside the Games. I hope you guys end up liking our two new weekly series of articles. The first series will be authored by the international man of mystery that is @Dragon. His series will cover a historical event in international sports for the week. The first article is available here: https://games24.totallympics.com/?p=1060 The second series is one of mine own creation. I think the idea still has a bit a tweaking to be done, but it writing it, so expect to see more . My series will essentially just be articles filled with random facts, sometimes themed after Dragon’s articles, and sometimes not. The first article can be read here: https://games24.totallympics.com/?p=1067

South American politics have always been...interesting...to say the least. The world’s in a bit of a slump right now. Social change is coming and going daily. People are just trying to figure out their place, and get a better life for themselves.

Ísland! Ísland! Ísland! I really need my favorite Europeans to pull through and win something, anything. I mean, my Oceanian favorites, Fiji, have been more successful as a late. (Obviously not in Ice Hockey, but in other things)

Y’all really need to stop posting these reviews before Totallympics Media even gets chance to publish them . Though, the IHHF was way more qualified than myself to write a review, so in this case...I’ll let it side.