That Aud Smell Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, josie said: I've been feeling better and finding time to paint for myself lately. Been trying to keep it loose, take all the rules off, and I had a go at Megan Rapinoe Nice work. I think it captures something essential about the subject. I admire Rapinoe very much, for a lot of reasons. I also get the sense that, inter-personally, she might be a difficult person to get along with -- at least insofar as ordinary, normal people are concerned. She just seems so intense, so exacting, so unyielding. Like I said, that leads to admiration on my part. But I wonder if she's able to turn that off in other areas of her life. Anyway. She's a true American badass.
darksabre Posted June 27, 2019 Report Posted June 27, 2019 14 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said: Nice work. I think it captures something essential about the subject. I admire Rapinoe very much, for a lot of reasons. I also get the sense that, inter-personally, she might be a difficult person to get along with -- at least insofar as ordinary, normal people are concerned. She just seems so intense, so exacting, so unyielding. Like I said, that leads to admiration on my part. But I wonder if she's able to turn that off in other areas of her life. Anyway. She's a true American badass. I'm a little unsure of what the line of thought is here. The qualities you outline are ones typically praised in athletes, but I can't say I've ever seen anyone question whether an intense athlete is difficult to...be friends with or something?
josie Posted June 27, 2019 Report Posted June 27, 2019 Well she slid into my DMs on twitter and I can confirm she's a really nice person hahaha 2
That Aud Smell Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Posted June 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, darksabre said: I'm a little unsure of what the line of thought is here. The qualities you outline are ones typically praised in athletes, but I can't say I've ever seen anyone question whether an intense athlete is difficult to...be friends with or something? Yeah - I realize I'm treading on tricky ground there. For what it's worth, I've had/made similar observations about male athletes (and artists) as well. I don't think this is gender-specific, but I'll take that under consideration. There's just a certain species of elite-level performer, etc. where I find myself simultaneously admiring and fearing them. Rapinoe's one of them. The other exemplar right off the top of my head (an easy one to pull out of thin air because of his notoriety): Michael Jordan. Just now, josie said: Well she slid into my DMs on twitter and I can confirm she's a really nice person hahaha
darksabre Posted June 27, 2019 Report Posted June 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said: Yeah - I realize I'm treading on tricky ground there. For what it's worth, I've had/made similar observations about male athletes (and artists) as well. I don't think this is gender-specific, but I'll take that under consideration. There's just a certain species of elite-level performer, etc. where I find myself simultaneously admiring and fearing them. Rapinoe's one of them. The other exemplar right off the top of my head (an easy one to pull out of thin air because of his notoriety): Michael Jordan. This is generally what I assumed you were getting at. Type A people are Type A people. I think what sets Rapinoe apart is that she's a major icon in the LGBT community, a voice for Women's equality in sports (especially soccer where the women's team is arguably more popular than the men's), and civil rights in general. Male athletes don't tend to take their Type A to other areas outside of sports. 1
That Aud Smell Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Posted June 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, darksabre said: This is generally what I assumed you were getting at. Type A people are Type A people. I think what sets Rapinoe apart is that she's a major icon in the LGBT community, a voice for Women's equality in sports (especially soccer where the women's team is arguably more popular than the men's), and civil rights in general. Male athletes don't tend to take their Type A to other areas outside of sports. That's the gist of it - yeah. And truedat to the balance.
josie Posted June 27, 2019 Report Posted June 27, 2019 32 minutes ago, darksabre said: This is generally what I assumed you were getting at. Type A people are Type A people. I think what sets Rapinoe apart is that she's a major icon in the LGBT community, a voice for Women's equality in sports (especially soccer where the women's team is arguably more popular than the men's), and civil rights in general. Male athletes don't tend to take their Type A to other areas outside of sports. Yeah, she's intimidating as hell. She occupies a unique place- which is a big part of why I wanted to paint her. She's just so damn cool. 1
Sabres Fan in NS Posted June 29, 2019 Report Posted June 29, 2019 Megan was fantastic as the holders eliminate the hosts. On to the semis against England.
ubkev Posted July 2, 2019 Report Posted July 2, 2019 Jill Ellis has benched Megan Rapinoe to start today's game. Wtf?
Sabel79 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Posted July 2, 2019 11 minutes ago, ubkev said: Jill Ellis has benched Megan Rapinoe to start today's game. Wtf? Hope Solo is going to straight up murder her. (Ellis)
ubkev Posted July 2, 2019 Report Posted July 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, Sabel79 said: Hope Solo is going to straight up murder her. (Ellis) Mmmhmm, or she could have her husband do it. He'd probably get away with it.
Sabel79 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Posted July 2, 2019 Reading chatter on Twitter that Rapinoe is injured/not warming up. Boo.
ubkev Posted July 2, 2019 Report Posted July 2, 2019 Good to see Morgan score. Very good to see her give the US the lead.
Sabres Fan in NS Posted July 4, 2019 Report Posted July 4, 2019 On 7/2/2019 at 9:29 PM, New Scotland (NS) said: US on to the final, again. Against Netherlands.
Sabres Fan in NS Posted July 7, 2019 Report Posted July 7, 2019 I HATE VAR!! Seems that the on field officials got it right and VAR awarded the penalty. Anyway, good win by the US and they continue to dominate women's football.
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