Is there something you can give her private lessons in?
Or is this actually about the swimming?
Is there something you can give her private lessons in?
Like a BED?
There's no other solution but to move to Sweden, I'm afraid.
You could always send her poorly written, vaguely threatening emails asking her to reconsider.
Will she give you impersonal lessons?
Everyone else just makes do with the instructors at the Y, snobby.
Millsy, I got an email from the Swede a couple of days ago (since she doesn't actually live in Sweden) that said that she went swimming a couple of weeks ago and nearly drowned. Hyperbole, yes, but I'm pretty sure she hadn't swum since she swam with me. Laziest Olympian ever!
Wait, how many lessons have you taken?
8: Was she trying to swim to Scotland or something?
Before you comment, B, ask yourself: will I be adding value?
Nah. The meds mean I no longer worry about such piffle.
Tricky of you to answer with a question.
I was trying to determine what sort of swimming lessons these were.
ogged's doing the swimming equivalent of taking up figure skating at 35 and paying $150 a week for a coach so you can eventually learn, after three years, how to do a shaky single toe loop.
(A Butt-Emitting Diode, that is.)
17: That is, he's trying to do that, but he can't find any famous swimmers to coach him. Poor ogged.
Surely there are other Olympians? Or at least college swim coaches?
(frankly, swimmers generally make horrible coaches, because they tend to fall back on "well, you sort of hold your hand to grip the water, then you kick at the right time, and use your obliques a lot")
17: Don't mock the older man taking extravagant lessons. It's something to be encouraged!
The thread linked in 18 is pathetic. Of *course* "Sophia" = Loren, and not Coppola. It's Sofia Coppola.
17: Thanks eversomuch for cutting to the chase, Cala. That's exactly what I was after.
The thread linked in 18 is pathetic.
WELCOME TO OUR ITCHPHD
17 is totally wrong. What I want to do is a better single toe loop than the other old guys who took it up at 35.
swimmers generally make horrible coaches
I would have thought the same thing, but it worked really well with the Swede, since what I really need is to see something done correctly and can generally imitate it pretty well. So she'd say "you're doing this wrong" and I'd ask to show me the proper way and we'd go from there. It's the "swim like a fish" "it's like you're making an 's'" stuff that screws me up.
Unfogged Richmond meet?
Post a youtube video of you swimming. I'll give you pointers. The new method of lessons: the internet.
26: Worst pornographer scam ever.
Haha. In all seriousness... a local assistant coach looking to get some practice coaching and extra cash might be a good place to start, because that person is seriously into coaching rather than just a very gifted swimmer.
Forget the making an S thought. It will screw you up. Keep it simple:
head down
Snap top hip down
concentrate on catch
front quadrant swimming
Not to be serious or anything, but have you asked her whether there is any other coach she'd recommend? That would be my first move.
Sifu:
On a related note, a guy just got busted here for passing out copies of a sex video with an ex-gf.
I know what I'm supposed to do, will. It's a matter of being told how I'm off and seeing it done correctly.
31: He should've used Red Clouds.
have you asked her whether there is any other coach she'd recommend?
I haven't spoken to her directly; an assistant at the place she coaches called and said she's only doing clinics now and that I could sign up for one of those. I'll have to look for another coach; the problem is knowing in advance who's any good.
the good thing about clinics is that you often get video taped. That is vital for improving
You're like my pushy swim boyfriend, will.
A good coach is not afraid to mock, threaten or harass.
Now post the video and I will critique you.
Have you ever watched yourself on video? (asked in my best Airplane voice)
In all seriousness, it is incredibly helpful.
I have a good idea for a game. It's called, "Who went to high school with All/ison Wag/ner?"
I was actually referring to the Swedish grad student in 4, and so when you said in 8 that she'd e-mailed you, I got a little excited for you for just a second.
Alas.
I'm sure it's very helpful, but no, I've never been videotaped. Maybe I'll find a clinic where they do it, or have a friend do it. But right now, I need an Alli/son Wag/ner replacement. Maybe heebie-geebie could be it.
I was actually referring to the Swedish grad student in 4
No, you weren't.
39: Nah, let's play "Whose uncle is a famous sociologist?" instead.
I've never been videotaped
Not swimming, anyway.
I wonder who went to heebie's high school.
Oooh! Oooh! Pick me! Pick me!
Both to 43 and 41.
How about we play "who recently saw a famous autistic animal psychologist not once but twice in airplane-related situations?"
No, seriously, I was.
Don't make me drag bitchphd in here to tell you that authorial intent is dead.
How far are you from Walnut Creek? Kerry O'Brien is excellent. I coached a clinic with him and he was excellent.
I mentioned one of the instances on Unfogged. Neither was very exciting.
How far are you from Walnut Creek?
A bit too far, but maybe he knows people closer to me.
Call Kerry. He is excellent and knows a lot of folks.
Ok, lemme see if I can find a number for him. Shall I say you recommended him?
Ok, I found his email address; that'll do.
44: I mean literarily... they are looking for my ass.
Literarily? Is this a typo, or is there something I don't understand?
Tell him some guy from Richmond recommended him. He knows the other coach much better than me.
Isn't there some kind of rule against happy endings and successful blegs here?
Don't worry, John, I'm sure this guy is planning his move to Sweden as we speak.
rule against happy endings
Haters gotta hate, huh?
Why are people so cruel and dismissive toward haters?
"Haters gotta hate, huh?" s/b "That's what Althusser said."
Despite the fact that I'm just as grumpy as Althusser, he's not one of my icons. It's not like there's this brotherhood of grumpy old men.
60: Maybe the problem is you've been asking the girls for those.
I was going for the massage meaning of happy endings, there. I assumed none of us have to love Althusser to know he murdered his wife while giving her a massage.
68:.... which is to say that joke was at least two too many steps away from the phrase "happy endings" to be funny.
Actually, I mistook Althusser for Adorno. But Althusser is also is not one of my icons.
I have read part of Althusser's autobiography, and it's hilarious. he should have gone nuts decades earlier.
I think I get it. I still use the Victorian meaning of "happy ending".
Thank you, B. I've been having reloading issues and getting frustrated.
I think I get it. I still use the Victorian meaning of "happy ending".
An indicator that a thing is fiction?
I suppose that reinterpreting Dickens and Jane Austen novels according to this new paradigm will soon be a growth industry. "All of Dickes' novels have happy endings, but ______ fills the entire room with jism.
The Happy Fun Page may be needed.
I've been having reloading issues and getting frustrated.
Who's the lucky guy?
"Thank you, B. I've been having reloading issues and getting frustrated."
AWB:
Me too, ever since I turned 35.
Unfogged should have a comment speedometer. I just saw this thread had moved from 50 to 75 comments in an hour, and thought, "Hm, I should take a look."
77: Oof. I may be single, but at least I don't have to deal with that anymore.
76 comments already, and no one's pointed out that since you won't be her student, no ethical issues stand in the way of your sleeping with her? These people aren't your friends, Ogged.
Perhaps we're looking out for Allison.
Hey, no fair on the sociology teasing.
You mean 43? Er/ik O/lin W/right.
And M/ills is C/ W/right M/ills? What are they, cousins?
No, he's my uncle, not Millsy's.
But Erik and C. Wright? Cousins on mother's side?
Who is C. Wright? (Besides my mom's maiden name. But who do you mean?)
Oh. C. Wright Mills and Er/ik O/lin W/right are definitely not related.
What about the Olin Library in Mills college? We need to get to the bottom of this.
What about Olan Mills the artist? Or Olin Mills?
We need to get to the bottom of this.
Bottom-feeder.
Olin' Mills y'all, rollin' stalkz on the shaz, keep it dirty, shaz, keep tha Millz on tha Riz
Damn, heebie, you always win that game. I suggest we should play "whose brother is a famous musician?" next.
Also, my grandfather's name was Olen Mills.
What about C. Wright? (Do-right's brother, right?)
My second cousin once removed was the first Libertarian Presidential candidate (John Hospers). Unfortunately, I can't stand those guys.
It's a good thing you had him removed, then.