bicker. argue. whatever, KARINS OVER IT (:

While some people get through life without a care in the world, and everything is postcard perfect, i say BOO on YOU. Without arguements, i think most people dont understand some of the most important topics our society faces today! With that, being an athlete, i run into more than enough arguements. I hope you enjoy. (:

Argument #1 (LOSE-LOSE situation)

It was the section final game of my basketball team versus our rivals, St. Cloud Cathedral. I had a knee injury so i was limited to play only the second half of our varsity game. I was dribbling around the perimeter of the three-point line trying to make the play happen. I took a quick jab step and pulled back to shoot the three. When i shot the ball, on the way down i got hacked on the arm by psycho #17, and my ball went in the hoop. The referees called the foul on the girl. The Cathedral coach went BALISTIC afraid that i was about to make a 4-point play. He stormed on the court and started shouting at the referees for the call they imposed on his player. Then my coach got involved. So what's the problem right? She obviously fouled me, so everyone was on the edge of their seats figuring out what the problem was. From ACROSS THE COURT, apparently i was screaming profanities at psycho #17 that only the Cathedral coach could hear (likely, right?!), and for 5 minutes of arguing, i lost my 4-point play. We ended up losing our chance to go to state in 2008 by 3 points. story of my life.

despite what you may think, my luck gets a little better (:

Argument #2 (WIN-WIN situation)

My club soccer team hosted a tournement for the state of Minnesota soccer teams. 20 teams were participating. That whole day my teamw as kicking butt. However, we realized the weather was getting really bad and it would make the field conditions worse. We finally made it to the championship game at the end of the day. The rain was a'pourin' and the field lights were turned on. The field was muddy & slippery and i was so nervous about my knees (knee injuries). It just so happened that my coach wanted me to switch from my regular left defense to right forward. Towards the end of the game i had an amazing opportunity when i saw the shift in defense. I broke towards the left and recieved an amazing pass. As i dribbled down the left side of the field an Eden Prairie girl started running along with me. After a ton of foot movements, i got free from her again and shot in the upper-right hand corner of the goal and scored. As i was kicking, the girl kicked my leg, making it look like i slipped, and ripped my jersey. If you want to make karin angry, touch her jersey. I looked at the ref and raised my hands up to him (AS IF he didnt see the huge tear in my jersey). He went over to the EP girl and talked with her. She went crazy saying that i did it to myself (Yeah, like i would rip a $200 jersey...NOT). She kept running her mouth and ended up getting a yellowcard. Afterwards she spit on the refs shoes and was ejected from the game.

we also ended up winning by 2 (:


with peace & love (: