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My sister is a TAVERN HAWK

I have a lot of siblings, so she is the only one thank gawd. Her old boyfriend in the 80's was related to an Iowa player, went to a few games, and she met a few in the Chuck Long era and was hooked

What makes her tavernhawk material?

Divorced, smoker, heavy drinker (cranberry/vodka's) hates ISU (both my parent attended ISU), and congregates at the sports bars on Hawkeye away games wearing a Hawkeye jersey matching her boyfriends'

Oh, and high school graduate. Big chip on her shoulder over that and other things. Plus she flamboyantly brags about partying for years in public and how much she drinks--like she is still 19 (she is well into her 40's).

Home Hawkeye games she sucks up to her drunk Hawk friends at the tailgating area @ Kinnick. Not sure if she attends games

Oh, did I mention half the family can't stand her. I haven't spoken to her in two years, and don't plan to. (has nothing to do with her being a Hawk fan) Nasty, horrible person to our family. She flips a switch and brown noses every acquaintance at the bars or at parties--other people think she is 'great'
 
I lost an intramural game last night but didn't really care. I'm worried that I'm losing my killer instinct and competitiveness
 
BusterCherry said:
My sister is a TAVERN HAWK

I have a lot of siblings, so she is the only one thank gawd. Her old boyfriend in the 80's was related to an Iowa player, went to a few games, and she met a few in the Chuck Long era and was hooked

What makes her tavernhawk material?

Divorced, smoker, heavy drinker (cranberry/vodka's) hates ISU (both my parent attended ISU), and congregates at the sports bars on Hawkeye away games wearing a Hawkeye jersey matching her boyfriends'

Oh, and high school graduate. Big chip on her shoulder over that and other things. Plus she flamboyantly brags about partying for years in public and how much she drinks--like she is still 19 (she is well into her 40's).

Home Hawkeye games she sucks up to her drunk Hawk friends at the tailgating area @ Kinnick. Not sure if she attends games

Oh, did I mention half the family can't stand her. I haven't spoken to her in two years, and don't plan to. (has nothing to do with her being a Hawk fan) Nasty, horrible person to our family. She flips a switch and brown noses every acquaintance at the bars or at parties--other people think she is 'great'
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Hooray for family problems!


I'm glad I have 2 brothers, one of them is thinking about singing up for the military @ 27 and I told him not to do it (he's married). Don't know if it was the right thing to tell him....
 
cyclonespiker33 said:
I lost an intramural game last night but didn't really care. I'm worried that I'm losing my killer instinct and competitiveness
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In one of my last intramural games at ISU (my junior year), I tore my ACL.

It was in basketball, & pretty sure we were in the worst division. Somehow, I ended up on a fast break. Apparently I wasn't fast enough, though, cause some Kobe-wannabe d-bag plowed into me as I went for the layup.

Torn ACL's are no fun, especially when you're a broke college student with no health insurance.
 
I just got promoted to a permanent scientist position, and negotiated a higher pay grade, equal to a five-figure raise. Not really a confession, I just wanted to tell somebody!:jiggy:
 
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Clone5 said:
This is my 3,000 post and I'm expecting a lot of rep for it.
My confession is I just looked at a bank statement for the first time in months and realized I spend about twice as much money at bars than anywhere else.
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Your commitment and dedication are admirable. Rep to you.
 
Al_4_State said:
That's the exact reason.

It makes our success more fun when they care about the sport. When they just suck, you can't rub it in their faces because they'll say "we don't care about basketball". When they're good enough to get the fans caring, but not better than us, its the best.
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Bringing this back from page 1, i'll have to disagree, at least right now. Iowa State, traditionally, has struggled to bring in the casual fan. Iowa gets them for football, and as long as they are decent to good they can hold them for basketball. When theyre not at that level (and they havent been for awhile) they dont really follow Iowa basketball, and become casual fans for ISU to take and convert, especially younger ones who just want to see a winning program. I've heard several stories of fans like this attending their first games in hilton this year, and i'd love to see it continue.
 
Al_4_State said:
Are you a big music nut elsewise or just kind of casually into it?

I've heard Nickleback described as "music for people who aren't really that into music" and generally, I've found that to be true. Its just formulaic hard rock by the numbers that doesn't take a ton of thought or creativity. Nothing thought provoking or original, and the music is pretty slick. You just kind of get the vibe that they're making music because its making them money, and not because they're really passionate about what they do or have some idea they're trying to express.

They're harmless, and who people act like Nickleback is the force of evil trying to destroy music are overreacting and making too big a deal about it, but thats my attempt at explaining the "hate" for Nickleback. Or at least why I don't like them.
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I'm a casual listener, but I enjoy the song "Bad Girlfriend". Makes me daydream of strippers
 
2ndCyCE said:
My wife and I have been going through this for some time now, so I guess that is my confession. I have come to the realization that we will most likely not have children, but it has understandably been more difficult for her.

Just be there for each other, even if she says you don't understand what it is like for her (because she is right - you don't). And get ready for the emotional roller coaster every time she sees a pregant woman or a baby at the store, or every time one of her friends on facebook gets pregnant.

Pretty much it has come to the decision of whether we want to just be child-free or adopt, which can be expensive. Fertility treatment is not an option for us, as insurance doesn't cover it.

Best of luck to you and your wife. Do not forget that the number one reason that you married each other is not because you wanted children (even though you do want them) but because you love one another and want to spend your lives together.
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We've been married for 10.5 years, and my wife wasn't able to have children. We accepted it, moved on, and now we're expecting one in September.:smile:

We didn't do any treatments or anything. Just went on living. If it's going to happen, don't worry, it'll happen!
 
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alarson said:
Bringing this back from page 1, i'll have to disagree, at least right now. Iowa State, traditionally, has struggled to bring in the casual fan. Iowa gets them for football, and as long as they are decent to good they can hold them for basketball. When theyre not at that level (and they havent been for awhile) they dont really follow Iowa basketball, and become casual fans for ISU to take and convert, especially younger ones who just want to see a winning program. I've heard several stories of fans like this attending their first games in hilton this year, and i'd love to see it continue.
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This is a good point.
 
CycloneErik said:
We've been married for 10.5 years, and my wife wasn't able to have children. We accepted it, moved on, and now we're expecting one in September.:smile:

We didn't do any treatments or anything. Just went on living. If it's going to happen, don't worry, it'll happen!
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Sounds similar to my aunt and uncle. They adopted 2 kids. Then, surprise!

And congrats to you, btw.
 
Well I just got back to the gym, since you know, some people actually have to sweat in order to lose weight. Here is my confession: The place that I go work out at is literally across the street. So I walk over, and I realize once I am in the locker room that I forgot one of my shoes. Then I leave my bag, and walk back to my house. I pick up the shoe, and grab my car keys and drive across the street since I am too lazy to walk back.

After that I put my shoes on, and head towards the StairMaster. I turn on the music but the battery is dead on my Walkman, yes I have Walkman, and I go check my other Walkman, yes I actually have two Walkmans. It turns out that those batteries are dead as well. So instead of admitting defeat I had back to the locker room and start my workout. I start watching the program on the nearest TV which was on Bravo. I thought that somebody was already watching it so I didn't turn to another channel. The show that was playing was Millionaire Match-Maker. I found myself really engrossed into it since I wasn't listening to music. Although I thought, the eye candy could have been better.

I don't feel too bad since I climbed 400 floors, and burned 1200 calories in one hour.
 
cyhiphopp said:
Great, so I'm going to have to wait until the kids are involved in school activities to have sex with sun up?

Awesome. That will be in like 10 years.

We've gotten pretty creative in the past, so we will have to up our game.

We once went down to the garage and did it in the car while the kids colored at the kitchen table. That could work for a while longer.



A few months ago, we were upstairs doing our thing, and my eldest son said he had heard some noises.

He said he thought he heard our dog jumping around, but she was in the kenel.

I told him that mommy and daddy were upstairs cleaning.

He bought it, but he's pretty smart and that's not going to work much longer.
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When my kids were little we'd bolt down to the basement after we put them to bed. I had a 4' ripper of plywood I'd wedge under the doorknob, to prevent unexpected interruptions.

One time in the middle of it all, we heard something, looked and there was a little hand clawing from under the door. Kind of ruined the mood.
 
cstrunk said:
I don't think I've cleaned my apartment thoroughly in 6 months. (Vacuum, dust, put everything in its place, clean all the dishes, clean the bathroom)

I need to find a woman.
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If you clean up the apartment, maybe you'll find one.
 
MLawrence said:
Well I just got back to the gym, since you know, some people actually have to sweat in order to lose weight. Here is my confession: The place that I go work out at is literally across the street. So I walk over, and I realize once I am in the locker room that I forgot one of my shoes. Then I leave my bag, and walk back to my house. I pick up the shoe, and grab my car keys and drive across the street since I am too lazy to walk back.

After that I put my shoes on, and head towards the StairMaster. I turn on the music but the battery is dead on my Walkman, yes I have Walkman, and I go check my other Walkman, yes I actually have two Walkmans. It turns out that those batteries are dead as well. So instead of admitting defeat I had back to the locker room and start my workout. I start watching the program on the nearest TV which was on Bravo. I thought that somebody was already watching it so I didn't turn to another channel. The show that was playing was Millionaire Match-Maker. I found myself really engrossed into it since I wasn't listening to music. Although I thought, the eye candy could have been better.

I don't feel too bad since I climbed 400 floors, and burned 1200 calories in one hour.
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Seriously. Spend $100 and get an Ipod. Seriously.
 
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