That Damn Elaine of Spades
I've learned over the years that Hearts reveals the true nature of people. For instance, I am not competitive at all, as most of you already know. Winning schminning. For the longest time, I didn't even know we kept score. So what if I won the first game with an amazing 6 points and managed to avoid hearts in all but two rounds? So what if the Elaine of Spades never found her way into a single one of my tricks all game? I mean really, who's keeping track? I just thought it was a great way to pass the time with friendly banter and the tunes of Throwing Copper, one of the great albums of all time.
But noooo, Ruth had to change the whole nature of the game. She had it in for me from the very beginning of the second game, despite the fact that she is my one and only Xanga buddy, and I have shown her nothing but respect and compassion during the time that I've known her, particularly when we play Game Cube or cards. I believe the word 'nurturing' wouldn't be too far off target in describing the way I've always treated her. No trash-talking in our relationship, no attempts at sabotage. But despite all this, and despite the fact that Hubert (her boyfriend, no less...why would she want to see him succeed???) was running away with the game, she continued to target ME, repeatedly dropping that damn Elaine of Spades on little ol' harmless ME! In her words: "As long as I beat Chang..." Well, mission accomplished, LAH...DEE...DAH! Hubert dominated us by 44 points, but in the only count that apparently mattered, Ruth beat me by 4 points, and then went on to celebrate in a shockingly classless manner: she high-fived someone right in front of me! The nerve!
Just goes to show that in life, one Lo is enough. And I mean c'mon, which one would you choose, Ruth (left) or Alan?
But noooo, Ruth had to change the whole nature of the game. She had it in for me from the very beginning of the second game, despite the fact that she is my one and only Xanga buddy, and I have shown her nothing but respect and compassion during the time that I've known her, particularly when we play Game Cube or cards. I believe the word 'nurturing' wouldn't be too far off target in describing the way I've always treated her. No trash-talking in our relationship, no attempts at sabotage. But despite all this, and despite the fact that Hubert (her boyfriend, no less...why would she want to see him succeed???) was running away with the game, she continued to target ME, repeatedly dropping that damn Elaine of Spades on little ol' harmless ME! In her words: "As long as I beat Chang..." Well, mission accomplished, LAH...DEE...DAH! Hubert dominated us by 44 points, but in the only count that apparently mattered, Ruth beat me by 4 points, and then went on to celebrate in a shockingly classless manner: she high-fived someone right in front of me! The nerve!
Just goes to show that in life, one Lo is enough. And I mean c'mon, which one would you choose, Ruth (left) or Alan?
posted by Chang Kim at Sunday, April 17, 2005
4 Comments:
hahahha, its taken me a while to stop laughing...now my stomach hurts.
chang i think you need to suck up your loss like a man and not try to elicit sympathy from your other readers!! everyone here knows that it is unfair to choose between a poisonous fish and an innocent/cute boy!
I always take losses like a man (Bobby Knight is a man, right?).
Laughing out loud, I can't wait to see Alan's reaction to being referred to as an innocent/cute boy. But you got one thing right...poisonous fish. :)
Ah, Throwing Copper . . . tears are coming to my eyes.
Can we please just focus on the fact that I completely dominated!!
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