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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Changing Out Of Your Suit In Between Rounds

The other day, I saw this guy who I knew from speech and debate, but he seemed like he was ignoring me. I thought, oh well, we're not really great friends or anything. But I eventually said hi to him. He looked at me oddly and asked:
"What is your name?"
"Chandler."
"DUDE I TOTALLY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU NOT WEARING A SUIT!!!"

Then he hugged me. I felt better.

With rare exception, I'm not the kind of person who changes out of her suit much at tournaments, so I guess it makes sense that someone wouldn't recognize me. My friends from my club may not recognize me when I am in a suit because they're used to my Disney shirts and Converse that come up to my knees, but that's a different problem. Actually, I don't think it's a problem.

Anyway, it can be fun to put on normal clothes at competitions. Pretty much the only time I did this was when I had three speeches at NITOC and they were all in Pattern A... that was exciting. I barely wore my suit at that tournament, because I wasn't competing for a lot of the time. The one thing I always do is change my shoes or socks, because tournament shoes can hurt, man.

You're homeschooled, and you look funny in normal clothes.

3 comments:

  1. You're homeschooled, and you look funny in normal clothes.

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  2. Thank you. :) This is why it's better when I don't do last-minute-before-a-vacation posts.

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  3. Hehe. This is so true! My tournament shoes are killers, even though they are only like 1 1/2 inch heels. I feel so sorry for all the girls who wear three-inch stiletto heels all. freakin'. tournament. long. I can't imagine!

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