Conflicted

Staybrite · Subject: Conflicted Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:04 pm

Tomorrow my daughter will compete in the Miss Pierce County Pagent (as a teen contestant).

I am conflicted because I would like her to win, and at the same time I don't want her to win.

Either way I will spend several hours tomorrow helping with preperations, and driving, and cheering etc.
If she wins (and she does have a good chance of it) she will continue on to the Ms Washington Pagent.

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rockerVu2 · Number of posts: 5916 Age: 83 Registration date: 2007-02-09

Tell me first what Miss Pierce County Pagent is.

Staybrite · Subject: Re: Conflicted Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:20 am

It's part of the Miss America Organization.
Girls compete for scholarship money to use for college.

If you go to this site you can read more about it.
http://misspiercecounty.org/

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**alldatndensum** · Subject: Re: Conflicted Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:44 am

I saw on FB that she had won. Congratulations!!!

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I am conflicted because I would like her to win, and at the same time I don't want her to win.

Why would you not want her to win, though?

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rockerVu2 · Number of posts: 5916 Age: 83 Registration date: 2007-02-09

I saw the same.
Congratulations.

Staybrite · Subject: Re: Conflicted Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:40 pm

alldatndensum wrote:

I saw on FB that she had won. Congratulations!!!

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I am conflicted because I would like her to win, and at the same time I don't want her to win.

Why would you not want her to win, though?

Preperations for the pageant were really hectic (and tiring, for me too).
Now she has just two months to prepare for the Miss Washington Pageant. So no break from the hectic. If she hadn't won, we would have been done.

But seriously I am very happy for her (she is floating on cloud nine). She deserves it, she worked very hard, and she did a fantastic job.

Here is a shot of her, with her beautiful mother. (It's a little "grainy", but we weren't allowed to use flash).

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**alldatndensum** · Subject: Re: Conflicted Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:45 pm

Very pretty young lady. Good thing she looks like her mama!

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rockerVu2 · Number of posts: 5916 Age: 83 Registration date: 2007-02-09

Gary, what would have happened when she looked like on her dad? LOL.

Tall Tyrion · Number of posts: 700 Age: 42 Registration date: 2007-05-17

Congrats.

I can sympathize with your conflict, though.

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Staybrite · Subject: Re: Conflicted Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:22 pm

Actually she has my round face and my nose. The rest she got from her mom's side of the family. She is also about an inch (or so) taller than both me and her mother.

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Staybrite · Subject: Re: Conflicted Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:27 pm

If you are at all interested there is an article in the Tacoma newspaper.
You can read it here..

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/03/07/1099564/miss-pierce-loves-em-all.html?source=rss

The picture is of Miss Pierce County (Kristen Tateishi). My daughter (Shelby) doesn't actually get mentioned until about half way through the article.

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Bsax · Subject: Re: Conflicted Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:07 am

she's beautiful, you must be very proud

Fundy · Number of posts: 1744 Age: 36 Registration date: 2007-05-04

Onwards and upwards! Washington it is!

Knock em dead!

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Tall Tyrion · Number of posts: 700 Age: 42 Registration date: 2007-05-17

A black belt, eh? Good girl, those boys won't know what hit 'em.

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joe61 · Subject: Re: Conflicted Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:03 pm

Congrats, Gary! You are a blessed Dad! Best wishes for the next leg of competition!

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rockerVu2 · Number of posts: 5916 Age: 83 Registration date: 2007-02-09

It's nice to read what they have written over your daughter.
Gary, when she wins again she get's a scholarship for college?

Staybrite · Subject: Re: Conflicted Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:52 pm

Thanks guys, she is really pumped about the state competition. It's even more exciting now that she has the resources of the county behind her.

rockerVu2 wrote:

It's nice to read what they have written over your daughter.
Gary, when she wins again she get's a scholarship for college?

The teen contestants do not get scholarship money, they get savings bonds (but they can use them for college). The regular Miss contestants (the older girls) get the scholarships.

[quote="Tall Tyrion']A black belt, eh? Good girl, those boys won't know what hit 'em.[/quote]

I expect that has scared away more than a few boys.......well that and my shot-gun collection.
Problem is now, she thinks she can whoop her old man. She is much faster than me, and can hit me 2 or 3 times before I land a good blow, but I still hit much harder than she does.

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Tall Tyrion · Number of posts: 700 Age: 42 Registration date: 2007-05-17

My daughter is eleven and a purple belt, but this old man is still faster with his fists than she is.

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Staybrite · Subject: Re: Conflicted Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:59 pm

Just give a 3 more years and she will be kicken your can all over the place.

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sabidoo · Subject: Re: Conflicted Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:31 am

Tall Tyrion wrote:

My daughter is eleven and a purple belt, but this old man is still faster with his fists than she is.

Even a slow bullet is MUCH faster than a fist. Stupid people bringing fists and feet to gun fight...

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