via The Athletic:
>Giannis Antetokounmpo is a leading candidate to win league MVP. What are your impressions of the “Greek Freak” and does his focus and intensity remind you of yourself?
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>Giannis came to work out with me this summer and he showed up one-and-a-half hours early. We talked for 20 minutes before we worked out and he whips out a notepad. What the … he starts taking down notes. ‘What about the footwork here? What about the coverage here?’ And he’s writing them down.
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>After practice same thing; he sits down, and we talked for like an hour. We talked about coverages and defensive match-ups that gave him problems. He just sat there and took notes. And he studied and studied so I’m not surprised at what he’s doing.
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>He just has the mentality of he’s just getting better all the time. He’s just scratching the surface.
I have 80 & 120 grit which I think are too rough. I'm afraid I'd scratch it too much.
I have a 400 grit. Not sure if this is better.
Just over 6 years ago, I left my emotionally and psychologically abusive husband with little more than my kids, clothes, dog, and car. To say I was broken is an understatement, I had been broken down to the point of feeling worthless shell of a person who would end up back with my ex because I couldn't make it without him.
Just over 5 years ago, the retail job I had gotten after my separation, that I was absolutely miserable at, and I decided it was in everyone's best interests if I turned in my resignation as a team lead. I had no real plan other than an offhanded comment to my mom about returning to school. I was terrified but with the encouragement and support of my parents I went back to school 14 years after graduating high school with my eyes set on a degree in respiratory therapy. The next 4 years had there ups and downs, good days and bad days, a mental breakdown that landed me in the hospital, and more than one occasion where I was sure I wasn't going to make it. I survived with the support of my friends and family and my stubborn bullheadedness that wouldn't let my ex be proven right.
A year ago today I joined reddit on a whim. I was an unemployed student in my last year and a single mom of 3 trying to figure out how I was going to financially survive my last year of school. My life has made a 180° turn in the last 12 months. Not only have I finished school, I have passed my board exams and gotten my RT license, and gotten hired at a highly rated facility. I have a savings account for the first time since my separation. With the help of a friend who has spent many nights helping talk through my past, I have unpacked a lot of my baggage I took from my marriage and have finally rejected the lies my ex told me. I have found my worth as a person, friend, and mother; I have accepted my accomplishments were because of the work I put in rather than minimize the effort I put in; and I've seen my beauty not only internally but externally as well, seeing past the lies my body dysmorphia shows me.
I've always struggled with acknowledging my successes, even now this post feels very boastful. But I've earned it. I did it, I succeeded even though there voice in my head told me I would fail. I know I'll still have my bad days, but as for today? Today I'm happy. Today I'm content with how my life has turned out.
Log 5: https://www.reddit.com/r/subnautica/comments/apnsd1/incharacter_hardcore_survival_story_assistant/
IC:
Assistant Botanist Hope here. I am currently stationed roughly 100m above Keen's LP in my Seamoth.
What...what is going on here? I am having... difficulty wrapping my mind around this planet.
I—I suppose I should start at the beginning...or try to anyway...
While scavenging parts for the compass and Seamoth, I encountered the source of deep, loud groans in the water and they turned out to be Reefbacks of the Leviathan class. Two adults looked to be the parents of a two juveniles swimming with them. All four of them were swimming in close formation. This must be indicative of higher intelligence; most social creatures with complex family structures exhibit consciousness. Curiously, flora seems to grow on the backs of the adults. They must live very long lives and remain on the ocean floor for extended periods of time at some point after their infancy. Do they take years of stationary living to breed or raise their young? Do they go into a type of hibernation or stasis, perhaps as recovery as some sort? I would relish the opportunity to study them further, but I need to stay focused.
[Deep exhale] It took some work, but I built my Seamoth. The fabrication done by the Mobile Vehicle Bay is strangely hypnotic to watch.
The Sunbeam detected the Aurora's debris field. At least Avery understands the gravity of the situation now. Although, a hot mic picked up his comment over only attempting an island landing once in VR. Quite worrying, but what else can be done? Our luck has to improve at some point.
After fabrication, I quickly stopped by Aurora wreckage near Keen's location to find a door sealed shut due to heat and damage. A laser cutter would be required, but hopefully we can get out of here before needing one. Especially after what I saw next...
Before diving down to his LP, I encountered an Alien Vent pumping water in and out at very high rates. Where this leads is unknown. Peepers with a sparkling trail were exiting the system. Scan indicates this to be an unknown enzyme and said Peepers are hosts to the bacteria, but it was dormant in their system. The enzyme must be a link to a possible cure.
This must be why the entire ecosystem hasn't collapsed. These special Peepers excrete waste infused with this enzyme which is consumed by other fish or they are consumed by predators which affects the spread of the bacteria in their system. More r
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