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Sorry in advance if anyone is offended by the content of this entry. As always with the start of the season Lawrence gave us "the talk" about coxing this season. Our priorities in this order: Safety of the rowers (I guess we, the coxns, are now included in that category), safety of the equipment, and helping to run practice efficiently. Last year we always prioritized our responsibilities in the order of equipment, ourselves and then the guys. (I was the one to give Lawrence crap for it this time as his old lightweight coxn Alix who normally gave him crap has graduated.) The big shock came to us while all the rowers were sitting there to witness the look on our faces.

The organization of boats is new this year mostly for coaching convenience. Ed normally coached Heavy varsity and JV and Lawrence had Light Varsity, 3V and 4V. This year they had to go and change it. Now Ed is coaching both Varsities and the JV crews while Lawrence is coaching the 3 and 4V crews. Which means lucky for me I have to deal with not one coxn but two coxns. Don't get me wrong I love working with other coxns, I'm just not sure about the coxns I have to deal with. The new Light coxn, Jessica, was my coxn for a season when I rowed. She only has two more seasons of experience than Hana or Patrick, though Patrick didn't cox for our team last year and Hana did. Plus Jessica misses a lot of time for Jewish holidays and marching band. (She's lead piccolo which I admire because she's really multi-talented, but the guys she's coxing for really need someone who's whole energy is focused on helping them get fast, not on the notes for the football game on Friday.)

I was a little shocked to hear that the boat was given to her, but then again Ed never really got to see Hana cox last year, and Patrick is new. Steering's already really difficult. 3 boats around turns is kinda hard to manage sometimes. At least it's only for fall. Now I have to rant a little bit today because it's too inappropriate for my parents, and I won't go into much detail for you all because I'm sure you'll appreciate it.

I know that guys will be guys and all that and I really don't mind a little talking about stuff like this but can't they do it like on their runs or on their ways home or something? I mean, come on guys a little is okay but this is too much. They are all sitting in front of me talking about their intimate encounters with their girlfriends which is really something I don't want to hear about when it's more directed towards making the girls happy, if you get my drift. And I am so not even going to say anything to them about anything. Today they were all asking why I was so uncomfortable with the whole thing. I was about to explode telling them that I'm not as dirty as everyone else ,including all the damn coxns, who have been just as dirty as the rowers. I don't know what they are thinking. (Please understand when I say dirty I'm not holding anything against any of them or anybody else, I'm just really sheltered and will openly admit it where as the rest of them do a lot of stuff I'm just not into.) I'm sure they would have set me up with some guy that would "rock my world". They will find out some things in due time. Like in Boston.

So now that you maybe have been grossed out enough by my stories I hope that you don't ever have to deal with listening to sex advice when you really, REALLY don't want to hear it especially from your stroke seat who had thighs like tree trunks and is as tall as a tree with a girlfriend that is half my size and I'm 5'4". Anyways I'm tired and will talk to you all tomorrow. I think we are actually rowing a real "Varsityish" boat! Yippee skippy.


Never forget to fight.

~YogiB



P.S. I really do love my boys and wouldn't trade anything in the world for them. Despite what impression I may give you, do realize that I love them, not necessarily everything they do, but I love them. I just would rather not think of them with their girlfriends doing whatever it is they maybe doing that is too inappropriate for the website.



P.P.S. If anyone has any feedback at all, please tell me. I would really appreciate your comments. On anything , (column, outlook on life, how your day was, anything ,really)

 

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Subject: Re: Unwanted topics of discussion
Submitted by Anonymous Coward on 2002-09-19 14:01:34
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Hey YogiB.....as far as "unwanted topics of discussion" and your boys, i'm in virtually the same position as you! I'm the only female coxswain on our boys team and the majority of the time it's just little me and ALL of them, and after a few years of them I'm so considered "one of the guys" that they hold nothing back in their conversations, or in their bodily functions, or when changing, or or or (those are all slightly off topic, but u know how it is I'm sure).....and I've herd and seen it all! The worst part is that I after a few weeks into every season I end up using alot of their expressions and my mom gets all upset and tells me Im talking like a boy! hahaha, they'd be so proud if only they knew that. ..anyway, my point of writing this is to tell you that you're certainly not alone! I finally flipped one day when they got into a particuarly dirty conversation and they all looked at me shoked, I explained that I didn't understand why they'd talk about that infront of me and how I didn't want to hear it or think about it and they all felt bad, but then told me that it's a compliment and I after lots of "discussion" we decided that I would accept their "compliment" if they'd make an effort to not talk about certain things infront of me. Boys, they had no idea it was a problem. Maybe you can try talking to your about it?

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