Spasiba
November 1st, 2010 • demented
Hello, dear readers.
I don’t have anything new to add to the topic of the YEC, Bali (except ‘lol Wicky surfing’) or Elena Dementieva‘s retirement. I just want to thank everyone for the lovely comments and responses I got everywhere thanks to the letter. I heard some very kind and inspiring words from all of you. The text ended up at her official website, which is a bit astonishing. I also translated it to Portuguese to be posted to at Saque e Voleio and it got a nifty space at GloboEsporte‘s tennis home.
I’m glad that, what I thought was a very personal letter, apparently touched so many of you. It’s almost like that quote from Tolstoi* that says the more regional literature is, the more universal it becomes.
*I do realise I just compared one of the greatest minds from literature to a letter I wrote on a blog called ‘Fierce Tennis’. Who knew I was such a big twat? I cannot apologise enough for that.
(picture via fuckyeahelenadementieva)
Answer: I have tried and failed several times to keep blogs up. Why? Because I don’t like doing serious journalism unless there’s money showing up in my bank account — and there wasn’t. This blog will have no interest in being impartial or, you know, actually talking about the sport (ok, maybe from time to time). There are tons of other blogs (and news websites) that do this job pretty well already. Here we will discuss the shallow part: the outfits, the gossip, the outrages and who Fernando Verdasco is currently dating.
