CAMELOT FANTASIES

you are a sophisticated woman emma darling. all those languages and also so well versed in many different cultures.

and looks like Skylar is a woman of many talents as well.

that lady (Skylar) I met on twitter is a model from California. she is also an artist among many other things.

I asked her join Camelot and have her own place here so she can post her art work and also anything else she wishes or leases.

I did ask her to stop by Emma's Café to say hello to you. perhaps she is busy and also a little bit shy initially.

she should be able to feel more at home since she has her own place. now she can just do her thing.

This is the poster I have of Agnetha and Frida. It's just as cool as it looks. You can find it on eBay.

Quote from: thetruth on October 03, 2014, 11:04:29 pm

I think he'll do it. He has lost to him lately, but Andy is rounding into form. His recovery was slow but steady. The win over Cilic, as straightforward as it was is bound to give him confidence.

I didn't think Rafa would get to the final by any means. I think the first match was just the adrenaline flowing, but it takes time to get your timing back and know what shot to hit in the right moment. Plus, Rafa had 37 errors which is a lot for him. Still, I thought he looked relatively good considering he's just coming back, and the little fish in the sea always have to have their time in the sun too.

While I feel it was a terrific win over Cilic by Andy, I truly feel it was also the match that did the damage against Nole. I'd have rather liked Andy to get the win over Nole than the recent USO Champion. After all, Nole is very well known for his consistency not to mention the No. 1 player.

As to Rafa, I saw the match. Klizan was a tad more aggressive especially at crucial points and Nadal had trouble chasing those. Klizan is a solid player and believes in himself while Nadal I feel is still a bit slow upon return and as herc said, fitness might still be an issue as he wasn't quick enough around the court as he typically is. He's growing older after all so quickness is the first thing that I believe that goes first albeit not all at once. 

And those 37 errors are very telling of Rafa's confidence. He's a player of confidence first and foremost we all know. Each time he makes an error his confidence goes down a bit and he made 37 of them - very unusual for a player who tends to keep the errors to the minimum, because of the focus being on the balance of confidence/error ratio primarily. Plus the match was just too long for him and Klizan wasn't giving up at all and kept on pounding the ball. I believe it was almost 3 hour long match. But it was also a very good match. I thoroughly enjoyed it because of its high quality. Win or loss - you can't take that away from that match.

Quote from: Clay Death on October 03, 2014, 08:58:51 pm

i saw rafa's 2nd round match. i cant really say that i am happy with him.

i can understand the injury but i dont know why he is not putting in the time on his fitness. he was slow and sluggish even by his own admission.

he says it a little differently but i know what he means. he said he could be better with the legs and stuff.

also it was the left hand injured. he could have worked more on his serve and also the net game. these are fast courts and he was again terrified of the net.

i am worried about him: i am afraid the incredible fame and fortune has taken away some of his attention away from the sport.

simply put, he has dropped his level of play and his fitness quite significantly from last year.

i am just worried sick to my stomach about him. i keep seeing a drop in fitness.

at any rate hopefully he will get it back together for 2015 and give it a good go.

That's a bit too dramatic, herc darling. Surely Rafa's 14 Majors and a number of single titles beg the question, no? But I feel both Federer and Nadal fans are quite spoiled and a bit too ambitious for my taste.

I am quite happy with Andy's 2 Slam titles. Of course a few more would be quite deserved as well but I wouldn't be devastated if he weren't to win any more. I am not sure how you guys would have dealt with Nadal if he were to go 15 months without a title and being ranked 11.

It just somehow comes down to all about glory and who gets to keep the bragging right in the end - Rafa fans or Federer fans - unfortunately.