"so it begins"

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"The tales that really matter"

It's been a while.

15. WTA 1000 Dubai, R3

Crying

Stewart Island 🤩

Frodo: "Where am I?"

Gandalf: "You are in the House of Elrond, and it is ten o'clock in the morning on October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know"

On a train to Wellington, a group of 22 elderly people around.
The couple in front of me is from Sydney, and when the man heard someone from a few rows behind saying that Melbourne is the australian capital of good coffee: "give me a break!"
They are still roasting each other 😂

New Zealand in a nutshell

Today, the ring went south

I'm planning to do the first part (only) tomorrow, but the distance will depend on which legs I'm going to wake up to 😅 The weather was awful 2 days ago and today wasn't good either going in that direction, so I went on the other side to the Tama lakes and ended up doing almost 20km anyway

Faramir: "To enter the Forbidden Pool bears the penalty of death".

Faramir: "They wait for my command. Shall they shoot?"

Gollum, singing: 'Rock and pool is nice and cool, so juicy sweet! I only wish to catch a fish, so juicy sweet!"

Tawhai Falls, aka Gollum's pool

Pippin: "A storm is coming"

Gandalf: "This is not the weather of the world. This is the device of Sauron's making. A broil of fumes he sends ahead of his host. The Orcs of Mordor have no love of daylight. So he covers the face of the sun to ease their passage along the road to war"

It really just happened

!!!

14. WTA 250 Cluj, R1

4 specific locations (eg, I will do a hike around Mount Doom, in the National Park), then a couple of 1-day guided tours in, like, Wellington where one of the sites is Mount Victoria and later they bring people to the Weta Workshop (the studios)

It's been 84yrs .gif since the day I started thinking of visiting the country, can't believe I'm finally here for real lol

Kia Ora, Aotearoa

(no clue on what day or time is right now, but finally here)

(yes, there may or may not be more LotR spams in the next month)

13. WTA 250 Singapore, QF

With a historic victory at this year's Australian Open, Madison Keys claimed her first-ever Grand Slam title, a great achievement to celebrate. This remarkable success has earned her a spot in the WTA Top 10, which affects her participation in the 2025 ATX Open. As a 250-level tournament, the ATX Open is permitted to feature just one Top 10 player unless the defending champion returns as a Top 10 ranked player. Only in that circumstance could two Top 10 players compete in our tournament. This helps to ensure balanced competition across all WTA events held during the same week. With World No. 6 Jessica Pegula already committed to the event, WTA rules prevent us from having a second Top 10 player in the draw. When we entered an agreement with Madison, her ranking was World No. 21. Now with her title wins in both Adelaide and Melbourne, her ranking has moved to World No. 7. As a result of her new ranking, Madison will, unfortunately, not be able to compete in this year's ATX Open.

Due to WTA entry rules, Madison Keys will not play the ATX Open because she's now ranked inside the top 10.

Per the rules, a top 10 can only play a WTA 250 event if it's in their home country or they are the defending champion. And, even then, only 1 top 10 is allowed.

Pegula was already entered.

At this pace that may really be the day after tomorrow

Australian Open just ended and we are already approaching the Middle East swing with Abu Dhabi starting in few days on the eve of Doha, which means two WTA 1000 back-to-back already, which means IW-Miami, which means it's almost clay szn...

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Photo, chats, proofs of something at least very suspicious never really discharged if not for him saying just "bs". He never had even the slightest fear for his profile while players around kept silent only for someone to get caught on the microphone referring to him as "he also says he is innocent"

This while Tiley says she was a breach to their joyful environment
What breach?
Who was supposed to be hurt by those words? The fans? The police? You? Me?
You all did nothing credible to prove those accusations to be wrong. He enjoys his time, no setbacks, wnile women may feel even more alone

“I decided at match point I’d come down to the ‘Melbourne’ sign end, ‘cause I know where the media seats are. I wanted to be close enough to you all to hopefully hear me. And I wanted Olya’s and Brenda’s names to be heard in that arena.”

Ma'am, thank you!