Re: Sumo movies [Very non-sumo, as usual]

["Jim and Carol Illback" <illback@starband.net>]

I for one would feel I had gotten my "money's worth"  for the joy you have
spread already, even though you may never make another sumo movie.

Also, since I am over fifty now I can tell you in motherly fashion that
things will definitely get better.  Unlike in sumo where one injury and
difficulty lead to another and a slide down the banzuke is often
irreversible, in love things have a way of clearing up and clarifying and
leading to even better success the next time (with Chiaki or someone better
suited to you).

If all else fails I do have a beautiful daughter who will be 21 this month
and who speaks some Japanese and sumoese from long exposure...neither very
well but who can say what the future holds, ne?  Actually she is currently
"occupied" with a nice but non-sumo fan young man and would kill me for
bandying her about, even for the worthy goal of having a fellow sumo fan in
the family orbit someday.

I wish you all the best.  Support for your software fund doesn't mean you
are under obligation to anyone to do anything else for us. After all, even
if under "giri" you could always get hit by illness or a bus...and your
supporters understand that.  What is a friendly list for if not to provide
friendly support for each other so we can all in our own fashion enjoy sumo
together? You surely have provided friendly support to us TV deprived fans
already.

I hope you will accept our donations.

Carol Illback

P.S. Installing new hardware will keep your mind busy and you may find
yourself up nights anyway...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Carlson" <drc@oz.net>
To: <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Sumo movies [Very non-sumo, as usual]


>
> Hi,
> I'd like to thank everybody too. You're an amazing group,
> as always. Well, as I've been telling Ken, I'm not too
> comfortable with accepting anything right now. Nothing
> to do with ethics or anything, it's just that I'm not
> sure I'll be able to do the movies, at least this next
> basho. I probably will, but I'm not really able to think
> about it right now.
>
> I had to finally let Chiaki go, for the good of both of us.
> We had a wonderful month together, and she promised to return
> (her idea- I didn't ask it) and stay "much longer". Then she
> went off to Germany, and as usual quickly grew more and more
> distant. Her German life and I are two separate worlds to her.
> I have grown to understand her thinking, and she's always come
> back to my world, but the waiting is far too much for me to bear
> anymore. I feel like she's a beautiful bird that I've been trying
> to keep in a cage. I had to finally let her fly away free. I hope
> she'll fly back to me one day, but I doubt it. But I can't say
> I love her unless I let her go. I hope she'll be happy.
>
> Needless to say, I'm heartbroken. I'm getting better- I only
> burst into tears in inappropriate places a few times a day now :)
> I just haven't gotten to the point where I can say I'll continue
> the sumo movies or not. I'm very grateful to all of you, and
> especially to Ken Coller for his coordination of this. I think
> the effort is on hold for a little bit, while I get my act back
> together (as if it ever was :)
>
> OK, I'm done babbling about my pathetic personal life yet again
> on this list for now. Thanks for your patience and your friendship.
>
> Dale
>
> P.S. I would accept the donation of a suitable soulmate :)
>
>
>
> At 05:38 AM 8/8/02 -0700, Ken Coller wrote:
> >I'd like to thank everyone who has contacted me regarding
> >contributing to the hardware fund for the sumo movies that Dale
> >Carlson does. If that first e-mail of mine got overlooked in the heat
> >of basho coverage, I'm accepting donations to show some appreciation
> >for, and to support the future efforts of, Dale Carlson and his sumo
> >movies.
> >
>
>