![]() ![]() ![]() When someone said I was just the little sister, that’s when I got really fired up. But if I hadn’t been in Venus’s shadow, I would never be who I am. I loved Monica Seles, and then I studied Monica Seles. It was as if I were playing her matches, too. That’s how I started to move so fast up the rankings, because I learned the lessons from Venus’s losses instead of the hard way, from my own. When she lost, I understood why, and I made sure I wouldn’t lose the same way. I followed her around the world and watched her. I’d travel to tournaments with Venus as her hitting partner, and if there was an open slot, I’d play. It made me work harder, turning me into a savage fighter. I was so sad when I didn’t get all the early opportunities that Venus got, but that helped me. If you watched King Richard, then you know that when I was little, I was not very good at tennis. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz in Vogue, April 2003. Night matches in Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows. ![]() Some of the happiest times in my life were spent waiting in that hallway in Melbourne, and walking out into Rod Laver Arena with my earphones in and trying to stay focused and drown out the noise but still feeling the energy of the crowd. I’m not sure every player sees it that way, but I love the performance aspect of it-to be able to entertain people week after week. I don’t know how I’m going to be able to look at this magazine when it comes out, knowing that this is it, the end of a story that started in Compton, California, with a little Black girl who just wanted to play tennis. I’m torn: I don’t want it to be over, but at the same time I’m ready for what’s next. I keep saying to myself, I wish it could be easy for me, but it’s not. I hate that I have to be at this crossroads. It’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine. I know it’s not the usual thing to say, but I feel a great deal of pain. There is no happiness in this topic for me. Praise to these people, but I’m going to be honest. Lol, but yeah, you're legally an adult now, time to grow up! p How could your parents "make" you live with them anyway? They've no legal authority over you any longer! Why not just go to a college farther away, or live in a dorm, or something? Tis what I'd likely do, if I had strangely overprotective yet-threatening-to-kick-you-out parents.Photographed by Annie Leibovitz with sister Venus Williams in Vogue, May 1998. Did you know that people are occasionally burned alive sleeping in their own beds at home because their houses catch on fire? 'Cuz certainly, you should avoid sleeping at home on the off chance that that might happen to you. If it's any colder than that (which is in itself quite doubtful) a portable battery operated heater would be good, or some chemical heaters for short relief. Lol, why on earth would you sleep with your motor running in the first place? Cars aren't hermetically sealed, so even closed up there'd be plenty airflow but plenty thermo-insulation to boot, so down to the low negs anyone would be fine sleeping inside one, especially if they had a decent sleeping bag. ![]() Any advice on what to do? Actually, any advice on my situation in general? She'll cool down obviously, but since it will probably be evening I'm not sure where I'll be able to go. I know that one day, maybe not tomorrow but somewhere in about a month (I know my Mom like clockwork) she will finally get mad enough to tell me I have to leave. And honestly, it's impossible not to have like a paper or a pair of socks or something laying around your room. Well, since our ideas of clean are obviously different I dont' know when these threats will come next. I know you'll say just clean your room and then your mom won't get mad. In fact my room is one of the cleanest I've ever seen, today after her most recent threat when I went to clean it, it literally took me around 2 minutes to get it back to spotless state. And for the past month (ever since I turned 18) she has been threatening to kick me out of the house if I don't keep my room clean. ![]()
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