#guy sasson

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The (local) late afternoon then continued with what could have been a primetime showdown, a repeat of the 2024 French Open/Roland Garros Quad Wheelchair Singles final occurred between first seed Sam Schroder, who previously defeated Luis Pena 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals, ans third seed Guy Sasson, who also stunned Gregory Slade 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals after defeating Francisco Cayulef 6-2, 6-3 in the first round. Just like their latest previous encounters (especially Slam-level), this match had everything, with pressure points handling being the pinnacle of the aspects tested in this match.

Guy initially had a solid start to this match with a stellar return game, followed by an early break to 1-0. Somehow, Sam's forehand return ace created his break point, but Guy still held his service game to 2-0. The first seed then still kept in touch with a service game hold to 2-1, while Guy became pumped after his forehand to Sam's forehand error created his game point before consolidating further to 3-1. Afterward, he forced fhe deuce thanks to his swift return to Sam's +1 lob error before doubling the break to 4-1.

However, the moment did not last long as Sam's forehand finish, which Guy thought was too long, was sufficient to break back to 4-2 before holding his serves to 4-3. It turned out that the first seed injected more pace to his forehands, but Guy still held the said game to 5-3. Somehow, even if a +1 forehand error created Guy's 2 set points, both of them were foiled due to an unreturned serve and a successful serve+1 (with a forehand winner to close), which resulted in Sam's massive hold to 5-4. Consequently, Guy earned the opportunity to serve for the first set, but Sam's backhand return ace completed the break-back to 5-5.

By then, Guy started redirecting from his preceding forehand returns, but he had a break point foiled on Sam's serve, finally breaking to 6-5 due to the latter's forehand error (converted his second break point). That would have been his second chance to serve for the first set, but it was blown thanks to Sam's preceding forehand to Guy's forehand error. It also accounted for Sam's break-back-again to 6-6, making the first-set tie-breaker inevitable. The first seed dominated the breaker thanks to his forehand winner at the second point, with some other forehand winners that overwhelmed Guy's service games, eventually taking the first set 7-6(1) to complete a part of the comeback.

[hughesybear]

Canucks roundup for training camp 2024:

Vinny and Miller had beers together and watched football the night before training camp (unclear who else might have joined them but they’ve been doing Football Sundays)

Myers and Garland were spotted going out for lunch together in Penticton and Šilovs, Lekkerimäki, Höglander, and D-Petey were spotted together as well

Garland said he went swimming in Okanagan Lake with Quinn after each of the first two days of training camp

Garland asked Quinn who he thinks looked good after every day and Quinn included Kiefer every time (assistant general manager Quinn Hughes, Kiefer Sherwood’s biggest fan)

Garland says him and Joshua were talking a lot over the summer, Joshua had plans to come over to his house but they fell through (“he’s one of my best friends off the ice”)

Miller continues to be the team dad (“I can’t say enough good things about J.T. and how good he is to all the young guys. He’s helping us out, making jokes and stuff in the locker room and making sure everyone feels included and like they should be out there. It’s really an honour to have him in our group to show us the ropes.” - Max Sasson)

all the new guys have been saying they’ve felt very welcomed by the group and that everyone’s been making a great effort to get to know them, going out together almost every day (“Every time they’re doing something together, they’re always reaching out and making sure I’m invited.” - Vincent Desharnais)

overall the vibes heading into this season are top-tier! and now there’s more stability in net so Demko can take as much time as he needs to work his way back :)

[hugheses]

hello! not sure if you accept submissions like this but Max Sasson (rookie on the Canucks) just did an interview with Brandon Astle (Abbotsford Canucks PxP commentator) where he was asked about Quinn, here's my transcript of it

Astle: What about Quinn Hughes? Talk about a guy that’s honestly probably the best player in the league right now. You got to see him on a day-to-day basis, what’s he like in practice, off the ice, what separates him from the rest?

Sasson: His confidence is unmatched, I think. Just with the puck, you know, not - I wouldn’t say cockiness, but confidence, of knowing “you can’t contain me.” Like “I am gonna do what I want.” And it shows, right? From my first training camp here, I said he is an X-factor, and just from then, Hughes, he’s been taking off. And off the ice he’s a good leader, helped me - we had a tough loss against Edmonton, [he] came over on the plane and talked to me and hyped me up, and let me know what he sees and how I can help the team. And then obviously on the ice, yeah, he’s in my opinion the best defenceman in the world, and top probably three or five player in the league right now. He controls the game, and I always joke he wakes up with two points ‘cause it seems like every single game, no matter what happens, he does his thing, which is what Tocc’s always saying, “Huggy does his thing,” 'cause it’s true. So he’s incredible.

well i certainly do accept this!!! thank you! 🥹

[atwhughesversion]

Canucksblr’s “most Canuckian experience” bracket — Round 1, Poll 8

GUYS!! we are in our last poll of the first round 🥹 the winner of Poll 7, which can be found here, was “24 trips to overtime.” it’s time to move onto the final poll of the first round, before we start narrowing things down even more — context is below as always:

the context

while this wasn’t the case for every milestone — they won the game where dpetey scored his first goal — man it was the case for a lot. max sasson’s first ever NHL goal? came in the 5-1 blowout to boston. jonathan lekkerimäki’s? came in that disaster of a game to the islanders. quinn tying edler’s record for most points by a canucks defenceman? happened post-elimination. why can’t our orcas just have a game puck that they will cherish without any semblance of negative memories 😣

the hughes bowl is always a big deal. too bad they cancelled the first one this season, right?? well. the canucks came into rogers arena on october 30th, hypothetically intending to win the game against their captain’s brothers. unfortunately they didn’t look like it at all. wanna know what they did? they got shutout. 6-0. by the devils, the day before halloween.

[captain-huggy-bear]

I have a prediction that the next game we play with Sasson in our line up, we'll win. Call me crazy, but I feel like he brings Quinn energy to the game and actually encourages some of the other guys to be more engaged because he's trying to shoot the puck and trying to make opportunities...

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Sidney Bechet et son Orchestre - Sugar - Paris, May 16, 1949

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Song of the Day - “Sugar”

Today is the 75th anniversary of this recording… May 16th, 1949, Sidney Bechet Et Son Orchestre recorded in Paris… The song was originally written in 1926 by Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell, and Maceo Pinkard, and was first recorded as a vocal by Ethel Waters… This version featured the great Sidney Bechet on his soprano sax, accompanied by Gerard Bayol on trumpet, Jean-Pierre Sasson on guitar, Guy de Fatto on bass, and Andre Jourdan on drums… Classic Dixieland jazz style… Bechet was notoriously temperamental, and his erratic personality kept him from being properly appreciated in his day. He once famously challenged a fellow player to a duel after getting accused of playing the wrong chord. As he loudly proclaimed, "Sidney Bechet never plays the wrong chord!” During this duel, hot-headed Bechet accidentally shot a woman passerby, and was sentenced to eleven months in a Parisian prison. But 75 years ago today, it was all harmony and smoothness. This recording session produced a handful of tracks, this one being the nicest… just a delight.

[Mary Elaine LeBey]

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Guy went on continuing his dominance from the first set into the second set. Thanks to the combination of his anticipation and aggressive play, he came up with a timely lob from the middle of the court to break 1-0 before he consolidated the lead to 2-0. A game later, Guy took advantage of an erroneous service game with a forehand return ace to create his break point before doubling the break again (3-0), which was continued by a service game hold to 4-0.

Two consecutive games later, including Ali's hold of serve (while surviving a deuce at one point of that game), Guy's anticipative returns start to pay off: he started the game with a forehand winner, which pressed Ali's service game enough to finally serve the second set breadstick (6-1) due to a double fault, securing his path in the quarterfinals.

[hughesybear]

from Dice & Ice attendee on Reddit:

I talked to Petey for about 5 minutes and I was floored. The guy was gracious, kind, and obviously really cares and wants to perform well for the fans. He actually asked me what people are saying and said he has been so frustrated. He also said he is super looking forward to the 4 nations and feels like it will be a restart.

Also for the record, Teddy Blueger looks way younger in person and is one of the nicest professional athletes i have ever met.

No problem! It was awesome being there and I expected the same thing until the players came in and started mingling, it was hard to talk to Quinn and Garland because they were just being ushered from one photo opp to the next one, but the rest of the guys were accessible and you could actually talk to them. Sasson was awesome, he saw us win Abby Canucks tickets on the spin wheel and said we were lucky, then he pointed at Myers and made a joke about cross checking people in the head haha ... we have a really great group of players, i have hope we will turn this around.

[edgeworthsdumbpinkpajamas]

The Izzy Hands Is Autistic PowerPoint Essay

(this is the essay i submitted to the above all else zine (@izzyhandszines ), the exclusivity period of which just ended. enjoy!!)

Hello!!

I would like to start off by saying I’m absolutely fucking terrified to write this essay for a variety of reasons. But I want to express my love of Izzy Hands and how important he is to me, and the best way I’ve found to do so is to express the weird ways I relate to him as an autistic person. I’ve joked in a couple friend circles that I was going to make a PowerPoint presentation about why Izzy’s autistic (hence the title) but I decided to write an essay instead.

Disclaimer: I’m not diagnosing anyone, nor do I want this essay to be used as a diagnostic paper. This is by no means an academic paper, it cites exactly one (1) study, it’s based on my own experiences, light research, and the experiences of my fellow autistic friends. I’m just a dumbass who likes imprinting themselves onto the characters they hyperfixate on.

Reason one why I think Izzy is autistic: because I’m autistic and I said so. *cue end credits*

I’m kidding.

The real first reason comes from Izzy’s interactions with Stede FUKIN’ Bonnet. For one, Stede hates Izzy almost the second he meets him. Now, you could argue that it was because Izzy “stole” his hostages but we’ll set that aside for a sec. It’s been proven that people inherently don’t like autistic people if they don’t realize they’re autistic (Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism Based on Thin Slice Judgements by Noah J. Sasson (2017)). Traits that are often put towards “untrustworthy” or “creepy” people tend to describe autistics too. It’s entirely possible Stede caught a vibe and hated Izzy because of it. Stede is kind of an asshole after all (and we still love him for it). Another reason is Stede’s entire existence throws a wrench in Izzy’s routines as a First Mate. He whisks Edward away to do pirate-y things while Izzy is left to deal with a crew who frankly want nothing to do with him because he’s introducing structure on a ship that didn’t have any to begin with. Sure Izzy came off as an asshole (emotional regulation is a bitch) but he’s just a lil guy trying to follow his routines so nobody dies. He has the worst case of sense of justice. He’ll complain that an ambush is “unprofessional”, he’ll play fair in a duel even if it’s to his detriment, he’ll chase Edward around asking for a plan because Bad Things happen without a plan, the list goes on.

I’d like to dedicate this section to his stimming/eye contact/other little habits that make me think he’s autistic. Izzy has a tendency to touch his face when he’s stressed. Not just that, he’ll wrap an arm around himself and rest his hand on his chin so he can fidget with his beard, as if to self soothe. When he’s talking to people, unless he’s threatening them or yelling at them, he doesn’t look them in the eye. Often he’s not even facing them. When he is facing them, he often looks down at their lips, as if he’s struggling with eye contact. He walks around with his hand resting on his sword either because he’s short and the sword will touch the ground if he doesn’t or because it’s more comfortable for him to have his arm up near his chest. This is often referred to as T-rex arms and a lot of us find it more comfortable than letting our arms rest at our sides. He’s a little pyromaniac, he seems to use candle fire to soothe himself. He’s done it at least twice, once while he was lying to Edward about Stede’s response to meeting Blackbeard and once while talking to Spanish Jackie about Stede in her bar. He sleeps in his underwear like a WHORE (affectionate) which could be argued is temperature regulation because a lot of autistics (myself included) H A T E being overheated. Then there’s the ooh daddy scene. From my little list I made prior to this essay, “ooh daddy scene (thank u conbert), yes i have an explainiation for this. a weird ass intimidation tactic? sure. however what if he can’t read social queues and doesn’t fully realize how fucking weird it was to do that”.

Then there’s his glove. I could dedicate an entire essay on speculation on that fucking glove. Is it hiding something? Is it just to look cool? Is it a sensory thing where he doesn’t like the texture of his sword so he wears the glove to make sword fighting easier? We may never know. Or we might in s2 who knows. Speaking of sword fighting it could be argued by me that because Izzy is supposed to be the best swordsman in the world, sword fighting could be his special interest. He probably spent hours perfecting every move until he got to the level of carving his name into a man’s shirt without leaving a single scratch on him.

We’ve seen Izzy have at least one meltdown re: the duel. He’s losing the duel, the crew are jeering at him, Stede isn’t helping, he finally screams at him before his sword breaks. We’ve also seen him have a shutdown where after Edward goes below deck after realizing his plan against the Spanish isn’t going to work because it’s a leap year, Izzy is in the foreground of Frenchie and Lucius staring off into space. It’s possible that after everything he went through that day and the realization that he’s going to die made him completely shut down.

I have no proof of this since we never really see izzy by himself but I don’t believe in the entire time Izzy has been subjected to the constant torture of being alive and autistic in the late 1600 early 1700s he has unmasked even once. When living in such close quarters with other people and being First Mate to the physical embodiment of ADHD he probably doesn’t get a lot of time to himself. Therefore he has to cope with his existence in other ways, as mentioned above. And the crew of The Revenge have ruined almost every way he uses to cope and manage his autism. We’ll have to wait and see what other horrors unfold for this poor little autistic man, but for now all we can do is pick him apart and see what’s under the hood.

[natayejassaudiaarabianlitblog]

Week 4 Blog

This week I read pages 150-190 of the book “Princess” by Jean P. Sasson. 

The most important sentence would have to be on page 173, “All thoughts of a daughter vanished when my yawning son was placed in my arms.” This is an important sentence because this sentence is another turning point in the story. Sultana delivered her first child, her son. As much as she wanted a daughter she had a son. She said that later on in her life a daughter would possibly come and the moment she held her baby she was content with having a son. She said she’d raise him not to be like the guys in the previous generation, she would teach him not to be “backward in his thinking” and to respect his sisters. He would also learn to love his partner. She felt that with her son she could start a new path for Saudi Arabian Women. 

When reading I felt very happy for her. I was rooting for her to have a daughter but when she explained how she’d raise her son and what she’d teach him, I felt that it was right for her to have a son. Like Sultana said, “A daughter would come later.” I love her mindset, I love how she wants to change the history of Saudi women for the better. Sultana could’ve lived her life listening to those who told her not to speak out and mindlessly respect men no matter how they act or what they say. Instead she constantly thinks about her future and the future of many other women dealing with the same thing. It’s inspiring to see her continue to fight for a better life without giving up. I hope that her and her son do end up influencing many generations that end up respecting women as much as men in Saudi Arabia. 

Word count: 312

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rink's blorbos activity on 12/14/24

bm63: sexy little freak all night 🐀

dp88: four points 🍝

js1: shutout level performance 🐶 (ignore that sasson goal that didn't happen idk what you're talking about)

lu35: won both games of the back-to-back 🥹

qh43: pissy wet cat 🧸

cb98: just a little guy 😭 (someone please help him)

[eepyfourty]

MAX SASSON !!! im so excited abt this guy i KNOW his first nhl goal is coming

[stateofsport211]

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The wheelchair actions commenced today, one of which featured the first-round matches of the Quad Wheelchair Singles sector between fourth seed Guy Sasson and Ali Ataman. It turned out that there were two types of Quad Wheelchair matches that was also the case in this match, which was a regular competitive one and a demolition, depending on how one's return game went.

Just first point into the match, Guy came up with a forehand winner to set himself one point ahead while trying to press Ali from the baseline. However, Ali's +1 forehand error created the break point several points later before Guy's forehand return ace caused the early break to 1-0. Guy followed it up by swiftly consolidating to 2-0, but Ali's commencement of the subsequent service game with a double fault did not help: once again, Guy was caught ending that game with a break (3-0) thanks to another forehand return ace that created his break point at that game.

This was followed up by Guy's quick consolidation to 4-0 even if Ali equalized the point somewhere with a swift forehand return, but this turned out to be a potential demolition as he controlled the flow (including with an ace in one of his points in this game). Somehow, Ali had an initial game point created from his serve+1 foiled out of a similar error, but the said erratic service game did not help anything except for Guy to triple his break to 5-0, asserting his aggressive game even further. The fourth seed then earned his opportunity to serve for the bagel, and he successfully did (6-0) to close the first set.