Teenage surfing prodigy Erin Brooks has had her bid for Canadian citizenship turned down by the federal government.
The 16-year-old Brooks was born in Texas and grew up in Hawaii but has Canadian ties through her American-born father Jeff, who is a dual American-Canadian citizen, and her grandfather who was born and raised in Montreal.
Brooks had hoped to secure her citizenship and represent Canada at next year's Paris Olympics. But the ongoing SNAFU means she has had to miss the Pan American Games, which opened Friday in Chile and offers the winner an Olympic berth.
The last opportunity to qualify for the Olympics is at the ISA World Championships in Puerto Rico in February.
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In a letter explaining its decision not to grant a "discretionary grant of citizenship," Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says Brooks did not meet the requirements.
"The application is refused on the basis that the applicant is not stateless, has not experienced special or unusual hardship or provided services of an exceptional value to Canada which warrants a discretionary grant of Canadian citizenship," the letter stated.
hi sorry for the weird question but are u still into larry laffer ..... ive been watching LSL playthroughs and lookin through the tag yknow as people do... and i saw your art !! it's so cute !! if u are please infodump about anything u want about him/the series/your insert i'd love to read.. have a great day!!! : )
hello there sweetie!!!! hope you're having a great day yourself 🥰🥰 omg thank you so much for being so kind about my silly art!!!! and it's not a weird question at all - i haven't had anyone ask about my beloved Larry Laffer in ages!!!! 🙈🙈🙈
popping in a clip of Larry interacting with Erin for those not in the know - but under the cut, as the series is highly NSFW 😉
as an Austin Powers enthusiast, when my dear pal @iriso-page suggested the amorous, anachronistic dweeb that is Larry Laffer, there was no chance a fixation wasn't gonna happen - specifically the version from Wet Dreams Don't Dry onwards 🙈 he's the absolute perfect combo of soppingly wet and pathetic, licentious, corny, dorky, confident and earnest!!! 🥴
i find his pitiful one-liners, cringefail dance moves and whiny voice all so intensely charming. he's horny to a fault and it's adorable;;;; he's just so up for anything and seems so sweet and supportive...not to mention i think his style is genuinely fantastic 🙈 terrible taste? perhaps, but i think more people should sexualise silly old men who try to sexualise themselves 😖💖
Larry has quite the sordid history throughout the games, and i know it must baffle some people that we enjoy such a little horndog of a character!! but i find his determination and willingness to go to such lengths for intimacy quite attractive :3c it's also a very funny trope to be obsessed with guys who are mentally or literally trapped in a totally different time period...some character recs for you there 😉
ooh you know, i never actually made a proper self-insert for Leisure Suit Larry, as that one bit of art was just How I Draw My Online Self...maybe i ought to make a proper OC? could give them a silly, Bond Girl-esque innuendo name like the other characters 👀 i would also really love to draw Larry again - even though it's been 7 months, i loved drawing this commission for a pal!!! the art style for WDDD and WDDT is sooooo beautiful, especially the colours...💖 is there anything you'd like to see, drawing-wise, of Larry? 🥰
and finally - i want to hear what you like about Larry and the series so much!!! it's always fun to hear what makes other folks happy :3c
thank you so much for this wonderful ask, and i hope your week is awesome 🙏🔥
Oh that's great. Erin Brooks(Olympic hopeful teenage surfer) finally got Canadian citizenship. Erin wanted to get Canadian citizenship in order to surf for Canada but was originally denied because of some bullcrap. Erin's father has dual citizenship and her grandfather was born and raised in Montreal so she does have familial ties to the country.
I know there’s been a lot of discussion on whether or not people will have kept their core personalities from the TV show into the reboot movie (i.e. Quinn is still a delightful nerd with her Quinnventions and random facts - even though she’s now blonde and wears contacts).
BUT considering how much of a jerk Logan used to be, I would absolutely LOVE to see Logan have gone from jerk stud to absolute SIMP HIMBO for Quinn. Like, he can keep his “dumb” persona, but I hope his attitude has morphed into a kinder person who is just head-over-heels for Quinn and has continued to be a better person because of her (which, I mean, we already saw him become a kinder person though the series and especially season 4 as he was dating Quinn.)
I mean - COME ON! This promo shot alone is enough to convince me that he’s gonna just be just goo-goo-ga-ga for Quinn — and in public now! Yaaas! We’ll finally SEE their relationship in front of their friends!
TL;DR: this promo pic is giving “Logan is a total himbo simp for Quinn” and I am ABSOLUTELY here for it
We made Zoey 101 an animated series and just went ahead and did that final season of their senior year like we should’ve gotten in the first place . . . Just a thought . . . 🤔🧠 🚬🍀
On CM Punk, Jack Perry, and Hangman Adam Page (copied over from my twitta page! [at]erkinai)
I'm about to make a controversial statement as a #CMPunk fan... I know nobody expects controversy from Punk related discourse, but... /s I think the reason Punk got so fired up about #JackPerry (and his interview as much as stated this) is that he sees his own youthful bullshit from 20 years ago in him. Same with getting mad at #AdamPage for "going into business for himself" in that promo. Because ultimately? These are things Punk would do (and HAS done) in his career. And as an adult/vet, seeing your own youth staring you back in the face is a pain. I love Punk BECAUSE he doesn't shut up... BECAUSE he starts shit. BECAUSE he pisses people off. And #Hangman and #JungleBoy/#Scapegoat are just doing the same things. And I'm having a weird brain time putting all this together and realizing that I'm also getting old and cranky.
Feel like the most under-talked about crazy thing in Warriors is the lineage of Stormfur and Brook’s kits
These cats have blood from every Clan except ShadowClan plus the tribe, and since Graystripe’s other parent is unconfirmed at the moment, they could very well be a ShadowClan cat.
A brief description of their family tree:
Willowpelt, Graystripe’s mother has SkyClan blood. Willowbreeze, Stormfur’s grandma, has WindClan blood. Obviously, there’s Thunder, River, and Tribe in there. (also, a lot of the prefix Willow)
These are possibly the most genetically diverse cats we have.