Saturday, February 28, 2004
i've never quite understood organized sports...
yaknow, like baseball, football, basketball, soccer or even rugby. i know i am one of very few American men who has this problem, but i just have a problem with making it a point to be as close as possible to another sweaty man who is breathing heavy. you're going to have to forgive me for saying this, but i just find these activities to be too homoerotic. there, i said it.
as for me, i'm very protective of my personal space. i'm not a very big fan of anyone standing right next to me. so why would i want someone to be closer to me than even my wife gets sometimes. i just don't see the fascination. enough on that, i believe i made my point on the anti touchy thing.
another thing i can't seem understand is the need to chase after the stupid ball that is being used for any of these sports. i mean, i don't even play ping pong for this reason. more than half of your recreation is spent trying to retrieve the pathetic projectile. gee, that's fun. (sarcasm) a little help? ha!
and i've never been a very competitive person either. no point in feeling like poop if i or my team didn't win. i mean, i do understand man's competitive nature. sure it sucks to lose. but i've never seen a point to doing anything unless i'm gonna have fun. being a sore loser or winner just isn't for me. i'm still going out for frosty chocolate milkshakes afterwards.
what really really gets me... is sports talk radio. sometimes i have to listen to it at work. it's just plain sad. i've never heard so much moaning, complaining and whining and i've done junior high overnighters! the only thing i can find positive about sports radio is i can turn it on and feel good about myself because it makes me realize there are numerous people out there dialing into these radio stations that are less fortunate in the brains department than me. yes, i just called a lot of people...stupid.
but who knows? maybe someday i may change my mind. i may want to got the gym and practically hug other sweaty men and chase after balls. i may want to be in a bad mood for days or gloat so much that people want to hit me in the jaw due to the outcome of a game. i may even want to sit around and yell at the TV so that maybe the coach or player who can't hear me will change his mind about the way he decides to play the game three states away, because i will know that i can make better decisions than any professional athlete ever can.
maybe not.
it's probably because i just don't drink enough. ....or at all.
yaknow, like baseball, football, basketball, soccer or even rugby. i know i am one of very few American men who has this problem, but i just have a problem with making it a point to be as close as possible to another sweaty man who is breathing heavy. you're going to have to forgive me for saying this, but i just find these activities to be too homoerotic. there, i said it.
as for me, i'm very protective of my personal space. i'm not a very big fan of anyone standing right next to me. so why would i want someone to be closer to me than even my wife gets sometimes. i just don't see the fascination. enough on that, i believe i made my point on the anti touchy thing.
another thing i can't seem understand is the need to chase after the stupid ball that is being used for any of these sports. i mean, i don't even play ping pong for this reason. more than half of your recreation is spent trying to retrieve the pathetic projectile. gee, that's fun. (sarcasm) a little help? ha!
and i've never been a very competitive person either. no point in feeling like poop if i or my team didn't win. i mean, i do understand man's competitive nature. sure it sucks to lose. but i've never seen a point to doing anything unless i'm gonna have fun. being a sore loser or winner just isn't for me. i'm still going out for frosty chocolate milkshakes afterwards.
what really really gets me... is sports talk radio. sometimes i have to listen to it at work. it's just plain sad. i've never heard so much moaning, complaining and whining and i've done junior high overnighters! the only thing i can find positive about sports radio is i can turn it on and feel good about myself because it makes me realize there are numerous people out there dialing into these radio stations that are less fortunate in the brains department than me. yes, i just called a lot of people...stupid.
but who knows? maybe someday i may change my mind. i may want to got the gym and practically hug other sweaty men and chase after balls. i may want to be in a bad mood for days or gloat so much that people want to hit me in the jaw due to the outcome of a game. i may even want to sit around and yell at the TV so that maybe the coach or player who can't hear me will change his mind about the way he decides to play the game three states away, because i will know that i can make better decisions than any professional athlete ever can.
maybe not.
it's probably because i just don't drink enough. ....or at all.
