I am a Troy Glaus rally monkey...
I love these games!!!
People always ask me, "Why do you like sports so much?" And I was thinking about it today as I was driving towards Edison field in Anaheim for today's Angels game vs. the Mariners. Just less than an hour ago, I watched 2 upsets during the NBA playoffs and as I was thinking back on those, I just thought about how exciting it was to watch them. I could seriously watch sports for hours upon hours without end. And I think it's better than watching any of these reality shows or whatever TV shows(with the exception of my favorite shows, Friends and Smallville). It has everything you can want in a show: excitement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, love, hate, determination, heart, emotion, etc. Like today, at the Angel game....they were losing 6-1 and rallied all the way back to win the game 7-6 in the bottom of the ninth. There were people who left early, and unless they had good reason to, as the game did run pretty late and it was quite nipply, they sure missed out on a truly amazing game. I mean who could have predicted that this would happen? There is an unscripted drama that is involved in the world of sports, an unpredicatability and uncannicness which just magnifies the aura that surrounds these types of games and brings it to that next level, the upper echelon of entertainment. So long live sports!!!
Words of wisdom
I remember reading one of Jon's posts about talking to old folks and how cool it is to do so, and how you can learn so much from what they have to say. Well Pete has been our neighbor ever since we moved into this house when I was in fourth grade. He's seen me go through the rigors of high school and he saw me leave for college almost 7 years ago and come back now because I got laid off. He's seen Jos grow up and now sees Jos as she now has her own family. He's seen pop recover from his heart attack back in 94 and now sees him recovering from his stroke just this past year. And he's seen mom, carry out, strong as hell, through everything. So he's seen my family develop over the years and it's always good to see him. I saw him outside today and we got to chattin for a lil while, probably like 5 minutes or something. But it was a good 5 minutes. He mentioned it was always good to see me and that I always say hello to him. And that he's glad that pop's doin better... But one thing he said that stuck out to me was when he said, "It's so good to see there are good people, will all that is going on in the world today. There are lots of things, some I like, most I don't, but love helps me get through it all." He's such an awesome guy, he always asks if we need anything, which we don't, but it's always nice to hear people offer help, even when it isn't needed. I'm glad to have Pete around and I look forward to more interactions w/ him.
I love these games!!!
People always ask me, "Why do you like sports so much?" And I was thinking about it today as I was driving towards Edison field in Anaheim for today's Angels game vs. the Mariners. Just less than an hour ago, I watched 2 upsets during the NBA playoffs and as I was thinking back on those, I just thought about how exciting it was to watch them. I could seriously watch sports for hours upon hours without end. And I think it's better than watching any of these reality shows or whatever TV shows(with the exception of my favorite shows, Friends and Smallville). It has everything you can want in a show: excitement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, love, hate, determination, heart, emotion, etc. Like today, at the Angel game....they were losing 6-1 and rallied all the way back to win the game 7-6 in the bottom of the ninth. There were people who left early, and unless they had good reason to, as the game did run pretty late and it was quite nipply, they sure missed out on a truly amazing game. I mean who could have predicted that this would happen? There is an unscripted drama that is involved in the world of sports, an unpredicatability and uncannicness which just magnifies the aura that surrounds these types of games and brings it to that next level, the upper echelon of entertainment. So long live sports!!!
Words of wisdom
I remember reading one of Jon's posts about talking to old folks and how cool it is to do so, and how you can learn so much from what they have to say. Well Pete has been our neighbor ever since we moved into this house when I was in fourth grade. He's seen me go through the rigors of high school and he saw me leave for college almost 7 years ago and come back now because I got laid off. He's seen Jos grow up and now sees Jos as she now has her own family. He's seen pop recover from his heart attack back in 94 and now sees him recovering from his stroke just this past year. And he's seen mom, carry out, strong as hell, through everything. So he's seen my family develop over the years and it's always good to see him. I saw him outside today and we got to chattin for a lil while, probably like 5 minutes or something. But it was a good 5 minutes. He mentioned it was always good to see me and that I always say hello to him. And that he's glad that pop's doin better... But one thing he said that stuck out to me was when he said, "It's so good to see there are good people, will all that is going on in the world today. There are lots of things, some I like, most I don't, but love helps me get through it all." He's such an awesome guy, he always asks if we need anything, which we don't, but it's always nice to hear people offer help, even when it isn't needed. I'm glad to have Pete around and I look forward to more interactions w/ him.
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