I sent my mean message. I left out the part about how he should pay me now because unless he drops out of my brother's wedding he will have to see me again. Partly because I chickened out and partly because a few of my friends thought that he may actually do that to avoid having to pay someone back for something.
I just said that it was getting ridiculous and I didn't have time to sit around waiting for him not to show up today so he would have to find a way to bring me the money at work tomorrow. Now I'm gonna go work out because it makes me feel less bad for being mean.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
I came so close to being mean today
There's this guy who owes me $34 for a concert ticket that i bought. Two of my friends and I were going to the 30 Seconds to Mars concert together, and this guy was around while we were making plans for it and said he wanted to go. I do not like this guy at all. I think he is a giant ass and lies like it is his job, but he's friends with my brother. Now I hate being mean to people; someone can be a complete ass to me, and if I am mean back I will still go home and cry over the fact that I was mean because I seem to want everyone to never ever feel bad about anything, and if there is the slightest chance that I may have made someone feel even a little bit bad, I feel like a terrible person. As a result of this, when he said he wanted to come to the concert, I couldn't say no. I bought tickets for everyone because it was just easier that way. The show got rescheduled from november to february, and the day of the concert there was a giant snow storm. Supposedly this guy got stuck in Florida (but as I have already stated he lies like it is his job so I don't know if I believe that). But he never told me he wouldn't be able to make it to the concert, and the only reason I found out is that one of my friends told me that he was in Florida. Oddly enough I was unable to get rid of a ticket to a concert that wasn't sold out, in the middle of a snowstorm, on a day's notice.
He needs to pay me back despite not going to the show; if he'd given me like a week notice instead of a day I may be more lenient, but no. I have been trying to get him to pay me back since october now, and he was supposed to meet me today to give me the money. Except he didn't show up. I got home all ready to send him a nasty message telling him that he needed to pay me back before I left for spring break on saturday and that unless he was planning on dropping out of my brother's wedding he was going to have to see me eventually and I wasn't going to forget about the money so he may as well just pay me back now. I was gonna be so proud of myself. Just as I was sitting down to do it though, he texted me and said he got stuck at the doctors office (thanks for texting me after I wasted 20 minutes waiting for you) and that he could meet me at the same time tomorrow. So we'll see what tomorrow brings. Maybe I will get to send my nasty message yet. And immediately feel like a terrible person and cry after. I need to work on that
He needs to pay me back despite not going to the show; if he'd given me like a week notice instead of a day I may be more lenient, but no. I have been trying to get him to pay me back since october now, and he was supposed to meet me today to give me the money. Except he didn't show up. I got home all ready to send him a nasty message telling him that he needed to pay me back before I left for spring break on saturday and that unless he was planning on dropping out of my brother's wedding he was going to have to see me eventually and I wasn't going to forget about the money so he may as well just pay me back now. I was gonna be so proud of myself. Just as I was sitting down to do it though, he texted me and said he got stuck at the doctors office (thanks for texting me after I wasted 20 minutes waiting for you) and that he could meet me at the same time tomorrow. So we'll see what tomorrow brings. Maybe I will get to send my nasty message yet. And immediately feel like a terrible person and cry after. I need to work on that
Friday, March 11, 2011
Do you know how much a polar bear weighs?
Over the course of my life, I have found that men have an interesting idea of what would be a succesful way to try to pick up a girl at a bar/date a girl. Most of the ways I've encountered, while not great ways to actually get a girl, are great ways to get the girl and her friends to talk about you, albeit they'll be discussing either how much of an ass you are or how ridiculous you are. At least you'll be on the girl's radar, right? Wrong, so very very wrong.
When trying to pick up a girl at a bar, probably not the greatest idea to be a complete ass to her friends the entire night and then tell her "your friend has been trying really hard to get with me, but I'm really interested in you." Or anything along the lines of that. Even if the girl was clueless to the fact that you were being an ass to her friends, they will tell her. And unless the girl you're trying to get with is a total bitch, that line is far more likely to get you a drink in the face than anything else.
If you have to resort to holding a girl's hand and telling her that you won't let go until she gives you her phone number, she would probably rather saw off said hand than give you her number. Have some self-respect.
If a girl's friends come up to her and tell her that they really need her to go somewhere with them right that second, and she goes, she somehow signaled to them that she is not interested in you. Personally, my friends and I use the ever subtle thumbs up or thumbs down. If this happens, I would say its okay to try to talk to the girl one more time. If the same thing happens again, she's not interested! Attempting to talk to her four or five more times is not going to get her to think "oh, he's trying so hard maybe I should give him a chance." It's going to get her to think "this kid is super annoying, what the f do I have to do to get him to leave me alone?!"
On a similar note, there is never a reason to ask a girl out four or five times. Ask her out once, she says no, move on. (If it's a legit no. Sometimes "I'm busy" really does mean I'm busy). If you really can't move on, and a few months later you think it may be reasonable to do so, ask her out again. If she says no again, for real MOVE ON! A. She's not interested and is clearly not changing her mind. Girls aren't that indecisive. For me, if I made the decision once, unless you do something amazing to persuade me otherwise, my mind is made. The only things I'm ever indecisive are what to wear and what to eat. Otherwise, I rarely change my mind. B. If you're thinking you can wear her down eventually and get her to say yes, are you serious?! You really want a girl who didn't actually want to go out with you, but was so desperate to get you to shut-up that she said yes anyway? Come on.
Don't tell a girl that you and your friends took a vote and decided that she was the hottest girl in the bar. It comes across as pretty creepy; seems like you're more interested in a gang bang than anything else, and unless a girl has some serious issues (the kind of issues that make her likely to stand outside your window and watch you sleep for a few years after the fact) she's not interested in that. Nor is she interested in being the reason you get bragging rights amongst your friends.
Never EVER try to grab a girl as she walks by. Especially when there is another girl draped over you. And trying to grab a girl is even more creepy than the above method of attempting to get a girl. Touching people you don't know is never appropriate. Great way to get arrested or sued, but unless you're looking to do either of those things, probably not a great idea.
If you are going to ask a girl out, ask her out. Don't ask if maybe you could take her to dinner sometime (and if her response to this is I'm busy, she is so very, very not even a little bit interested. She can't even be bothered to come up with a plausable, nice excuse. That right there is a flat-out NO). Ask a girl if she would go to dinner with you on a specific night. If you're halfway asking a girl out, she's really just going to be wondering what else you only do halfway. Man up and ask the girl out.
If a girl ever talks to you or around you about how hot she thinks a guy other than you is, she is not going to date you. The only way a girl that is interested in you is going to do this is if she is that girl and is playing games with you. And if you are trying to get with that girl, you are in a whole different ball game and deserve what you get out of that situation.
I know I've run into some more absolutely ridiculous scenarios, but those are all I can think of for now. And, with regards to the title of this post, the average weight of the adult male polar bear is 900lbs or about 410kg while the average female weighs 500lbs or about 230kg. And I desperately want a man to use that line on me so I can drop that knowledge bomb on him and see what happens. I don't think people in the real world ever try that one though. Here's hoping
When trying to pick up a girl at a bar, probably not the greatest idea to be a complete ass to her friends the entire night and then tell her "your friend has been trying really hard to get with me, but I'm really interested in you." Or anything along the lines of that. Even if the girl was clueless to the fact that you were being an ass to her friends, they will tell her. And unless the girl you're trying to get with is a total bitch, that line is far more likely to get you a drink in the face than anything else.
If you have to resort to holding a girl's hand and telling her that you won't let go until she gives you her phone number, she would probably rather saw off said hand than give you her number. Have some self-respect.
If a girl's friends come up to her and tell her that they really need her to go somewhere with them right that second, and she goes, she somehow signaled to them that she is not interested in you. Personally, my friends and I use the ever subtle thumbs up or thumbs down. If this happens, I would say its okay to try to talk to the girl one more time. If the same thing happens again, she's not interested! Attempting to talk to her four or five more times is not going to get her to think "oh, he's trying so hard maybe I should give him a chance." It's going to get her to think "this kid is super annoying, what the f do I have to do to get him to leave me alone?!"
On a similar note, there is never a reason to ask a girl out four or five times. Ask her out once, she says no, move on. (If it's a legit no. Sometimes "I'm busy" really does mean I'm busy). If you really can't move on, and a few months later you think it may be reasonable to do so, ask her out again. If she says no again, for real MOVE ON! A. She's not interested and is clearly not changing her mind. Girls aren't that indecisive. For me, if I made the decision once, unless you do something amazing to persuade me otherwise, my mind is made. The only things I'm ever indecisive are what to wear and what to eat. Otherwise, I rarely change my mind. B. If you're thinking you can wear her down eventually and get her to say yes, are you serious?! You really want a girl who didn't actually want to go out with you, but was so desperate to get you to shut-up that she said yes anyway? Come on.
Don't tell a girl that you and your friends took a vote and decided that she was the hottest girl in the bar. It comes across as pretty creepy; seems like you're more interested in a gang bang than anything else, and unless a girl has some serious issues (the kind of issues that make her likely to stand outside your window and watch you sleep for a few years after the fact) she's not interested in that. Nor is she interested in being the reason you get bragging rights amongst your friends.
Never EVER try to grab a girl as she walks by. Especially when there is another girl draped over you. And trying to grab a girl is even more creepy than the above method of attempting to get a girl. Touching people you don't know is never appropriate. Great way to get arrested or sued, but unless you're looking to do either of those things, probably not a great idea.
If you are going to ask a girl out, ask her out. Don't ask if maybe you could take her to dinner sometime (and if her response to this is I'm busy, she is so very, very not even a little bit interested. She can't even be bothered to come up with a plausable, nice excuse. That right there is a flat-out NO). Ask a girl if she would go to dinner with you on a specific night. If you're halfway asking a girl out, she's really just going to be wondering what else you only do halfway. Man up and ask the girl out.
If a girl ever talks to you or around you about how hot she thinks a guy other than you is, she is not going to date you. The only way a girl that is interested in you is going to do this is if she is that girl and is playing games with you. And if you are trying to get with that girl, you are in a whole different ball game and deserve what you get out of that situation.
I know I've run into some more absolutely ridiculous scenarios, but those are all I can think of for now. And, with regards to the title of this post, the average weight of the adult male polar bear is 900lbs or about 410kg while the average female weighs 500lbs or about 230kg. And I desperately want a man to use that line on me so I can drop that knowledge bomb on him and see what happens. I don't think people in the real world ever try that one though. Here's hoping
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Movie Lists
I recently came to the realization that I write in this blog one of two times. The first is during commercials and halftime of basketball games. The second is while I'm watching movies. I think everyone knows my favorite basketball team, but I've decided to make a list of my favorite and least favorite movies. Mostly because I'm bored and don't want ot study.
Favorites: (Pretty much once you get past like 2 on the list the order's interchangable depending on my mood)
10. Top Gun- From the time I was 4 or 5 until I was like 11, I would watch this movie all the time! The video I had of it was worn out in places. Basically it's navy pilots competing to see who the best of the best is.
9. You've Got Mail- Cutest movie ever. If you've managed to get this far in life without knowing what this movie is about, you probably don't like romantic comedies and shouldn't watch it anyway.
8. Fight Club- Guy meets a rando dude on a plane then moves in with him when his apartment explodes. They start an underground fight club that spreads. Guys beating each other up and destroying things. Fantastic
7. Into the Wild- Kid graduates college, gives away his money, and hitch hikes around the country, eventually to alaska, without telling anyone. Everytime I see it it makes me want to just go off and become a hermit. I think I'd last about five minutes.
6. Boondock Saints- Vigilantes kill mob guys. First, its hilarious. Second, its just amazing. Guys with guns, and super creative ways of killing a lot of bad people at a time. It doesn't get much better than that.
5. Moulin Rouge- Guy moves to Paris to be a writer and falls in love with a prostitute while writing a musical for her brothel. Super sappy movie. I watch it when I'm in a really really bad mood. It makes me cry every time.
4. Saint Ralph- Kid's dad is dead and when his mom goes into a coma he's told it would take a miracle to wake her up. He falls and hits his head in gym class and dreams that God in a santa suit told him that winning the boston marathon is the miracle needed to wake his mom up so he starts training for it. Some parts are super funny. I've seen it like 5 or 6 times, but I still cry through like the whole thing everytime. I really like sad movies. I don't know why.
3. Good Will Hunting- Genius gets arrested for hitting a cop. A professor at MIT gets him out of jail time by saying he'll work with and make him see a shrink. Another one that's super funny at times and super sad at times. Has Matt Damon in it and I love him so that may be part of why I like it so much, but it really is just a fantastic movie
2. Love & Basketball- Title pretty much says it all. I've never seen a movie with basketball as an integral part of the plot line that I didn't love, but this one is my favorite. Lots of basketball, great love story. What more could you ask for?
1. Life as a House- This has been my favorite movie since I was like 13 or 14. Its about a guy who finds out he has four months to live so he makes his estranged son live with him for the summer and help him build his dream house.
Honorable mentions: The Dark Knight (I'm a little bit in love w/ the Joker. Is that weird?), Inception, P.S. I Love you, Now & Then, Pride & Prejudice, Finding Forrester, Save the Last Dance, Ever After, Coach Carter (I'm watching it right now)
Worst movies:
1. Drive me Crazy- I will admit that I like this movie more and more everytime I see it (though I hated it enough the first time that it's kind of amazing I've seen it more than once). It's so bad though.
2. The Princess and the Frog- I don't know if this was bad, so much as disappointing. I was so excited for it, and then the music and story line were both just not up to par with the Disney movies I grew up watching.
3. The Spirit- I did not like this movie at all. I thought it was so boring.
4. Fighting- I was expecting this to be bad, but it had Channing Tatum in it so I saw it anyway. Big mistake
I'm sure there are many more, but I can't think of them right now
Favorites: (Pretty much once you get past like 2 on the list the order's interchangable depending on my mood)
10. Top Gun- From the time I was 4 or 5 until I was like 11, I would watch this movie all the time! The video I had of it was worn out in places. Basically it's navy pilots competing to see who the best of the best is.
9. You've Got Mail- Cutest movie ever. If you've managed to get this far in life without knowing what this movie is about, you probably don't like romantic comedies and shouldn't watch it anyway.
8. Fight Club- Guy meets a rando dude on a plane then moves in with him when his apartment explodes. They start an underground fight club that spreads. Guys beating each other up and destroying things. Fantastic
7. Into the Wild- Kid graduates college, gives away his money, and hitch hikes around the country, eventually to alaska, without telling anyone. Everytime I see it it makes me want to just go off and become a hermit. I think I'd last about five minutes.
6. Boondock Saints- Vigilantes kill mob guys. First, its hilarious. Second, its just amazing. Guys with guns, and super creative ways of killing a lot of bad people at a time. It doesn't get much better than that.
5. Moulin Rouge- Guy moves to Paris to be a writer and falls in love with a prostitute while writing a musical for her brothel. Super sappy movie. I watch it when I'm in a really really bad mood. It makes me cry every time.
4. Saint Ralph- Kid's dad is dead and when his mom goes into a coma he's told it would take a miracle to wake her up. He falls and hits his head in gym class and dreams that God in a santa suit told him that winning the boston marathon is the miracle needed to wake his mom up so he starts training for it. Some parts are super funny. I've seen it like 5 or 6 times, but I still cry through like the whole thing everytime. I really like sad movies. I don't know why.
3. Good Will Hunting- Genius gets arrested for hitting a cop. A professor at MIT gets him out of jail time by saying he'll work with and make him see a shrink. Another one that's super funny at times and super sad at times. Has Matt Damon in it and I love him so that may be part of why I like it so much, but it really is just a fantastic movie
2. Love & Basketball- Title pretty much says it all. I've never seen a movie with basketball as an integral part of the plot line that I didn't love, but this one is my favorite. Lots of basketball, great love story. What more could you ask for?
1. Life as a House- This has been my favorite movie since I was like 13 or 14. Its about a guy who finds out he has four months to live so he makes his estranged son live with him for the summer and help him build his dream house.
Honorable mentions: The Dark Knight (I'm a little bit in love w/ the Joker. Is that weird?), Inception, P.S. I Love you, Now & Then, Pride & Prejudice, Finding Forrester, Save the Last Dance, Ever After, Coach Carter (I'm watching it right now)
Worst movies:
1. Drive me Crazy- I will admit that I like this movie more and more everytime I see it (though I hated it enough the first time that it's kind of amazing I've seen it more than once). It's so bad though.
2. The Princess and the Frog- I don't know if this was bad, so much as disappointing. I was so excited for it, and then the music and story line were both just not up to par with the Disney movies I grew up watching.
3. The Spirit- I did not like this movie at all. I thought it was so boring.
4. Fighting- I was expecting this to be bad, but it had Channing Tatum in it so I saw it anyway. Big mistake
I'm sure there are many more, but I can't think of them right now
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Bucket List
I've never actually made a bucket list, but I know a lot of people that have, and I feel like I should so I will right not. Or at least part of one; I'll probably get bored before I make the whole thing. Some items will have explanations. Some will not.
1. Go skydiving. A friend of mine actually suggested we go the other day. I'm not sure if he was serious though. We were talking about third year and I was saying how it was stressing me out not to know what my schedule would be like, and he suggested it because he thought I needed to do something where I'm "not in control." Little did he know that that's a dream of mine and I would do it in two seconds flat if someone came with me. I said as much, so well see where that goes...I may have to bring it up again.
2. Get a tattoo (soon I swear).
3. Go to a pro basketball and pro football game. I've been to pro baseball, lacrosse, soccer, and hockey. Pro basketball may happen this year (fingers crossed that that works out). For pro football, I'm still working on finding a team I want to cheer for before I see a game
4. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
5. Learn to dribble a basketball between my legs and shoot a three well
6. Go to Vegas. I was supposed to do that for fall break a couple years ago but then my mom got cancer so I went home instead. When I finally go, I want to get married there. Not a real wedding, just a fake one that I get annulled the next day.
7. Go to Europe. I've actually been there twice, but only England and Spain and I want to see Italy and France and Germany and Ireland and every other country. I may go to Ireland for the ND opener next year. When I told my mom that she told me I should go there for a month...I'd be all for that (I have to take time off a month at a time fourth year).
8. Do a triathalon. I could for sure do the swimming part, and if I fix my bike/slash get a better one I could definitely do that part, so I just need to work on the running part.
9. Half-marathon. Again with the running...once I do that this will change to marathon.
10. Buy a corvette. Dream car right there.
11. Write a book. I'm actually trying to work on one now, but I don't have a lot of free time
Things I've done that are on the bucket lists of other people I know and would be on mine if I hadn't done them:
1. New Year's in times square. Would not do that again unless I was actually close enough for all the pre-midnight entertainment. Was a good time though
2. Macy's Day Parade. I'd do that again...it was cool.
3. Go to Hawaii...I'd so go back there forever
4. Go to Niagara Falls. I live there (within 20 minutes anyway) so not I've been there quite a few times.
Now I'm bored. I'm going to watch Finding Forrester
1. Go skydiving. A friend of mine actually suggested we go the other day. I'm not sure if he was serious though. We were talking about third year and I was saying how it was stressing me out not to know what my schedule would be like, and he suggested it because he thought I needed to do something where I'm "not in control." Little did he know that that's a dream of mine and I would do it in two seconds flat if someone came with me. I said as much, so well see where that goes...I may have to bring it up again.
2. Get a tattoo (soon I swear).
3. Go to a pro basketball and pro football game. I've been to pro baseball, lacrosse, soccer, and hockey. Pro basketball may happen this year (fingers crossed that that works out). For pro football, I'm still working on finding a team I want to cheer for before I see a game
4. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
5. Learn to dribble a basketball between my legs and shoot a three well
6. Go to Vegas. I was supposed to do that for fall break a couple years ago but then my mom got cancer so I went home instead. When I finally go, I want to get married there. Not a real wedding, just a fake one that I get annulled the next day.
7. Go to Europe. I've actually been there twice, but only England and Spain and I want to see Italy and France and Germany and Ireland and every other country. I may go to Ireland for the ND opener next year. When I told my mom that she told me I should go there for a month...I'd be all for that (I have to take time off a month at a time fourth year).
8. Do a triathalon. I could for sure do the swimming part, and if I fix my bike/slash get a better one I could definitely do that part, so I just need to work on the running part.
9. Half-marathon. Again with the running...once I do that this will change to marathon.
10. Buy a corvette. Dream car right there.
11. Write a book. I'm actually trying to work on one now, but I don't have a lot of free time
Things I've done that are on the bucket lists of other people I know and would be on mine if I hadn't done them:
1. New Year's in times square. Would not do that again unless I was actually close enough for all the pre-midnight entertainment. Was a good time though
2. Macy's Day Parade. I'd do that again...it was cool.
3. Go to Hawaii...I'd so go back there forever
4. Go to Niagara Falls. I live there (within 20 minutes anyway) so not I've been there quite a few times.
Now I'm bored. I'm going to watch Finding Forrester
Saturday, February 26, 2011
HALFTIME!!
Halftime of the ND game and I need something to do until it starts again, so I decided to make a list of my favorite things about the team this year, first as a basketball fan, then as a girl.
As a basketball fan:
1. Tim Abromaitis. The team has a lot of great players, but he is pretty fantastic. And not just because he is my favorite player. He knocks down threes like it is his job, but he can also dominate underneath. He sets great screens and has great cutting abilities (I feel like that's a weird way of saying that, but I can't think of a better way). And currently, he is basically dominating Hazell defensively. It makes me quite happy.
2. Young players not playing like they're young. Specifically Atkins and Cooley. Atkins has the highest assist to turnover ratio in the big east, and he is a freshman. He was having some trouble with taking point under pressure at the beginning of big east play, but he's improved that so much. And Cooley still makes some young mistakes, but for the most part, he is a great presence underneath.
3. Fouls. We pretty much get fouled like it is our job. And then we make our fts (most of the time anyway). In one game, it was either louisville or usf, Abro was 9 of 9 from the line: refer to #1 for my opinion on that.
4. Assists. It's just what we do.
5. 6'8"ish. 4 of our 5 starters. And not only are they big, but they can shoot threes (except Ty, but he does other things). Big is always helpful in basketball
As a girl:
1. Abro's arms. Really just abro in general, but I feel like anyone, man or woman, has to admire his arms. I wish my arms looked like that. But not really, cause I'm a girl, and that would be kind of gross. I feel like this could go under as a fan as well cause that situation has got to help him out with shooting and like intimidating the other team or something.
2. Joey Brooks's smile. It's just a very nice smile. It's like one of those infectious smiles. I see him smile and it just makes me happy.
3. The team's on-court personality. They just always seem so calm and collected. It's great. And they always seem very classy. I like classy.
4. Intelligence. I mean, yeah, you kind of expect that given that its Notre Dame, but still, it's just nice to look on the court and know that the players are not only athletic, but intelligent. In my opinion, it makes them a more respectable team.
That'a all. More game watching now
As a basketball fan:
1. Tim Abromaitis. The team has a lot of great players, but he is pretty fantastic. And not just because he is my favorite player. He knocks down threes like it is his job, but he can also dominate underneath. He sets great screens and has great cutting abilities (I feel like that's a weird way of saying that, but I can't think of a better way). And currently, he is basically dominating Hazell defensively. It makes me quite happy.
2. Young players not playing like they're young. Specifically Atkins and Cooley. Atkins has the highest assist to turnover ratio in the big east, and he is a freshman. He was having some trouble with taking point under pressure at the beginning of big east play, but he's improved that so much. And Cooley still makes some young mistakes, but for the most part, he is a great presence underneath.
3. Fouls. We pretty much get fouled like it is our job. And then we make our fts (most of the time anyway). In one game, it was either louisville or usf, Abro was 9 of 9 from the line: refer to #1 for my opinion on that.
4. Assists. It's just what we do.
5. 6'8"ish. 4 of our 5 starters. And not only are they big, but they can shoot threes (except Ty, but he does other things). Big is always helpful in basketball
As a girl:
1. Abro's arms. Really just abro in general, but I feel like anyone, man or woman, has to admire his arms. I wish my arms looked like that. But not really, cause I'm a girl, and that would be kind of gross. I feel like this could go under as a fan as well cause that situation has got to help him out with shooting and like intimidating the other team or something.
2. Joey Brooks's smile. It's just a very nice smile. It's like one of those infectious smiles. I see him smile and it just makes me happy.
3. The team's on-court personality. They just always seem so calm and collected. It's great. And they always seem very classy. I like classy.
4. Intelligence. I mean, yeah, you kind of expect that given that its Notre Dame, but still, it's just nice to look on the court and know that the players are not only athletic, but intelligent. In my opinion, it makes them a more respectable team.
That'a all. More game watching now
Thursday, February 24, 2011
I make interesting decisions
A few days ago I needed to shave my legs to go to work (as a lifeguard...nothing weird), and there was a little daddy long legs on my shower wall. I am terrified of spiders (once i was vacuuming my room at school, I saw a spider on the vaccuum and freaked out, but the vacuum was between me and the door so I had to call one of my friends to come take the vacuum out of my room before I would move out of the corner), but I had just learned about phobias, and I hate killing things, so I decided to just let the spider be while I shaved. Bad idea. Everytime the spider moved, I jumped out of my skin. Totally fine if I were doing anything but shaving, but in this case, almost everytime the spider moved and I jumped out of my skin, I had a razor pressed to it. Luckily the razor was dull so no injury was sustained. Amazingly it took like four times of the razors nearly impaling me (okay razors don't impale, but you get the picture) for me to realize that that probably was not the best time to face my fear of spiders. Besides, if I'm going to face fears, I should probably start with the less socially acceptable ones, like balloons.
On an unrelated note, a few days ago, Notre Dame lost to West Virginia, and I had a revelation about one of the reasons I don't like when my team loses. I felt like an ass when I discovered this reason because it was that I don't like seeing the fans from the other team happy. It's not that I want to see them unhappy, I just feel like I probably deserve to be happy due to a win more. Its really presumptuous of me, but I look at the fans, and I feel like they're probably not as good of fans as I am. I mean they probably wouldn't have even been there if they weren't playing a ranked opponent. And I always wonder how many games they waited outside for an hour+ just to be near the front (not because they wanted to be on tv, but because they wanted to see the game better). Or if they would be there after their team had gone on say a seven game losing streak (not to keep bringing that heartbreaking situation up, but it happened). And I sat outside for literally 4-5 hours for NIT games. How many other fans would do that? I was an awesome enough fan that when I went back to a game a few weeks ago (2 years after graduating) players that I'd never even met still recognized me. Clearly I deserve to see my team win more than the stupid bandwagon fans. And I know that there may very well be fans of that school just as intense, if not more intense (that actually may not be 100% possible) than me, but it's tough for me to imagine that they are, so I hate seeing them get excited over their team winning. Especially when its because my team is losing, but really just in general.
On an unrelated note, a few days ago, Notre Dame lost to West Virginia, and I had a revelation about one of the reasons I don't like when my team loses. I felt like an ass when I discovered this reason because it was that I don't like seeing the fans from the other team happy. It's not that I want to see them unhappy, I just feel like I probably deserve to be happy due to a win more. Its really presumptuous of me, but I look at the fans, and I feel like they're probably not as good of fans as I am. I mean they probably wouldn't have even been there if they weren't playing a ranked opponent. And I always wonder how many games they waited outside for an hour+ just to be near the front (not because they wanted to be on tv, but because they wanted to see the game better). Or if they would be there after their team had gone on say a seven game losing streak (not to keep bringing that heartbreaking situation up, but it happened). And I sat outside for literally 4-5 hours for NIT games. How many other fans would do that? I was an awesome enough fan that when I went back to a game a few weeks ago (2 years after graduating) players that I'd never even met still recognized me. Clearly I deserve to see my team win more than the stupid bandwagon fans. And I know that there may very well be fans of that school just as intense, if not more intense (that actually may not be 100% possible) than me, but it's tough for me to imagine that they are, so I hate seeing them get excited over their team winning. Especially when its because my team is losing, but really just in general.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)