So here I am, watching the Sox-Angels game, and I am so excited for sports! On Oct. 31, there will officially be all three major American sports running at the same time. Basketball will be in its first weekend, football will be in week 7, the MLB playoffs will be in the second round...Great stuff!
However, all these sports makes me think on the nature of competition. I am aware of a local basketball league down here in Charlotte that takes itself pretty seriously. They are not above ridiculing people on public blogs, and evaluating talent based on who they like and dislike. I miss competition for the love of the game! I love just getting together in a gym with some guys. No hidden agendas or secret talent scouts, just guys playing ball. Maybe I will find a league like that someday.
Gabriel
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
This weekend I am up in Indiana visiting with my folks and some of Dionne's family. It is a great time, and we are really enjoying ourselves.
However! We are good friends with several of the TU women's soccer team players and we really wanted to go watch them play this weekend. Unfortunately, they play in Michigan today, so that is not going to happen. It really is interesting how much more fun it is to watch a sporting event when you know the people participating in it. You want to see specific people succeed, not because of the accrued fantasy points that they can give you, but because you love them as people. That is why, especially if you are in college, you should get to know some athletes, then follow them to their athletic contests. It is way more enjoyable than normal, and it is a great time for everyone.
Gabriel
However! We are good friends with several of the TU women's soccer team players and we really wanted to go watch them play this weekend. Unfortunately, they play in Michigan today, so that is not going to happen. It really is interesting how much more fun it is to watch a sporting event when you know the people participating in it. You want to see specific people succeed, not because of the accrued fantasy points that they can give you, but because you love them as people. That is why, especially if you are in college, you should get to know some athletes, then follow them to their athletic contests. It is way more enjoyable than normal, and it is a great time for everyone.
Gabriel
Friday, October 2, 2009
POW 82
Written July 2009
This is part of a poem that i wrote about one of my students who killed himself. Don't be too sad, but death is a serious issue.
RIP
Oh Sir,
what had brought you to this?
What cycles of the moon and
Stars, rushing through the heavenly sky,
Aligning with the Bear and Orion
Have brought you to this place?
Were you happy when you did it?
Was there a smile of relief and a
Peaceful cast to your face as you
Swallowed the barrel? Was it a
Fulfillment of your destiny?
Thats not the whole poem, but its plenty.
This is part of a poem that i wrote about one of my students who killed himself. Don't be too sad, but death is a serious issue.
RIP
Oh Sir,
what had brought you to this?
What cycles of the moon and
Stars, rushing through the heavenly sky,
Aligning with the Bear and Orion
Have brought you to this place?
Were you happy when you did it?
Was there a smile of relief and a
Peaceful cast to your face as you
Swallowed the barrel? Was it a
Fulfillment of your destiny?
Thats not the whole poem, but its plenty.
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