I'm going to try to keep this post relatively short, because at this point I don't think too many people are actually reading this blog regularly. I wouldn't really blame anyone if they stopped reading my blog, because to be completely honest, I really haven't been bringing a lot to the table lately. There was a time when I was regularly writing about 10 blog posts a month. There was a time when I making several YouTube videos a week. There was even a time when I used to post photos to facebook every once in a while. Times have certainly changed since back then.
Why is that?
Well, there are a whole bunch of reason, but for now I'll just off one excuse.
As some of you know, I'm a HUGE sports fan. Prior to September of 2007, the only real "hobbies" I had ever had were watching sports, reading about sports, talking about sports, thinking about sports, playing sports, and listening to sports talk radio.
Starting around mid-September 2007, my favorite baseball team ( The Mets ) began a collapse of historic proportions that cost them 1st place and made them the laughing-stock of the baseball world. My favorite football team ( The Jets ) was in the midst of a 4-12 season, and my favorite basketball team ( The Knicks ) had completely sucked for about 7 years.
Around that same time, I started making YouTube videos, and I really don't think the timing was a coincidence. My traditional "hobby" was becoming far too depressing, so I was open to finding a new one.
Well my online hobby has been a lot of fun, and I expect it will bring me a lot of joy in the future, but over the last year, I'm found myself focusing back on sports. Last January, the Jets made a surprise run to the AFC championship game. There were playing well enough this year, that I found myself going on a desperate quest to buy an antenna. They were playing so well, that less than a week ago, they were tied for the best record in football, and they had me dreaming about finally getting to see my football team win the championship.
Well, in the last week, I've watched the Jets lose 45-3 ( !!!!!!! ) and 10-6, and all my dreams of a Jets championship have been dashed for another year ( I've been rooting for my 3 favorite teams for more than 100 combined seasons, and only in one of those seasons did my team win the championship ( and that happened way back in 1986 ). ).
So, I guess it's not surprising that less than 3 hours after the Jets last loss, I found myself writing this blog post. Does the Jets recent ineptitude mean that I'll be online a lot more in the near future?
Who knows? After all, after 10 years of sucking to high heaven, the Knicks are now on an 8-game winning streak.
Rich
P.S. So much for making this post short. I'm not sure if anyone is going to read this, but it was fun to to write again.
5 comments:
This post is oddly funny to me. Theorizing about why favorite sports teams win or lose & how it affects the lives of their supporters is ripe for analysis.
Yesterday I finally caught the new Harry Potter film. The 1st installment of the final installment. It did not disappoint & I loved the fact that I as part of the viewing audience was just as terrified for the main trio as the main trio is supposed to be throughout this movie. Tonight I watched the film version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and came to a similar feeling of odd delight at being terrorized by whatever is terrorizing the characters on screen. I also started pondering the grey area between good person, good serial killer and evil serial killer because of the movie I'd just finished watching not long before writing this response. This speculative mania is also rife for analysis.
Do I have any point? I'm not sure? Humans are a strange lot indeed. hah hah
I read it -- but not until Thursday.
I think that the Jets should bring Jenn Sterger to Pittsburgh with them in hopes of distracting Ben. ;->
Z
P.S.: Last year, nobody thought they had any business being in the playoffs... this year they are closer to belonging there. Maybe they will pick things up in the postseason, again...?
Say it with me, "Thank you, Redskins!" :-D
#6 seed is still in. Two of my other four teams were eliminated today (Oakland and SF, mathematically alive in mediocre seasons in horrendous divisions -- although the Raiders appear to be making a game of it with Indianapolis!), and the Jets' roommates are down 21-14 at the half -- but not eliminated, I don't think, even if they lose today.
Z
P.S.: Betcha a million dollars that one of the NYC papers runs an "Agony of De-Feet" headline...
Do the numbers "17-16" have you feeling any better about these dashed hopes? :-D
Z
P.S.: Next week: Chapter 3 of Rex v. Belichick (2010 edition)... I hope it's more like Chapter 1 than Chapter 2!
...Aaaaand, greetings from baggage claim at Logan.
EZ
P.S.: Yeah, they like the Pats here.
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