Sports and the Apocolypse!

I have about the same actual athletic ability as Vita, to a very, very sad degree. But this, I think, enhances my love for sports. The moment of glee I experience when I HIT the ball or do anything that a capable person could do and not even think about is better than even winning the game. Sure, I TRY to fake the ability to play sports, and unfortunately Illinois is one of the only states that still force P.E every single day in public school, so I kind of HAVE to.

My inability however does not at all influence my love for watching other people play sports. Chicago is known throughout the world (okay, maybe not the ENTIRE world...) for having very, very bad sports teams. This also connects your questions....

I would like to pretend that no one would freak out completely knowing that the world was going to end, so the first part of my apocalyptic wish is for people to just CALM DOWN. For one person to calm every compulsive worrier in the world down is pretty much impossible, so that's why I'm leaving it to the hypothetical wish-gods. As December 12th, 2012 progresses like a normal day, the second part of my wish is for the Cubs to WIN THE WORLD SERIES! (simple, I know, but this is what the wish-gods are for. Also, as I think about this, I'm ending the world the way that I personally would like to see it end. Sorry, other people.) Even to non-fans, this would be pretty much the ultimate sign of the apocalypse. I've mostly been talking about the day the world ends, not HOW the world really ends. I just want it to go *poof* and just not exist anymore. The idea of a fiery and prolonged explosion really freaks me out!

Further answering Alex's question, normally I do not like any kind of extreme fanaticism, but in the area of baseball I give in. I blame it on my dad. I was raised this way. I am genetically programmed to LOVE THE CUBS and no other baseball team, for as long as I live. In a way, winning is bypassed and what becomes more important is the atmosphere of the game, knowing that you, you one person, become insignificant and instead you are connected to all of these other people working (not really working as much as rooting, but still) towards a common goal, as cheesearific as that sounds.

It is now my turn to ask a question, so here goes:

You're walking along on an abandoned country road when you come to a point where the road splits into two paths; left and right. Which do you choose, and why? Also, even though this really makes it 3 questions, what do you hope to find there?

As for other sports, I prefer "sports", like professional Scrabble and juggling and gymnastics. They are WAAAAY harder than they look. I have a tremendous amount of respect for these people.

Why Watch Sports?

Here it is, the moment we've all been waiting for, the official debut of our* blog. For this occasion I need to write something special, to remember this day by, so I choose... *drumroll...*

SPORTS! 

Yes, it's a rather exciting topic. So many people on this planet are wrapped up in sports, it's hard not to blog about it eventually in a person's blogging career.

I'm not a huge fan. I don't see the excitement in watching a game of *insert sport here*. I like to play sometimes, but sitting on my couch and watching people run around on the screen does not sound as exhilarating.

The reason this is on my mind is because 1. there's some sort of Stanley Cup fiasco going down at this moment, and 2. I just watched the movie Wimbledon. The exception to my rule of not finding sport watching very consuming is fake sports. Movie sports. Those kind are a lot more intriguing. Let's face it, when there's drama and personal interest involved, things get a lot more absorbing.

I really like the movie Wimbledon, not just because they play tennis, but because it's well written, witty, and the characters are som

ewhat endearing. The tennis, though, is a nice bonus. I can watch the nail biter game at the end of the movie again and again, and I still feel like I'm IN the game, or at least in the stadium. You feel connected with the player, and that makes for better entertainment.

I also like figure skating and dancing, two that are usually exempt from the sports category. I love watching people move that gracefully, and, I guess, wishing I could do something like that... I don't watch sports often, but I'll always stay on a channel playing So You Think You Can Dance a little longer than I would when normally flipping through (that is, until my sister demands we watch something else). I respect dancers and figure skaters.

The only *real* sport that I can watch, though admittedly not for too long, is soccer. I don't know why, maybe because I used to play (when I was eight) and understand the rules better, but it's the most appealing to me. I wouldn't watch it all the time, but I can tolerate it. I UNDERSTAND other sports (the basic rules), what I don't understand is why anyone would want to play them that frequently with that amount of seriousness. Wouldn't it take all the fun out of the game if it was your job?

Vita, I'll... read you tomorrow. Oh and a question for you (Vita): what kind of sports to you like to watch/play?

*A brief history: The one thing we initially had in common is that we were all participating in Maureen Johnson's project, Blog Every Day April (BEDA). When MJ decided to pair the BEDAzzlers all up into BEDA Buddie groups to read, comment on, and support each other's blogs, it was fate, or rather just MJ's geniusness, that grouped us together. We made it through the month, dutifully (and beautifully?), and when it was over we were all a bit sad. To lift out spirits we decided to start a group blog, and despite our distance and differences, that is what we have done. You, lucky reader, are in for quite the enchanting journey.

v--- posted at 11:11am--make a wish!