You understand that, right? When a song is in your ear, and it burrows deep inside then you can’t use a scalpel to extract it. You need fire.
The best kind of fire is repetition: burn, listen, sing.
felixnation :: Feb.06.2007 :: Mad Schemes, The Coal Mine, strangers, wife :: No Comments »
I have the play-by-play website up that shows a representation of the field, the statistics on the current drive as well, the time and scoreboard. It’s a really neat tool, and it allows me to work (or play) while the game is going on.
My wife is in the next room watching the Superbowl (ursine vs equidae, in case you don’t know). It’s very quiet, so before I click on the window to update the score, I’m going to guess that the Bears are down.
felixnation :: Feb.04.2007 :: Hermit Cave, wife :: No Comments »
My wife and I watched Brokeback Mountain the other day. No, she didn’t twist my arm to watch. No, I wasn’t silently signaling something secret about my relationship with her. The movie won awards and had Anne Hathaway and Linda Cardellini. I don’t think I needed more of a reason to watch it, and those two last reasons are enough to overcome any uncomfortable/awkward love scenes.
After the movie, we watched the entire run of special features in which someone presented the idea that Jack and Ellis represented different sides to a romantic pair, or something like that. One is romantic and impetuous (Jack). The other is secretive and sullen (Ellis).
felixnation :: Feb.03.2007 :: Conversations, Hermit Cave, wife :: No Comments »
I guess.
I watched the last Bears Superbowl when I was little, before I fully understood the game. 21 years later, I understand the game a great deal more but am probably going to watch less of it than I did then.
Thinking can murder passion.
I wish I could get excited about sports. Then I’d have something to talk about with my coworkers the next day when they’re arguing calls, reviewing highlights, and providing insightful commentary about opportunities missed and taken advantage of. Instead, I have to sit, listen, and ask questions as if I were a student sitting through a lecture he didn’t understand. Or at least, they think I didn’t understand.
I do. I know the sports rulings and some gameplay theory. Maybe I don’t have the history down (85-86 Bears being one of the few things I do know and remember, that and the Bulls vs. the Phoenix Suns finals because that was the year I was baptized), but I understand the game. I just can’t get into it.
Maybe I’d be interested if someone could design a role-playing game (NOT fantasy football leagues) based around a sports theme.
But until the day that abomination of sports + geekiness is born, I think I’ll be on the sidelines reading a book. (Look! A movie AND sports reference!)
felixnation :: Feb.03.2007 :: Hermit Cave :: No Comments »
I’m building up a pile of books on my desk that would have rescued the levies.
felixnation :: Feb.03.2007 :: Hermit Cave :: No Comments »