Life it seems has begin to imitate art. Or is art imitating life. I don't know. It's pretty damn confusing. It seems like every where you look there is a call for people to stand up, stop whining and do what's supposed to be done. Unlike my parents and grandparents who were raised to quietly deal with their issues, I was raised to express my feelings and seek to understand them. While that is a "healthy" way to live, it seems to me that we have begun to spend more time seeking to understand how and why we feel a certain way and less time actually doing anything. We live in world of perpetual excuses... "I'm not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, handsome enough, funny enough, witty enough, cool enough, coordinated enough, flexible enough, compromising enough, etc" and blah blah blah. How about this "Who gives a F@#$ enough?!?!" There was a time when the better team won and it mattered how you play the game. Did you try your hardest and do the best you could? Yes? Ok, then maybe you need to work harder and get even better. No? Then you definitely need to work harder and get a lot better. I never found anything wrong with Slider's line in Top Gun "Remember boys, there's no points for second place." If you lose, you're supposed to be gracious. If you win, you're supposed to be even more gracious. Truthfully, when I've been on the losing side of a game (and that's been all too often) and I've had to look at the smug satisfaction of the winner trying not to gloat, it's made me angrier and more determined to come back and kick their ass the next time than if they danced in my living room.
Yesterday the Patriots beat the Baltimore Ravens 23-20 in overtime. The Pats came back from a 10 point fourth quarter deficit against an outstanding defense. This in itself is not major news. Yes the return of Deion Branch was great. It's been a long time since Brady to Branch won games at Foxboro. What I found interesting was a comment made by Ravens safety Tom Zbikoswsky after the game. He muttered about the Patriots having two weeks to prepare with a bye week and still barely beat the Ravens at home and needed their best performance to do it and just wait until the playoffs, when the Ravens will roll them again, just like they did last year in the same building and ... Is this guy kidding?!?! Are you gonna bark all day little doggy?!?! It should always take your best effort to beat someone. Anything less than your best and the question should be raised about how exactly you deserve to call yourself a professional?!?! By the way the comment about the playoffs is totally premature. It's week 5 and you play in the same division as Pittsburgh who got their swagger back yesterday!! I'm just sick of pro athletes whining like little bitches when they lose. Grow up! You're a millionaire because you can play a kids game!! And there is nothing worse than a bitchy millionaire!!
Does life imitate art or does art imitate life? Fair question. The midterm elections are in November. According to the national media the Democratic party is going to get handed a major referendum from the American people. Maybe they will. Despite the fact that they passed health care reform, the stimulus package, and countless other reforms they'll still probably lose. Nobody ever said that doing the right thing was easy or popular. Personally I don't like any career politician and my reason is simple; eventually they become like the Sith, only interested in keeping their power. That's why it always easier to campaign against an incumbent than it is to be one. It's easier to complain about what someone has done than defend what you've done. Personally I don't care if a politician does what's popular. If you are against a proposal then develop a better one. And by the way, and this is for both sides of the aisle, you live and die on the taxpayer dime so don't pretend that you deserve something that we don't. That goes for health care, retirement, tax breaks, and any other perk you think you're entitled to!!!!
Art does imitate life. On Smallville Clark Kent is scared to embrace the possibility of what he can do because of what he has failed to do in the past. It took a former enemy to show him that the things he blames himself for weren't his fault. He has been hiding behind his friends and his doubts. He seems to demand perfection from himself. It doesn't take perfection. It takes courage. This week he finally stood up. He even sort of flew. It was nice to see. I just sincerely hope that we don't have to wait until the final episode to see Superman.
Well if you are still reading this then you obviously have as much time on your hands as I do and if that's the case then you have my sympathies.
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