December 2: Sports Heroes Tarnished

Tonight I do not write about something that is bugging me. Tonight I am writing about something more sad than anything. It seems in today's world sports plays a bigger role than ever whether it be just something to watch, something to talk about, or in this blog's case something to model. I think I speak for the majority of men out there that I say I had a sports role model growing up. I know we say our dads were our role models but lets be honest, many kids play sports growing up and there is nothing better than modeling your game after your sports hero.

Today however, it seems that many (almost all) of the famous sports heroes is somehow linked to a terrible incident tarnishing their career. In the last year people like Alex Rodriguez and Michael Phelps have been caught doing unruly things and have been punished. Yes, their careers continue but they will forever have to live with what they did. And for all of us, when we hear or speak their names of the good things they did, in the back of our minds we will remind ourselves of how they let us down. It is such a shame that these amazing athletes do such damage to their reputation.

Tonight I want to write about the recent terrible and sad situation involving Tiger Woods. Let me say that name again, Tiger Woods. Tiger? Really? Yes, of ALL people I thought the best GOLFER of our time would at least be able to contain his fame and keep his record clean. Golf is not the most followed sport but an athlete like Tiger Woods single handedly makes his sport something to follow. Tiger throughout his career has been regarded as one of the most classy athletes in a long time (apart from his cursing on TV and his club throwing but who doesn't do that when they play golf?).

Hearing the news of his weird incident on the morning of November 27 was quite disturbing. Immediately I along with everyone was worried about his health; but once his health was cleared we all were extremely curious about why and what actually happened that night. Why wasn't news coming out about why he wrecked his car? Well, the truth is almost too much to handle. Once again this is Tiger Woods, the most dominant athlete of the last decade, maybe ever.

After hearing of his unfaithful actions to his wife and family (and indirectly to all of us) I was so upset to hear that Tiger would commit adultery like he did. How could this role model do such a terrible thing? Not only is it wrong but it is so sad that with fame comes exposure, and Tiger has gotten plenty of it. His story is out all of the world about how he is a cheater, how sad.

I guess what we take away from this Tiger Woods fiasco is that no matter how much you adore and appreciate what an athlete does on the field, never try to become attached off of the field. It seems that from now on every dominating athlete we see will do something that is offensive and morally wrong. However, try and put yourself in his position, a billionaire who has so much attention he has no idea what to do with it; still no excuse for what he did. It was such a blow to the sports world, everyone I talk to can not believe he would do such a thing. Nothing he did is right in the least, but still the excuse that we are all human is getting a little overplayed.

It is only a matter of time before our next amazing athlete is caught doing something wrong and that athlete's reputation is forever tarnished. Maybe we should start looking into Roger Federer's life or maybe LeBron James? Just a thought.

December 1: Womens sports on TV

I recently accidentally turned on a WNBA game on my television. I was looking for the show the League but I mistook TNT for FX. Usually when this tragedy happens I immediately change the channel, puke in my mouth a little bit, and carry on with my normal watching. But this time I decided if they put it on TV someone has to watch it right? Well I am not here to discriminate or be sexist but I did find what I watched somewhat disturbing.

Let me preface these next few statements by saying that I am not sexist, I AM out of shape, and I do not play sports; BUT, I do watch a good amount of TV. Now back to the WNBA game. It was a game between two teams named the Fever and the Mercury, and I can honestly say that it was one of the least interesting things I have watched...all 6 minutes I watched. During the 6 minutes of "basketball" that I watched, there were 8 turnovers, O dunks, 2 field goals made, and 3 injuries. Now that is really not what I would expect from a professional basketball game, but nonetheless these women were bouncing a ball and trying to put it in a basket.

I soon relieved myself and turned it on the League and carried on with my night. But I really wanted to take the time to reflect on my time spent watching this womens sporting event. Once again, I AM NOT SEXIST, and I support women trying to play sports, but this stuff should not be on TV. Seriously, there are 154 things I'd rather watch than a WNBA game. I am trying to spare these networks poor ratings. If they want to stick with sports put on a poker tournament or something; that is still more interesting.

Like I said, I want to say that I am not good at sports (well, sort of), and I am not hating on these women, I am hating on the TV companies wasting their time slots and losing viewers. Next time consider putting on a NASCAR race; I'd rather watch cars turn left for 4 hours than watch a WNBA game between the Storm and the Sparks.

Waddle

November 30: The Judicial Court System

Today was a day full of inconveniences, most inconvenient of all was my trip to the local courthouse to pay the most ludicrous fine I have ever heard of. Now I know that the state government is constantly trying to rob us of our precious hard earned money, but the punishment I received today was so over the line I can hardly write this entry.

About a month ago I was an extremely populated tailgate for a football game. I am of age to drink so obviously I was partying. Now any normal person knows that at an SEC school football tailgates are a big deal; they are very loud, obnoxious, and most of all extremely fun. It only takes on little ride by of a cop on a bike to ruin 300 peoples' fun for the day. On this day, I was randomly selected to be royally screwed out of my fun.

30 minutes before game time any person with a brain and a liver would know that the stadium and its surrounding territory are full of loud and drunk fans. For some reason the police decide that this is the most appropriate time to seek and destroy any and every person's partying for the day. I was approached by a police officer and asked to follow him to a secluded corner of the house at which I was partying. He proceeded to ask me if I lived at the house and I responded with a simple no. He then said "oh well, that doesn't matter, you are getting stuck with the noise ordinance citation." I calmly inquired why of all 300 people there I was chosen to receive this citation and he responded with "because you were standing there." Really? Because I was standing there, that seems like a legitimate reason to get sodomized by the law. After 30 minutes of reasoning and apologizing for partying I took the citation and continued partying. Little did I know the consequences of this little party citation.

Of course throughout the rest of the day I bitched to my friends about how I got randomly chosen to get called out for a noise ordinance citation and told that the police got a "complaint" from a neighbor. A neighbor? Really? All of the neighbors if I recall were so incapacitated that they could not even use a cell phone. So the lying by the police was also frustrating.

Today I was hit with a $204 fine...$204???? For wrongly being accused of being loud? A 2 minute court hearing telling me that I owed the money costs $154 dollars and a $50 fine for being "loud." Ridiculous.

So what have I learned? You obviously can not party in a group of no less than 70,000 people or else you will get selected and fined for being too loud. Apologizing for partying does not work either. Just take this and understand that when you choose to party keep a look out and get ready to be guilty of being too "loud." Oh and also keep $50,000 in your pocket to pay the fine too.

Why Twilight Sucks

Okay so this is a very random and unexpected post. Usually these blogs are not intended to be centered around stupid pop culture topics such as the movie Twilight, but this calls for desperate attention. About an hour ago I went downstairs and unfortunately saw that my roommates made the terrible mistake of wasting 2 hours of their lives on watching Twilight.

There have been plenty of ridiculous vampire movies in the past, but this one incorporates an even more sappy love story. Hold on, I forgot to emphasize that we are talking about making movies about vampires, mythical creatures that suck blood to survive and can't see the light of day without disappearing into some kind of dust. Sounds pretty dumb to me. Now on to the hit sensation Twilight, which sucks.

This movie somehow capture the attention of an enormous audience ranging from newborn babies that can't even speak to sophisticated CEOs of companies. Hopefully if you are reading this you have not made the mistake of watching Twilight, so I will try and regurgitate any information about the movie.

I must say that Twilight, as much as it is intended to be a drama about vampires, was to me an extremely funny flick about scrawny messed up hair douche bags that can run fast and talk at an intense whisper volume. I mean honestly, if you are disagreeing with me try this: go rent the movie again but before watching try and realize how stupid the concept is. Next, turn the movie on and proceed to watch the beginning. Now, after watching a few minutes of the movie, please listen to the "vampires'" commentary and try not to laugh. Lastly, hopefully you will realize HOW dumb these actors sound and HOW dumb the movie is.

After you laugh hysterically at what vampires and a sappy love story played out in a movie is, slap yourself in the face and come back to reality. The movie Twilight is a very bad love story. There is nothing worse than a bad love story. Next, after you realize what a bad love story Twilight is, try and also think about that vampires make up the majority of the main characters....vampires.

I know this is a very childish first blog but after going downstairs and seeing my roommates wasting their time on Twilight I had to write about it. I told them they may as well have been watching Keanu Reeves give his take on Global Warming. Stay tuned, the next post will cover a more important subject, which means just about anything.

Waddle

Hello Everyone

This is the much anticipated first blog of my blogging career. It seems that on a daily basis I influence people in such a way that I felt the need to extend my words to a broader audience. What better way to do that than to start a blog in the internet (the world wide web).

Many people have asked for this in my personal life so I now after a long wait I will give advice and pose interesting questions on a daily basis to the general public. Because this this is the introductory blog there will be no insight or advice, just purely a grand greeting from me to you and hopes that you read my daily poetry and recite it to the world as you carry on your daily life.

Yes I know what you are thinking, who is this arrogant minion, but trust me, after a few days you will be hooked and want to keep reading. I hope from this you take a positive reaction and from my blogs you will learn and question many valuable things in your life.

I will leave you with this, a simple thank you, for taking the time to read the greeting blog and I will hopefully entertain your daily life with things I have to say (or write). I will write the first entry soon, enjoy your days until then.

Waddle