I just have to focus on the positive since the Red Sox have lost 2 straight to the Phillies and suck in interleague play right now. I just have to keep telling myself, "Boston's been to 9 championships in 9 years, we've won 7. Everything is going to be ok..." Good thing The Boston Sports Museum held the 10th Annual The Tradition so we could revel in our sports dominance. This was one of Larry's quotes after the ceremony.
"I travel around and people always ask me about Boston sports and what I tell them is, they expect you to play hard, they expect you to play together, they'll support you if you show them that you care...and there's nothing like being a sports fan in Boston...New York always talks the talk ,but they don't have the championships to back it up. Boston is the greatest sports town in America, maybe the world...so it's a special place if you're a sports fan. They give you the support if you give them the effort."
I read most every morning. Couple clicks on some newspapers, culturally relevant websites, some other blogs, sportscenter on tv, and sometimes some music in the background to really satisfy the A.D.D. I've noticed that more and more media outlets are trying to teach people how to stand out, how to be an individual, how to be you. Are they fuckin serious? The idea that individuality can be taught is ridiculous. Here's a start: Do what you like. Do what you feel. Do what makes you happy. Only when you are happy yourself can you start making those around you happy.
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I'm not saying life is all puppy dogs, unicorns, and rainbows, but you've got to try to live it with a smile and have an idea of what makes you feel you're best. Think about how you felt during a favorite moment. Why did you feel that way? What made it special? More importantly, what can you do to bring that feeling to the forefront of your life all the time?
Learning about new things, through whatever preferred medium, is a key to figuring oneself out. Life is a process constantly teaching you lessons, if you're cognizant. But, the moment you start following a guide, manual, or list, your individuality is compromised. Taking pieces of something to analyze is healthy, taking it all without question is ignorant.
I try to give examples in this blog, but I hope I never come off as authoritative, because I believe everybody needs to find their own self. That's what makes life interesting. I am proud of who I am, but I want to hang out with people who are different because they're stimulating. People who know who they are, what they like, what makes them tick, are the best. People who are doing their best to figure it out are pretty great too.
I'm playing in a golf tourney with some of my good buddies and having a blast right now, so I figured you might as well have fun on a Monday too. You're welcome :)
This was on twitter today. It's some chick Spencer Scott. My guess is she claims not to do porn, but instead funnels old, horny dudes to a website full of stupid pictures like this with an occasional topless shot of her shitty, $1,000 boob-job. Actually, I can't see her body, but I'm assuming by the lipstick that she's above average in the whorish department. That and the peroxide white hair. P.s.- Awesome sunglasses! Really. What are you covering? The accentuate your collagen'd out duck-lips. Girls, this is not hot. Please don't think that guys are into it:
Is this girl good-looking? I have no idea. You know why? Because she's wearing 2011's equivalent to a mask.
Summer is officially here, which means more days for ugly/stupid/combination-of-both girls to wear ridiculously large sunglasses and fool men everywhere. Damn you, bitches! How many times have you seen someone you thought was smokin hot, then they take their shades off and their eyes and cheekbones and everything else is a mess? Scandalous!
The only thing worse is a Bug-Eyed Woman making "duck lips". Exhibit A:
Notice the "kissy face" bullshit for the camera? Don't do it.
Be aware gentlemen! If you see a girl with these on, make sure you wait to see her either indoors or until she takes a swim. Only until she removes them and you see that she isn't the second coming of Sloth is it cool to engage. You've been warned. Here some more examples with to train your eye:
Facebook created the "it's complicated" button for your relationship status. The term "Hooking-Up" has several meanings depending on who's using it in a sentence. Negotiating relationships in the 21st century is maddening. Sometimes people have been "involved" for 6+ months and don't know how to classify it. That's why you come to The Leisure Study.
Relationships are always a battle between your head and your heart. It seems like the two are constantly debating. Until now! Two words: Venn. Diagram. When's the last time you saw one of these without a book report being involved? Ladies and Gentlemen, the science behind relationships in the 21st-century.
A person with self-knowledge is a wise person, and knowing the self is the first step toward knowing all humankind. Zen Living means recognizing that all is one just as each living thing is an individual. Zen exists on the edge of this contradiction: Each thing is diverse, and all things are one.
William Shakespeare also said, "To Thine Own Self be True". His close friends used to call him Billy Buddha. True Story.
Here's the poll I put up from last Sunday. Well guess what?! That's why they play the fuckin' game. See that Blue region? That's called Title Town. Patriots 2001, 2003, 2004, Red Sox 2004, 2007, Celtics 2008, and now the Boston Bruins 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Champions. Congrats fellas.
This is where the Bruins were at last Sunday when I posted this Blog:
Here is the full song, "Ali in the Jungle" by The Hours. It's pretty awesome as well.
I had great time last Tuesday catching Phish with a bunch of friends. Great Show. One of the reasons I hadn't posted in a while. I was recovering thinking. You can check out the setlist and download the show here. This was a highlight of the first set, David Bowie. Check out the insane new lights! From the 9:30 mark on is a good time.
I also got to catch up with my favorite local band, Sun King, who were in town this weekend via Boston/NY City. Check 'em out here. They're like the strokes with a taste of relaxed summer flavor. Technically proficient and a good background soundtrack to your next get-together.
Whilst mid-jam in a crowded, hole-in-the-wall bar, I had a thought that would become the theme for my night. Is perception reality? And further more, but only somewhat related, how inherently grimy are people after 12am?
The crowd was stereotypical during the Summer Season on Cape Cod. Boat shoes were being worn in abundance and most J.Crew patterns were on full display. Double-fisting of drinks everywhere you looked. Guys and girls grinning bashfully while leaning over in each others ears, flirting over the music.
Most of the time, this is a normal bar scene. But when you're a bartender with local ties, everything looks different, like the Real World/Road Rules Challenge without the gay people. The couple that's trying to get back together even though they were with different people two nights ago, the girl who's guy is out of town for work and she's acting like it's spring break, and of course the singles looking to hook-up with whoever because...it's a new night and a new bar!
Later on, in the early hours of the next morning, a group of people hanging out after the show were talking and started laughing at an experience we've all had: the moment of engagement between two people trying to hook up.
At some point in the courting process, when either party has a feeling that they're getting lucky, most often the guy will think, "man, this is easy, I must be in the zone tonight, this girl is DEFINITELY into me" while the girl is thinking, "I hope I'm not coming off as a slut....I wonder if this guy is legitimate... Ah who cares, I wanna hook up just as much after vodka."
Which led everyone to agree on one thing. You might think you're smooth, but the chances are you're both equally sluts and this probably happens a lot more than you think. So before you change your name to Don Juan, realize that if it seems too easy, it probably is. Furthermore, because of this, I feel like people after midnight are inherently grimy. "Innocent until proven guilty" exists only in the court of law. If two people look to be hitting it off, they probably already have.
Think about who you surround yourself with and the impact they have on your life.
Or like Jim Morrison once said, "keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel..."
I just want to set the record straight. When it comes to sports, Florida doesn't deserve professionals. High School & College level sports are phenomenal there, as a lot of football, basketball, and baseball talent comes from South Florida specifically. But pro teams? No Way.
There is a lot of cool stuff to do in Florida. Beaches, Restaurants, Clubs, Drugs, etc. so attending sporting events, and actually knowing stuff about the respective sport or team isn't a prerequisite for being a pro sports fan in Florida. Just get access to the best seats you can, show up fashionably late, and spend the entire game on your cell phone. It helps if you accentuate your douchery with items such as purple moon boots and sunglasses...inside...at night.
That's why it's great that a completely ignorant asshole like LeBron James "Took his talents to South Beach". Perfect place for him. He has never won anything besides individual accolades, yet legitimately thinks he's the greatest thing to touch a basketball. Watch him play for five minutes or listen to him in a post-game press conference and you can tell he has no concept about his reputation outside his entourage. He's never made a mistake. I mean once he thought he did, but he was wrong.
It reminds of Andre Agassi's ad campaign for Cannon, which read "Image is Everything."
So for cities like Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and most notably, Cleveland, that have insane commitment to their teams through all their futility, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that a self-proclaimed legend is representing a city that doesn't even know, nor care, about the sport it's watching. They only care about who's watching them.
