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I'm proud to finally be adding something to the blog that bears my name. As Jenica alluded to in her previous post, things are well, and even if they're not it's just because I've always got to be worrying about something or I don't feel right. Anyhow, after reading Jenica's reference to my uncanny knack for being able to sit through hours of televised sports without being phased, I thought I should point out that it's not as easy as it sounds. First, you've got to be emotionally stable. When the team you're following has lost five in a row, and a large part of your self-esteem depends on their success, it tends to force you to take a look at who you really are, without the green, purple, and yellow to hide behind (I affiliate with the old Jazz colors). I've experienced joy, pain, frustration, embarrassment, jealousy and even hate at the hands of a sport outcome. I once missed a day of school because BYU lost embarrassingly to the U, I couldn't bear to face those gloating Ute blankwipes. Secondly, you've got to have endurance. Now, I don't mean physical endurance, although that can't hurt, but rather a certain type of mental endurance. A kind of endurance that I like to call "casino" endurance. You've got to be able to block everything out, including daylight, and focus all your energy on the next hand or in this case the tv. Sounds easy, I know, and is, for a while. That is, until you start thinking about people, friends even, who are out there doing real-life stuff like camping or shaving. These kinds of things can be real distractions for the televised sport enthusiast. These real-life experiences, which may lead to feelings of worthlessness and worse, must be avoided if you're to spend an entire afternoon watching football.

I wanted to continue to write but I'm tired and entirely to worried about how this is going to be perceived. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope to contribute more worthwhile literature in the future.