I’m taking my first step in admitting a problem. I’m not a huge sports watching fan.
There, I’ve typed it. I’ve made the first step into recovering and becoming a typical male who drinks beer and watches all kinds of football, baseball and basketball. From what I remember about this kind of stuff I think there’s 11 more steps to go. Or is it 7? Ah hell, I don’t know.
Yesterday I did take a little time off from slaving over my new website to go visit friends and blow off some steam. I was invited by one of my oldest friends (I’ve known him since 5th grade) to watch the USC game and have a few beers. So I hopped in the car with Erin and went to Sharkeez. The humor started the moment I walked in the door.
Apparently they made bets as to whether I’d get a beer first or order some food. Seeing as how I tend to be a work-a-holic, I hadn’t had anything other than breakfast. So by 5 p.m. I’m a little hungry. Thus I decided to eat first. I guess I tend to do that whenever I meet up with the gang. Why? Because Blake and his brother Bryan made a bet as to whether or not I’d order food or accept the beer. I ordered the food. Oh well.
The game had just started and of course Blake was doing his usual best to get us all riled up. I don’t spend tons of time screaming and cheering. It’s bad for the voice. But I did what I could to be more enthused. For the most part I find sports boring to watch. I much prefer to play them. There’s more to do that way. I gotta learn to appreciate watching them on TV I suppose. Though that would mean that I would need to actually purchase a TV. Until then, I’ll just go hang out once in a while when I’m invited to go watch sports. Have a bite to eat and throw back a few pints.
You might say my life is incomplete because of this. Well, I don’t know that it is. I’ve got music. Music like today’s song. Wonderful Johnson has a unique raw quality. For some reason this particular song caught my attention. The sad thing for me is that this song, She Wants Me, is part of a group of songs that Wonderful Johnson is working on for their next release. Thus its not yet on iTunes.
Part of me wants to believe that the band name is a joke. If you don’t understand why I think that, then I’m betting you don’t know alternate names for parts of the male anatomy. If it is the humor that I’m latching on to, then I think it’s clever. But often times things that are clever go over most people’s heads and ends up being a waste of effort. Hopefully it’s a joke in the sense that they’re planning on having fun.
Unfortunately today’s clip as supplied to me by Wonderful Johnson is like my sports life, incomplete. So it cuts off somewhere probably 2/3’s into the song. For that I apologize. I would hope that the crew from Wonderful Johnson would re-submit the song so I can delete this final paragraph.