You can't spell Schwarzenegger without Google
Eye halve a spelling chequer.
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
$2000.oo. That's the price fans are expected to pay to see the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup final. Outrageous. Who would pay to see them for that much? My guess leads to those die-hard fans that HAVE to see the Canucks for that much. But is it worth it? To see it live? To be in the exact stadium as the team who would most doubtfully win the cup? In my opinion, no. There is a reason for go and watch sports and then there is a reason as to why prices are THIS high. I'm not sure why it is this high, but even if I was a die-hard Vancouver fan, I would never pay that much to see them; it's just outlandish.
For one thing, sports is only seen as a past time. We're not the ones in the spotlight; they are. I once saw a news story about becoming a professional sports fan. I was like, "What the hell does that mean? How can you become a professional fan when you don't do anything when it comes to showing off that talent?" I brought this point up before when Canada won the gold medals in the hockey game during the winter Olympics last year. Who scored that final goal that lead to Canada winning gold medals? Who were the rightful owners of those gold medals? Did everyone in Canada win that game? No. It was one guy. It was one team. So why should we care? Does he represent everyone in Canada? The people watching were only supporters who helped cheer, and I shouldn't have used "helped" because that's not how it works. These supporters don't know how it felt to win that game from a player's perspective. We, the fans, have no idea what it's like scoring a gold medal winning goal at the winter Olympics. So therefore, why should we give a shit about one single goal? One guy decides to express his talents and takes it to the professional level where he gets dressed up and wears a "C" on his jersey. He then gets selected to play for a team that represents the country. And the point I'm trying to make here is that we aren't the ones who scored that goal, nor do we have anything to do with the team itself. We're just observers from afar. We are given a chance to be who we want to be, and you don't see everyone becoming hockey players. That's why it's only open to a select few. Only the ones with the given gift and ability to play at a professional level are granted that opportunity. But I don't see fans trying to do what they do. Because they can't. So there is no way you can become a professional sports fan - it's just a lie.
So let's ask the question, how do you become a professional sports fan again? Oh yeah, you just gotta get a bunch of gear and act like you give a shit while waving your arms on the bleachers, praying for a goal YOU'RE not going to score. But just remember it's not you scoring that goal or hitting that home run. It's the professionals who are doing it for your sake. And what are you doing? Simply nothing. Only supporting them for their benefit.
So once in a while, it's good to go see a ballgame or pay to see a hockey game, only because it gives us in activity to take part in and watch something WE could never do ourselves; but it doesn't give us the green light to criticize those mistakes players make. Everyone makes mistakes and it's all in the grand scheme of human life that shape us to who we are. But those players who you see who play at the professional level, they are no different from you and me. They're just expressing their talent and getting paid just like everybody else, and they achieved to get there by following their dreams and passions for staying active everyday. Yes, some of the contracts are over-paid for some performers, but at the end of the day, their just collecting their pay checks.
Next.
So it's summer again and I've been doing everything I can to get a summer job or at least an internship with some media company. But my luck hasn't changed since last year. At least I would've thought my first year in college would've made a difference. I hope for one of those job where I'm writing everyday about citizen's concerns, or top stories or whatnot, but I can really grasp around the idea of spreading a good word out there for these people to read.
Maybe next time, I'll have a music update. It's getting very difficult to do this without my own TV show. We'll see.
Later.
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
$2000.oo. That's the price fans are expected to pay to see the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup final. Outrageous. Who would pay to see them for that much? My guess leads to those die-hard fans that HAVE to see the Canucks for that much. But is it worth it? To see it live? To be in the exact stadium as the team who would most doubtfully win the cup? In my opinion, no. There is a reason for go and watch sports and then there is a reason as to why prices are THIS high. I'm not sure why it is this high, but even if I was a die-hard Vancouver fan, I would never pay that much to see them; it's just outlandish.
For one thing, sports is only seen as a past time. We're not the ones in the spotlight; they are. I once saw a news story about becoming a professional sports fan. I was like, "What the hell does that mean? How can you become a professional fan when you don't do anything when it comes to showing off that talent?" I brought this point up before when Canada won the gold medals in the hockey game during the winter Olympics last year. Who scored that final goal that lead to Canada winning gold medals? Who were the rightful owners of those gold medals? Did everyone in Canada win that game? No. It was one guy. It was one team. So why should we care? Does he represent everyone in Canada? The people watching were only supporters who helped cheer, and I shouldn't have used "helped" because that's not how it works. These supporters don't know how it felt to win that game from a player's perspective. We, the fans, have no idea what it's like scoring a gold medal winning goal at the winter Olympics. So therefore, why should we give a shit about one single goal? One guy decides to express his talents and takes it to the professional level where he gets dressed up and wears a "C" on his jersey. He then gets selected to play for a team that represents the country. And the point I'm trying to make here is that we aren't the ones who scored that goal, nor do we have anything to do with the team itself. We're just observers from afar. We are given a chance to be who we want to be, and you don't see everyone becoming hockey players. That's why it's only open to a select few. Only the ones with the given gift and ability to play at a professional level are granted that opportunity. But I don't see fans trying to do what they do. Because they can't. So there is no way you can become a professional sports fan - it's just a lie.
So let's ask the question, how do you become a professional sports fan again? Oh yeah, you just gotta get a bunch of gear and act like you give a shit while waving your arms on the bleachers, praying for a goal YOU'RE not going to score. But just remember it's not you scoring that goal or hitting that home run. It's the professionals who are doing it for your sake. And what are you doing? Simply nothing. Only supporting them for their benefit.
So once in a while, it's good to go see a ballgame or pay to see a hockey game, only because it gives us in activity to take part in and watch something WE could never do ourselves; but it doesn't give us the green light to criticize those mistakes players make. Everyone makes mistakes and it's all in the grand scheme of human life that shape us to who we are. But those players who you see who play at the professional level, they are no different from you and me. They're just expressing their talent and getting paid just like everybody else, and they achieved to get there by following their dreams and passions for staying active everyday. Yes, some of the contracts are over-paid for some performers, but at the end of the day, their just collecting their pay checks.
Next.
So it's summer again and I've been doing everything I can to get a summer job or at least an internship with some media company. But my luck hasn't changed since last year. At least I would've thought my first year in college would've made a difference. I hope for one of those job where I'm writing everyday about citizen's concerns, or top stories or whatnot, but I can really grasp around the idea of spreading a good word out there for these people to read.
Maybe next time, I'll have a music update. It's getting very difficult to do this without my own TV show. We'll see.
Later.
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