Belated Happy Canada Day!
I hope everyone had a great Canada Day. Mine was pretty good, had some great BBQ food, spent time with some great friends, but didn't get any fireworks due to poor weather, but hey, they're on for tonight and the weather is to be good, so YAY!. I also have a Softball game tonight, and I'm just starting to feel recovered from last weeks game. If that weren't enough, I have another game tomorrow night. UGH! I'm going to be so tired and sore on Wednesday *L* Ah well, it's worth it in the end. I love to play softball, and it's good exercise which I really need.
I'm a little sore today, mostly in the arms. I went to the batting cages and cracked off over 100 pitches. Now my right arm is sore and my right hand is a little twitchy. Although it was good practice and I needed it. It feels strange though because I didn't miss a single pitch and I had a bit of a crowd watching me bat because of it. I mean, I'm not a great batter, it's always been the weak part of my game. These people didn't seem to think so, especially the little kids. You swear I was some major league ball player taking batting practice the way these kids were going on. All the "Whoa!"'s and "WOW!"'s I heard was kind of flattering, but also a bit annoying when you're trying to concentrate on improving your swing. It was hard to resist the urge to show off and be all fancy and crap.
I don't care who you are, if you're good at something, be it playing a musical instrument, playing a sport, playing a video game, magic tricks, whatever, if you notice someone is even the slightest bit impressed by what you're doing, you get this sudden urge to show off. We all do it, and don't pretend you don't. I mean, being a braggart about being good is different, that just gets under a lot of peoples skin, but wanting to show off because you have this little kid in awe of what you can do well, I think we've all been there. Anyway, coming back full circle ;) My arms and hands are a little twitchy today and I hope it doesn't affect my playing tonight.
Okay, so I've rambled on long enough. I hope everyone had a good Canada Day (for those of you who are Canadian) and 'till next time :)
I'm a little sore today, mostly in the arms. I went to the batting cages and cracked off over 100 pitches. Now my right arm is sore and my right hand is a little twitchy. Although it was good practice and I needed it. It feels strange though because I didn't miss a single pitch and I had a bit of a crowd watching me bat because of it. I mean, I'm not a great batter, it's always been the weak part of my game. These people didn't seem to think so, especially the little kids. You swear I was some major league ball player taking batting practice the way these kids were going on. All the "Whoa!"'s and "WOW!"'s I heard was kind of flattering, but also a bit annoying when you're trying to concentrate on improving your swing. It was hard to resist the urge to show off and be all fancy and crap.
I don't care who you are, if you're good at something, be it playing a musical instrument, playing a sport, playing a video game, magic tricks, whatever, if you notice someone is even the slightest bit impressed by what you're doing, you get this sudden urge to show off. We all do it, and don't pretend you don't. I mean, being a braggart about being good is different, that just gets under a lot of peoples skin, but wanting to show off because you have this little kid in awe of what you can do well, I think we've all been there. Anyway, coming back full circle ;) My arms and hands are a little twitchy today and I hope it doesn't affect my playing tonight.
Okay, so I've rambled on long enough. I hope everyone had a good Canada Day (for those of you who are Canadian) and 'till next time :)
posted by spankosaur @ Monday, July 02, 2007
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