Last night I did something that I love... watch the University of Arizona beat kill Duke in the sweet 16. While doing so, though, I realized that sports do not seem to fit with the rest of me. now more and more things (that don't quite fit in) are entering my brain. I'll share a couple just for fun...
1.) Sports fanatic- I love sports, and I'm not talking about jousting and gymnastics. No, I love the popular money making sports. In high school I kept stats for Football, Basketball, Wrestling, and Baseball (well technically that baseball was before HS). Those were pretty much all of the sports offered in our little school and I was pretty excited that nobody else was interested in "book keeping" in exchange for a free pass to all of this sporting goodness.
- Why it doesn't fit : I hate meaningless things like sports that we lift on a pedestal and give a whole bunch of money to. I have absolutely no interest in ever attending another college class because you basically pay a lot of money to get a little piece of paper that says you know how to jump through hoops. I want, in no way, to support this. I hate that our society takes kids right out of school and sends them into debt because that's what they think they have to do. But I CAN NOT tear my eyes aways from a good UofA game... or even a bad one. I love, love, love it!
2.) Medical testing- I would love to have my family tested for allergies, and if I could afford to do an A1C every three months you know I would, and if any other kind of broad spectrum test was offered I would hop aboard. Its not because i'm a hypochondriac... in fact I rarely think anything is a big deal until somebody stops breathing or there is blood squirting out of something. I just want to know... I'm curious, very curious!
- Why this doesn't fit: I hate Dr. offices, and hospitals, and needles. I don't care for new aged medicine and the money making business of legal drugs. I don't like that good heath care is only for the rich in America. And most of all I hate that people think they need to be fixed. If they are sad they go to the Dr. and get Anti depressants (for the record I do know that some of you struggle with depression, and that's not what I'm talking about), if they have a cold they go to the Dr. and get antibiotics, if they drink too much coffee and can't go to sleep they get sleeping pills. I haven't gotten any of these tests (*update: that was a total lie... a friend of mine bought me a home A1C test... very cool gift!) and probably never will... but if I ever find a home test for allergies I'm totally going to buy it.
3.) Science Fiction- Star Trek, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Ender's Game... There aren't even words to describe how happy these make me.
- Why this doesn't fit: Filled with war, artificial life, and fake food, they are a far cry from everything I value or want in this world. I am a hippie (kind of) after all... does it seem to fit to you?
What, if anything, do you do/like that doesn't seem to fit with the rest of your personality?
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