The Workermonkey

Thursday, October 21, 2004

cue the world series 

# posted by josh @ 10/21/2004 02:40:00 PM

SOX BABY!

i may not shave until the series is over. i mean, WWJD (What Would Johnny [damon] Do?

something weird/interesting has happened. macunas, maybe your psychological background could help. or any of you who've done anthro or sociology extensively. i'm starting to like all the hometown teams (sox, pats) more and more. and i mean in the last month or so, not just since the pats won the superbowl. my guess is this: being here in a place i despise pretty much makes me appreciate home, and gives me more pride in it. like i saw someone write something on the blog to the extent of "who cares about uconn football" or somethin. maybe the night of the debate. but i love it (of course i've always been a big uconn fan). regarding baseball specifically, the people here who are [on occasion] stupid, rascist, exclusive, sexist, etc are the people who comprise the braves fan base. quite frankly it's disgusted me, and it's been driving me away from the braves. baseball's my favorite sport, i need someone to cheer for, so what's the next logical step? the hometown team of course. the sox (yanks are not part of new england, and they suck, so fuck em. also i lovethat steinbrenner paid out the ass for a-rod so he could win another world series, and a-rod went to ny to win one, and they lost. the irony, and the situational powerlessness of money).

i dont know. i'm a little confused, honestly. it might be a good experience to live down here where i don't like it. build character. all i know is i've never had such pride in ct/new england as i do now. maybe that's what it's all about

fuck up the nl no-names. wouldn't even know the nl was still playing by watching the games and sportscenter lately

go sox

fuck sc

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ps. don't try to get me for bandwagoning if that's what you're thinking. the braves are probably the 2nd most successful franchise behind the evil empire. i may be leaving that behind for the hometown

By  josh, at Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:43:00 PM  

[I don't want my own profile, hence anonymous, but Matt this is Damon, send me an invite again please]

I know what you're saying Josh. I never liked New England so much until I went out to crappy central PA and realized our ocean, mountains, and having more people than livestock makes it a rocking place. And I don't like CT, but when I'm outside of it and someone from Jersey is trashing it, some pride wells up for defense.

I was thinking about not shaving too, though mainly a good excuse for laziness.

By  Anonymous, at Thursday, October 21, 2004 5:34:00 PM  

You guys are making me nervous considering im moving to the deep south.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:49:00 PM  

damon, need the email address again. i've inadvertantly lost all of them.

i've never understood why NEW york is not part of new england. it would only make sense.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:45:00 PM  

i wouldn't be too nervous brancy. i dont know much about the exact place you're moving to, however, i get the general feeling (from travelling there and also word of mouth) that florida is a little different from the rest of the south. it's much more of a tourist place. all the attractions draw people from all over the world, as do the many golf courses. unless you're really in the middle of nowhere, i wouldnt' worry. another distinction is that SC is a traditional southern, good-ole-boy state. it's different from places like virginia, and florida. in fact, in my classes here i'm learning of laws that SC still follows that no other states do. i think the state has a hard time letting go, and i'm not confident that many others are like it. maybe parts of tn, ky, al, ms, ga, but i'm not sure it would extend to fl, if that helps

By  josh, at Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:01:00 PM  

Matt I need an invite also

By  NoBrainRequired, at Friday, October 22, 2004 11:53:00 AM  

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