Twelve Step Sports Addict

Another day in paradise here is Illinois as I spent the day job hunting, working out and watching sports. I found that exercising is a great way to keep my mind off stress and since I think I have a pretty self destructive personality, working out so hard that I hurt, satisfies that need and helps keep me sober. It is actually hard for me to sit in a chair and type today as everything from my neck to my abs to my legs are burning from the two sets of workouts I did today. I think back to about 8 months ago when I couldn’t even walk up a flight of stairs without chest pain, sore legs, and my sweat smelling like baked bread from the yeast leaking out of my pours from the brain deadening amount of booze I had consumed from the night before. I was hill running today, and since I also have an addictive personality, I totally over extend my workouts, but at least that is much healthier than drowning a few billion bane cells….oh yeah, B R A I N. Got it, guess some are a little slower coming back. So far it looks like the Padres are going to win the world series. An NL team winning….poor Cubs, must be hard to fathom, losers. Don’t worry, there is alway next year….But I am happy because as I have stated before, I can’t stand Tampa Bay and their expansion team. Hopefully Joe Maddon will go back to teaching 9th grade chemistry and Evan Longoria will go back in drag and star in Desperate Housewives. Him and Tony Parker make a great looking couple, don’t they. : ). I found myself watching the Bulls season opener and they looked sort of good. Derrick Rose looks like he will be a showstopper once he gets settled in, but I think the Bulls aren’t going to go anywhere other than a first round playoff loss.

That doesn’t stop my disgust with watching basketball these days. I played basketball all through junior high and high school and I swear that was much more exciting than watching the NBA. It is so slow and boring, foul filled and selfish. I used to be a huge Larry Bird fan, and I would love to see basketball like I used to see in highlights of team play and hustle. I mean, some dude runs five feet for a ball, and the announcers give him accolades like he’s Pete Rose sliding headfirst into third. I guess everything is watered down these days, from pansies like Brian Urlacher getting plowed by offensive tackles, to 90% of NBA players not being able to hit a 15 foot jumper, to Alfonso Soriano, well, just being a bitch. That is why I still like boxing and MMA, at least those guys look like they’ve been in a sporting event when it is over. I can’t find myself getting into bball too much, but I will watch the Bulls just hoping Vinnie Del Negro has a good first year. Bears have Detroit this week who they should beat like a red headed step child and then the Titans, which will be a huge test for them. I am looking forward to it. I just hope someone told Brian Urlacher where his last hoodrat girlfriend hit is scrotum, and he comes to play the next two weeks.