after 3 years of bitterness i have finally started to enjoy softball again. I went the last Cal game of the year and actually enjoyed myself. for the first time in a long while, watching softball brought back some wonderful memories for me. it has been really hard for me to not be bitter about the way my softball career ended over the last 3 years. i think in some way i always will be upset about it, but i think i'm beginning to associate softball with the 13 years i played before it got bad and the truth is the reason i have been so upset about it, is because of how much i got out of playing softball for so long.
but just as i am starting to enjoy the game again, monica abbott has to break the NCAA strikeout record. (fyi: monica abbott is a pitcher for the tennessee softball team.) if you know me, you know that it drives me crazy that i can't be the best at everything. ok, obviously i am not the best pitcher in the history of the world, but now i am not even the best pitcher who's name is m. abbott. that is VERY hard on my ego.
if you've ever been in the embarcadero muni station in San Francisco, you know that when they run an ad (for say prius or Microsoft vista) they literally rent out the entire station to the same product, which i find annoying on its own. they print these ads on the floors, on the stairs, hang up banners and put movie trailer-like signs all over and they'll put like 10 in a row right next to each other. it was bad enough when i had to read 20 versions of the same ad for prius and vista, but i didn't have anything against these ads in particular, though i'm still trying to figure out why everyone who owns a prius likes to hold up a sign that says "yes!". . . i guess they are excited, but it doesn't make any intuitive sense to me. did someone ask them if they liked their prius or if they'd buy it again? if so, they should tell us that, it is not well explained.
the new add that is EVERYWHERE are the reebok ads. i'm not sure if you've seen these ads, but they are part of the campaign that involves the new commercial that ends with Allen iverson and Vince young and has the tag line "run at the speed of chat". this commercial is the only semi-decent part of this campaign. it is not necessarily great, but it doesn't piss me off like the others. The ones in the muni station feature a bunch of runners that look like they're going to pass out or who have fallen over from running so hard, but come with such tag lines as "a 10 minute mile is just as long as a 6 minute mile", "what are you just doing?", "did you beat your time or just yourself?" and others with a similar message. . . be mediocre. i understand that they are trying to make running seem fun and accessible to people who aren't athletes. it just seems like they are almost making fun of athletes and it makes me mad. i probably wouldn't care if i didn't have to look at 20 of these ads every morning and night, but every time i do it makes me madder and madder.
these ads probably aren't all that offensive to the general person, i think this all goes back to my crazy competitive, why do something if you're not the best at it? attitude. they really piss me off though.
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