Six-word Memoirs

Summer is where the soul lives.
The truck can't see me, crash.
Not a good idea after all.
Music: life isn't complete without it.
Lock it up. Another Monopoly win.

Free Writing

I have no clue what to write about, so I'll just go with sports - since that is just about the only thing I can write about and it be somewhat interesting. I think what makes sports, particularly baseball, a great sports to watch (but also write about) is the human drama that is throughout the whole game. Like the Razorback game last night, it was just filled with drama and conflict, which brings stories alive. I could not find a person that was sitting down during the end of the game after Brett Eibner hit a two-run shot to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth. You just can't make stuff up like that. It's just the human element of sports that makes them so great - the competition, the redemptive qualities. It just makes writing so much easier and interesting. Oh dang. I just got a forwarded text message from someone. I had no clue that these were going around. I guess the people that didn't get enough of the annoying e-mail chains are at it again. Who really thinks that is a good idea? Really? Do I need to send this two 10 other people so I'm not eaten by a shark or something? It's so random, not unlike this wall of test. But hey, at least I have good music. Back to the chain e-mails - I wonder who really thought that was a good idea. Do people really still pass those around? I don't think I've checked an e-mail other than my univeristy e-mail in more than a month. This was the most random things I've ever put together.

Song: Night/Day by Mae
This song is streaming on their Web site, http://www.whatismae.com/

Quest Narrative

I think I'll try the quest narrative style. It seems pretty similar to other styles I've tried in the past. I'd like to try another style, but I'm not so sure I could pull it off.

Reverse the Curse

It took 86 years. But they finally did it. The Red Sox won the World Series.

As a 16-year-old, I hadn't lived long enough to really know what it was like for your favorite team to go that long without a championship, to undergo a "curse."

But it felt real all the same.

With my Red Sox hat on, my dad - a long time New York Yankee fan - and I watched the game together in near silence. We couldn't believe what we were seeing. After three straight games over the Cardinals, the Red Sox would do what many in their life time had not seen: the Red Sox winning a championship.

I thought about all the people in Boston that would be happy to finally be able to see the team win after perhaps 60 years of watching the game.

The room was dark and the T.V. was the only source of light in the whole household.

I'll always remember these words from the announcer: "The Red Sox are your World Series champions."