I've learned something this week. Perhaps it comes with age, perhaps with wisdom, or perhaps through some great revelation. I think that most likely the case is that it comes from reading a passage in Exodus where the Lord tells Moses not to cut or dress up his stones that are used for the altar, because if he did, it would make the altar detestable. After reading this I've realized I have a bad habit and that as of recently it's facilitated by bloggerland!
Please allow me to explain. I was sitting at work the other day and a couple fo the women were talking about the latest American Idol episode. Now, I've only seen two episodes of American Idol this season, and both of them were in the beginning, so if all truth be told, I have NO idea what's going on in the show. However, these women were talking and they were giving their takes on the show and I chipped in my thoughts (compliments of Dave's blog) "I heard that Blake sung really well last night". To which these women agreed, and it started a whole new conversation for me to listen to. I had NO idea what I was talking about, just added my feedback from my Brother-in-law's blog.
A couple of days before I was sitting around with the Young Family and they asked me what I thought of Detroit's draft pick. Now, I knew that Detroit had picked another wide receiver, and I knew that we ALWAYS pick wide receivers. However, I had no real opinions of the matter other than I thought that they should have tried to get a good quaterback instead. Alas, Bloggerland made me a much more intelligible critic on the whole subject as my friend Cassie had commented that "well, at least they picked a real first rounder who is worth the money that they will pay for him, instead of picking a guy way too early in the draft so that they're stuck paying him a lot of dough and getting less effort because the player can sit back because he was picked early on in the draft". Okay, so I understood what she was saying, but had no idea that is what Detroit usually did. Regardless, I offered "my" opinion, which was of course my thoughts mixed with Cassie's commentary and it was received well. People bought it, and began their own Detroit picks guys too early that shouldn't be picked early blah blah talk and the attention was off of me and I looked smart.
Why do I do that? Is it to seem smart when I'm actually not. Is it to make people think that I'm a better person, or more "sportsy" or more "pop-culture educated", because in all honest I'm not. I like sports, but I don't like to watch Sportscenter and listen to radio commentaries, partially because I don't have time, and the other part because I don't care to. I'm also not pop-culture savvy at all. I have no idea who prominent actors/actresses names are unless they've been SUPER popular for a SUPER long time, ie: Kathryn Zada Jones--don't know who she is, but I've heard the name. It's really just not stuff I'm interested in, so why do I act like it? I don't know.
So, in light of this, I've made a pledge. My pledge is to not use other peoples' commentaries as if they're my own unless coupled with a disclaimer, and also I'm pledge not to try to be more sportsy or pop cultured than I really am. It shouldn't be hard because I get to just be myself, but it'll be interesting to see how the follow through goes.
All this brings me to the picture above, these are the Milwaukee Brewer's Racing Sausages (Klement's Racing Sausages), and at every game everyone choses a Sausage to win the race. There's no stategy, no hidden info that'd help you win the race, it's just guessing based on your preferences and likes..no ESPN involved. So I'm going to stick to my guns and vote for Chorizo EVERY time! Not because he has a great record, because, he doesn't in fact he has the worst record of all, but rather because I like him and I can stick with that decision!
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