I'm Going Blind

No, not physiologically. Thank God.

I mentioned to some friends a few months ago that I would try my darnedest to get into basketball or at least get to a point where watching more than the last 5 minutes (the only part of the game that really matters IM(nonexpert)O) is interesting. That didn't happen. Did I give it a fair try? I mean, a few games have been on in my presence but I just can't for the life of me focus. I always say it's because of all the constant moving. Watching a basketball game on TV is like an eye reaction exercise, the ball is everywhere in like 30 seconds. During that time, I mentally check out (due to exhaustion) and by the time I check back in 2 quarters have passed.

For the record: I am not one of those girls that knows nothing about sports and doesn't want to watch and only looks at who is hot or not. However, I am also not the girl that knows stats and history and all of those sorts of things. I am the girl that just enjoys watching sports. I get it. I love the competitive and social nature of the whole experience.

I super enjoy a good football game and I do not mind watching a patrillion games on Sunday. Basketball? Not so much. However, over the years I discovered a remedy: I need to be courtside. No, not because I am fancy pancy but because that angle makes it easier for me to focus. My eyes don't have to travel all the way down to the player's waist and then hands and then locate the ball (at which point the player has long passed the ball to his teammate and I am again back at square one, exhausted and lost). I have enjoyed a few basketball games from this courtside position so I know it is possible for me to love the game. Since, I do understand that it is a slight stretch for me to expect to sit courtside regularly, I wanted to find a way to force myself to engage in the sport a little more wholeheartedly.

I decided I am going to follow the NCAA Tournament and what better way to really stay engaged and invested in the Tournament than to fill out a bracket or two or three. So far, I have filled out 2 and I am strongly considering a third because of a very little known fact about me: I am competitive. The thought of one of my brackets taking me out early sounds terrible. I am not a sore loser but I do not like to lose so if I can heighten my chances of staying in the runnings (btw I am not challenging anyone with my brackets except myself, my own little bracket challenge) then I am here for that.

Essentially, this is like "going blind" in a game of spades. I am not really sure about anything coming of this but I am willing to give it a good try and I am super excited about bragging on how well I am doing with absolutely no expertise keeping up with the games.

P.S. I am not bandwagoning by going for Louisville. My dear Alicia is in grad school there and I often live vicariously through my friends and so... I am really invested in their success. GO CARDS!