Can't you find something else to write about?

The media has been really getting to me recently. They always get to me, because it really never ceases to amaze me as to how stupid the media really can be, especially the media in the area I watch most, which is sports. ESPN doesn't seem to get the fact that nobody cares about Terrell Owens and how he broke his little finger... except for maybe Cowboys fans, for the simple fact that now they have a reason to hate the guy. People do not care about Barry Bonds, yet they still send Pedro Gomez there to report on how he's doing. Can't they think of anything better to write about in sports?

How about this one... the New York Mets clinched the NL East. Wait, isn't this the first time in 14 years that the Atlanta Braves have not owned this title? Why don't they talk about that? They would talk about it every time the Braves won it, making it a very long tenure. But when it's broken, nobody cares at all? Thanks sports media for reporting thoroughly about what Owens is eating for lunch, but not that this historical run has been broken by the National League powerhouse this year.

The media instead talks about Steve Smith's ploy to get hurt so that he can get a bigger contract (extension). Ok, I really do not think many players would sit around and look like an idiot, when he could just hold out like a normal player. Smith said, "There are a lot of other things I can be doing if I'm holding out. I can go home. I can go to the lake house with my family. I can do a lot of things more important than to make a [fool] out of myself and the organization. You're foolish to think that." Way to tell them Steve, show them how stupid they are, and ask them to write a story about something that is actually happening, instead of wasting our time with garbage that isn't true.

Or why don't they try to rip the Yankees apart, as they seem to want to do every time they do something good. The Yankees are about to win their 9th straight AL Eastern divisional title, and what does SI do? They try to stir up controversy about what seems like "the player to hate," Alex Rodriguez. Leave the guy alone. Ok, maybe Jason Giambi and Joe Torre talked to him, and told him basically that he needed to start getting big hits. But leave it in the clubhouse. The media just really needs to stop stirring up trouble. SI is my favorite sports publication, and Tom Verducci is a great writer. But leave things alone during this point of the season. It's pathetic... report on the division races and stop trying to turn sports into a soap opera.

Uh oh, breaking news: "TO might not miss games" - I don't care! Find something better to report on! The media is absolute garbage, and although it is the reason that sports is so large today (telecasts and such), it is also the reason that teams are distracted, players are not able to perform to their potentials, etc.

Though the media seems to make sports readily available to people across the world, it is a double edged sword, because it also ruins sports. Period. Without the media, sports would be much better than what they are now, but without it, nobody would be able to see this.

Such a thing as being too optimistic? I don't think so...

Well, it is that time again. The 2006 Syracuse Orange football team is getting ready to start up a fresh season following a terrible 1-10 performace last year. Basically, it was the worst season that SU has had... ever. But, I still have reason to be optimistic about this upcoming season. Some people might think that there is absolutely no reason for this optimism, but I have at least two.

1. They can't be much worse than last year. Our team beat Buffalo, who has got to be one of the worst teams in Division I, along with last year's SU team. Buffalo may have improved this year, but last year, they were pathetic. Beating Buffalo was nothing, so in games that actually mattered, Syracuse went 0-10. Nothing against Buffalo, but that football team is terrible.

2. If you aren't optimistic, what's the fun of being a fan? It really is not fun when you think that your team will never win. There's two teams like that... the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. They never win, but you still need to root for your team. How can you consider yourself a fan, and never be excited when your team begins to play, hoping that they have a shot to win it all that year? A true fan keeps his optimism, as I am trying to do for the New York Knicks, but to be honest, I am finding it very hard.

As you have seen from these reasons, there is no such thing as being too optimistic. Hoping that your team has a shot to win it all is great for the team, and makes the fan base stronger. Fans are the most important aspect of a team... for instance, our football team almost beating Florida State a couple years ago in the Carrier Dome. That was the loudest I have ever heard a stadium, and it was amazing. We caused many penalties and just drove the other team crazy, and we almost pulled out a win. Keeping the fans interested will help the team, and though the team may not seem to be trying to win, nobody plays to lose. Ask Herman Edwards.

I'm thinking I think.... way too much

I really think that my mind is racing all the time. It's usually some useless thing that happened to me that I just think of spontaneously, and sometimes I cannot stop thinking about it. I have no idea why these things pop into my head, but it sometimes can drive me crazy. I just figured I would write about it since it happened to me this morning, and sometimes, I just wish the memory would go away. Like today, it is something useless and insignificant, but it just stays in my head.

I think this happens for the simple fact that I think too much. Sometimes I should just let my brain rest, but I usually don't. I'm not even thinking about important things sometimes, and as I said, maybe just some insignificant thing that happened to me that day, or something like that.

I don't have much else to write, just kind of wanted to say this, maybe to help me forget about it and end up dwelling on something else. But hey, whatever works.