NOTHING MAN

I'm like a caged rat right now. I can't wait to play tennis tonight. It's just a practice, but it's a big one. We have our last league match Sunday and I am playing doubles with my friend Gary. I played tennis with Gary at Salem State, so it's always fun to be on the court with him. We play a lot together in practice, but Sunday will be our first league match together. I'm getting jacked up for that. I'm going to bring it hard tonight, it's 3 hours away and I have my game face on already. This has nothing to do with running, but just wanted you to know where I'm at. I'm really keyed up right now, and looking forward to punishing someone tonight.

Our team is in First place and we have clinched a spot the district tournament and hope to be able to push through to the National tournament in the fall. My role on the team is not much different than when I played hoop for Saugus. I punish people in practice, play my ass off and hope to make them better. I don't give anyone a free point at practice on Thursdays. Sort of like when I busted Coco's balls (Coco led our league in scoring but never had an open look in practice). I 'm not good enough to start on this tennis team, but nobody takes me lightly.

Now that I think about it, my role as an athlete has always been a team/role player job. Even when I played at SSC, I played #2 singes with one job, go out and take a beating like a man. Everyone knew I had no shot to win at #2, but by taking one for the team, we were able to push everyone down the ladder and it made our team stronger. If nothing, it made me understand winning and losing. I appreciate winning so much, there is nothing like it. Fuck the stats, give me the "W"!!

I'm listening to Nothing Man right now by Pearl Jam. This is another song that blows me away! It's so God Damn perfect. Check out the lyrics:

Once divided...nothing left to subtract...Some words when spoken...can't be taken back...Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking...Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking...Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...Nothingman... (2x)Isn't it something?Nothingman...She once believed...in every story he had to tell...One day she stiffened...took the other side...Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell...One just escapes...one's left inside the well...And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...oh...oh...oh...Nothingman... (2x)Isn't it something?Nothingman...Oh, she don't want him...Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away...Oh, into the sun...ah, into the sun...Burn...burn...Nothingman... (2x)Isn't it something?Nothingman...Nothingman... (2x)Coulda' been something...Nothingman...Oh...ohh...ohh...

I love Pearl Jam!! I have to go now, time to mentally prepare for the fucking can of whop ass I'm going to bring out tonight...see ya ross