FUN-NEE

So last night I had a friend over and he was giving me crap about my liking Dr. Who. He called me obsessed. Obsessed? I have a few DVD's and two or three books...and that's it. I don't have friends over and force them to watch. I am not even part of any fan club or messaging board. I just like the show and bought the DVD's. Yes I have made two posts here about the show, but it's only been two. He then went onto criticize me as a nerd because I also had the complete DVD sets of Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and the TV show Angel. The fact that I own a few DVD's was enough for this guy to criticize me as obsessed.

It was then I had one of those moments you remember for history. I said, "you're criticizing me, but what are you going to do this weekend? You're going to put on your favorite Vikings jersey (the road one since they're on the road), dress your kids up in their Vikings jerseys, force your family in front of the TV in a room covered in Vikings merchandise and memorabilia to intently watch a pre-season game for four hours, including the pre-game and post game show, where you will insist that no one answer the phone in case you miss anything. You're going to tape the game and watch it again the next day, read and watch highlights again the next morning, get together at a sports bar the next day and relive the game with your buddies. You're going to ignore the real news of the week just so you can intensely follow every decision of the team, who's injured, who's got a good match up, what tired old cliches are being used to describe a sporting event. You're going to get into your car with the Vikings flag and Vikings license plate, turn your radio to one of the many sports talk stations to get the 'latest' up to date info, drive to your fantasy football draft which you have spent weeks preparing for, and seriously debate the merits of back up kickers. Your life will not exist for five months. I won't hear about your family or your job, but instead I have to talk to you about the games, the teams, the coaches and their decisions. When it's all over, you'll spend the other seven months of the year watching highlights being pushed by paid shills who are trying to convince you to forgo your child's education fund as you need to put down the three hundred dollars for a fan fest where some retired player might sign a jersey, or you need to drive two hours to a motor parts store where a player is making an appearance. You'll call congressmen and senators insisting they need to pay a billion dollars to keep the Vikings in town by building them a state of the art facility, and you'll scream at the team when they don't throw down eight million dollars a year to get one player. You do all of this, but yet you're calling me obsessed because I have some DVD's that I occasionally watch?"

"Yeah, but that's different, that's SPORTS! At least I follow something that's important."

Funny

So I was driving in town and had an SUV pull over and nearly run me and my family into oncoming traffic. To his credit, the driver clearly was sorry, but that didn't stop my heart from beating really fast. What got me over the near death experience was the vanity license plate on the back of his car - "PRO LIFE."

Well I saw the irony of this and made a post on Facebook thinking it was actually kind of comical. I end up having this friend of mine rip into me. She felt I was taking a cheap shot at pro-lifers and insinuated that I probably would be offended if she said God bless. Now this friend is a far right conservative who proudly told media at her kids school she was glad they didn't show Obama's welcome back to school speech as "she didn't trust him with her kids." I mentioned she was suggesting the President of the United States was nothing more than, at best, a creepy uncle, and at worst, a pedophile. She said he doesn't deserve my respect. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see what was really forming her opinions.

The best part of this was that she thought that since I leaned left in my political thinking, that A) I am pro abortion and B) I hate God. I actually, personally, am against abortion unless it is needed to save the life of the mother, rape or incest. It's a personal decision, as it should be for everyone. Everyone should make their own choice on this, as I have. I understand both sides of this argument and would never condemn a person who disagreed with me. I also go to church pretty much every week. Me and my family sit in the front row off to the side. I don't hate God because I'm a lefty, rather, I am a lefty because of my belief in God.

I pointed this out to my friend. I've not heard anything back. If you make presumptions about people don't expect to be right most of the time.