Chey’s Lounge

I almost wish I wasn’t, but I am a sucker for professional sports. It’s more capitalistic than anything, but I just can’t help but get into it all. Since the Winter Olympics are coming up more quickly than I’d like to grasp, I’m sure I’ll use some time then to talk about how much I like that. For now, I’ll focus on North American professional sports leagues and franchises. I love watching football, basketball, and baseball; in that order. I like watching hockey, too. The amount of football related content I consume on YouTube is so sick and such a waste of time. I should really be listening to more educational videos or podcasts, but I’m just into these football channels. I’ve always gone through phases of types of videos I tend to watch on YouTube. 

Around the start of Covid, I started watching these creators talking about football, especially the Giants. Unlike most of the other phases of videos I’ve previously gone through, I’m still watching this stuff a lot. I will admit that I have slowed down a bit somewhat recently, but I still watch/listen nearly daily. If the Giants keep it up, I’ll probably be sucked back in entirely. 

I’m not ready to talk about it, maybe I never will be… but I had to watch the giants vs eagles game this past Thursday night on my phone. That was so tragic… I mean it’s literally not that big of a deal, but I cherish the 17 games per year (since for some teams, including the one I dedicate my time and energy to, the playoffs are fleeting). I don’t understand football at a high level, but I still enjoy watching it. I’ve learned a lot over the past 5 years or so though. Despite knowing it’s ultimately a waste of time, I do almost prioritize being able to watch it. Not even just my favorite team. I think it’s an exciting sport and I enjoy watching it at all levels. I sure wish I felt that way when I was a child sitting in the bleachers at my brother’s games, but better late than never. – Shrek

I don’t really mess around with fantasy, but I am in a pick ‘em pool. A lot of the people in it are people I know, which is the source of most of the fun for me. I’m currently tied for second place in the pool. Last year, I was in a few random pools because no one I knew was able to get it going in time by the time people realized what was happening the past few years wasn’t going to be happening that year. 

I was so happy to have my family one again. I didn’t really care about the pools I was in last year, which is funny considering how desperate I was to find an alternative once I found out the OG pool was kaputz. I scoured the Internet far and wide for a pool to join. I ended up joining 2. In my moment of desperation, I haphazardly joined the first one that seemed suitable enough. In hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have, but I knelt looking for pools and found a different one. One would argue I should’ve just joined this other I found, if one had a brain. And one would be correct. Oh well. i joined both and I wasn’t even that into it though. It turns out I like it so much better when I know at least some of the people. Maybe some lesson in that feeling, perhaps something to reflect on…… in the future. Maybe I’m competitive with certain people, but not severely over all. I need to be around a certain crowd to fully enjoy something or to reach my full potential, at least at this point in my life. I feel like most people feel this way, so I don’t feel too bad about it being true, just bad about not taking the sentiment seriously enough. Anyways, we’re getting offtrack. This one is definitely back to being a little longer. I think I’ll save the rest of what I’ve written for another day. Maybe this 3-day block of posts that are vaguely related, at least title-wise, will be focused on sports. Not to be some random lazy, inexperienced schmuck with an opinion no one cares about on a topic I’m not even close to an expert on, but I definitely have my fair share of sports takes. I think in general, sports are pretty low-stakes and it’s not a big deal if you share an uninformed, or fundamentally flawed opinion. It’s not going to lead to any geopolitical tensions or anything. Well, I guess you never know…