Saturday, February 20, 2010

The Time(s) I Was Awesome at Sports

Lately, I've been spending a lot of time doing athletic things. It's not really by choice, more by necessity. I ride a bike. I walk EVERYWHERE. Sometimes I accidentally go hiking because living in Austin promotes these activities.

All this athletic activity has made me realize: I am terrible at sports. And I've tried ALL of them.

These are sports I'm good at:
- Flip cup (it's not bragging if it's true.)
- Bicycle riding (as long at the temperatures are mild and I'm not cycling uphill)
- Shooting basketballs (not basketball itself-that I'm bad at. But I'm pretty exceptional at tossing stuff into other stuff like trash into cans, pongs into beer, paper clips into co-worker's coffee mugs, etc.)
- Rollerblading (I wish so desperately that this was cool again cause I am so awesome at it)
- Watching sports

These are sports I'm bad at:
- Soccer (I once co-coached a team with my Dad and friend Marisa. Marisa was good at soccer, Dad was ok at soccer and I was really there to hand out the juice boxes at the end of the practice.)
- Lacrosse (this doesn't bother me too much considering that unless you grew up on Long Island, the DC metro area or in California, no one gives two shits about lacrosse)
- Softball
- Field Hockey (love the uniform, hate the game)
- Bowling ( I once bowled a 14)
- Running of any kind
- Jumping of any kind
- Gymnastics
- Snow sports- all of them
- Ballet

And so I am beginning a series of Essays Called: "Why I'm Bad at (blank)"

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