Mental Golf

This week, the big story in the world of sport was the return of Tiger Woods to professional golf. After winning his first round match at some tournament in Arizona, he lost in the second round to some anonymous n00b. This event has, however, gotten me extremely excited for the summer, and golf.

I'm not talking about the highbrow country club golf. I play the game the only way I know how; guttin it out in the trenches, getting grimy and making gutsy shots (aka I am terrible at golf).

My main inspiration for playing the game comes from Chevy Chase, whose performance in Caddyshack ranks among the most influential movie characters in my life.

You know what, Caddyshack is a movie to live by. There, I said it.

Golf. Zen. Chevy Chase. Life.

Feelin It

I'm not talking about the song off of "Reasonable Doubt."

Well, actually I am. Always. But I also want to discuss "feelin it" as a term in general. This useful phrase can be used to explain even the most irrational of actions. For example, every time I go off on an irreverent tangent and get called out for speaking nonsense, I just cover and say that I was "feelin it, yo."

Other situations in which the use of this phrase is appropriate include:
-when one has drank too much
-when one orders that extra hot dog, chili cheese dog, ice cream cone, etc and then fails to finish it
-when one plays rap music at loud volumes early in the morning
-when one gets caught reading People magazine
-when one switches from skiing to snowboarding
-when one balls at a higher level than those around him/her
-when one makes an objectively bad play in Halo
-when one blows off responsibilities to go to the beach and build a sandcastle
-when one has drank too much

Some might question why I have even written this post. Those people, however, clearly did not see the same subtlety in it that exists in a well played game of cricket.

I'm just feelin it on a Monday night. Get 'em.