GO TEAM!

YIPPEE! Rah! Rah! Rah! Sis-boom-bah!

OK- big time sports are not my thing. I go to the games if and when we are offered some free tickets because it IS fun.  I love the atmosphere and, you have to admit, the people watching is PRIME!  I do NOT religiously follow them- found out the other day that a person I thought was a team member for one of MN's team is LONG gone.  However, I do love lazy Sundays when the football game is on the TV because it lulls me to sleep wonderfully.  I also really like getting together with people to watch the game, because I like getting together with people!  It's fun DAMN IT!  What's the score?  I have NO IDEA!

To the people that do follow them- go for it! I'm pretty sure I get the same gleam in my eye when I'm talking about jewelry or glass.

• Bleed purple and gold or whatever your team colors are.
• Paint your face.
• Make giant signs.
• Wear fun gear.
• Draw things on your chest and stomach and shake it in the stands! (Told you I love the people watching!)

Here's my only problem.... the obliviousness that seems to go hand in hand with many (not all) fans when they are attending a game.

The number of cars and people in the general vicinity of the game increases by 64,111... really.... I looked it up- at least for football.  I happen to work downtown and park in what I can only describe as the 'eye of the storm', but that doesn't seem to fit either because this particular eye is anything but calm.... it's actually the antithesis!  Fans come out in droves and I have to dodge though various pregame celebrations to get to my parking ramp entrance.

• They change lanes 4-5 times in a block- in opposite directions!
• They jaywalk...
• They stop in the middle of the block to talk to pedestrians...
• They stand in doorways of buildings and elevators blocking people from entering and exiting...

This is stupid to begin with on any game day, but compound the issue by mixing in rush hour downtown?  ARGH! It's a recipe for disaster and it makes the crazy woman that lives inside me strain to come out and konk people on the head.... with my car....   The cops are out in force as it is and have no problem ticketing morons (thankfully), but when the morons on foot and behind the wheel far outnumber the cops- shit is going to go down.

So with that said... THANK YOU to the gentleman that clued in quickly opened and held open the door for me going into my ramp.  YOU are wonderful!

To the two schmucks who decided to stand directly in the path of the elevator yammering incessantly in the same said ramp blocking it for people exiting and shifting just in time to block it MORE for me trying to enter the flippin' thing and missing the elevator while it went down to get more people before I could get to my car.... I highly you recommend you visit your doctor soon as it seems plainly obvious you are both suffering from severe cases of rectal cranial inversion.

So..... go to the game, cheer your team on, have a blast.... DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE!