Well, I Hope You Like Soccer
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jenny_wildcatJazz lost to San Antonio and SA is going to the NBA Finals. Honestly, I'm glad that the Jazz lasted as long as they did because, as rabid and loyal a fan as I am, I also know when to be realistic. The end of the Jazz's season was not very hopeful, but they kicked Houston and Golden State out of the playoffs when people were saying Houston would sweep the Jazz and the Jazz suck and blahdy-blah, etc, piss me off.
But, no. The Jazz made a great run at the playoffs and I actually got to see some games (I never got to watch while I was in school, but I was able to keep tabs on the box scores and things). It reminded me a lot of the Stockton-Malone glory days and I reveled in every aspect of it. Now that the team has had this playoff experience, they can get better and find what works and what didn't work and get ready for next season. I'm optimistic for next year and I'm also ready to cheer for San Antonio (it's always been my policy - if I can't cheer for the Jazz, I cheer for the Spurs. Besides, I'm sick of hearing about great LeBron James or the Detriot Pistons are. The West is going to win, just you watch. Because of that, I don't feel too bad that we lost).
The bad thing is that now I have to listen to only how wonderful it is to have a professional soccer team in Utah, which is actually a load of bullshit. We won't hear anything good about the Utah Blaze, which is our Arena Football League (remember football? Hitting, running, passing, scoring, testosterone, real men?), but Real Salt Lake is that loser Dave Checketts baby and he's so wonderful and I want to puke? Though, there was something funny on the radio today. One radio commentator said that a RSL fan could read a book better than a Utah Blaze fan, to which I replied that the only book the RSL fan could read would be Dora the Explorer (Go! Diego Go! means run over that border, Diego! -- I never said my blog would be politically correct, and thankfully so). The only people who like soccer are illegals and yuppies from South Jordan.
Go Jazz! (and would RSL please relocate? Or can little Davey Checketts pony up some dough to get a real sport in Utah -- like an NFL team? I think he owes us that after all this humiliation).
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
But, no. The Jazz made a great run at the playoffs and I actually got to see some games (I never got to watch while I was in school, but I was able to keep tabs on the box scores and things). It reminded me a lot of the Stockton-Malone glory days and I reveled in every aspect of it. Now that the team has had this playoff experience, they can get better and find what works and what didn't work and get ready for next season. I'm optimistic for next year and I'm also ready to cheer for San Antonio (it's always been my policy - if I can't cheer for the Jazz, I cheer for the Spurs. Besides, I'm sick of hearing about great LeBron James or the Detriot Pistons are. The West is going to win, just you watch. Because of that, I don't feel too bad that we lost).
The bad thing is that now I have to listen to only how wonderful it is to have a professional soccer team in Utah, which is actually a load of bullshit. We won't hear anything good about the Utah Blaze, which is our Arena Football League (remember football? Hitting, running, passing, scoring, testosterone, real men?), but Real Salt Lake is that loser Dave Checketts baby and he's so wonderful and I want to puke? Though, there was something funny on the radio today. One radio commentator said that a RSL fan could read a book better than a Utah Blaze fan, to which I replied that the only book the RSL fan could read would be Dora the Explorer (Go! Diego Go! means run over that border, Diego! -- I never said my blog would be politically correct, and thankfully so). The only people who like soccer are illegals and yuppies from South Jordan.
Go Jazz! (and would RSL please relocate? Or can little Davey Checketts pony up some dough to get a real sport in Utah -- like an NFL team? I think he owes us that after all this humiliation).
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
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Date: 2007-05-31 04:12 pm (UTC)I remember reading that before. Have you posted that before? I know I've read it.
"The only people who like soccer are illegals and yuppies from South Jordan."
Ha! So wrong. Yet I am reminded of a song . . . "Happy is a yuppy word." So if when you say "yuppie" you mean "happy," well THEN I would understand ^_^.
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Date: 2007-05-31 08:58 pm (UTC)The real reason I hate soccer is that all the "intellectual" types think that because soccer is popular internationally that everyone in America should like it and all the other sports most Americans like are stupid. It grates on my nerves because I never got into soccer and I really like football and basketball (I only have energy for so many things). If they'd quit being so smug and superior about it, I might be open to attending a game or two. But at this point, I'd much rather go to a Blaze game than an RSL game (more accurately, I'd rather eat a poisonous lizard and wash it down with live coals than go to an RSL game).