Soapbox Negativity

I have decided that I don't understand why cheering has become so incredibly negative. Rather than focusing in the positive of our own teams, we often seem to focus on bringing the other team down. I swear it wasn't always like that, at least not to the extent it is today. Look at the following examples....

-At the UNLV/Wisconsin game this year, every single time Wisconsin did anything remotely good, a majority of the UNLV students chanted, "F*** Wisconsin, F*** Wisconsin!" The group near me continued their happy chant even after a nearby man asked them to cut it out in respect for his son.

-At the Avalanche/Kings EXHIBITION game last night, fans from both teams kept chanting, "Avalanche sucks, " or "Kings suck!"

Now, I understand there are rivalries out there that warrant a limited amount of this type of cheering. CSU/CU, Packers/Vikings (though I'm not certain I can see most Packers fans cheering that way, ) Bronco/Raiders...you know, the big ones. But seriously, why such hatred for Wisconsin from UNLV? UNR, sure, but Wisconsin??? And such hatred between the Kings and the Avalanche at an exhibition game of all things? As an Avalanche fan, I'm saving my jeers for the Red Wings. And, really, wouldn't we rather all beat a really good team, than a team that sucks?

3D Experience

A couple weeks ago we had some really nice storms in Vegas. Tons of lightning, good thunder, and even a whole bunch of rain. It all started at about 2AM. I got up to see if I thought the storms were coming or going, because I had woken up from the lightning (I guess my blinds aren't so hot...) I decided that the storms were going, as the lightning was coming from the east, but I still opened the window and laid back down in the hopes that I'd hear thunder.
As luck would have it, the storms did come back to the west. The lightning was even close enough to where it was instantaneous thunder. At one point, I even thought a fireball was coming through the window-yes, my imagination does get the better of me a good portion of the time.
An hour or so later, P&AF's alarm went off.

P: "Mhrmphf..."

M: (thinking) "What did he say? Did he just spit on me? There is something wet on my face. It feels cold though. Not like spit."

P: "It's raining in our bedroom."

M: "What?"

P: "Yeah, it's raining in our bedroom. It's a 3D experience. You opened the window."

M: "Ummm...no...I closed it an hour ago. Turn the light on."

(Side note: We have a ceiling fan/light combo in the bedroom.)

P&AF turns the light on, and we see water streaming down from the ceiling through the ceiling fan, where it is then dispersed about the room by the fan blades.

M: "Turn it off, turn it off!"

P&AF reaches up to the cord hanging from the fan/light.
I envision a sparking electrocuting mess.

M: "No, NO, at the door, at the door."

I sat in bed with a bucket and watched lightning the rest of the morning. It was fun.
Don't worry, the HOA is fixing the roof any day now.

Liability

Spending Labor Day weekend in Manhattan Beach was great. The weather was perfect, and the water temperature was the best. I found that in my happiness in being tossed around in the waves, I would break down into fits of laughter. I figure laughter is good for you, but it does cause a bit of a problem when you keep getting hit by waves. Eventually you are bound to swallow tons of water and lose your ability to breathe. Tons of fun nonetheless. I miss the ocean!