At least, it feels that way!
Yesterday evening, Tim, Mike, Damon and I went to Waldemar's and ended up watching a fantastic football match between Bayern München and Manchester United. Anyone who knows anything about me knows who I was pulling for, and so I was overjoyed when Bayern defeated Manchester and went through in the Champion's League. :D Seeing the match reminded me of my time in Munich with Jennifer in 2008, and the addictive energy that one invariably picks up just being near football fans. It is interesting to me that I don't feel the same kind of excitement over American football matches, but I suppose I feel that American football is too exclusive; the rest of the world can't participate in our silly Super Bowl or Iron Bowl madness, whereas last night I got to watch a football match that was undoubtedly an international experience. The players weren't just from Germany or Great Britain, but from Brazil, Portugal, Holland (as Tim frequently reminded us :P)--everywhere in the world. Maybe if American football felt less like a defensive assertion of "Americanness" and more like something to be shared with our neighbors, I'd enjoy it more.
I bet I could live there and not fall to the craze ;) But that's because I dislike sports in general.
ReplyDeleteTragic! I've always been a tennis fanatic, so taking the extra step to obsess over football really didn't take much effort.
ReplyDeleteWho's this, by the way?
It's Terry. Much easier to just click on my gmail to post comments. Not sure why it puts that as the name though.
ReplyDeleteProbably related to your current google settings. Maybe change them?
ReplyDeleteAlso, you should be my follower. ;) Boost my numbers, yo.