Let's see...what happened this weekend that we could rap about? The Cubs swept a rain abbreviated series against the Pirates, the White Sox went into Oakland and took two of three from the A's, and Jay Cutler had a mediocre debut at Buffalo for the Bears' first preseason game of 2009. Boring. The annual "Air & Water Show" went down at North Ave. Beach. That's always extremely distracting/annoying. We could talk about that? No? Yeah, I'm good on that one too. How about the fact that Tiger Woods did NOT win a major tournament for the first time in his career when leading after 54 holes (day 3)? Not only did he fall short yesterday, Tiger didn't win a major tournament at all this year. It's the first time that that has happened since 2004, and Y.E. Yang (your 2009 PGA Champion) won the 1st major title of his career, and was the first Asian born player to EVER win a major in professional golf. Now THAT was some entertaining stuff yesterday, but I still don't want to talk about it.
I saw "The Great Buck Howard" and "I Love You Man" over the weekend (both on DVD). They were both fairly entertaining. I preferred "The Great Buck Howard" myself, as it starred John Malkovich (one of my all-time favorite actors). Maybe you do, but I don't remember hearing ANYTHING about this movie when it came out. You would think that a movie that has John Malkovich, Tom Hanks, and Steve Zahn in it would come along with a little fan fair. This did not as far as my movie radar could pick up, but I still enjoyed it. I actually found it quite refreshing. Plus, I can relate to a movie that is about a "regular dude" who works for an eccentric (to a fault) type of guy, and all of the quirks that go into doing something like that. Believe it or not, I've been there myself.
Promise me loyal "Webby Files-ites," that when you become rich/famous/powerful in whatever it is that you're striving to do, don't EVER forget where you came from. I know that the whole "don't forget where you came from" thing is a bit tired among the entire cliche' community, but it still rings VERY true. Answer me this: Why is it that when people achieve a little bit of success, they seem to feel that every last ounce of humility that a normal human being possesses can safely go out the window? There's now NO need to be modest, humble, gracious, tactful or ANY of those stupid little traits that are instilled in us from the time that we can first comprehend anything. I'M ME!!! I don't qualify for that group of "regular individuals" anymore. I can do whatever I want!...Why does that happen?
Another thing is, you know when Len and Bob have a special guest in the booth (usually to sing the 7th inning stretch), and the person is either a famous actor/actress, or musician, or a professional athlete from another sport, and the guy/gal actually turns out to be a decent human being. What does Len always say after that "decent human being" leaves the booth? He'll inevitably say, "Bob, no matter how big "so and so" is, he's always so down to earth when he comes by for a visit, and never seems to have forgotten where he came from." This is always said, and it always bothers the hell out of me and I'll tell you why. Behavior like that should be EXPECTED! We should never have to compliment someone for acting as civil as any other human being would naturally act. It's ridiculous. If you or I were invited into the booth, we'd be EXTRA respectful, courteous and gracious. We wouldn't even think about it, it's just the way that normal people act in those kinds of situations. Instead of complimenting "so and so" for acting like a decent person, Len should call out all of the people that act like jerks when they're in the booth (I know that in our culture, it's probably not wise for Mr. Kasper to risk his job by calling out a famous celebrity), but it doesn't make it wrong. Instead, as a society, we expect celebrities to act like jerks (because most of them do), and we're pleasantly surprised when they don't. It seems a bit backwards to me.
As a whole, our culture is very enabling to this kind of behavior. We love the drama in our reality TV, we love all of the "glam" that takes place on the Red Carpet, Kanye West is NOT an ass clown for his off the wall love of himself (we'll deal with it because his music is so good), we enjoy T.O. and Chad "Ocho-Cinco" (as long as they catch Touchdowns), Russell Crowe is endeared for his acting ability (even though he's a complete phony), and Bono can do NO wrong (C'mon. You can't make fun of our Bono, he cares about kids in Africa for goodness sake!). As long as we keep supporting this kind of trash (buying their albums, jerseys, movies, etc.), they'll continue to carry themselves in this way, and will walk all over the level of decency that is expected from a normal human being. Let's reverse our expectations.
I gotta go. I'm burning my copy of "A Perfect Mind" right now. I CAN'T STAND Russell Crowe.
Hit me up on facebook, www.myspace.com/theskyfall, or in the comments section of this blog. Right now I'm listening to "The Ballad of Me and My Friends" by Frank Turner. I couldn't relate to this song any more if I tried. You should check it out, quality song from the U.K. Drinks of Choice: Cup o' Joe.
Peace the F.
Webby
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