take me out to the ballgame...
ok so i know this is an american saying for baseball right, but surely i can apply it to AFL (Australian Rules Football). i think i read it in an archie comic one time (i was obsessed with archie comics in year 7) where archie took veronica to the ballpark, and convinced her to love it. but then he went off to swap baseball cards and she got all mad again. wow i read a lot of those comics.
ANYWAY. so today i went to my first live football match. i know i know nobody i told could believe it...but well coming from a farm means i didn't do those things when i was little, and when i moved up here none of my friends were really into football in a big way, so going to the football wasnt a big priority. but today was an elimination final with mine and the bf's team in it, and he LOVES football (who wouldve thought, a boy who loves football)....so i wanted to go see it live.
and it was great!!! its so different from TV. the oval looked a whole lot smaller. but the atmosphere was so fun. it was a beautiful sunny day, and everyone was excited and screaming and yelling, the bf lost his voice for a while.
AFL is a lot lot different from american football. well for one the uniform- the boys here where singlets and pretty small shorts...never too hard to watch. i cant really be bothered explaining the whole thing suffice to say its different. anyway, it was a tight game but we lost :(.
it occurred to me and the bf while walking in how important to some people AFL is. i mean, its literally their life in winter. every weekend, head to the footy, maybe go interstate to see away matches- it is the most important thing for them. don't get me wrong, im not saying its bad but its just strange seeing a sport take over someones life..completely. i enjoy a bit of football...but it isnt everything!
was so nice being out in the sun. but at the same time, while it is spring i hope we have more rain. my farm NEEDS IT BAD. as does the rest of the country.
drought sucks!
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