othelladub's Diaryland Diary

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crack a smile and spit

(crack a smile and spit!) en route to oblivion

Went and saw Friday Night Lights today.

Pretty good. Pretty good.

I never played High School Football. Hell, I think I've only played football for fun once or twice.

But I remember what it was like being part of a team.

When I was on the Wrestling team, I never really savored the Wrestling. Sure, the competition was fun, and I was pretty good, but it didn't really thrill me.

But what I miss is being around the guys. These guys you work out with, spend time with, sweat and bleed with -
there's really nothing like it.

And bear in mind - plenty of these guys were not really my friends outside the confines of the team. We didn't travel in the same social circles as far as the academic and hanging-out portions (i.e. "downtime") of the school were concerned.

But when another wrestler was out there on the mat - furiously trying to turn the other guy from Corona Del Mar, Mission Viejo, Woodbridge, or wherever -we were thick as thieves.

I didn't really understand it then, but there were some real friendships there.

Like a friend of mine said the other day - love tends to stick with you, regardless of circumstance.