Day: August 1, 2024

I wanted to write about Kamala Harris. I wanted to write about how I think they should relaunch New Edition as a reality show. I have a lot of thoughts digging their way through my brain, including the impending second watch through of Deadpool III (it isn’t as good as I hoped and lacks anything resembling a solid plot, but Jackman is just that guy. He’s enough. The cameos are tough). I wanted to plot out wonderful ideas for a backyard that includes a black screen for outdoor viewing (oh, it is a thing). All of these are things I want to discuss but haven’t arrived as fully formed posts. Instead I’m in that liminal space again. I’m floating between what is done and what needs to be done and in that space a million ideas are waiting to be realized.

I don’t pull on those threads. I don’t let myself give into these wonderful ideas that I would chase down till completion. Instead, I make lists and figure out what needs to be done next, focus on that, and get it done. It ain’t wonderful, but its a living.

Some Thoughts:

1. Man I shoulda waited till Thursday for the waiver. More football news out there. Yet I will wait a week to share that and my thoughts on the olympics… maybe.
2. College ball player is already feeling the back pain. He needs to get time with the trainers and understand what is really going on there. He’s got 4 years of college football life ahead of him. Don’t burn out week 1.

Driving my son home today we had a conversation about how practice went. He responded with generalities like ‘fine’ and ‘did good’ but not once did he dig into the critical aspects of the practice. I went and looked at the tape and saw a kid who is not ready to compete at the varsity level. He’s jittery; uncertain of where to put his feet. He reacts late and without fluidity to the ball being in the air and the qb making reads. As a result he wasn’t on the field much. He did not, as the kids say, cook. He needs to get lower in his stance. He needs to read specific areas of the field, watching his 3rd develop and discovering how to move forward into the flow of the play. He can get there. He needs to deal with adversity on a much higher level before I believe he will get there. He hasn’t dealt with that on a serious level in his life and it is those kind of moments that will shape you.

Meanwhile, his big brother is into his summer training for his first D1 season. He’s ready. He found a training partner who was better than him–an Notre Dame All American CB who can push him and he can learn from. That connection has propelled his preparation, and now I see the kid striving to excel in his first year–maybe with the hopes of transferring to ND and stepping in for his training partner when that kid declares for the draft this spring.

The pros are about to start their summer of preseason, and I’m excited to see how that plays out. On three levels I have things to watch and talk about. Success is around the corner… that or the other thing.