Friday I was a were at the
community college where is the meet my friend Lori for coffee and
just the yammer for a while. Always try to get to the college before
our scheduled meeting which allows me to use the automatic bank
teller from my credit union as well as wander through the campus
bookstore in dream and wonder at all the nice pieces of information
technology they have for sale. The have a big screen Apple tablet I
would love to have. I just cannot justify it. It's a big screen even
bigger than the 10.1 I just got which is an android. I've never
really gotten an Apple system but you can do so much particularly in
the area of art. They have this piece of equipment over there at Salt
Lake community college for $777. The biggest reason I don't invest in
one is because it would just totally break my heart when I broke the
screen and you know I will break the screen sooner or later is just
who I am. Anyway, the money machine is in the main area. I was making
my withdrawal and I heard a commotion like a large crowd cheering. I
could not see anybody in the hall I was in but then I registered the
faint smell of fresh popcorn. For some reason the popcorn smelled
delicious and I started following my nose.
I don't understand soccer
– – oh I mean I get the game I played the game enough times
specially in eight and ninth grade. The game was a diversion
something a little bit different to do in PE but really nothing to
get excited about. Then about five or six years ago maybe a little
bit longer my Bridget started playing soccer but I figure that which
is part of the junior high/high school thing. Then my nephews started
playing soccer than her sister joined in. Their mom my niece became a
soccer coach as did her husband my nephew in law. They were serious
about the whole thing. About the same time the local county actually
built a soccer stadium down at the end of Sandy. For some reason it
felt like there was the extraneous force trying to convince the
people of Utah i.e. Salt Lake that soccer was the way to go. I mean a
soccer stadium and a professional team give me a break. My older
brother (my nieces that of course) started going to these games being
supportive. It was amazing. I've noticed over the last couple years
how advertising for the local team is increased in all areas of
media. So much so if you step back a little bit you can see how a
natural hoping it's. I think it's a national is not international
effort to push this silly game. I mean luckily I stay away from most
organized sports as it is maybe that's why the media is not affected
me.
Anyway, following my nose
I went into this big room which had a big screen at the end of the
hall and on that screen was I guess the World Cup! What was really
strange to me was that but look like a real live broadcast was
actuallya game being played by avatars a least a look like to me:
computer-generated images of I guess the real thing. I do not know if
the game is supposedly being broadcast in real time or what. There is
a popcorn machine in the corner man by three foreign students as near
as I can tell. There are about six more guys sitting in front of the
screen. The most about 30 to 50 chairs set up. Free popcorn is free
popcorn I rolled over and picked up a bag of popcorn and it was
delicious. When the foreign students nodded to me and smiled but did
not offer any explanation may be his English was weak. Not me to
judge. Maybe it was because it's summer and there's no real students
on campus but I don't think there's any students anywhere in the USA
to any great extent focused on the World Cup and sure as hell not me
of course unless there's fresh popcorn.
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