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Saturday, October 23, 2010
When a match is not a match
The man gave me a match and said:”Keep it and wait. I’ll be back when it’s used up.” I believed him and thought it would be soon. I seldom used matches, so I guessed he meant to return in a few days. I was so naïve.
I thought he wanted me to consider the match as an Aladdin’s lamp and he would appear in my favorite brett favre jersey like the genie when I light up the match. I was so wrong and so stuck with my confidence in my knowledge of things around me.
It was by the third day since he left when I decided to use the match. I was still thinking if he was watching me somewhere to see when I lit up the match so he would appear like the genie. I sat on the doorway, wearing a charles woodson jersey, picked out of my bag the match and a match box, which took me quite a while to find. One second later, I got to know I should not have made the efforts. The match was not a real match. It was a lighter. It looks like a real match but it was not. There was a tiny switch on the stick. It was so tiny that I did not ever notice it before I tried to light it up. It had a red bulb to resemble the real match. The holes on the bulb were where the fire should come out. Was I cheated? No, not actually as he never mentioned it as match. I thought it was a match.
The match-form lighter was a marvelous invention. I was totally overwhelmed by its design. It looked so strange to me, who never thought a lighter would have a form of a match. What a world! I recognized that the man loving aaron rodgers jersey was also totally a stranger to me. I never really knew him. Where did he come from? And where did he go? Why did he give me the false hope? He knew well that I rarely need a lighter. I’ve not used such a thing for years. I did have one and told him that I bought it years ago. He knew that and gave me a new, creatively designed lighter. What did he mean? I sat there and fell into deep thinking.
He knew I did not use lighter and my old one could still work. He said to return when I used the match-lighter up, so it would a pretty long time, long enough for me to stop thinking of him and enjoy my life without him. What a clever idea! I had nothing to complain about. He never lied to me and he would never fail to keep his promise, because I would not wait for that long. Why do I wait? He was indeed a clever man. That’s really a special gift. I thought he was the gift god sent to me, now I know he was not, the match was.
I made a decision. I would never use the lighter and never have him appear in my world again. Take it as a curse. This strange world is filled with strange things, even a match-form lighter, so why not a curse? Something will always happen to prevent him from appearing in front of me, just like you and me. It’s doomed that we will never see someone for no reasons. That’s what to happen to him and me. Take that curse seriously. It’s going to take effect now, so stay away from the lighter, which I threw into the wood along with the minnesota vikings jersey. Now I neither keep it nor wait, and his promise-like curse has been destroyed, so he will never be back.
Never make a false promise to me. It means curse, and when it’s broken, I’ll curse back. I promise.
I thought he wanted me to consider the match as an Aladdin’s lamp and he would appear in my favorite brett favre jersey like the genie when I light up the match. I was so wrong and so stuck with my confidence in my knowledge of things around me.
It was by the third day since he left when I decided to use the match. I was still thinking if he was watching me somewhere to see when I lit up the match so he would appear like the genie. I sat on the doorway, wearing a charles woodson jersey, picked out of my bag the match and a match box, which took me quite a while to find. One second later, I got to know I should not have made the efforts. The match was not a real match. It was a lighter. It looks like a real match but it was not. There was a tiny switch on the stick. It was so tiny that I did not ever notice it before I tried to light it up. It had a red bulb to resemble the real match. The holes on the bulb were where the fire should come out. Was I cheated? No, not actually as he never mentioned it as match. I thought it was a match.
The match-form lighter was a marvelous invention. I was totally overwhelmed by its design. It looked so strange to me, who never thought a lighter would have a form of a match. What a world! I recognized that the man loving aaron rodgers jersey was also totally a stranger to me. I never really knew him. Where did he come from? And where did he go? Why did he give me the false hope? He knew well that I rarely need a lighter. I’ve not used such a thing for years. I did have one and told him that I bought it years ago. He knew that and gave me a new, creatively designed lighter. What did he mean? I sat there and fell into deep thinking.
He knew I did not use lighter and my old one could still work. He said to return when I used the match-lighter up, so it would a pretty long time, long enough for me to stop thinking of him and enjoy my life without him. What a clever idea! I had nothing to complain about. He never lied to me and he would never fail to keep his promise, because I would not wait for that long. Why do I wait? He was indeed a clever man. That’s really a special gift. I thought he was the gift god sent to me, now I know he was not, the match was.
I made a decision. I would never use the lighter and never have him appear in my world again. Take it as a curse. This strange world is filled with strange things, even a match-form lighter, so why not a curse? Something will always happen to prevent him from appearing in front of me, just like you and me. It’s doomed that we will never see someone for no reasons. That’s what to happen to him and me. Take that curse seriously. It’s going to take effect now, so stay away from the lighter, which I threw into the wood along with the minnesota vikings jersey. Now I neither keep it nor wait, and his promise-like curse has been destroyed, so he will never be back.
Never make a false promise to me. It means curse, and when it’s broken, I’ll curse back. I promise.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Cowboys may have running backs exchange positions
The Dallas Cowboys are luckily having two excellent running backs in Marion Barber and Felix Jones, and the team is glad to see a competition for starting running back job going on during the training camp. According both backs’ health condition and workout performances, it seems that Jones may take over the starting job from Barber.
If taking Adrian Peterson, the running back in No.28 Minnesota Vikings jersey, as the best running back of the league, Jones is now closer to the standard than Barber. According to the Dallas Morning News, Jones showed up in San Antonio heavier than Barber: Jones checked in at 218 pounds while Barber tipped the scales at 214, down about 10 pounds.
Actually the two running backs had been preparing for the new season in different ways. While Jones was adding weight to avoid injuries, Barber was trying to regain some of his burst and quickness that seemed to disappear and make him an easier target to tackle. Whoever is going to be the Cowboys’ starting running back, their hard working will anyway be the team’s benefits. Without a quarterback like the one wearing No.4 Brett Favre jersey, the Cowboys now have at least as many as two excellent running backs.
If taking Adrian Peterson, the running back in No.28 Minnesota Vikings jersey, as the best running back of the league, Jones is now closer to the standard than Barber. According to the Dallas Morning News, Jones showed up in San Antonio heavier than Barber: Jones checked in at 218 pounds while Barber tipped the scales at 214, down about 10 pounds.
Actually the two running backs had been preparing for the new season in different ways. While Jones was adding weight to avoid injuries, Barber was trying to regain some of his burst and quickness that seemed to disappear and make him an easier target to tackle. Whoever is going to be the Cowboys’ starting running back, their hard working will anyway be the team’s benefits. Without a quarterback like the one wearing No.4 Brett Favre jersey, the Cowboys now have at least as many as two excellent running backs.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Chargers LB Merriman will report for training camp despite contract issue
Just like other Chargers’ veterans such as wide receiver Vincent Jackson and left tackle Marcus McNeill, the San Diego Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman is also making his efforts to get a long-term contract from the team. But unlike Jackson and McNeill, Merriman does not plan to hangout in his favorite Brett Favre jersey during the training camp. Instead, he is planning to be a full participant in the camp.
At age 26, Merriman is now almost two full years removed from reconstructive knee surgery, and working out in training camp would be helpful in improving his strength. Even if he wants to leave to play in New Orleans Saints jerseys once the contract talks breaks, Merriman still needs a good health condition to prove he can be valuable to the defending champion team.
"Because of the things he’s been through, he would benefit greatly from having a full, great training camp and getting back to doing the things he does healthy," coach Norv Turner told The San Diego Union-Tribune. I don’t care who you are, if you’re not 100 percent … there are things you can’t do that you used to do, you’re not instinctive. The way you get those things back is by going 100 mph and practicing."
At age 26, Merriman is now almost two full years removed from reconstructive knee surgery, and working out in training camp would be helpful in improving his strength. Even if he wants to leave to play in New Orleans Saints jerseys once the contract talks breaks, Merriman still needs a good health condition to prove he can be valuable to the defending champion team.
"Because of the things he’s been through, he would benefit greatly from having a full, great training camp and getting back to doing the things he does healthy," coach Norv Turner told The San Diego Union-Tribune. I don’t care who you are, if you’re not 100 percent … there are things you can’t do that you used to do, you’re not instinctive. The way you get those things back is by going 100 mph and practicing."
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Terrell Owens likes the idea of catching passes from Tom Brady
Unrestricted free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens has not found a satisfying job to work as an NFL player. After criticizing the ESPN for destroying his reputation and causing teams to shy away from signing him, Owens now began to tell about what teams he would like to play with. Well, on top of his choices, it’s the New England Patriots.
“People think that they have that perception about me," Owens said. "Of course. What receiver that’s out there that’s had great stats, great careers that didn’t want the ball? I’m no different. But of course, I mean, you’ve got Brady there. You’ve got the great mind, coach Belichick. I’m like LeBron. I can go there and take less of a role, take less money and put everything aside and make it work.”
Owens also said that he would love to put on Vikings jersey if Brett Favre returns to Minnesota for 2010 season. He likes catch ball from a quarterback who is even more dramatic than himself, so he likes the idea of playing with Brett Favre. However, currently Owens’ main problem is not with which team he likes to play with but which team would like to bring him into system.
“People think that they have that perception about me," Owens said. "Of course. What receiver that’s out there that’s had great stats, great careers that didn’t want the ball? I’m no different. But of course, I mean, you’ve got Brady there. You’ve got the great mind, coach Belichick. I’m like LeBron. I can go there and take less of a role, take less money and put everything aside and make it work.”
Owens also said that he would love to put on Vikings jersey if Brett Favre returns to Minnesota for 2010 season. He likes catch ball from a quarterback who is even more dramatic than himself, so he likes the idea of playing with Brett Favre. However, currently Owens’ main problem is not with which team he likes to play with but which team would like to bring him into system.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Michael Vick is likely to remain in Eagles
Because of his a recent off-field trouble, there have been a lot of reports about the Philadelphia Eagles possibly cutting the trouble maker Michael Vick. However, some analysts gave some strong supportive reasons for Eagles to keep the backup quarterback in the 2010 season, the last one on Vick’s current two-year contract.
A most important reason is that the Eagles head coach Andy Reid still likes Vick and takes him as a real weapon in the team’s offense. Reid always believes that Vick will give opponents a problem in planning to face the team because of his talents in the Wildcat formation. Another important reason is that the Eagles would not like the idea of admitting signing Vick to be a mistake. They were the only team dare to give Vick a job when everyone believed that Vick would have no chance to play in NFL again. Many people thought that the chance of Brett Favre wearing Minnesota Vikings jersey was much bigger than Vick getting a job from an NFL team. However, the Eagles signed Vick while Favre made a second announcement of retirement before he changed his mind again.
So in order to prove that the team did not waste money and time on Vick, the Eagles need to keep Vick for at least one more season and they are very likely to do everything to make sure Vick’s performance will be improved.
A most important reason is that the Eagles head coach Andy Reid still likes Vick and takes him as a real weapon in the team’s offense. Reid always believes that Vick will give opponents a problem in planning to face the team because of his talents in the Wildcat formation. Another important reason is that the Eagles would not like the idea of admitting signing Vick to be a mistake. They were the only team dare to give Vick a job when everyone believed that Vick would have no chance to play in NFL again. Many people thought that the chance of Brett Favre wearing Minnesota Vikings jersey was much bigger than Vick getting a job from an NFL team. However, the Eagles signed Vick while Favre made a second announcement of retirement before he changed his mind again.
So in order to prove that the team did not waste money and time on Vick, the Eagles need to keep Vick for at least one more season and they are very likely to do everything to make sure Vick’s performance will be improved.
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