Most people would take a personal tragedy like this and use it for some common good, such as writing songs. If I were a real musician I would have a Grammy in my hands right now instead of the chorus of one song. Damn my lack of talent.

My life would be so much easier if I were a rock star. I would get over a bad breakup like this by singing about my problems to thousands of adoring fans, sleeping with attractive groupies, and drinking myself into oblivion. As it is the only person who really liked my music (besides David and michael and their puzzling playing of Got to Get Her Out while driving around and in the grader's office) has caused this whole thing, I have no groupies at all (never mind attractive ones), and I don't drink. I mean Justin Timberlake broke up with Britney Spears and there weren't exactly tons of tabloid stories about how upset he was. Nor did he probably channel his grief into songwriting, since NSync isn't exactly known for their writing skills.

Lucas wrote about Slamball, and I was reminded of something similar while flipping through the channels last night when I came upon Starship Troopers and the scene where they are playing that wacky futuristic version of football where females play alongside males and the quarterback can brush aside tacklers with one arm. I am also reminded of the great sport of Jai-Alai, which I won't be able to witness while I'm home since the season is over. My question is why are all the players Spanish or have Spanish-sounding names except for "Kevin", "Bob", and "Don"?