November 25, 2007
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It only happens every 4 or 5 years, but today, my 2 favorite football teams played each other, the Broncos at the Bears. And what a game it was, filled with big plays, an exciting comeback and a Bears win in overtime. As far as the Bears go, it was their most exciting game of the year thus far. I'm just hoping that the Bears can use this game as a springboard back to respectability and maybe even a playoff spot, although I'm not holding my breath. As for my favorite basketball team, well, that is another story. The Bulls just suck right now, there is really nothing else I can say about it.
I'm on this committee at work in which we raise money the whole year to buy shit for people at Christmas. Yesterday, I had the privilege to do shopping for 2 different families. Now, I always thought it was only for kids so I was quite surprised when I got a slip for an 86 year old man and a 56 year old female. And from another family, a 4 year old girl. I had to buy clothes for all 3 along with toys for the girl. I don't get to meet these people or even see pictures of them, all I'm given is a name, age, and clothes size. The lady is..............let's see, how can I put it nicely? Uhhhhh.............rather large. Ok, not just large, but like mega large. Being a small guy myself, I don't know what it is like to have to buy clothes for somebody who is bigger. That being said, being small, its sometimes hard to find sizes for me, however, it wasn't nearly as hard as it was to find a size for this lady. And I know she is poor and poor people can't always afford healthy food because for some crazy fucking reason, healthy food costs a lot more money than cheap food. But even so, you don't have to have money to keep yourself healthy and thin. Shit, it doesn't cost money to go for walks or even exercise in your house. I don't want to come off as mean or cold, but there is always something you can do to stay at least at a reasonable weight and it all starts with will power. Still, I'm getting way off topic, I'm glad I had the chance to buy gifts for other people using other people's money. That being said, I was only given a certain amount to spend on each person so that meant I had to stay within a budget. I did go slightly over and paid for it myself, but still, I had almost forgotten what it was like to have to stay within a budget. Its not easy, especially when the people are bigger and as we know, the bigger the clothes, the more money it costs. Which again, goes back to my other point of staying in shape. Ahhhh, fuck, I'm just repeating myself. I should go now.
