Synonyms: committed, devoted, enthusiastic, hard-working, old faithful, purposeful, single-minded, sworn, true blue, wholehearted, zealous
Obsessed:To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic.
Synonyms: captivated, consumed, controlled,immersed in.
Addicted: To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually.
Synonyms: dedicated, absorbed, devoted, obsessed.
Pool: Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiard table usually with 15 object balls and a cue ball. Also called pocket billiards
So how was everyone's spring break? I'm sure there are those of you out there who took some pretty awesome trips to places which reach temperature's above 80 F more than twice a year. For myself, I decided to stick around Bozeman and try and make more money than I would spend. Worked a ton. Sounds dismal doesn't it? Really, I had a blast though. We had about 10 total days off from school (including weekends) and I spent everyone of them in a pool hall. Counting it out, I spent nearly 69 hours near a pool table, either playing or watching. 4hrs fri-mon, wed, thurs. 13hrs tues. 7hrs Fri. 13hrs sat. and 9 hrs on sun. WAIT, before you start calling me a total freak hear me out. I was slacking a bit on the 4hr days but I had to work. Tues, I got up early so went to the Eagles to kill time (and shoot) till work, after work I had the last league night of the year, and you can't leave there 'till the bar shuts down, then I went to a friends who just happened to have a pool table. Then this weekend there was the city league tournament, and even though my team lost out right away, I had to stick around and watch everyone I knew play (there's more than a few at that tournament), and of course shoot pool in between matches.
What I couldn't (or should say can't since I wasn't thinking about it then) figure out is how this fits into our hero stories. Few (if any) of the players fit into the 21 requirements for a hero, yet since I admire a good many of them, they could be called hero's. True the last five matches (battles) became increasingly difficult, but since I knew the people playing eachother, there was no 'good guy' vs. 'bad guy', and I didn't want anyone to lose, but rooted on most of the teams equally. At the end of the tourney, there were two real victors, top two places get a chance to go compete in Vegas come may (I'm tagging along to watch). So, If one were to make a movie about this, would it still fit into mythology? Or has real life finally found a point of seperation from myth?.
By the way if anyone is curious my pool cue is the same as the cues on my border. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
