Friday, August 31, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
ahwoogah chacha oogahwoogah
Next to the time that I barely missed one of the greatest matches played by Agassi during the US Open, I think that tonight's first round match will make the cut of one of the most genuine matches played. Yeah, so maybe many of you don't like Andy Roddick, but I do. And more importantly, I am sad to say that I watched my first and last match of Justin Gimelstob--but he definitely stole my heart.
I daresay that it's been a long time since I've seen someone play the net the way the Gimelstob did tonight, but I also have to say that he played with passion, with joy, but with a sense of humor and all the while with a grounded awareness; as he stated in his interview later, when asked about the close first set, he replied, "If I had won the first set, that would have only meant that Andy would have won it in four." (all with a smile on his face) Perhaps he was able to say this with more ease because he and Andy are friends...even more so why, my heart melts for Justin. hehe. He also changed his shirt about 8 times.
All kidding aside, this is precisely why I enjoyed watching the match tonight: there is unabashed sincerity, and passion--hunger that I still wish to feel coursing through my own body, and as I look forward to the opening days next week, in a new place, I am excited but I also have begun to question even more, what it is that I am to be doing. Seeing how Justin Gimelstob will turn in his tennis racket for a headset and a seat up in the box, at 30 years of age, I wonder whether my own life will settle as well.
I guess I know this much is true--that I will soon be embarking on a year of much discovery, discerning, and growing up. I also hope that I will be able to return to a place that I was once familiar with, and that maybe, just maybe, I'll meet someone like Justin Gimelstob, or the man himself, and learn to laugh and enjoy life just a little more.
I daresay that it's been a long time since I've seen someone play the net the way the Gimelstob did tonight, but I also have to say that he played with passion, with joy, but with a sense of humor and all the while with a grounded awareness; as he stated in his interview later, when asked about the close first set, he replied, "If I had won the first set, that would have only meant that Andy would have won it in four." (all with a smile on his face) Perhaps he was able to say this with more ease because he and Andy are friends...even more so why, my heart melts for Justin. hehe. He also changed his shirt about 8 times.
All kidding aside, this is precisely why I enjoyed watching the match tonight: there is unabashed sincerity, and passion--hunger that I still wish to feel coursing through my own body, and as I look forward to the opening days next week, in a new place, I am excited but I also have begun to question even more, what it is that I am to be doing. Seeing how Justin Gimelstob will turn in his tennis racket for a headset and a seat up in the box, at 30 years of age, I wonder whether my own life will settle as well.
I guess I know this much is true--that I will soon be embarking on a year of much discovery, discerning, and growing up. I also hope that I will be able to return to a place that I was once familiar with, and that maybe, just maybe, I'll meet someone like Justin Gimelstob, or the man himself, and learn to laugh and enjoy life just a little more.
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