I have 38 minutes left in my 1 hour Guillotine draft. I’ve returned from a run I didn’t want to do. After only running 2 days of the last 10, drinking 50 beers during those days, and doing 6 miles yesterday, my groin was feeling it. I took 4 steps today, felt the pain, wanted to turn around, but did 4 miles over the bridge anyway. Sitting here now, it was worth it because the idleness compounds after days of golfing and drinking. The only way to stave off the love handles is to consecutively put in cardio days. It’s called a winning streak, it has happened before.
There were 3 draft picks in the last 3 minutes. Last year I fell asleep and picked Jonathon Taylor who missed the first 4 weeks which is not ideal in a Guillotine league. What is a Guillotine league you ask? It’s an 18 person fantasy football league where the lowest score gets chopped each week. Unbeknownst to me last year, the draft stays on until midnight! If your bedtime is before 11, you have a chance of autopicking if your turn strikes at 10:59. Amazingly, most people in this league do nothing but have their phone next to them waiting to draft. I’m in awe of how little people have going on.
My phone is not an attachment of my body. I know the draft is going, and I’ll check in when I think my pick might be coming up. I have 8 picks between the turn and 27 end to end. That means I could potentially have 27 hours between picks. I’d guess it’s like 3. Am I surprised that people are ready to draft as soon as their turn is up in a long snake draft? I’m not sure. The same way you’re only getting my undivided phone attention if I’m in my car and in traffic, I don’t give a shit to being automatic responding to the phone. I’m sure I’m in the minority of that the same way I don’t have an IPhone. My value system lies away from my phone. Can’t it be both?
I’m one of those guys who think life was better before the internet. Where people didn’t have every bit of nonsense recorded. Where people didn’t take pictures of bullshit they’ll never look at again in their life acting like it’s important. When you didn’t feel the need to respond to every email that comes in. People prioritized personal relationships and being active. When I see the obese eating cheeseburgers while looking at their phones, I know we’ve lost. Anyway, I selected Hollywood Brown hoping his injury isn’t too severe. I’ll have the next pick in 9 minutes.
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