Win? Who Wants to Win?
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 |
Yesterday my Frisbee team, the Corybantics, played in the championship game of upper division BYU Intramurals. We played wild, we played hard, yet at the end of the match we ended up losing, like the French in any war where they weren’t led by a woman. In this moment of defeat I am given cause to reflect… who wants to win, anyway? Who wants to be number one? After all, one IS the loneliest number. What satisfaction can come from knowing you are better than everyone else that you have met on the field of battle? Who wants a lousy t-shirt, prize money, spoils of war, or bragging rights?
*sigh*
I do. I like spoils. I want bragging rights… :( but under the circumstances I’ll take pity. Spoils got nothin’ on pity.
Good season, ‘Bantics. We’ll get ‘em next year. Relish the pity.
5 Comments to Win? Who Wants to Win?
Rob take solace in the fact that the loss was not your fault. Remember you are the one who wanted to name the team “Poetry in Motion”. A name like that would have virtually guaranteed victory in every match. Who would have been able to stand up against such a graceful and elegant team?
RyanNovember 24, 2008
I find it so fitting that this post occurred before the game this last Saturday. Maybe it was a preparatory lesson for an even harder defeat.
Sorry you had to learn it at such a personal level. You’ll always be a winner to me, my friend. I agree with Kellen, a name like “Poetry in Motion” would have propelled you to the top.
Ryan, the so-called “game” of Saturday last falls into that ever-broadening category of “things we do not speak of”. There let it eternally rot next to Sauerkraut, scrubbing toilets, and Richard Simmons.
MissyNovember 25, 2008
I pity you.
Missy, took you long enough… I totally set that one up for you. I was just wondering who would take the bait first.
November 21, 2008