friday five ...

1. do you watch sports? if so, which ones?
it depends. i've never been a huge fan of watching sports on television - i don't find it as stimulating to sit in front of the tv and cheer on a team unless we're talking about a damn big game. in which case, i'll watch and get into it or, depending on what the game is, i won't allow myself to watch for fear of jinxing it.

but if you're talking about watching sports when i'm actually at the game - most definitely. lately i've been attending high school football, but i'm not crazy about that. i'm a huge fan of going to just about any other sporting event - i love soccer, i'm down with basketball, baseball is great and i love love love going to hockey games. i go nuts - it's awesome.

2. what/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes?
boston all the way, baby! my all-time favorite team out of any team in any sport is the red sox (that sounds so gramatically incorrect it pains me to write it, even thought it's properly written). i was trained to be a boston fan practically since i was in the womb. i love everything about the sox - i love fenway, i love how the city loves the team, i love the players, i love being able to love a team that's struggled to overcome the curse for eighty-five years. once someone affiliated with boston willingly leaves (i say willingly so as to not include my dear beloved shea - who i will say didn't handle his exit with the grace i expected), i will no longer cheer for them with half of my former gusto. once someone who was a red sox becomes a yankee, they're dead to me (example: my favorite player used to be wade boggs. i wouldn't want to meet him for the world now. and roger clemens is the embodiment of athletic evil.).

but i love all of the boston teams - i've been fortunate enough to see each of them at one point or another - all except the patriots, who aren't strictly affiliated with boston anyway. and, like i said, i'm not down with football.

3. are there any sports you hate?
have i mentioned that i'm not crazy about football?

4. have you ever been to a sports event?
*feeling ridiculously redundant* uh ... yeah.

5. do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? how long did you play?
sports always were/are very important to my family. i grew up playing something or another, something i thank my parents for today. i started playing baseball when i was ... hmm ... in second or third grade? maybe younger - can't recall. i switched to softball in fourth grade and played up through my first year of college. we won the state championship my senior year of high school.
i started playing team basketball in fifth grade and continued through high school.
soccer started when i was in sixth grade, but i didn't play during my first year of junior high. i picked it up again the following year and ran with it during high school. it was my favorite sport and i cried like a baby when my soccer career ended. i still miss it - i hope to join a rec team sometime.

forget american football - give me european football anyday.