Neil Pasricha's Blog, page 360
June 20, 2010
#479 Watching soccer and actually seeing a goal
Did you play soccer as a kid?
I did and let me tell you something, brother: it wasn't pretty.
Nope, I was a baggy-shorts wearing, skinned-knees masterpiece of fumbly awkwardness. I would strap my glasses around my head, velcro up my sneakers, and keep the bench warm in case someone got hurt. My appearances were always marked by dark sweeping clouds, sudden hail storms, and my parents sitting on the sidelines in plastic lawn chairs with hot tears in their eyes as I brought down our family's...
