Opening Tip

Well, isn't this original.

"Hey everyone, look! It's another internet blog by a bored college student. Are you certain we really need another one of those?" You're right, fabricated dissenter, we certainly don't. But maybe Scott does. And you know what? Scott is going to do whatever the hell he wants.

The name "The Mid Range J" is a basketball term and the second half of the phrase "The Lost Art of the Mid Range Jumper." It basically reflects several things:

1) I love basketball. A lot. I'm no good at it (white guys really can't jump), but dammit I love it. The only thing I'd say is decent about my game, other than turning it over on a pick & roll, is my mid range jumper. When I have it going, shit, I can't miss. Feeling the ball roll off the fingers, seeing it spin backwards as it sails through the air, and watching it finally rip through the net with a swish is really the best feeling ever. Expect a lot of basketball related posts.

2) "The Lost Art of the Mid Range Jumper" is also an example of the degradation of the game. Many guys playing ball, pro or otherwise, don't have a decent mid range shot. Dunks and 30ft threes rule the game now. I hate to say it, but the ladies really play the best ball (I'd still rather get a defibrillator to the face than watch a WNBA game, though).

It's also, however, a general reflection of my disdain for life and the bullshit going on it. I go with the flow, sure, but some stuff really grinds my gears (do the kids say that? 'Grinds My Gears'?). I may be a hip 20-something college student, but in many ways I'm really quite different. I'll offer up my opinion on stuff about that, too.

3) It sounds fucking artsy, yeah? "The Mid Range J." Yeah, has a nice ring to it. I was worried I'd come up with something lame, but this came quick to me. Go with your gut, they say, so I did.

Writing a blog, I think, requires a level of narcissism that deep-down everyone has. Everyone wants to be respected, admired, praised, etc. Blogging is merely one avenue for that. I like writing, I have opinions on stuff, and I have free time in my life right now. Add all that up and... BOOM! A brand new baby blog is born.

This blog will be about whatever crosses my mind. I'll do that until I find "my voice" (heard that in an English class once) or I get bored. Getting bored will probably come first. But until that moment of decision comes, expect rambling. Yeeehaw!