serious fun

This weekend, I did something I’ve never done before. I sang the national anthem at the Chico Rooks soccer game. Having promised various people not to “muck it up” or grab my crotch or do anything else Barr-ish, I stood on the field, faced the flag, gripped the microphone in my right hand and belted out my best anthem ever, except for the time I sang it as the audition song for District Honor Choir in high school and I could get out two lines on everybreath, instead of just one.

If you ever have the opportunity, sing the anthem at a sporting event. Even if it’s before curling, or that sport where they throw telephone poles. Of course, in that case, you would probably be singing the Scottish national anthem, which probably doesn’t include any of Monstro’s favorite Scottish words, most of which are culled from Trainspotting.

(thanks Julie for the Trainspotting/Irvine Welsh link!) (ed note: lost in translation)

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