sports and outfits

i am once again playing in an overnight tourney in NJ, which i drove 4.5 hours to play in.....am i crazy?  absolutely :) ....and while i'm sitting here in between games, i am looking around and laughing about all the different outfits people play in....now i am NOT one to talk - it goes back to the never matching thing - and while i always look somewhat ridiculous, at least i know it....my teammate said to me tonight, somehow you always manage to look cute in the worst outfits....and that's just how i roll :)

its even funnier because i was talking to kris today about the whole culture of competitive cheerleading - which makes me insane....not because of the cheerleading - i have serious respect for the hours these girls commit to learning to tumble ....what drives me crazy is the whole hair and makeup thing....its like we are telling our young girls that it doesnt matter how ATHLETIC or STRONG or GOOD you are, you also have to LOOK CUTE!!  and nowhere is this more obvious in competitive sports than in college softball.....where the biggest baddest b*tches in the world wear HAIR BOWS!!  it makes me INSANE!!!!  glitter and sparkles and complicated braids...what IS THAT??  and why does each sport identify itself with a different LOOK??

i have no answers, just observations.....and it's absolutely obvious at this indoor tournament which girls played fastpitch.....short pants, tall socks and hair bows ..... UGH!!  of course they look at me in my mismatched clothes and ugly lax shorts and think i dont own a mirror - so who am i to talk.....but i really dont get the whole cutsy cute ahtletic thing....its unnecessary to be cute when you are kicking someone's butt, right!!

now i know its clearly the same with the boys and their "swag"...clothes with ATTITUDE that make a statement....so i guess we all want to look our best while we DO our best.....i'm just sayin....i dont see the need.

of course i'm sure most of you dont see the need to drive to NJ to stay up all night and play a stupid game, so there's that also :)  just thought i'd throw out some food for thought while i'm up!!