1 December 2008, 3:44 am
I have decided to live my life in the style of an Adam Gilchrist innings (for the ill informed Adam Gilchrist is a cricketer who play’s for Australia). Mr Gilchrist in real life is a committed family man with tendencies for metro$exuality, he’s not quite a nerd but he’s not exactly Benicio Del Toro either. However when Mr Gilchrist enters an arena holding a bat, he is a different man a different animal even. He has the aura of Russell Crowe from Gladiator, he has the confidence of Lee Marvin in the dirty dozen and he is as Tenacious as D. Gilchrist hits the ball harder than anyone I’ve ever seen, but it’s less how hard he hits it, it’s more the way he attacks a cricket ball. As much as I love cricket, it can be a boring, depressing and repetitive game when mere mortals play it. What else would you expect from a game invented by the English. The fact that cricket can be all these things is actually why someone like “Gilly”, (It's impossible not too use his nick name) can be a wet dream to the fans. He plays a sport where one mistake means then end of his day, and yet this seems to make him attack more. These days sports people play sport like they’re guarding there share portfolio, so watching Gilly flail the bat around like a junkie swatting away imaginary flying monkeys is f***ing outstanding. He plays like fear is not an option, and that’s how I want to live my life, f**k fear and all fear related products. People spend the whole lives afraid of making mistakes, but Gilly has inspired me to stuff that s**t, grow some test**les, and swing away (Signs reference for you movie fans). I hate my job, and I hate what it does to me, but there I am every day (well most days) plugging away, for a boss with no balls, and a company that I despise. I think in life all of us should start to take the Gilly approach. I understand this would mean a lot of people may try and become astronauts. But so be it, lets take our dreams by the horns, and I finally know what my dreams are and blah blah blah… Stop reading and get your act together. I pretty much answered my own question. I'm asking you if we should all live our lives this way.... Read More »
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