Rattled by the Rush

Two days late.

I'm not often the type of person who is late for anything, yet I'm launching this blog two days after I said I would. I only said this to one person, but still, it's not a good thing. How will my millions of readers be able to trust me now?!

I guess I'll just have to earn that trust. Hopefully it will come with time.

I've toyed with the idea of blogging for years now. However, whenever I thought of doing it, it was always going to be focused on sports. There was a good amount of apprehension on my part to even start this blog. I've always thought that a writing a blog about yourself is one of the most pretentious attempts at self-aggrandizement there is...and, who knows, it probably still is.

But then along came Emilie Babyak's blog (hey people who know Emilie Babyak, go read Emilie Babyak's blog). She is not pretentious or any of those other big words I used up there. So I feel better about it, though I have to admit she's probably a much nicer person than me, so this still might not be a good idea, but what the hell, we'll see what happens. And hey, at least I'm not tweeting.

As most of you know, I am Kyle Floyd. As some of you know, I am a 16 year old junior at Washington High School. That school is cool (unintentional rhyming). I remember when I graduated from 8th grade...I wanted to go to Logan so bad. I would've killed. Maybe I did kill and just got away with it. But anyway, my living arrangements and a potential murder case got in the way of those JLHS aspirations, so I ended up at Washington where I knew nobody and had no friends. But then my incredible charm took over and I have become a homecoming king and football star and the face of that school. What a Cinderella story.

So let's see...some things about me. I like sports. I like to watch and read and talk about sports. They're awesome. In fact, "Things I think I think" was stolen from Peter King of Sports Illustrated. But it applies here too. I think he'd be cool with it. The best sport is baseball. Seriously, there is nothing about it that isn't great. Baseball is awesome and if you think otherwise, this is for you. I want to be a sports broadcaster. Getting paid to sit in a booth and talk about sports...that sounds awesome. And people tell me I have a voice for it, which I suppose I do. But I also have a bit of a speech impediment. I have trouble pronouncing "er"s sometimes. Listen to me try to say "yesterday", for example. It's hilarious.

I also like to laugh. I am rarely serious and often laugh at those who are. And I laugh at everything. E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g (spelled out for emphasis...EMPHASIS). There is nothing that is "off-limits" for me. Here are some shows I like. They range from stupid to satirical to witty to sitcommy to toilet humor:

Whose Line
Family Guy
South Park
King of Queens
The George Lopez Show
Boy Meets World
The Simpsons
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Robot Chicken

They're all good. Watch them.

The thing that I suppose anybody I've ever conversed with can tell you is that I'm incredibly sarcastic. Don't take it personally, because if you do, then I'll just laugh at you, and nothing good can come of that. I've found that it's not even something I try to do -- it just comes naturally, which may or may not be good.

Hey, that's actually a great jumping-off point.

I'm pretty much a walking anti-stereotype. I don't listen hip-hop or pop. I think it's terrible. My pants don't run away from my ass. I don't like parties or dances or things like that. I don't drink or smoke. I love baseball, and can take or leave basketball. I used to think that this was just me being obnoxious by needing to be different. But, like sarcasm, it isn't something I try to do. I'm just an inherent contrarian. I couldn't think otherwise if I tried, and I have tried. Well, I've tried some of those things. I've never drank or smoked. But I do think we all should step back and think about the fact that these people are popular.

Weed confuses me, in that I truly just don't get the appeal. Do people use it to be chill? If I was more chill I'd be dead. To have more fun? If I laughed more I might break my laugh box. To make things more interesting or awesome? Meh, I think life is interesting and awesome enough. But to each their own.

I think I'll go ahead and close with something people might not know about me.

It may not seem like it, but I am woefully shy. If I don't know you too well, then I'm probably extremely uncomfortable when talking to you. But thats where laughter/humor/sarcasm comes in. That's what I mask it with. At least, try to. You tell me if it works.

Well, that's enough rambling about me for now. I have some other things in store for this blog so stay tuned. It won't just be me talking about me (unfortunately, i know). But all two of you who have read this far (seriously, give yourselves a big hand) are probably wondering...well, what the hell is "Rattled by the Rush"? Well, I'm not that creative. So all my titles will be a reference to something else. In this case, a song. I'll end most blog entries with a video, sometimes music-related and sometimes something I think is funny.

"Rattled by the Rush" is the last song I listened to, by a band called Pavement, and it is awesome (how many times have I used that word now?). The guitar solo is great. Enjoy!