Day 2

So I got done with day two yesterday, not a whole lot different from day one. I almost had a little slip when my brother kept talking me how close the Lakers and Jazz game was getting. I almost turned on the TV in my room to watch it, but I knew I would feel weak if I did. For a guy who loves basketball with a passion, that was EXTREMELY hard for me. I didn't really want to go anywhere but at the same time there was not really much to do in the house on a Sunday, so I decided to go visit some family.
I just went to my aunts house and spent some time with my little cousins, haven't really been spending time with them as much as I use to. It was funny because my little cousin Lee Andrew, who is 8, kept trying to get me to play video games with him. I kept trying to tell him that it was more fun to go out and play basketball or football. When we went outside to play, it was amazing to me that he didn't really know much about either sport. When I was his age, basketball and football were my life. I would go out there everyday and play after school and on weekends no matter how hot it would get, and sometimes it would get VERY hot outside. As I was explaining the rules to him, I started thinking if this is the way it is with all the kids out there these days. With so many new videos games, TV shows, and the computer; it's no wonder why my little cousin didn't know much about being active.
I really don't mean to attack anyone, but to me that it doesn't seem right that someone would just lock themselves away going nothing but playing video games and getting on the computer all day. I felt so bad to see my eight year old cousin not being very active and just being inside all day. I almost wanted to go up to my aunt and start telling her off about it. I don't think it's right that kids aren't given any motivation to get up and be active anymore. To me, it's as if the world is allowing them to just sit around all day playing videos games all day. My dad, God rest his soul, used to always tell me to go out and play with all the other kids and make new friends. It almost got to a point where he used to force me to go outside and be active, he never wanted me to be lazy or not want to do anything outdoors. Sometimes he would even go out there and play with me, when he had the time. When I look back at that, I can't possibly thank my dad more for what he did for me when I was a kid. He wouldn't allow me to just sit around all day inside the house, he even tried to sign me up for pee wee football a year too early. That's something I don't see much of anymore, I don't see as many kids out on the streets playing as much as I did when I was a kid. Maybe that's just me, maybe I'm wrong. All this is just my opinion from what I've been seeing lately. This project really helped me to see how much of an impact the TVs, computers, Ipods, and all that other stuff has had in our lives. I just hope in the future this doesn't get any worse.