This past week has been a hot one here in Arkansas. I definitely haven't been spending much time outside lately. Thursday I mowed the lawn. There was a storm a brewin' which cooled it off quite a bit. Don't get me wrong, it was still hot. It doesn't take me very long to mow our grass, but it was by far the most time I had spent outside in over a week.
Lately I have been sitting in the AC and watching a lot of sports. We have the world cup going on, last week was the NBA finals and the US Open golf tournament. Now Wimbledon has started up, and next week will be the first stage of the Tour de France. For some strange reason I feel the need to follow all major sporting events. It isn't even that I necessarily enjoy watching it. I didn't watch any NBA games all season, but I felt compelled to watch the finals. I have never played, nor expressed an interest in soccer my entire life. However, I am checking on world cup standings and looking forward to when matches are on in time-slots I can watch.
Each year my month of July is completely consumed by the Tour de France. These guys ride their bikes around for hours every day, and I am sitting there watching every minute of it. I realize that not many people are able to sit and watching something so... boring. For some reason I have a very high tolerance for tedious sports. I love watching cycling, and especially golf. At least I dvr all the tour stages so I can skip through all of the commercials and whatnot. I am getting excited about the tour even thinking about it. Lance is back and will have his whole team behind him this year. Hopefully he can get another win.
The other big news of the past week was the iPhone 4 launch. Everybody is going crazy for this phone. It seems almost as big as when the very first one came out 3 years ago. I have always thought the iPhone was a pretty awesome gadget, but could never justify spending $30 more a month just to have one. My cell phone bill already costs too much. I don't want to add anything else to it. Combine that with the fact that the iPhone has never even been that good of a phone. Sure, it does all the other cool app stuff, but the phone is just alright. Well, the iPhone 4 might be the first one I would actually consider getting. In fact, if we were eligible to upgrade right now I probably would have already pre-ordered one. It looks awesome, and the new display seems like it would be pretty amazing. Still, that voice in the back of my head keeps telling me that I don't really need it... and that voice usually wins. Maybe next year the iPhone 5 will be compelling enough for me to bite the bullet and sign up for a data plan.
Alright, time to go get my hair cut and run to Home Depot... then back home for the US vs Ghana soccer match.
