and then came the sudden realization...

i was watching football on tv this weekend, and i saw an overhead shot of the personnel change that comes at the beginning of a drive, and my mind began to wander. the field always looks bigger on tv. i thought this when i was in high school, looking at that stupid crowned-makes-free-drainage-system field, i thought this when i was in college looking at the much nicer, groomed, flat, baked-dry-with-lights-all-night worsham field. on tv, these little dots have to run halfway across this giant green expanse to get into position. in real life, it's just a short position change. at least it is for them.

i was just thinking about how i've always been a bit lacking in the athleticism department... i still have scars on top of my knees from when i managed to skin them both at the same time. have you ever skinned the top of a knee? it's not that easy.

it's not so much that i was a clumsy kid (and i'd argue that i wasn't), but that i couldn't keep up with the other kids. the other girls. we were holding hands and running, and i just couldn't keep up. i ended up getting dragged, and both my knees were bloodied.

and then i remembered the first time i saw a football field. we were on a field trip (from school or from daycare... i really wouldn't be surprised either way), and they took us to a football field, and the thing was so huge. and i was tiny. most of the class took off for the other end of the field. i'm not sure i ever made it. the field was just SO BIG. and then it hit me. that field. there's no other field it could have been.

i've been on owen field before.