Oh my god! Can you believe this shit about Tiger Woods?! What a terrible person! How could he do that!? How can someone who has it so good just throw it all away?! Some role model he is!
Hey people, shut the hell up!
Reality check: Tiger Woods is a man, not a god. A man with a LOT of money. A man who, until recently, did a damn good job of staying out of the tabloids. A man who simply played a game, didn't showboat around, didn't try to build his celebrity status, who simply lived his life how he saw fit and didn't see any need for the rest of the world to have its nose in it. Honestly, how is that any different from anybody else (minus the money and sponsors of course).
He's a man, just like any other man, who liked to dabble in a little sinful decadence (or a lot, whatever). It just so happens he had enough money to keep it on the down-low for a while whereas the normal guy wouldn't have been able to pull it off. I mean seriously, can you imagine what it would have been like to be Tiger-effing-Woods in a bar!? How many drinks do you suppose he'd have to buy a chick to get her drunk enough to do his bidding? NONE! That's how many. NONE! Because he's Tiger Fucking Woods! With that kind of money, chicks would have flocked to him without him saying a word or spending a dime. Because that's what chicks do - they flock to those with money. Don't believe me? Try it. Make a few hundred million bucks, plaster your face all over every Gatorade bottle in the world, go to a club where those type of high-end, "I didn't see anything" type of people hang out and see how many chicks throw themselves at you...whether you're serious about going home with them or not.
Is what Tiger did wrong? Yes, in our "all hail the monogamous" society, it was. Yeah, he threw away a marriage, shattered a family, and seriously tarnished a career and an image that, until now, everyone respected. But so have millions of other men in this world, famous or not. Face it, families are shattered every day. That's life. Don't you suppose that a family is shattered every time a soldier dies in the wars you know little, and care less, about? Is what he did surprising? No. It's not. Despite what everyone wants to believe. He's filthy rich, obnoxiously famous, apparently decent looking, and...wait for it...a man. C'mon people, pick your chin off the ground, roll your eyes, shake your head and get over it. He's just another celebrity crucified by the media for something that happens every day and you're eating it all up with abandon. Maybe if you stop idolizing those deified by the media and money, you wouldn't be so disappointed when your idol turns out to be just like everybody else.
mopey, dark, uninspired, and irritated...on a good day. The helpless feeling that comes with knowing there isn't a damn thing I can do about the weather but wait it out only adds to my despair. Coupled with my current poor financial situation which prevents me from going anywhere south for even a bit of reprieve, and I question whether this is how everyone who "goes postal" feels. Oh if only I were a duck and could take to the north winds and ride them down to the equator (or a touch south of it since that would get me even closer to the sun this time of year). Third degree sunburn be damned, I want some sunshine! Melborne, Australia looks nice. Suppose I can charge a weekend trip there to my FLEX medical savings account? It is, after all, for the betterment of my health.