Your Average Blogpost

Welcome back friends to another post where the tedcullinane.blogspot staff and I try to satisfy the site's founding ideals of writing at least 2 blog posts a month. However, this post I feel is long overdue...

If you haven't noticed the pictures of baseball players on Facebook defaults that you:
a.) haven't heard before
b.) had their baseball card of as a kid
c.)wait the Blue Jays picked up Jay Payton?
You know that this week is "Average Baseball Player Week." Only the devote and proud can honor this week by either posting their "idea" of what baseball player is truly average either as their default or changing their name to their favorite average slugger.

However, I do realize that this blog is user friendly, and I tend to attract a diverse population, so it would be wrong for the staff to strictly focus on the average baseball player. So instead, I'll spit nonsense for the next 2 and a half minutes about what is average "holistically" in your life.

Average is a great term. Most people immediately think of a "C" on your report card as average, and if your creativity has only limited you to that, leave the blog. Open your mind up and see the average around you. Here are a few easy ones:

...for all my East Greenwich readers, the 1st level science wing is extremely average. Sure you like Mr. Wren, but when you think of favorite classes you don't think of freshman/sophomore year bio, and once again if you do, leave the blog. But that entire science wing is average, it's location especially. It's there but you might pass through there twice a day. To maybe go to the gym, or maybe even a fire drill.

...for all my Holy Cross readers, Clark residence hall. You know Clark exists, but so what if it didn't? It's the second farthest sophomore dorm from everything (Mulledy is 1), and its name is about as cool as a Apple Nutri-Grain bar. All the other names of the buildings are cooler because they look different than they are pronounced (Mulledy, Lehy, Beaven). Clark is just there. Nothing more, nothing less, and that's what makes it average.

...however I do realize that my blog has spread like leaking pudding to either regional or national audiences (lets keep our fingers crossed for going international). So finally, here are my last few universal observations of what is average.

Thin-tipped Sharpies: They always created a hassle because unless you were autographing baseballs, it took forever to get a job done with them.

Strawberry Pop-Tarts: Not the ones without the frosting...those are amazing toasted. I'm talking about the original white frosted pop-tart with weird confetti/sprinkles on top. Yeah, you'd eat them if you were out of cereal, but Oreos take obvious precedent over them as a snack.

Anything the All-American Rejects sings: pretty self explanatory

Jimmy Carter: If a president could be average, Jimmy Carter would fit the mold. If Grover Cleveland didn't serve two terms, he would be here too. So Grover, thank the electoral vote big guy.

Playstation: No this isn't a Xbox 360 vs. PS3 "debate," I'm talking about the original Playstation. If you had one of these as a kid, there is an 87% chance you have a better up-grade of a system now. Sure the Playstation was cool, but you haven't picked it up since you got your PS3.

Thursdays in the summer: (jeez I'm really stretching this post) but it's Thursday in summer, it's not the weekend, you can't really go out but could if you wanted to. However, you treat this day like you would Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in the summer-wake up at 11, watch SportsCenter twice, check Facebook, think about eating something for breakfast/lunch, realize you have no food in your house, and repeat.

Nickels: Besides buying MacDonalds with exact change, when do these ever play a relevant role in your life. I would include pennies here, but if you read my last blog post, you would know that they are one of the last 4 things out in life.

Alright, well that's it. If you made it through this mess I applaud you. You're devoted and know true art when you see it. So I'll leave you all with this...