The Fan of Life
Visualised by archtomato On Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 3:57 Hrs | Minimum B.S.
Ok ok,
I’m a baseball fan. I have always been a baseball fan. Its a fragile game that contains many subtle complex variations. Many of you may not be all that familiar with the difference between a slider, a curve ball or a change-up. To sum them all up, they are all designed to do one thing – throw the batter off his or her game – get them out of their rhythm so they swing and miss.
It can be a challenge to be someone who doesn’t deal well with surprise. In life, often the unexpected is thrown our way. A slow fade here, a curve ball there. Just when we think we’ve got the game under control, we know what to expect, a pitch comes along that completely throws us out of our rhythm and sends us swinging at air.
That’s the reason I’m a fan. You never know what’s going to be thrown at you and I cherish adjusting to the unexpected. I’m not a person who likes things to go straight down the line, across the center of the plate, nice and predictable. Rather i like surprises, i live for the moments, the moment between the throw and the swing. The brink between breathes.
To me, as with baseball, Life is not about the destination, its about the journey.
Cheers.
ps: Nearly squished my left eye when i got hit by a baseball.
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Archtomato
Archtomato . OxyMoron .
Laughing at Gilded Butterflies
Archtomato works in the IT security industry and has managed to convince his bosses for the past 10 years that his best work is yet to come.
Archtomato is a coffee nut, a photographer without focus, a traveler who can't read maps, a diver who floats all too easily and a champion of world peace.
He is an avid practitioner of the dark side of the force; admires Chuck Norris, Paris Hilton and collects vintage Batman comics. Just like the Horizon, Time Dilation, Flying pigs, Tax Reliefs and possibly, the "Opposition", he believes he is more of a concept than a corporeal being.
Archtomato believes that the true nature of man is decided in the battle between the conscious mind and the desires of the subconscious and that the evil of man's subconscious is often too strong to resist. The only way to win is to deny it battle.
He now lives in a world of pollution, profanity, adolescence, smelly beavers, zits, herpes, broccoli, racism, ozone depletion, sexism, conscription, yellow bananas, stupid people, nightmares, dog whisperers,Gamma Ray Bursts, Nuke Baddies and sings badly but regularly in the bathroom.
Tomatoes were sacrificed in the making of this website, contents and for the continual existence of its owner.
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