My Kinect Dream

I could probably draw this out and post it on It's Just a Game, but I thought I'd get this jotted down here while I could.

Last night I had a dream where I buddy of mine had a Kinect. Some girls were playing a game on it.

In the game you were playing Kinect. So on the TV, in the game, you were controlling an avatar in a living room who was playing a game on Kinect. (think World of World of Warcraft.)

I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to make this one a reality.

I shopped together really quickly a visual aid to let you see what I'm describing.

What's up with the National Anthem?

The Star Spangled Banner.

I've always thought it's a boring song, but that's besides the point.

Why do they play it before every sports game?

I've never understood this.

Though I have distanced myself from sports in the last few years. (I don't care about sports at all. I don't get what all the fuss is about.)

But why play the national anthem before every sporting event?

The United States wasn't founded on the basis that everyone should be able to play sports. Hell, professional sports discriminated against minorities for a long while.

As far as I know there's nothing about sports in the constitution.

Maybe it's played before sports like Baseball and Hand Egg because this is the only country that really likes those sports. It's some kind of show of 'Merican pride.

Or perhaps the sort of people who get all riled up about some guys playing a simple game like to feel some sense of national pride once and a while. They need to remind themselves that they live in "the greatest nation on Earth." Though I feel that anyone who touts that has never been abroad.

Do they play the national anthem before tennis matches? Or before a game of golf? I doubt it. Though I don't know for sure. I feel that the people who invest their time in those sports are of a different mindset than those who would scream and rant over a missed field goal or a robbed homerun.

I don't get sports. I don't get uberpatriotism. I don't get why the Star Spangled Banner is played at sporting games. I don't get why I'm expected to put my hand over my heart when it plays. I guess I don't get a lot of things.

And that's fine with me.