It's soccer season, football season, soccer, football... I don't even know. I do know that it's World Cup season. Can I say that? <em>World Cup season</em>? Who knows.

I certainly don't.

I am a fair weather fan. I know the rules to most major sports and can follow along on tv but on a whole, I am not a serious fan of any sport. Heck it doesn't even much matter to me if I refer to this current sport as football or soccer. I don't care much one way or the other.

So what's a girl to do when all of Europe seems to have World Cup fever?

Do I brush up on the rules? No. Do I try to figure out what color each team is? Too much work. Do I pay any attention to match times? Not likely.

Heck, I can't name a single player from a single team playing in the World Cup. And I think that's just fine. Why should I brush up on football/soccer for the World Cup when I could care less about the sport any other time?

Does this mean that I have been sitting at home alone watching bad made for tv movies on the Hallmark Channel while my friends are out watching the endless stream of games?

Nope.

I do what I've always done when it comes to sporting events. I show up, I drink a beer and I cheer. And I generally try not to annoy any serious fans. That seems only fair. <!--more-->

Generally this strategy generally works pretty well for me. But it turns out with so many games and teams playing in the World Cup, I don't always know who I am cheering for.  And sometimes I cheer for the "wrong" team.  And I find myself clapping for a goal and everyone else is staring at me.I tell myself that it's okay when this happens because really, it was hard work no matter who scored.

Luckily it's easy to brush these things off.  I mean it happens when you don't pay that much attention to a sport and you try not to ask too many questions. Because really, I don't care that much about the answers.

Basically I am a seriously disinterested observer ever. Still I do like going to watch matches with friends.  I like the energy around sporting events and I like the enthusiasm of the fans. I like camaraderie of sports.

So, in honor of the World Cup, I've been going to various bars with friends to watch men chase a small-ish ball around a large-ish field and to drink beer.  And when you think about it that way, I could be doing a lot dumber things with my time. There you have it.

Go, football. Go, World Cup!!