ashley313 wrote:
I've been trying to calculate a weather "average" across various resources. I don't think that's actually possible/credible. And then I rationalize the most likely consequences of that "average" forecast, which themselves average pretty negatively - so the "but what if" 's and "they're always" 's start. As in, "the McLaren's are always bad in the wet" and "but what if Alonso's engine blows up because he's sort of due". That goes on until I conclude "...so it should be okay." Til the next time I check the weather and start all over again. And all that is happening aloud.
I'm visiting my mom for the holiday weekend and while she knows I have a bit of a problem with this sport I don't think she quite grasped the severity until a little while ago when the following conversation took place...
Mom: "Why are you straightening your hair? Are you going out tonight?" (I take REALLY good care of my hair and try not to dry/straighten it too often because I've been abusing it with hats and riding and/or driving helmets nearly every day for 20+ years)
Mom: "Then why bother if you're just going to sleep on it?"
Me: "In case I have to take photos doing the seb finger with my
red bull 'hat' tomorrow. By the way, could you see if the washing machine is done yet and if so put my RBR shirt in the dryer please?"
Love it. And great 'hat'!
I start thinking about omens based on other things going on that I have allowed to become part of pattern recognition associated with what happens in F1. I also create new patterns at times like this. One of my big ones is which mug I drink my coffee out of.
My family are all Formula 1 followers so they're pretty good for these situations, but I'm by far the most involved and get the most anxious and agitated. I'm interstate from them for this weekend and my mum very patiently took a call from me and let me babble about Formula 1 for an hour to help me "fill the time" then said, "I shall get your sister and your father to call when they get home to consume some more time". In the lead up to Abu Dhabi in 2010 I was at my parents' and I was so desperate for distraction I offered to help my mum with the gardening; she nearly died of shock.
My pre race routine starts on the monday before every race when my facebook profile and cover photos are changed to the helmet and podium pics from that race the previous year. Then there's the wednesday team color manicure and selection of appropriate Pirelli wristband compounds. Thursday starts the F1 Playlist on the iPod (which of course includes the big bad wolf...which as I understand it has been blasting from the RBR garage again this morning. THAT is a good sign!). Thurs night is the first of four cans of fizzy drink. Friday night the team clothes come out (this also includes NOT wearing items from other teams - its only okay to wear those on non race weekends, I am very careful about this ever since I wore my BMW Sauber flip flops and Checo came second in Malaysia the next day). Saturdays are about cooking and eating food from wherever the race is, and race day...well thats about it all coming together. Before asking me to go out or make plans, friends first ask "is there a race this weekend? okay never mind". Mostly because I am now famous for rambling about F1 aero development when slightly drunk. My polite friends try to act interested in the differences between Merc, RBR, and Lotus DRS innovations.
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