The "fuck yeah" moment

I'd like to discuss something I refer to as the "fuck yeah" moment in life. Its hard to explain, but I'll try and do my best. The Fuck Yeah moment is the moment of anticipation for future awesome moments. It's a pre-celebratory moment, if you will, that leads directly into the main event.

An example: You're at a concert. Milling around the room, talking to your neighbors just right before the band goes on stage. You just grabbed a beer at the concession stand and you're yip yapping back and forth with your group talking about the last time you seen the band play and how they're getting old now, but they still know how to rock...And then it happens. The lights go dark! The band is just about to unleash awesomeness unto which you will not be able to comprehend. You know its coming, and you can't take it anymore. The lead Guitarist is noodling his way until that moment when it seems like a freight train hits you right in the face..."Fuck Yeah," you yell as the lead singer belts out the opening line....That's a fuck yeah moment.

An example: In baseball, the starting pitcher for the nights game begins his night's initial work in the bullpen 25 minutes before the scheduled first pitch. He plays long toss with the catcher, until he feels comfortable enough to take the rubber in the bullpen. There he works on his various pitches that he plans on using for the night. He'll throw a variety of fastballs, change-ups, breaking balls, until he's loose, and ready for the game to start. The jumbotron is announcing the starting lineups and bad 80's metal plays in the background. The starting pitcher has finished his final warm-up tosses and is ready to take the long trot down the right field line into the infield. But before he does so, he gathers among the other pitchers in the bullpen and the starting catcher, and they all share a moment together. Its an anticipated moment that leads the group into nexus of emotions for the coming evening..."Fuck Yeah," someone yells in the crowd adjacent to the bullpen. "Go get 'em tonight" The pitcher acknowledges the well-wishers and jogs into the game.

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There are many "fuck yeah" moments in life, and these are just a couple of them. Its important to remember these as they happen, because they are the little things in this world, that makes this life worth living.