No, this isn't about Robert F. Kennedy. I couldn't even tell you what his relation is to JFK, but that's besides the point. It's a seemingly abandoned stadium that has been the controversy of local neighborhood residents, politicians, Twitter (or X?) rampages, possible sports team's relocation and things of the like. As you drive down 295, the opulence, and I use that term lightly, of the stadium's rusting corners give the sky a copper tinge, and automatically make you think "why is this piece of shit still here?"
With all of the slander that it faces and the nothingness that it represents, the potential is there. Maybe it'll be the home of the Commanders, a team that may or may not even be the Commanders come this NFL season. Maybe it'll be affordable housing that doesn't get bogged down by unnecessary HOA regulations. Maybe it'll turn into a crazy big shopping center like they did to Ballston (for those who remember it when it was just a bathroom and a place to hang out while waiting for the shuttle, the transformation is out of this world). Maybe! Maybe! Maybe! <----- I feel like this is a good plug that say that I love the song "Maybe" by Janis Joplin, and quite possibly the only song that I like by her. Maybe.....
Once you hit your mid to late 20's, you kinda start feeling like RFK. Decrepit. Jaded. For a lack of better words, "vintage', but not even in the positive light. You enter the phase of your life when endlessly scrolling through countless social media apps just isn't as fun anymore, where your friends live in cities all over, where your job --might-- be wanting you to end it all (parody), and when things that you might've taken for granted before just seem out of reach. I'm sure that the stadium has never felt any of this since it's an inanimate object, but the point remains.
But that's where the beauty in all of the muck resides. The future can be bright, IF YOU WANT IT TO. Those new apartments or Commanders buyout could be a new hobby or band that you find. Yes, I'm being that basic, and I don't care! There are things that normies get right that microinternet celebs / film guys / vintage resellers / podcasters / cinephiles / designers / servers / accountants / businesswoman/men don't. These are all occupations or things that my friends do if you were wondering btw.
Come to think of it, the thought of what I was actually going to type was way better than what's on the screen. I don't get paid to do this anyway. RFK is getting a makeover, and maybe I am too. Just sans all of the makeup and stuff.
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