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13.1.05

DAILY DOSE: "Guess I'll Let it Go."

66? It’s SIXTY-SIX degrees in Pittsburgh today. And what’s it supposed to be tomorrow? 32 and SNOWING. Check out the Link of the Day, and then don’t bother asking me why I’m sick as a dog next week. This city’s insane. It really is…

INSANE FOR THE TEAM THAT WILL NOT BE NAMED!

I can’t wait for Saturday, really. I’ve yet to finalize a game-watching plan, so if you’re out there and have big-screen/brew access, let me know! For a moment, though, I’d like to ask you guys how you feel about fair-weather fans. Since everyone who reads this Blog is pretty much from a currently-successful NFL town (Boston, Philly, etc…), I’d like to know how you football fans feel about this. In honesty, it’s starting to annoy me. Seeing every single business put up a Stillers poster, and every random girl who thinks the yellow line on the TV is real putting up Stiller away messages and buying Big Ben t-shirts, is actually detracting from my “better than average season” enjoyment.

Is this normal? Am I like one of those music fans who starts hating their favorite band as soon as it gets popular? This isn’t really ruining my enjoyment of the season, just detracting from it. Where were these people last year at 6-10? How do the rest of you feel about this one?

Today's Song of the Day is "Shimmer" by Fuel, which popped up on the bus ride today, and has officially gotten stuck in my head. Great song, always reminds me of senior week, Ocean City, 1998.

Okay, that’s the Dose for now, I should be back later with something a little more fun to talk about, like “Angelina Jolie’s SHOCKING Sex Tape!”

Stay tuned,

-apk

Oh- one last thing: Happy Birthday Justine!

posted by apk at 11:04 AM

3 Comments:

  • Anybody who is a die-hard of a particular team HATES when people jump on the bandwagon as the win total grows. It's even worse when that team wins something substantial and every "championship" t-shirt in existence appears the next day. You always know a real fan when he/she says, "Yeah, 6-10 this year, we sucked. We need to make some changes in the off-season, maybe cut/fire some people. But I have faith that we'll bounce back." For starters, use of the word "we" indicates a true connection to the team. Second, acknowledgement of the "off-season" indicates that the person follows the team year round. Finally, the "we sucked" and "I have faith" shows that the fan will support the team no matter what.

    Go Vikings.

    - Ice Gramps

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:25 AM, January 14, 2005  

  • Is it okay if I hate all things football? Maybe it's because I moved from Michigan (home of the toothless Lions) to Chicago (the den of the old, worthless Bears). Maybe it's because a bunch of steroid-juiced men in tight, shiny pants crawling all over each other sounds more like a night at a gay bar than a sport.

    By Blogger DutchGirl, at 12:49 PM, January 14, 2005  

  • KLE, you NEVER cease to amaze me. Howso, you ask? Well, because you always know how to say the EXACT wrong thing, every time you post.

    Don't think I don't like it though, it's sort of like you're my resident archnemesis super-heel. And I'll be honest, in wrestling, I love heels. It's like you're Ted DiBiasie, or maybe even the legendary Rowdy Roddy Piper. Even your moniker, "KLE" reads like a heel, like HHH, or JBL.

    In a lot of ways, every time you post, you make my life a little more interesting. I'm glad you're back.

    But I'm not going to comment on your equating football to gay bars.

    keep on keepin' on
    -apk

    By Blogger apk, at 1:52 PM, January 17, 2005  

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