Day of Doom

TITLE: Day of Doom
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DATE: 01/27/2003 05:23:03 PM
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Today is a day I dread for two reasons.

The first is that it is officially the beginning of my last semester of grad school (unless I get into the new ones I applied to). This is the longest vacation I've ever had as a student in the winter. In fact, it was so long that it seems odd to be back in school.

I braved the lines at the bookstore and ended up spending an absurd amount considering my classload...then I renewed my locker at the school athletic center, ordered new transcripts and bought a new swimsuit. It's amazing how fast the chlorine destroys swimwear when you swim 5 days a week.

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The other reason I feared this day was because it officially marks the first day of the football offseason - the longest offseason in the sports world. Being without my favorite sport until training camp begins in August is my own psychological gulag. I follow all sports, but U.S.A. football is my number one love. By the time teams begin meeting again, I am feaning like a heroin addict locked in an empty room for a week.

I thought about calling this day "Black Monday"; then I remembered that I refuse to associate the word 'black' with anything negative. Then I thought about calling it "White Monday" since the white man is the devil, but I thought that would be too racially antagonistic. I guess the name doesn't matter.

Don't give me that bullshit about the draft; the NFL Draft is nothing more than a cruel tease. Any way you slice it, this is one of the worst days to be a football fan.

The silver lining is that there will be one more <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/archive?columnist=easterbrook_gregg&root=page2">Tuesday Morning Quarterback</a>. Somehow I missed <a href="http://espn.go.com/page2/s/tmq/030121.html">last week's edition</a>, which is pretty funny unless you're an Eagles' fan. My favorite TMQ quote from last week:

<i>"Promoters depict the Spring Ho Festival as a family event. "I never thought something with the word 'ho' in it would be described as family-oriented," Kristy notes. But Kristy, Eminem is now being pitched as a mainstream act, and every other word he speaks is "ho." Probably soon Eminem will have a zany, laff-riot sitcom called "The Ho and Me."</i>

P.S.: Andrew B., the Giants' last playoff game was the worst way to watch your team lose...but the Eagles' NFC Championship game is a pretty clear second.


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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Ed
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DATE: 01/28/2003 12:21:19 PM
Yeah, I'd be less pissed about the Eagles if I thought an opportunity like this was going to come along next year. Gruden is just too good a coach to let a team play prevent the whole game and not let them pay for it.
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AUTHOR: jide
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DATE: 01/28/2003 11:25:14 AM
Oh, don't get pissy just because Andy Reid and the Eagles honked their second straight NFC Championship try. In my opinion, my break was actually too long. I don't like being out of the mix for more than a couple weeks.
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AUTHOR: Ed
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DATE: 01/27/2003 10:55:18 PM
And those of us who go to work every day shed a tear for you for actually having to go back to school after being off for more than a month. Really, it must be quite tragic for you.
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