Oh, I Think So

For the third time in six seasons, the Blackhawks are in the Stanley Cup Finals.  GO HAWKS!!! I HOPE THEY WIN!!!  GO HAWKS!!! It almost embarrasses me to admit that I have a hard time watching games.  Baseball, football, hockey, it matters not -- if it's too exciting and my team still loses, I get very upset.  I don't like being upset so I just await the outcome while doing something else.  Then I can be delighted or horrified at the result but I won't be devasted and sad. Here is the Stanley Cup with some fans:  Photo courtesy of ??  Who knew Lord Vader and a Stormtrooper were fans? I said it before and I say it again:  GO HAWKS!!!

And where is this wonderful thing?  Not in Vienna, nor Munich, nor Berlin.   It's in rural Minnesota.   I think the late Freddy Mercury would approve.  I certainly do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Sup indeed I went out yesterday in the late afternoon, driving down the alley from my garage to the street, and I spied the plastic Santa.  I thought it was great and had to have a picture.  This fine man came from out of nowhere and asked in an Eastern European accent if I wanted the plastic fellow.  I said, "No, but I want his picture."  He said, "Will you take my picture with it?"  "Sure!" I said with great enthusiasm.  He crouched down and put his arm around Jolly Ole St. Nick, I turned on the flash as I was shooting into the sun, and click!  I only had to take one picture and I am very proud of it.

I recall the notion of good ideas for the blog earlier in the week.  I foolishly didn't make note of them and so today I G OT N OTHING. In celebration of IGN, I am going to go out and do errands. Remember:  La vida es rica; la vida es llena.

I must like to make myself insane because the Bulls and the Blackhawks are in postseason playoff situations and I am excited!  I know better than to be excited as I don't like to get my heart broken but to maybe have two winning teams is a thrill. The reason why I don't like to watch sports, especially in person, is because I start caring and become emotionally invested in what's happening and if the team for which I am rooting loses, then I take it personally, like they did it to me on purpose.  I am trying to be aloof about my feelings for the Blackhawks and the Bulls in this winning situation but it's difficult because, well, what if? One of my work friends posed this question at work on Friday: "What if the Bulls and the Bears go all the way?  The city would have two parades!  There would be two rallies for the winning teams!  Wouldn't that be great if that happened?" Yes, it would be.  My mind boggles with how happy sports fans -- and others -- ...

It took a week to get Draft Town in place and it proved to be every bit the clusterfuck that I'd imagined.  Entire bus routes were rerouted because of massive street closings.  Traffic was at a virtual standstill in many parts of downtown because of said rerouted buses, many more pedestrians, a glut of cars, a stronger police presence, the previously mentioned closed streets, and Draft Town itself.  Of course I had to go and check it out. DRAFT TOWN:  Where the weak do not get autographs or anywhere near the Lombardi Trophy Draft Town was free to get in.  A coworker was as curious as me, so we decided to go together.  There were things we wanted to see and just walk around and check it out.  We were there for 90 minutes which covered it all for us.  Almost everything was free:  Oikos was giving away yogurt,  Verizon was giving away $5 food vouchers (which we gave to a family), Bears players -- current and retired -- were at the aut...