so. the bears are going to the super bowl. it’s kind of a funny feeling — i imagine people in new england are dealing with a similarly displeasing and unfamiliar feeling of “the pats aren’t<\/i> going to the super bowl” (and i know one particular new englander who feels that weirdness). it’s been 21 years.<\/p>\n
i remember watching super bowl 20 in the basement of mom’s condo in columbus, taping it (where is that tape?), watching with her. hadn’t yet moved to chicago, but still got caught up in the fervor. i must not have seen any of the bears games that year…. my only experience with professional football was limited to the bengals or browns and there wasn’t much of that…. growing up in columbus meant you need look no further for quality football than the buckeyes.<\/p>\n
anyhow — here we are, two years removed from the white sox championship, 10 years removed from the last bulls championship and 21 years from the last super bowl. i guess when national titles for major sports come so far apart, it’s tough to really know how you’re supposed to feel about it. during the two 3-peats the bulls pulled off in the 90s, we got a little used to the winning. no danger of that happening any time soon.<\/p>\n
that said, lou pinella is taking the cubs to the world series this year.<\/p>\n
in other news: there isn’t much of it. i haven’t managed to run much at all lately. but i’m still at my target-ish weight (170.5). i haven’t touched illinoir (the story or the .com) of course. how could i? it needs so much<\/i> work. still waiting to hear back from other people who have received copies…. the recent fervor of working on this site and other public faces has diminished. i am, happily, working on a new dinner & a movie poster for morseland which should appear in the gallery section sometime soon. and then i’ll get to do a super bowl party poster which should be fun. perhaps i’ll be able to reuse that old saturday football flyer i started, or something like it….<\/p>\n
and a morning that started with a dozen emails to send has narrowed down into an afternoon with no messages coming in at all. i guess everyone else left their computers while i stayed…alone…at my desk…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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