January 18, 2004
I Heart the NFL
Life is good - the Panthers beat the Eagles, and we're goin' to the Super Bowl! Whoo hoo!
I realize that I haven't shared my newfound passion with you yet. Believe it or not, I absolutely love professional football. This wasn't always the case - growing up, I would watch the Redskins games, but I certainly wouldn't call myself knowledgeable about the sport. But this year, I have really gotten into it! I live for Sundays - my butt is planted on my couch and I am flipping back and forth between FOX, ESPN, and CBS (FOX has the best coverage, in my opinion). And Monday Night Football on ABC is one of the few things I'll stay up late to watch.
At work, I talk football with one of my coworkers, and he and I have been making our picks during the postseason. I had been 8 and 0 for the past two weeks - unfortunately, I changed my pick from New England to Indianapolis at the last second, and now I'm 9 and 1. But my coworker is 7 and 3, so I'm still beating him. He roots for the Patriots, so we'll have a heavy rivalry for the Super Bowl. Bring it on!
I don't know what it is about football that pulls me, but I love it. Perhaps it's a way for me to vicariously release my anger and tension. I can cheer when Julius Peppers makes a good, strong hit, or when Jake Delhomme throws a perfect touchdown pass. Whatever it is, I just can't get enough.
I already know that come February 2nd, I'm going to be sad. It's going to be a long seven months until the start of the next season. For the meantime, I'll just relish my team's victory and start talking smack with my coworker. The Patriots are going down, baby!
Oh, I got a review up at Diary Reviews, and it's pretty good. Although I take issue with the reviewer docking me points in two different categories for not archiving December. I usually don't archive until the next month ends - so I would have archived December on February 1st. I don't know why I do that, I just do. But to appease any future reviewers, I went ahead and archived. Whatever.
What blows my mind about the review, however, is that the reviewer said I wasn't very emotional in my journal. I think that's so funny, because most people who know me would argue that I'm OVER emotional - just ask my husband! The reviewer also mentioned that I don't talk about Husband very much, and that is true. That's mostly out of respect for his privacy. He doesn't mind that I keep an online journal - he knows it's a really important creative outlet for me. But I know it would bother him if I included a great deal of personal information about him or our relationship, so I try to honor that. I certainly don't censor myself, and if something comes up between us and I want to write about it, I do. But it's a very delicate balance, and I'd rather be too cautious than run the risk of violating his privacy.
I'm not writing about this to dispute the review, by the way. The reviewer is entitled to her opinion, and she gave me a lot to think about - which, in my view, is the point of a review. I don't think it will necessarily change the way I write in the future, but it's certainly food for thought.
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