We Won!
Disclaimer: I’m writing this at work and have only had a few hours sleep and am pissed off that I have to even be here today. If you get bored, just stop reading and I’ll post something funny tomorrow or something.
In case you didn’t know, KU won the NCAA championship!–sort of a big deal. Much awesomeness occurred at Libby’s apartment, which is on Mass. If you didn’t watch the game, it went into overtime—just barely! However, after much work on the part of Libby and Monica using telekinesis, KU won! YEAH BABY!
Mass was crazy! Libby, Monica, and I walked down the street and had the best time. It was so dense at a few of the intersections that you sort of just bounced off of people. I was totally ok with having my shit all pushed around. It was like everyone loved everyone. It was such a cultural phenomenon. That many people congregating in one spot with the commonality of KU winning. I also got to see a naked guy—not all that attractive, but naked, none the less.
There was a helicopter and a bunch of news and radio crews. I wanted to have some sex in the crosswalk and could have probably done it with everyone giving me high fives and a news crew filming it! So, from about 11th street to about 8th street it was solid people. Quite surreal!
Ok, since my life is psychology, I should take it upon myself to talk about something I learned in Dr. Synder’s class. BIRGing (Basking In Reflective Glory). So, if you notice, everyone says “We won” or “We did it.” Um, I didn’t see you out there running your ass off. KU won and everyone wants to bask in that glory. People are wearing KU shirts and talking the team up. “Yeah, it was a tough game and they pulled it off.” What would this have sounded/looked like if KU would have lost? “I can’t believe THEY lost!” “THEY screwed up.” “The calls were unfair.” Didn’t hear any WE in that sentence, did ya? You will also notice that they try to make up an excuse for the failure. Of course not, silly! You will also notice that people try to make up an excuse for the failure. No one wants to identify with the losing team. I also guarantee that people would not have worn a lot of red and blue, either.
Maybe not, though. All in all, it was a good game. The stats were very closely matched and it made for a good bit of basketball. It really does come down to simple luck and physics when you have two teams of anything that closely matched. All in all, BIRG all you want, wear your crimson and blue, and hale to old KU! ROCK CHALK!
