Post Tournament Ish....

48 hours ago, Chapel Hill was nervous.

33 hours ago, Chapel Hill was celebrating.

24 hours ago, I was tired.

3 hours of sleep will do that to you.

Now, as the thrill and excitement are starting to wear off (though the pride may never wear off), you have to wonder: What Now?

I have devoted the last three weekends to the NCAA tournament. Throw in the ACC tournament, and that's the entire last month. There are things I will not miss, such as seeing Coach K in every other ad, and the icky feeling that comes with watching 12 hours of TV a day.

Still, I already miss basketball. I'll miss people actually thinking about basketball. I'll missing caring what ESPN.com actually has to say. I'll miss "Did you see that game?" as a replacement for "Hello, how are you?".

I'll miss "This is kinda awesome", "Are you going to the post office?", "I'm just trying to make an omelet", "I stand corrected; now that is a stupid question", and "This is not awesome!".

And more than that, I'm going to miss having Rell as a fixture on our couch. I'll miss bad beach weather spoiling nothing, as we probably would have watched basketball the entire time anyway. I'll miss having 20 people in our living room for UNC games, watching two TVs turned in different directions.

So thanks for a great tournament everyone. Those who spent hours at our place watching basketball are welcome/expected to come over just as often.

And of course, go Heels!

2005 National Champions!

You can feel it in the air.

Cheesy, but you really can. There is something about playing in the final four. Playing? Ok, really, just watching your team play in the final four. Rell couldn't sleep last Friday night. I noticed posts on the message board at 7:00am on Sat morning, where Rell had tracked down every article about the upcoming Michigan State game. He said he couldn't really eat that Saturday. He was too nervous.

I think what Sherrell had was contagous. Everyone seems to have it. I check away messages right now:
"Like a five year-old on Christmas Eve, I won't be sleeping much tonight."
"I can't believe today is really here...how am I suppossed to get through a practical, class, and work before tonight....i'm way too excited...there is also a distinct possibility that I will throw up at some point today.....No place I'd rather be then in Chapel Hill for this night!GO HEELS!!!"
"waiting for tonight."
"so i maybe slept an hour, because i kept waking up freaking out about the details of tonight's game. this is not a good way to live my life."
"11 hours 24 minutes"
"nervous energy."
"one focus...one game...one title"

I even had trouble falling asleep last night. I don't know if it was directly game related. I wasn't necessarily thinking about the game (at least not constantly). But those who know me know I rarely have trouble sleeping, but rather a penchant for falling asleep midsentence.

The ITRC is closing early tonight (the computer labs are not). Even the UNC homepage has a bit of a different look to it.

The NCAA tournament is special for so many reasons. It is difficult to win six games in a row. And it is an oppertunity that not many people get. When an NBA team is good, they are likely to be good the next year. The superstar turnover is low. And losing a fluke game doesn't hurt too much in the playoffs. But in college basketball, the championship game is so difficult to obtain. The best team does not always win it. In fact, I would argue that is usually does not. To be a fan in Chapel Hill tonight is pretty exciting. Hell, to be a Tar Heel fan anywhere right now is pretty exciting.

Win or lose tonight, I want to thank this team for such an exiciting run, for my last run in Chapel Hill (at least in the immediate future).





Go Heels!

Silly Survey Email in a Blog Entry

OK, so this is an ultimate act of procrastination, but here goes...

Basically, I'm filling out one of those silly 'about me' chain-emails, because I'm in need a of a break from this computer program which is due tomorrow (I just made a breakthrough, so I'm giving my self some well-deserved pointless procrastination...)

1. What is your full name?
David Grant Forsythe

2. What color pants are you wearing?
Khaki...the same shorts I've worn about 3 weeks straight (I did wash them today, wearing no pants...)

3. What are you listening to right now?
This very moment, Piano Man by Billy Joel is one...Before that was I'll Shit on You by Eminem

4. What's the last thing you ate?
Chicken Peprikash and spinach salad (I cooked a meal tonight :) )

5. Do you wish on stars?
Nope

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Green :)

7. How is the weather right now?
Calm, cool, beautiful spring night

8. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Laura (the answer to this question 99% of the time...)

9. Do you like the person who sent you this?
Yes (Jenny Hanson)

10. How are you today?
Not bad, though I wish I had planned working on this computer assignment better...It's due by midnight tomorrow, but I'm going to have no time for it tomorrow between Phi Beta Kappa inductions and the national championship game!

11. Favorite drink?
Water, there is none better.

12. What is your dream job?
At the moment I think it's at NSA. But really, it's playing shooting guard for the Pistons.

13. Favorite sport?
Basketball (football sometimes threatens to take the title of 'favorite sport', but rarely, and never in March or April)

14. Hair color?
Used to be blonde...Now I guess its a very dirty blonde.

15. Eye color?
Green

16. Do you wear contacts?
Nope, I got 20-20 :-p

17. Siblings?
Scott, just turned 20 (so only one more year of getting/having to buy him booze), goes to school in PA

18. Favorite months?
MARCH!

19. Favorite food?
Anything besides bananas and ham...I'll go with the filets Diane makes on Christmas

20. Last movie you watched?
I watched some of Rat Race on TBS today...It should be Eurotrip, but stupid HBO took it off on-demand before I got a chance to watch it for the 7th time in the last couple weeks...Bastards...

21. Favorite day of the year?
It's either Jan 1 or the first Thursday of the NCAA tournament.

22. What do you do to vent anger?
I'm not very good at venting, to be honest...

23. What was your favorite toy as a child?
The Nintendo my parents didn't want me to have, so they told me I could get it if I saved up the money to buy it...So I saved my allowance for 1.5 years and bought one :)

24. Summer or Winter?
Spring?

25. Hugs or Kisses?
Uh? What a stupid question?

26. Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate sucks.

27 Living arrangements?
Erti, Joj, and Markman share a very clean house.

28. When was the last time you cried?
I'm not sure...?

29. What is under your bed?
Storage: warm clothing, posters, hats, gloves, boxes of other stuff

30. What did you do last night?
Watched the Tar Heels advance to the NCAA finals over Michigan State. Stopped by Franklin St afterwards, though I wasn't too into the celebration. I'll go crazy if we win tomorrow...

31. Favorite smells?
Any good food cooking.

32. Plain, Buttered or Salted Popcorn?
Ew, popcorn sucks either way.

33. Favorite flower?
Ugh...I have no idea.

34. Number of keys on your key ring?
4.

35. Can you juggle?
No.

36. Favorite day of the week?
Friday (who's isn't?)

37. What did you do on your last birthday?
Went to the ACC women's championship game with Rell.

38. Do you own a donor card? blood donor?
Yes.

39. Where would you retire?
Do you really think I think that far ahead? I'd like to find a job first.

40. How many kids would you have?
Two? As long as one's a boy.