214Spencer
04-13-2009, 10:51 PM
Now that the Heels’ 2009 basketball season has drawn to a very gratifying close, I’ve had some trouble filling the idle hours of the day. Left unchecked this excess time can potentially have harmful consequences, such as depression, lethargy, and cheering so intensely for the latest season of Dancing With the Stars that your neighbor calls the cops to report a possible domestic disturbance. Here are some possibilities I have considered to help fill the void.
10. Work. We are all behind on the things we should have been doing while we were watching basketball, now is the perfect time to catch up. Then again, do any of us truly believe being good at our jobs will make us more content? Prediction: continued reveling in mediocrity.
9. Baseball. We have one of the best teams in the country so we can continue to root for the Heels in the current sports season and try to forget that, well, we’re watching baseball.
8. The movies. With blockbusters like Fast and Furious and Crank 2: High Voltage hitting the big screen we can always fill our time pontificating on such philosophical dilemmas as: does a man who’s heart has been replaced with an electric pump still maintain his humanity?
7. Exercise. We can always try to shed those extra lbs packed on while slamming beers and watching the Heels decimate another rival team. Before you pursue this avenue though, you have to ask yourself a simple question: “At this point in my life do I still care if my beer belly protrudes further than my pectoral muscles?”
6. The N.B.A. Professional basketball still has quite a lot… never mind.
5. Relationships. There is a pretty good chance your emotional connection with your significant other suffered during basketball season. You’d better take the time to repair it so it is strong enough to take some damage again by next season.
4. Pets. Adopt a new puppy or kitten from your local pound and name it after your favorite player from the 2009 team. I will name mine Bobby. Not only is he one of my favorite players, the name works for either a male or a female pup.
3. Learn to knit. Do you think people would judge me if I spent the next couple of months crocheting a 2009 UNC National Champions afghan?
2. Start a campaign to increase tailgating in Chapel Hill. Now that we have a quality football coach and a program with potential, it’s time we had a tailgating scene to match.
1. Obsessively postulate about next year’s team. Think about which of the non-senior players will go pro? How well will our players who do go pro perform in the N.B.A.? Think about how many potential starting line-ups you can come up with. Research how next year’s team matches up against Duke’s upcoming team. Basically, do anything you can do with the Internet at work that isn’t actually work. Here’s to hoping that our bosses don’t monitor our Internet activity.
10. Work. We are all behind on the things we should have been doing while we were watching basketball, now is the perfect time to catch up. Then again, do any of us truly believe being good at our jobs will make us more content? Prediction: continued reveling in mediocrity.
9. Baseball. We have one of the best teams in the country so we can continue to root for the Heels in the current sports season and try to forget that, well, we’re watching baseball.
8. The movies. With blockbusters like Fast and Furious and Crank 2: High Voltage hitting the big screen we can always fill our time pontificating on such philosophical dilemmas as: does a man who’s heart has been replaced with an electric pump still maintain his humanity?
7. Exercise. We can always try to shed those extra lbs packed on while slamming beers and watching the Heels decimate another rival team. Before you pursue this avenue though, you have to ask yourself a simple question: “At this point in my life do I still care if my beer belly protrudes further than my pectoral muscles?”
6. The N.B.A. Professional basketball still has quite a lot… never mind.
5. Relationships. There is a pretty good chance your emotional connection with your significant other suffered during basketball season. You’d better take the time to repair it so it is strong enough to take some damage again by next season.
4. Pets. Adopt a new puppy or kitten from your local pound and name it after your favorite player from the 2009 team. I will name mine Bobby. Not only is he one of my favorite players, the name works for either a male or a female pup.
3. Learn to knit. Do you think people would judge me if I spent the next couple of months crocheting a 2009 UNC National Champions afghan?
2. Start a campaign to increase tailgating in Chapel Hill. Now that we have a quality football coach and a program with potential, it’s time we had a tailgating scene to match.
1. Obsessively postulate about next year’s team. Think about which of the non-senior players will go pro? How well will our players who do go pro perform in the N.B.A.? Think about how many potential starting line-ups you can come up with. Research how next year’s team matches up against Duke’s upcoming team. Basically, do anything you can do with the Internet at work that isn’t actually work. Here’s to hoping that our bosses don’t monitor our Internet activity.