Side note

In the previous blog that I wrote earlier today, I closed with the statement: "I have to go watch the Lakers lose." I just had to write again because, dangit, the Lakers won! And they didn't just win a game, they completely eliminated the Nuggets! I am so upset, because I think I jinxed them.

I am not generally a superstitious person, but when it comes to basketball games, I have several "codes of conduct". As an example, my favorite team is the San Antonio Spurs. When they have a game on the road, I wear Tim Duncan's jersey under my shirt all day long. During the game, I take off my top shirt to reveal the jersey. I wear it until the other team takes the lead in the game, then I take it off. I won't put it back on again until the Spurs have regained the lead. That is just one example of my many many superstitions when it comes to the Spurs.

I had a ritual for this latest series from the Lakers and the Nuggets. Whenever Chris "Birdman" Anderson was in the game, I had to put on my red, white, and blue headband. I have to take it off during commercials, and also take it off whenever the Birdman is on the bench.

So, you may ask me if I really think that these little rituals work. I would say, no, I don't really think that me doing these things is going to sway the game one way or the other. However, a very curious thing happened in the last two games between the Lakers and Nuggets. On Wednesday, I wasn't able to watch the game due to other obligations, so I was unable to perform my Birdman headband ritual. I watched the re-broadcast later that night, and the Nuggets lost. Tonight, I was unable to watch the game again, and again unable to do the headband thing. And they were eliminated tonight! I think there is more truth to these rituals than all of you give me credit for! I have to say too, that it's a big step for me to admit these weird things about me to all of you. The last game the Nuggets won (on Monday), we watched with a bunch of friends, and I really felt like an idiot with my headband thing. But, I had to do it, and what do you know? They won! So now, I have to figure out what my ritual is going to be for whoever plays the Lakers in the finals, and stick to it, because I can't stand to see an egotistical Kobe Bryant win it all! Let's go Lebron!

P.S. If you haven't read my apartment living blog yet, (since I posted two blogs in one day . . . I know, what's gotten into me?) Read it! And if you don't believe me about my upstairs neighbors moving their furniture during weird hours, let me inform you right now: It is about one in the morning, and they are moving furniture. I can't wait until I have my own house.