Who ‘Dat, Dammit!

The eternal underdogs…

Looking back on this season of Saints football, I can honestly say that I’ve hardly ever seen such a turnaround from a previous season, for any team. What a coaching job! So they didn’t go all the way. Who woulda thought they’d go as far as the championship game? They’ve a lot to be proud of…and I’m proud to be a fan nonetheless.

And if they had to go down to anyone, the Bears aren’t too bad. The first Superbowl I ever watched as a child was their ’85 win over the Patriots. Anyone remember the rap video?

Anyway, go Saints, you deserved to get even farther than you did. Here’s to next year!

2007

Jan 14, 2007

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So Right

Now that we’re exactly two weeks into 2007, and one week into the spring semester at FSU, I thought I’d do a quick post to check in. I haven’t written since last November. After NaNoWriMo was over, finals came up, and I thought I’d take a break over the holidays. I’d written more in this past semester, for classes and in the diary and blog, than I had in years. And it felt great. Back to what I do best, and feel happiest doing.

The day before I started classes last semester, I wrote that I felt like I’d come full circle, and I was right. If you listen to classical music, many times the composer will, after exploring various other themes and counter-themes, bring the main melody back in a grand and triumphant manner. That’s what things have felt like, since starting school last fall. All the disparate threads of my life, which up ’til now had seemed like so many abandoned experiments, random misadventures, and bizarre personality quirks, are finally tying themselves together and revealing that they are, in fact, a coherent tapestry. One I find beautiful. One which may actually get me somewhere. I’ve tried so hard to make my life work. Only when I gave up, and went back to simply doing what made me happy, did it all click. Hmm.

Last fall was all the proof I needed that I’m on the right track. It was my vindication. This spring is where I get serious about actually making it go somewhere. Editing the novel, getting a decent job, getting in shape, winning an internship for this summer…big projects, and if it weren’t for the successes I had last autumn, I’d feel truly intimidated. But small successes give you the confidence to try for larger ones; and even if you fail, you have something to fall back on.

I finally feel, once again, like I’m where I need to be, doing what I need to be doing. I’ve missed that feeling.