A letter of desperation.
Dear North Carolinians,
This is a dire situation. We’ve only got one more chance to win the Stanley Cup, and we’ve blown two chances in a row. I am begging you, begging you to change whatever it is you’ve been doing. Have you been wearing a “lucky” shirt or hat? Please wear something else. Have you been watching the game with certain friends? Ditch them tonight. Is there music you’ve been listening to? Change the CD or the station. Is there a couch you’ve been sitting on? Sit on the floor. Better yet, move the couch out of the room. Throw it away, even! Buy a new couch! The Hurricanes are clearly not getting the right vibe from us, the fans, and we need to change things up as much as possible. This means you. North Carolina has never won a professional sports championship, and how will you feel if you keep it from happening tonight? I’ll go ahead and answer that - you’ll feel terrible. Worse than you did the day after the Panthers lost the Super Bowl. Because you’ll know it was your fault. You thought, “The lucky hat has to work this time.” The lucky hat is not going to work. If you’re planning on wearing the lucky hat, you might as well go to sleep.
Today I am wearing red and black. I am ready to cheer my heart out tonight, even though hockey is a sport I don’t completely understand. Please, Hurricanes fans (and North Carolinians in general). Please do what you’ve got to do. Help me make this happen.
Rallying the troops,
Kari
June 19th, 2006 at
Hey, if nothing else, I’ll be watching tonight. What was I doing during Game One? Watching. What happened? Carolina won.
[I really wish I was there with you and Mike to watch the game, although you might have my mouth duct taped shut by the end of the first period.]
June 19th, 2006 at
I ditched my lucky shirt last night, but no dice. I don’t know what else to do! I’m getting desperate. Maybe I’ll go overseas to watch tomorrow’s game.
June 19th, 2006 at
Did you throw out your couch? Buy a new TV? WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!
June 19th, 2006 at
I didn’t buy a new couch! I will go to the furniture store at lunch. Aaron will understand. DESPERATE TIMES.
June 19th, 2006 at
Mike may use this as an excuse to buy a new TV. Clearly our old ones are defective.
June 20th, 2006 at
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! BEHOLD THE WHALE!
Loved the energy of the crowd: they were awesome all game long. Who says hockey can’t thrive in the South?!
From the original Hockey Capital of the South,
Geof
June 20th, 2006 at
WOOOHOOOO!!!! YOU DID IT KARI!!!!!!!!