back to school blues, part 3...

here are some things i'm thinking about, w/r/t the upcoming fall (they don't technically all fall under the category of "blues", but i've started this motif and feel some devotion to it):

a) notre dame football season is coming soon! i truly believe that the virgin mary statue atop the golden dome of the ND administration building emits some sort of mind-control signal that transmits two strong and profound messages to its students: 1) it's not just football, it's notre dame football! and 2) alumni donations! alumni donations! alumni donations!

i can't get into the NFL -- it does nothing for me. the only team that i even marginally follow is the eagles. the NCAA, on the other hand, is riveting! maybe it's that the players are younger and less experienced, or that there are so many more teams, or that the rivalries are so much more intense, but i _heart_ college football. few things fascinate me more than the BCS!

b) soon it will get cooler outside! this means, among other things, that i can take my sweaters out of storage. i love sweaters. i can't own enough of them. this, like my never-fading fascination with snow and my utter disinterest in ice hockey, is a side-effect of having grown up in the hot hot hot and humid humid humid south. the first eighteen years of my life only provided me with about a month per year of comfortable sweater weather. that's just silly.

also, i bought a bright blue wool coat at the end of the season last year, and i'm very much looking forward to wearing it this year!

c) jason lee, who makes me feel climbing-the-rope-in-gym-class funny, is starring in an NBC sitcom. i've loved jason lee since he skateboarded into my heart in the sonic youth video for "100%". i'm really not so sure about this sitcom thing. maybe i should relish the opportunity to see jason lee once a week in my living room, but try as i might, i have some serious doubts about this small-screen transition. god, i'm such a snob.

then again, jason lee did name his child "pilot inspektor" and i was able to overlook that. so i'm sure we'll survive this television stuff. and at least it's not another reality show.