I have it. I guess the abbreviated season has created a shorter, more intense period of obsession for me. This hysteria manifests itself in a few ways:
- My fantasy hockey league. I participated in my first league in 2003, being provided with a team to fill out the league's roster, then shocking the others with a third place finish. This actually created my hockey love and every season since, I've participated in fantasy hockey (wow, tenth anniversary I suppose). I am terrible at it. My team's name is the Merwinners. I mean, c'mon.
- Purchasing the NHL Gamecenter Live package, enabling me to watch EVERY Rangers game through the xbox game system, complete with the Rangers' commentators, intermission reports, and player interviews. Dear me oh my. This is an amazing resource to feed the disease.
- Anger, physical violence, and depression when the losses happen. And let me tell you, they've been coming in droves this year. I haven't figured out a way to maturely deal with the inevitable downside of being an obsessive fan yet.
- Clothing and accessories. I only own two Rangers shirts, but I also have a ridiculously oversized "true blue" jersey and a baseball cap. And I am "this close" to buying these items:
(I'm serious about wanting everything except the wedges. Rangers shoes!? With heels?! And Swarovski crystals?! WHAT?!)
I don't really know how this happened to me or why I love it so much but I don't really care. It's fun, it's great, and usually, the only thing that suffers are the couch cushions that I punch when the boneheads make a boneheaded play. LGR!!!!!
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