Renaissance Woman

It's time this blog pulled a Lazarus and was resurrected. "But, Lorin, why are you still alive? With Michigan's loss to Ohio State and not even making it to the championship game, Sinister Minister not even showing in the Derby, and the Democrats taking over the Senate, everyone figured you'd slit your wrists by now." But no, there is hope for a phoenix act after all, for Germans are harder to kill than cockroaches, and I am sulking in my room like a teenaged eye-liner wearing boy rather than rotting. This is my Obi Wan Kenobi: basketball season. I had hoped that the glorious resurrection would be tonight with Indiana ending Duke's 44-game non-conference home game streak, but Sampson's boys were too young. Going into Coach K Arena they played like a bunch of terrified freshmen, not coming up to the ball or jumping. When they hit puberty at halftime and finally grew some balls, their inability to make free-throws basically cost them the game. Some would argue that turnovers cost them the game; however, Duke had nearly as many turnovers as Indiana and if the Hoosiers had made 75% of their freethrow they would have more than covered the point deficit. Anyway, tomorrow is another day... indeed. The blessed Carolina Tarheels will take on (and take down!) the much-ballyhooed Ohio State Buckeyes... and the Wolverines will be avenged.


So maybe after this long absence there should be a rundown of the events of the beginning of Senior Year up til now. Here are some highlights:
- Kentucky Derby
- Seeing 3 Top-10 ranked basketball teams play last season (Duke, Memphis, WVU)
- Winning the Female Division Halloween Beer-Chugging Contest - dressed as Lara Croft, no less!
- OSU vs. Michigan (twice, Baby!)
- Moving from C-USA to ACC country
...And now it's time to dust off my Coach K voodoo doll.