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Mar. 27th, 2006 12:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miko2On Friday the Washington Huskies lost to the University of Connecticut Huskies in the sweet sixteen (men's basketball). They weren't really expected to win. I had told myself that as long as they played hard and kept the game close, that I would be satisfied. But they had a big lead in the final minute and allowed the game to slip away from them. There were some very questionable calls by the officials -- a clear goaltending call that wasn't called, phantom fouls that were called. There was also a very stupid foul that gave UConn a chance to make a 3-point play, and there were two other amazing desperate 3-point shots that helped UConn tie the game and send it into overtime, where more Washington players fouled out and UConn won the game.
And I wasn't satisfied, because we should have won. Shoulda woulda coulda.
The thinking was that the Huskies blew a golden opportunity to make it to the final four, because the other teams in the bracket were two so-called cinderella teams -- teams that weren't expected to get this far. So of course after beating Wichita State, George Mason University went on to beat UConn in overtime on Sunday. On the one hand, it's nice to see UConn lose and to see G-Mason in the final four. On the other hand, I wanted to see my Huskies there. On the third hand, my Huskies might also have lost to George Mason.
Eh. Whatever.
I watched an anime series last night in which the major theme was "you can't fix real-world problems with magic -- oh wait, yes you can!" This seems to be a very common theme in fantastic literature, that magic or supernatural phenomenae cannot make things better, unless you're the hero, in which case you find a way to make it work somehow. For example: Back To The Future. Messing with time is bad. Altering the past is bad. Unless you're Marty McFly, in which case everything turns out for the better, somehow.
I'm not quite sure what message these stories are supposed to be sending, but I think it's "Don't mess with powers that man was not meant to know, but if you do, thinks might really turn out great!"
And I wasn't satisfied, because we should have won. Shoulda woulda coulda.
The thinking was that the Huskies blew a golden opportunity to make it to the final four, because the other teams in the bracket were two so-called cinderella teams -- teams that weren't expected to get this far. So of course after beating Wichita State, George Mason University went on to beat UConn in overtime on Sunday. On the one hand, it's nice to see UConn lose and to see G-Mason in the final four. On the other hand, I wanted to see my Huskies there. On the third hand, my Huskies might also have lost to George Mason.
Eh. Whatever.
I watched an anime series last night in which the major theme was "you can't fix real-world problems with magic -- oh wait, yes you can!" This seems to be a very common theme in fantastic literature, that magic or supernatural phenomenae cannot make things better, unless you're the hero, in which case you find a way to make it work somehow. For example: Back To The Future. Messing with time is bad. Altering the past is bad. Unless you're Marty McFly, in which case everything turns out for the better, somehow.
I'm not quite sure what message these stories are supposed to be sending, but I think it's "Don't mess with powers that man was not meant to know, but if you do, thinks might really turn out great!"
