The Madness

I am not a spontaneous or impulsive person at all. But yesterday, I actually contemplated spending a few hundred dollars for a plane flight right after my oral arguments on Saturday morning to go to Atlanta for the Final Four and College Championship Game. My friend David had a great deal on tickets and I got Alex to go with him. As much as I wanted to go with them, I realized that 1) I didn't have money to drop like that, and 2) I cannot afford to miss 2 days of class during this part of the semester.

Even if the thought passed, I usually don't even contemplate crazy ideas like this. But I've been swept up by March Madness very quickly. I didn't even really start following college basketball until last year (but before everyone knew UCLA was good so I don't consider myself a bandwagon fan). But I got addicted fast.

Evidence of more of my irrational behavior prompted by college basketball's big tournament:

• Just like everyone else, I will watch basketball from Thursday through Sunday in March, game after game. Teams I never heard of for, and teams I only care about because they're in my bracket. Which brings me to...
• I have become obsessed with my little bracket. Like most people filling out brackets on facebook, I'm not even betting any money. But the competition, sucks me in and I cheer for random teams based on what I picked on a whim.
• My disdain for Florida has grown even larger and more vocal, which has gotten me in trouble with the large Gator contingency in my class.
  
• I will just watch this video to make me happy:

GO BRUINS!