Before I complete the phrase of this blog's title. Can I discuss my new love? Kirk Hinrich. Why? He plays ball. He's tall. He's not bad looking at all. He helped lead us to become 7th seed.
Okay moving on. Tuesday night my brother, Jonathan, Amanda and I went to the Bulls vs. Pistons game at the United Center. I discovered a Chicago fact. A way of life. A passion, if you will. Chicago people love their McDonald's.
This is the order of things [north] Chicagoans as a whole care about.
1. McDonald's
2. The Cubs
3. The Bull's
I'll explain.
Starting with #3. The Bull's. We love our Bull's. How could we not? Six World Championships. That's nothing to sneeze at. Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc....Our elite list of players could go on forever. Currently we have Gordon, Rose, Thomas and of course my new personal favorite Hinrich.
#2 The Cubs. At the game, everyone was either in Bull's or Cub's gear. We north Chicagoans love our Cubs. We don't care if they let us down season after season. We don't care that they are not the best. We just love them for who they are. We love the classic Wrigley Field, laced with its ivy walls. We love singing the 7th inning stretch, Take Me Out to the Ball Game. We love proudly donning a Cubs sticker on the back of our cars. And you know what? This season could very well be the season. I'm just saying.
#3 McDonald's. To preface this one. Let me throw out a few statements that my Kansas roommate has made.
"I have never eaten so much McDonald's in my life as I have these past three months in Chicago."
"There's a McDonald's on every corner in this city!"
"I love Kirk (Hinrich). I really do. I mean it. I LOVE him." (He played for Kansas University. All through the game we were both falling in love with him. Amanda because of the Kansas connection, me just because.)
Okay, so getting to this post's whole thesis. Kirk played a fantastic game. He's the reason we won 99-91. The only reason really.
Every home game McDonald's does this promo that if the Bull's win the game AND break a 100, everyone in the audience gets a free Big Mac. As you can tell from a paragraph ago, we missed that Big Mac by 1 point.
For about five minutes during the fourth quarter, the Bull's only needed 4 points to give us all free Big Macs. The crowd was nuts. Everyone was screaming, "BIG MAC!!!" With just seconds left on the clock, Hinrich took two free throws. The first one swished in. We were going crazy. He takes the second one. It misses. The crowd boos! The Bull's try desperately to rebound, but to no avail. The buzzer buzzes and that's game. The stadium was so angry. Never mind that we won. WE DIDN'T GET OUR FREE BIG MACS!
Hinrich is interviewed immediately after the game for his superb playing, and what does the crowd do for the star of the game. The man of the evening. The one who led us to victory. To 7th seedship. We boo him. All of us. And then immediately after I boo him, I'm embarassed. It's a freaking Big Mac. They cost freaking $3 dollars. I think my freaking ticket was more than freaking $50 with taxes and fees. Plus, I don't even like Big Macs! But by the time I thought about this, the damage had already been done.
It's apparent that he has become acclimated to the Chicago ways. You don't get us our McDonald's - you better apologize! Just kidding, Kirk. Good game. Good game.
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I have some friends that bet on BYU winning the Las Vegas bowl two years ago, but BYU had to win by at least three points in order for them to win any money. BYU was up by one point and blocked UCLA's field goal attempt as time expired. Every BYU fan was going nuts, except for my friends. They didn't even care that BYU won, because they had just lost $250. It kind of reminded me of how the fans were mad about not getting 100 points. It's funny how people will do anything to get free stuff. I always scream and wave my arms to get free T-shirts at sporting events, but when I actually get them they're XXL and ugly and I end up using them as a painting shirt.
Oh, and GO JAZZ!
"He's tall."
So that's the key to Angelica's heart...
i love this post...and agree with all that you said about north chicagoans! i love mickey-d's, the cubbies, and da bulls! the big mac story is hilarious! it is kinda sad how serious we get when it comes to food! especially FREE FOOD! haha well i hope you are doing good! where and what are you up to these days??
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