regarding rob... (3)

-----Original Message-----

From: Robert Clark  

Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:07 PM

To: Jeremy Freese

you may want to note this: within the world of college athletics, i root

most strongly for the michigan WOLVERINES.  i did not go to michigan, i

have never lived in michigan, nor am i aware of any meaningful affiliation

that i have with michigan.  i'm not even that big a fan of the movie "red

dawn."  bizarre, no?

actually, i know perfectly well why i root for michigan.  in the 5th 

grade, my P.E. teacher started a march madness pool of sorts, where we all

randomly selected one of the 64 teams out of a hat before the tournament

started.  the student who picked the tourney champ got a coupon for a free

ice cream cone.  i picked michigan.  if my memory serves me correctly,

they beat navy (with david robinson) in an 8/9 game and then lost to north

carolina in the 2nd round.  i was crushed, but my allegiance had become 

firmly cemented.  to this day, i make sure that all glory (and agony)

reflecting off of michigan shines fully on me.  in fact, dark blue and

gold/yellow quickly became my favorite colors and i sometimes root for

other sports teams if their colors even remotely resemble michigan's.

Also: Rob has sent out the e-nnouncement for his 2003 NFL pool, in which the winner will not only be awarded with 60% of the pot but also with a haiku written by me. As per this past weekend in Atlanta:
"Would you write a haiku for me?"
"A haiku for you? You want me to write a haiku. One about Rob Clark?"
"Well, no. Would you write a haiku about somebody else if I asked you to?"
"Sure, I could do that. Writing haikus are easy. I speak in haiku."
"And would you post it to your weblog?"
"If that's what you want. Or I could do a limerick. Maybe a sonnet."
"Maybe, but those would have to be in addition to the haiku."