Dear Poor Lucky Me,<\/p>\n
Every year I think, “This is the year that I’m going to pay attention to March Madness.”\u00a0 I try and do the bracket thing at my work, but I get too anxious to turn it in.\u00a0 Then I still try and follow the games, or at least not roll my eyes when other people talk about it.<\/p>\n
Nothing works.\u00a0 March madness bores me out of my skull, which mkes me feel bad about myself.\u00a0 What can I do?<\/p>\n
From,<\/p>\n
Janice<\/p>\n
Dear Janice,<\/strong><\/p>\n The truth is there are some elements of society that you just have to grit your teeth, smile, and force yourself to get into.\u00a0 Or at least you have to stand at the peripheryand not complain.\u00a0 People hate complainers when they’re trying to have fun, and March Madness is about the most fun thing you can come by during a Chicago winter.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Here are some things to keep in mind while you’re trying not to sob out of boredom: March Madness is really only about three weeks long.\u00a0 If you just turn in your brackets, and you’re playing for money, you might be able to muster a bit of interest in the outcomes of the games.\u00a0 Don’t be anxious about your picks: the winners of those pools are usually young girls who have never followed sports in their life and just pick based on the animal names or colors.\u00a0 You’ve got to fake it until you make it- like the drunks say.\u00a0 It really works.\u00a0 Finally, and most importantly, if you can get through March Madness without bitching constantly, people will remember you as “fun” and “a good sport” and that will pay off for the rest of the year.\u00a0\u00a0 Take it from some one who is often considered\u00a0 a “kill joy” and “high maintenance”.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/strong><\/p>\n Poor Lucky Me<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Poor Lucky Me, Every year I think, “This is the year that I’m going to pay attention to March Madness.”\u00a0 I try and do the bracket thing at my work, but I get too anxious to turn it in.\u00a0 Then I still try and follow the games, or at least not roll my eyes … Continue reading “Friday, March 20th”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3835,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/3835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}