...everybody hurts sometime

"...everybody cries, everbody hurts sometime" R.E.M 1992

AFL Grand Final today and my beloved Magpies lost to the Cats.  Objectively, the Cats were always going to win but it still hurts so much!  My only solace is a botle of red wine, the classic rock top 400 countdown (currentely at #294) and my experience of a previous 6 losing grand finals.  It does not get easier (harder in fact) but my feelings for the club only get stronger.  It is almost counter intuitive, but I feel that I have put so much emotional energy into the 'Pies over the years that I can not let them go.  My first recollections were the loss to North Melbourne in 1977 and I remember crying myself to sleep.  Surely my sons will not have to suffer like I have for the next 34 years?  I suppose the loses make the wins so much sweeter.

So hopefully it is the Cats that hurt next time...CARN THE PIES