I miss college.

I don't miss stressing out about finals. But I do miss the feeling of finishing finals.

I don't miss walking from Soda to my apartment all alone at 2AM. But I do miss arriving home to find my roommates watching TV and joining them.

I don't miss struggling to get up in the morning to get to my 10AM class 15 min late (or not at all). But I do miss staying up till 4AM eating junk food and playing poker with roommates. And starting the cycle all over again.

I don't miss my psycho apartment managers at Piedmont Palace. But I sure do miss the window through which many many people broke into my apartment (including myself & roommates).

I don't miss getting my car broken into. But I do miss getting my car out for a quick spin to get it washed when it's pouring outside.

I don't miss all the freakin drama that I went through with our class people. But I miss everyone from our class.

Yes. I miss college.

I'm kind of a Lakers fan by default - I grew up in SoCal. But growing up, I was really a Chicago Bulls fan - because of Jordan. Now? I'm a huge Lakers fan - not only because I'm from SoCal, but because of Kobe. Kobe, as I constantly tell people, is the only player in the NBA right now who even remotely resembles Jordan's tenacity, will to win, and of course, skills.

Then the game 7 came along.

Obviously I was disappointed. Angry. Frustrated. Disgusted even. But more than all that, I was shocked. Shocked to see Kobe just letting the game slip away to be one of the greatest game 7 defeats in history. He had 23 points in the first half - made it look so easy too. Then he had one point in the second half. ONE FREAKIN POINT. He didn't go 1/15 or 0/20. He took only THREE shots. I kept telling myself "he's just trying to play team basketball. He'll start shooting, and take over, when they really need him to." Well, they needed him to, and he never did. It just made me wonder, what the hell happened in the locker room during the halftime?

Jordan would NEVER. MJ would never SIT OUT any game 7's. MJ would never give up.

Maybe it was my fault for thinking that Kobe is, in fact, the next MJ. But damn. Skip Bayless is right. He's not even close. Not right now anyway.

But am I still a Lakers/Kobe fan? Of course. After all, it's not fair to expect Jordan out of someone other than...well, Jordan.

Man...what an emotionally draining week that was. I love this game.

Please look at the facts before going all ape-sh*t on how oil companies are price-gouging, etc.

Wow. This is definitely UP there with Jordan's final shot as a Chicago Bull in my mind. Kobe is, without a doubt, the real MVP. The Lakers are going to the final. You just watch.