she loves you [570]

i'm in the middle of working on an entry. however, it's almost four in the morning, and it's taking a lot of energy that i don't want to spend any longer.

fact is... i just don't feel that way, anymore. telling the story now... it's ancient history.

i've finally come to a place where it doesn't really bother me, anymore.

that's not to say all is forgiven. far from it. i'm just okay with it, is all.

saturday was day one of the 2009 nfl draft. day one includes the first two rounds, and day two is the third through the seventh. the seahawks picked up wake forest linebacker aaron curry with the fourth overall pick, traded their second (thirty-seventh overall) to denver for denver's first rounder next year.

i sent a text to jeff - "now we have a reason to really hate denver next year!"

the worse they do, the higher the pick we get.

we traded this year's third and fourth rounders to chicago to get their 2009 second rounder (forty-ninth overall), and picked up center max unger out of the university of oregon at a much cheaper price.

since then, we've removed the franchise tag from linebacker leroy hill. after letting it sink in for a few hours, this was a calculated move by the front office. they waited to remove the tag (along with eight million dollars of guaranteed money for hill) until day one ended, when other teams have already blown a lot of cap space and filled their needs at the linebacker position, thus shrinking the market for hill's services, and putting him into a position where not signing with us is stupid.

i'll bet he's pissed.

there are no guarantees - he can still sign with another team, but he doesn't have much leverage.

if it all sounds like greek to you, then that's okay. just take my word for it - after a few weeks of intense smokescreens and posturing, it was a very aggressive and successful day by the seahawks front office.

"as you know, there’s a lot of lying going on."
-seattle seahawks president and general manager tim ruskell.

["timmay!"]

i waited for the phone to ring today.

[no, i didn't think i was going to get drafted.]

the call never came. can you blame me for being confused?

it makes me happy, though... and that's something i haven't felt in a while.