Alright, I’ll quit sounding harsh (^-^). Here are media examples of “hair shirt”, often appearing in the phrase “wearing something like a hair shirt”, meaning they hate that something for it is irksome, painful, irritating, annoying.
1. Yao was the Rockets’ center when they were whipped by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004, blew a 2-0 lead to the Dallas Mavericks coming home to Houston in 2005 and leads of 2-0 and 3-2 to the Utah Jazz in 2007. Then he watched helplessly with a broken bone in his left foot as the Jazz eliminated the Rockets in the opening round again last season.
All of which is why Yao has often used the same response this spring to every question this side of: How’s the weather?
“Get out of the first round. Get out of the first round. Get out of the first round.”
Yao wears it like a hair shirt, an uncomfortable, irritating reminder that for all of his accomplishments in the NBA, he has not done the one thing that matters most – win in the postseason.
- For Yao, one and done is no longer an option, Yahoo! Sports, April 20, 2009.
2. Since the emotional rollercoaster that was election night, I’ve been thinking about why this election seems so life-changing and important to me. Why did Barack Obama's campaign make me almost ill with nervous energy, fear and hope?
I think (and this is still in formulation) that it’s because ever since I came here in 1997, I’ve admired America for the loftiness of its ideas. This is a country that is predicated on an idea of total equality, on the pursuit of happiness not for some, but for all. This seemed to me an admirable ideal and, however corny that sounds, noble.
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