He has also said that he must have been sort of a stick-in-the-mud when my mother wanted more excitement in her life.

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After a while, it seemed so normal to recognize a few famous faces in the crowd, however, that my excitement began to dwindle.

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Thanks to the teaser trailer shown during Game 6 of the NBA Finals and months of hype in gaming articles, the lid was flying off my excitement for "Black Ops" as I walked into my local GameStop to pre-order my copy two weeks ago.

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"I just did a few shirtless cartwheels to show my excitement, " Brewers teammate Corey Hart said in a text message.

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When news broke that Disney had acquired Lucasfilm and would be making new Star Wars movies, a part of my brain lit up with the excitement I felt in 1977 and has been sparking every since.

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The pleasure I feel at having a day with my family and watching their excitement does not diminish the pain I feel at devastation left in the wake of the storm.

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When volume reached climactic levels and excitement about gold got too high in the media, I went on TV and said I was selling my core position in gold for the time-being.

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