Saturday,
January 31, 2004
Quote
of the Day: |
“Just
because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't
mean politics won't take an interest in you.” |
| -
Pericles (430 B.C.)
|
Super
Bowl Sunday
The
only reason I was excited about today was that there was football.
Not being a big fan of either team, it was just fun to watch
the spectacle that is the Super Bowl. I get a kick out of watching
the fulfillment of lifelong dreams and for all my pessimistic
views of professional athletes, I still have to marvel at the
fact that ever since these guys were kids, this has been a pinnacle
event, dreamed about. And now they get to live it. If only for
that, it’s worth the 4 hours.
That
and where else are you going to see college-educated millionaires
beat the piss out of each other on national TV?
Since
we live on the East Coast, the game didn’t start until
6:00 PM so I had all day to do other things. You know, sit around
and, … um… sit around.
I
started a fire and sat down to watch the game. I realized that
I was in a jam because the commercials were so famous, I didn’t
want to tear myself away during breaks in the action. This caused
a bit of pain in the bladder area but I managed. Also, I’m
going on the Adkin’s Diet to get down to marathon training
weight tomorrow so it logically follows that I gorged on as
many carbs as I could get my lips on. It was not pretty.
The
big news, of course, as everyone knows by now, is …. Snow
volleyball. Just kidding; girls night out for one of Janet Jackson’s
girls. I have to admit, rather reluctantly, that I was watching
the Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake routine because I was too
lazy to push the remote control button and my wife forbid me
to pay per view the Lingerie Bowl. I was thinking how a skinny
white boy from Millington TN gets to grind it up with a Nubian
goddess. That’s when he did what he did and for a moment,
Breastzilla made her appearance. “My God, it’s
full of stars.”
There
is a lot of outrage but at the time, I just thought to myself
“Hmmm, they let her do that. OK.” The fact
is, nothing shocks me on TV anymore and when it became such
a media frenzy, I didn’t expect it. Madonna and Brittany
Spears kissed and now Janet is flashing. Seems like a logical
flow. Not that it’s right but just not all that shocking
if you track TV’s downward slide.
Then
there was the streaker at halftime. The TV station chose not
to show it (which I find hypocritical since they show much worse
on prime time) and this is something actually worth seeing since
they say it was a linebacker who plowed this dumb bastard to
the ground. Now that’s Must See TV!
So
I watched the game, gorged without shame, and enjoyed the fire.
All in all, a good day.
Free
Advice for Today: |
| “Keep
expectations high.” |
|
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
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