Sunday, February 03, 2008
I just got back from watching the Super Bowl at a local bar. Not only did the Giants win as I had hoped and predicted, but I won a flat-panel tv during a drawing at halftime.
One thing I've been meaning to post about is rules for sports fandom. I wanted to do a long post about how a person can only have one primary favorite team per sport/league and can have secondary favorites they can root for when they're not playing the primary favorite team. Well, don't know if that long post will ever come, but the discussion came up today when a guy who is known for being a big Redskins fan came wearing a Patriots hat and calling the Pats his team. The Giants fans immediately called him out on this. And there was a lot of trash talking back and forth as the game went back and forth. But when someone suddenly starts claiming to be a big fan of his team only after his real team is out of the playoffs, then he should be called on it. And maybe he caused bad karma that worked against the Pats tonight.
The only thing that didn't go my way tonight is, while I did pick the Giants winning a close game, I had both teams scoring in the 30s. So I totally blew the over/under which likely cost me making the top 3 in my football pool's final standings this year.
On a totally different subject, I saw the new Rambo movie today. It is not cartoonish like the other sequels and it has scenes whose violence is on a level with the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. (And yet there were kids in the theatre. That's a post for another day.) It doesn't try to lighten up Rambo's mood or personality. You could say that Stallone can't act in this movie, but I think he could have acted better, but in reality, anything different would have been wrong, too drastic of a change from the previous movies. Also, I wasn't quite sold on Julie Benz getting Rambo to take action. It worked, but just barely. And I'm glad they didn't try to force a romance there. Anyway, it's a violent action movie. As for most action movies, some suspension of belief is necessary. I give it a rating of worth full price admission.
One thing I've been meaning to post about is rules for sports fandom. I wanted to do a long post about how a person can only have one primary favorite team per sport/league and can have secondary favorites they can root for when they're not playing the primary favorite team. Well, don't know if that long post will ever come, but the discussion came up today when a guy who is known for being a big Redskins fan came wearing a Patriots hat and calling the Pats his team. The Giants fans immediately called him out on this. And there was a lot of trash talking back and forth as the game went back and forth. But when someone suddenly starts claiming to be a big fan of his team only after his real team is out of the playoffs, then he should be called on it. And maybe he caused bad karma that worked against the Pats tonight.
The only thing that didn't go my way tonight is, while I did pick the Giants winning a close game, I had both teams scoring in the 30s. So I totally blew the over/under which likely cost me making the top 3 in my football pool's final standings this year.
On a totally different subject, I saw the new Rambo movie today. It is not cartoonish like the other sequels and it has scenes whose violence is on a level with the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. (And yet there were kids in the theatre. That's a post for another day.) It doesn't try to lighten up Rambo's mood or personality. You could say that Stallone can't act in this movie, but I think he could have acted better, but in reality, anything different would have been wrong, too drastic of a change from the previous movies. Also, I wasn't quite sold on Julie Benz getting Rambo to take action. It worked, but just barely. And I'm glad they didn't try to force a romance there. Anyway, it's a violent action movie. As for most action movies, some suspension of belief is necessary. I give it a rating of worth full price admission.
Labels: football, movies, review, Super Bowl
Monday, October 22, 2007
Am I the only one who finds it funny that Terrell Owens accused his former quarterback, who was dating and is now married to a Playmate of the Year, and is now stuck with a quarterback who turned down Carrie Underwood? At the very least, this should give him ammo if/when things go sour in Dallas.
I'm going out as Indiana Jones again this year for Halloween. Just realized this week that it's been two year since I've worn the outfit and the pants were tight back then. Luckily, I somehow managed to still be able to fit into them.
I'm currently subscribing to emusic.com. It's an interesting site. Cheap legal tracks with no restrictions, but also no major labels. It does have a couple current top country music acts, really good comedy cds, and great more obscure and older artists. It's a good service, but it requires the willingness to explore and experiment.
The movie I was an extra in is finally hitting a theatre. If you look closely at the pictures on the myspace page, you can see me, but not my face. I'm wearing a long gray wig that looks like the hair Sean Connery had at the beginning of The Rock. But the director has assured me that you can see my face in the actual film, if only for a short moment.
I'm going out as Indiana Jones again this year for Halloween. Just realized this week that it's been two year since I've worn the outfit and the pants were tight back then. Luckily, I somehow managed to still be able to fit into them.
I'm currently subscribing to emusic.com. It's an interesting site. Cheap legal tracks with no restrictions, but also no major labels. It does have a couple current top country music acts, really good comedy cds, and great more obscure and older artists. It's a good service, but it requires the willingness to explore and experiment.
The movie I was an extra in is finally hitting a theatre. If you look closely at the pictures on the myspace page, you can see me, but not my face. I'm wearing a long gray wig that looks like the hair Sean Connery had at the beginning of The Rock. But the director has assured me that you can see my face in the actual film, if only for a short moment.
Labels: costumes, emusic, football, Halloween, movies, music, The Chest
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Well recently I haven't even bothered to turn my computer on at home at night, so I haven't even thought about blogging. I think I'm going to start turning my laptop on at home and blogging so I'm not stuck in front of the desk.
This weekend is going to be a rather interesting one. I got tickets to the Opie and Anthony Comedy Virus show in Camden Saturday night and tickets to the Steelers game in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon. And I have to be back to work Monday morning. So I'll be staying up late Friday night and sleeping in Saturday morning to get my sleep cycle up for drives across Pennsylvania on consecutive nights and still be awake and functioning Monday morning. Well, atleast I won't be making the trip alone.
I'm going to Steelers games on three consecutive Sundays. This Sunday and next I'll be at the game in Pittsburgh and the last Sunday of the month, I'll be at the game in Arizona. I also joined this Steelers fan organization. I haven't gotten the membership package yet, but I'm hoping to go to one of the rallies or tailgate parties before one of the games.
Here's a question I've been pondering: should I count tv shows on dvd towards the movie count on my yearly goal? One of the reasons I've behind on my movie count is that I've watched alot of tv shows. I've watched three seasons of Las Vegas, one season of Monk, Psych, and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. And that was just the past two monthns or so. That's around a hundred hours of tv right there. Equal to 50 movies. Shouldn't the shows count atleast one movie per season, if not one movie per disc? Any opinions on the matter?
This weekend is going to be a rather interesting one. I got tickets to the Opie and Anthony Comedy Virus show in Camden Saturday night and tickets to the Steelers game in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon. And I have to be back to work Monday morning. So I'll be staying up late Friday night and sleeping in Saturday morning to get my sleep cycle up for drives across Pennsylvania on consecutive nights and still be awake and functioning Monday morning. Well, atleast I won't be making the trip alone.
I'm going to Steelers games on three consecutive Sundays. This Sunday and next I'll be at the game in Pittsburgh and the last Sunday of the month, I'll be at the game in Arizona. I also joined this Steelers fan organization. I haven't gotten the membership package yet, but I'm hoping to go to one of the rallies or tailgate parties before one of the games.
Here's a question I've been pondering: should I count tv shows on dvd towards the movie count on my yearly goal? One of the reasons I've behind on my movie count is that I've watched alot of tv shows. I've watched three seasons of Las Vegas, one season of Monk, Psych, and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. And that was just the past two monthns or so. That's around a hundred hours of tv right there. Equal to 50 movies. Shouldn't the shows count atleast one movie per season, if not one movie per disc? Any opinions on the matter?
Labels: blogging, football, goals, movies, sporting event, Steelers, trips
