Weekend Recap
Friday I had plans to go bar-hopping with Bob and Janet. Those plans quickly fell through as the GTA got buried underneath a whole heap of snow. We all quickly decided that staying in was the better idea and we rescheduled for the next night.
Saturday Janet cancelled again because of the weather. This chick, I don’t get. She’s always got an excuse and frankly, I’m sick of trying. I decided to call it in early. I stayed in, went to bed early. Bob was a bit upset but I made it up by going to his place the next night to watch the game with him and his friends.
Sunday Okay, the Super Bowl. The first three quarters were a snooze fest. The fourth quarter was exciting. I wanted the Patriots to win because their head coach is painted by the media as the world’s biggest asshole. And I root for the asshole.
I’m too cynical to think that game wasn’t coreographed by the bookmakers. There was just too much money on the Patriots for them to win. Not to take anything away from the Giants, they played well, but in the end, the fix was in. There’s just too much money involved for their not to be a fix.
As for the commercials, I watched the Canadian feed, so… must watch Dexter, must watch Dexter… I didn’t see the fancy-schmancy Super Bowl ads. And I’m glad. People, they are commercials. They are things designed to make you buy stuff you don’t need. Its a sad world we live in where people are going to go on the Internet just to find commercials. Holy shit people. I don’t have a subscription to SI because I like to look at ads for razors and JD. I read the articles dammit! What’s next? Buying tickets to the World Series just to get a good look at the Goodyear blimp. Come on people! They’re advertisements.
And speaking of blimps, Bob… (yeah, lame fat guy joke), Bob raised a good point last night during the game. The broadcast included aerial shots from a blimp. Okay, that’s pretty common for the Super Bowl, right? But the game was being played in a domed stadium. The blimp had no actual view of the game. Oooh, the outside of a stadium, wow!
Blogosphere This is something new I’m trying out. Here’s some of my favourite blog reads from the past week. Things I enjoyed reading, things I think are worth sharing.
Tags: Administration, Blogroll, Sports, Women?
February 4, 2008 at 8:24 am
oh come on, the commercials are fun. I can’t say that they’ve ever influenced me to buy something unless I had never heard of it before. But they’re still fun to watch!
February 4, 2008 at 9:21 am
I agree Maxie, commercials don’t really influence me to buy stuff so there is no risk and if I can get a laugh out of it then great!
February 4, 2008 at 9:27 am
Agreed on the game, but the 4th quarter made up for the rest. And this year’s commercials were mediocre at best. As for the fix, I think the Pats just got outplayed most of the game and it finally caught up to them.
February 4, 2008 at 9:41 am
Maxie & Bob - They’re ads, they’re not content. They are what pays for the production of the content. And if we stop watching them, they’ll go away. Listen to Paul Anka dammit! Just don’t look!
BDS - Its easy to be outplayed when you’re not trying.
February 4, 2008 at 10:22 am
Haha, oh wow…Soviets don’t like Super Bowl ads. People watch them because they’re entertaining; a perennial favorite of mine is the Budweiser/Bud Light ads, and I don’t want to drink it. Everybody but Komrake Killjoy here loves the ads!
February 4, 2008 at 11:29 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3NGN4t4hm4&feature=related
February 4, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I don’t bother with people who always make excuses, you should put the Kibosh on Janet for the time being.
I only watched a very small part of the game as I was buried in a pile of clothes up to my neck whilst pre packing. I dig the commercials, not because i’m going to buy something but just to see how outlandish they can be.
February 4, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Yes I’m a stupid American who drinks bud light now and drives a Cadillac hypbrid SUV and eats Doritos and drinks Pepsi all due to the fact that I watched ads during Super Bowl.
February 4, 2008 at 2:03 pm
As for the too-much-money-for-there-not-to-be-a-fix idea, that’s what point spreads are for.
Next I want to see bets on how many people watch the commercials more carefully than the game.
– david
February 4, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I think the commercials are overrated. I didn’t start watching the game until the fourth quarter, so I missed most of them. Eh, whatever.
I’ve never watched the show Dexter, but I am intrigued.
February 4, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I watched the game in the states and the ads were pretty good. I really liked the e-trade baby ads. I’m gonna post them on my blog.
February 4, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I have always enjoyed the commercials during the Super Bowl and this time, I snoozed. But I did think the game was good. I agree with Rawbean–the e-trade baby ads were the best.
February 5, 2008 at 5:45 am
“The fix was in”???? Oooook.
The commercials during the Super Bowl are fun. Even people that don’t like Football watch the ads. This year? They sucked. Big Time. I’m not one to be influenced by an ad. If I need something I’ll buy it, if I want something I’ll but it… but good commercials that make me laugh are always welcomed. And since having a DVR, the Super Bowl is the only time I ever give them the time of day.
And I agree with Woozie, the Bud ads are always funny.
February 5, 2008 at 7:44 am
Woozie - Only capitalist pigdogs like advertisements. If it was up to me, there would only be one ad and it would just be the Prime Minister discussing the evils of capitalism.
Bob - what did you do before Youtube?
Miss Ash - then I guess me and Bob will need a new female drinking buddy. How you at drunken pool?
wiwille - you’re brainwashed, I tells ya, brainwashed!
David - If the commercials are the content, then why have the game televised at all. Put the game on a different channel with no commercials so people can watch the game without interruption and others can just watch the commercials.
Andrea - I watched it once, its just another cable drama with a bunch of almost good looking people.
Rawbean - Maybe there’s something in the water out there on the left coast. You’re brainwashed just like wiwille.
Angel - or maybe I’m that crazy one. Too crazy to think that commercials aren’t content. Commericals are the necessary evil to lower the cost of content… then why is my cable bill so high?
Jillian - I’ve reached this point of sports cynicism where I’m convinced certain influences are placed on each and every major sporting event.
February 5, 2008 at 8:28 am
Some people root for the little guy, you root for the asshole?? Too funny.
I must admit, the commercials are the only reason I watch the Super Bowl. Other wise I’d never turn on a football game.
February 5, 2008 at 9:08 am
Some people? Bah, it seems like everybody these days roots for David. Just once, I’d like to see Goliath squash David then say “Yeah, I squashed that little punk. Whaddya gonna do ’bout it?”
February 5, 2008 at 10:37 am
I am terrible at pool drunk or sober haha, i’m there to move the balls around. That sounded mildly dirty.
February 5, 2008 at 10:58 am
Bad at pool… Talks mildy dirty… Perfect! Yer in.