Super Bowl Weekend
February 5, 2008
Filed under Food, Friends, Games, Sports, Telivision
Tags: super bowl ads funny
Well if you have been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, the Super Bowl occurred over the weekend. On Sunday the New England Patriots faced off against the New York Giants. The Patriots went undefeated during the regular season and were strong favorites against the G-Men. I believe they were 12 or 14 point favorites before the big game began. I was a strong believer that we would witness another terrible Super Bowl in which the Pats would simply blow out the Giants. Boy, was I wrong.
The Giants came out fighting right away holding the ball for majority of the first quarter, which led to a field goal. Eventually, Plexico BUress scored what became the game winning touchdown which followed a miraculous scramble from Eli Manning and an even greater catch by a guy who had more tackles than receptions during the regular season. The Patriots, who are well known for their unbelievable game winning drives were unable to capitalize and the Giants pulled off what was the second greatest upset in Super Bowl history, behind the Jets when Broadway Joe Nammoath defeated the Baltimore Colts many years ago. Not to mention that it ruined the Patriots run of perfection, which made me happy.
I was very happy to see such an entertaining game.
Well enough about football. Super Bowl Sunday is great for many other things as well. Spending time with a group of my friends laughing and cheering is always a great time. Not to mention the food is good too. Chips and salsa to start off, and then a big sheet pizza for everyone to share. Its like heaven in your soul after eating all that stuff. I was very pleased with the quality as well. The pizza place was so busy that people were lined up out the door for their pickup. I figured that they would have rushed my pizza and it would have came out terrible. Kudos to Pasquales for providing myself with such great food to eat.
The commercials were also very entertaining well. That Godfather remake where the guy finds the front of his old car in his bed made me giggle. Then the advertised that new Audi R8. What a beautiful car that is. I had chills when the engine started and the car drove off. I was also very happy to see Danica Patrick in the GoDaddy.com ad for obvious reasons. She looks very pretty. Will Farrel always keeps me laughing. That commercial which covered his new basketball movie and Bud Light was very funny stuff. As much as I hate Justin Timberlake’s music he really seems like a funny guy. After seeing that episode of SNL which he hosted I figured he would never do anything funny again, but that Pepsi commercial was pretty good. Andy Samberg should never put on a blond wig again. I felt very violated after they showed his face and revealed that it was him and not a hot blond. Honorable mentions include the dancing lizard commerical, classic immigrant Bud Light commercial, and the House ads.
The Super Bowl is pretty much a national holiday in the United States. It’s just too bad that the Bills haven’t gone to it since that Imfamite 4 straight loses over ten years ago. Sorry I had to bring that up, but I would just love to experience having your favorite team play in the big game.
It’s My Birthday
November 12, 2007
Filed under Family, Food, Friends, Holidays, Places, Sports, Telivision
Tags: birthday 17 food family cake friends party
Well today is my 17th Birthday. Over the weekend I spent most of my time hanging around with family and friends to celebrate it.
On Saturday I went to my uncle’s place for my cousin’s Birthday party. He turned seven. He was born on the exact same day as I was, so naturally when we celebrate our birthdays we share the celebration. It was also the first time I had seen my uncle and some of my other relatives in almost a year, so it was really great to see all of them. We played poker, watched the Sabres lose, ate tons of food, blew out the candles on the cake, and opened gifts. My cousin got all these toys and I received a bunch of checks. I was very grateful cause I have been broke for a while now, so they pretty much made for the perfect gift. Seeing my family was probably the best part of the evening though cause I had not seen them in a very long time.
On Sunday I spent pretty much most of the day hanging around with my friends. We got to stay out late becuase we didnt have school the next day. Pretty nice Birthday present if you ask me, a whole day off from school. (Special thanks to all of the troops that served in our country’s defenses). So we ended up just hanging around and goofing off. We drove around looking for something to do and ended up at a party. It was good time and a nice way to spend time with some of my good friends.
So today, Monday November 12th, is officially my Birthday. I hope Mrs. Skotnicki does not realize that I wrote this blog about twelve hours late. I spent most of the day watching SportsCenter and the Fast and the Furious movies on the telivision. I did not have any chores to do and I was allowed to own the coach and the teliviosn all for myself for the entire day. I spent pretty much my entire Birthday being a coach potato. It was a great way to spend the day. Eventually my mom took me to pick out a Birthday present. We went to the mall and I picked out a nice chrome weight set and a new hockey stick. We headed back home and I went back to being lazy. My friends called me and asked if I wanted to go for dinner with them. I asked if they were treating me to a free meal and they said of course, it’s your Birthday. So of course I said yes to going. How could I turn down a free meal? I asked where they were going to be taking me and they said Hooters, but unfortunatly the only location that was around our area closed, and closest one is located in Pennsylvania. So we decided to scratch that idea for the sake of gas and time and looked for another place to eat at. So for now I am working up a big appetite so I can get all the food I want and make my friends pay for it.
So far it has been a really great Birthday.
Where’s the rock?
October 15, 2007
Filed under Favorites, Hobbies, Music, Telivision
Tags: rock music tv vh1 mtv sucker free rap radio
Is it just me, or has rock music fallen off the planet the past few years. I mean you turn on the tube these days, put on MTV or VH1, and all you hear is rap and pop music. I have no problem with either genre of music. I have some rap songs on my ipod, but i can get really sick of the stuff really fast.
I put MTV2 on today and they had that Sucker Free Countdown on, which is a countdown of the 20 best rap songs of the week. i thought to myself how can someone watch a countdown of all rap for two straight hours? i listened to one song and the guy was rapping so fast i couldn’t understand one word he was saying. i felt like pulling my hair out. i wanted to hear some good tunes while i was exercising. so after i got sick of the rap music i was listening to, it took my about 10 seconds to finally change the channel.
i put on Vh1 and they had the top 20 video countdown on. i figured this is good, the top 20 countdown should have a good variety of music to listen too while i exercise. maybe I’ll actually hear some good rock music. it turned out that there was only about 10 minutes left of the 2 hour program. before they showed the number one video of the week they showed a recap of the videos that placed 20-2. i was disappointed to find out that the heaviest song on the countdown was a Maroon 5 song. how crummy is that? how am i supposed to pump and iron and hit the treadmill while listening to Maroon 5?
there was a song by velvet revolver on there. the only reason why i mention this is because they are a combo of Guns n Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, who are two amazing bands. The song they had on there sounded like something my mom would want to listen to on the soft rock channel on the radio. the song sounded like some crappy jingle you would hear in the elevator.
After the dissapointment of the VH1 countdown i figured i would try my luck with the radio. the #1 video of the week was a nelly furtodo song by the way. Nothing gets me pumped up like a a good Nelly Furtodo song huh?
So i turn on the only rock station i know of, 103.3 the edge. How could they let me down? well after about 15 minutes of commercails on how to save money on car insurance and coffee at dunkin doughnuts, metallica’s enter sandman came on. Finally i can feel pumped up while i work out. After hearing songs by Metallica, Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, and many toher bands from the ate 80’s early 90’s my workout was complete. it was then that i realized i didnt hear a single rock song that came out in the past 10 years.
What will it take for new rock music to take over mainstream music on the airwaves and the telivision?
