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Not Penny's Boat
Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 8:46 PM
Greetings.
Welcome to the weekly blog. Yes yes, I know its a few days late but hey, at least I didn't skip a week again. I'm currently trying to remember what may have occurred during the past week but really all I can think about is the Vikings' crushing defeat last night. Its quite heartbreaking I must say. Ya know, life was so much simpler before I liked football. Just like the Chargers did last week, my team of choice essentially defeated themselves. I mean really. TWO fumbles inside the 10? That should have been at least any easy 6 points and therefore a victory. 12 men in the huddle? Are you freakin' kidding me?! And yes, I bet everyone is going to blame Brett Favre and what will surely be an infamous interception but I don't. For two reasons. 1. Without those fumbles and that penalty they would have never thrown on that down or if they had, they would have thrown for shorter yards. 2. Its not like it was a terrible throw. It wasn't perfect no but you must admit watching the replay that the guy that intercepted it made a damn good play. Oh, and he's 40 years old and took a beating that would have sidelined many a younger men but he didn't sit out a single play. There is however a silver lining to this loss. For me at least. I don't have to watch the Super Bowl now! That's a good thing. Its a waste of damn good football game to rampant commercialism and unnecessary halftime antics. I skipped last year's game as well and played Gears of War 2 and nursed my still recovering broken ankle. This year? I suppose I'll make it a tradition and play a video game of some sort but who knows what it may be seeing as the Super Bowl is two days before Dante's Inferno comes out. Hmm. Time will tell. Oh, and finally little bit before we end the discussion on this year's NFL season (unless for some reason I get conned into watching the Super Bowl) I noticed something a little odd while watching the Colts game. Every time their new head coach was on screen, I got the odd feeling that he reminded me of someone and I finally figured out who . . . Let's see if you can see the resemblance: Jim Caldwell and his look-a-like!! Every time I saw him, I felt like he should be saying "The shield is down, commence attack on the Death Star's main reactor." Or maybe "We've got to give those fighters more time, concentrate all fire on that Super Star Destroyer." Though, when the Jets tricked the Colts and burned them on that early touchdown he should have at least been able to yell at his defense before the snap "Its a trap!"
What else might have happened lately? I wonder. Ya know, I must admit that I'm a little shocked how late in the year it has already gotten. Time just has a habit of slipping through my finger tips. Sadly, not much new progress has been made in the new song department as of late since Julio was sick and wasn't exactly able to sing. His illness seems to have run its course though so I'm sure we'll be back to churning out new songs any day now. Though, of course, not that it really makes much difference to you since whether we finish a song or not, it will still be a while before you get to hear it!
In other big news, we're only about a week away from the final season of LOST kicking off. This is big. LOST is the greatest show ever to air on television. Yes, even better than Friends. In order to prepare for the beginning of the end, I have been re-watching every single episode starting at episode 1. I just finished up season 3 last night. Charlie died. We got our first flashforward (which is plainly obvious when you know it and watch it again). We almost met Jacob. Danielle and Alex finally met again after 16 years. If somehow you've gone through your life never having been fully immersed in the deliciousness that is LOST, you should find someone that has all five seasons and do your best to catch up because its gonna be worth it. You'll be confused but don't let that bother you. Too many people let LOST's intricacies get in the way of them enjoying the show. Yes, it is intricate and confusing and has time travel and other such things that don't always make sense right away, but strip all that away and you're still left with one of the most engaging character studies ever with more fascinating characters than you can shake a stick at. And the show really rewards repeat viewings as all the little hints and clues and cameos rise to the surface. Like how, in one of Charlie's memories, he rescues a woman who is being mugged in an alleyway. That woman is none other than Nadia, Sayid's long lost love. She also owned a house at some point that a pre-injury John Locke was inspecting since he was a home inspector for a while. Its fun stuff. If you've maybe fallen out of touch with LOST or just want to brush up before the final season, I do highly recommend that you check out this site and make sure you're ready for February 2nd . . .
Is there really anything else to cover at this point? I don't believe so. There are as always some nebulous plans happening behind closed doors in Pensiveland that I'm unable to divulge at this time. Just sit tight, catch up on LOST and wait patiently as news should be coming sometime. Maybe.
Jeremy Bentham |
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