Miscellaneous

Redeye Update: 2/2/2009

By Chris Stevenson

1. Some people are going to take this as a sexist comment, but it's really not:  I'm sorry, but Pat Summit is just about the most unattractive person I have ever seen.  (The first is probably this female child I saw once when I was a kid sitting in the car waiting for my mom at H-E-B in Victoria.  She walked by and I actually gagged.  No kidding.  She was so ugly I referred to her as the Seventh Son.  Snake and Llogg, do y'all remember that?)  Don't get me wrong, it's not because Summit is a woman's basketball coach.  I happen to think Title IX was a great thing.  No, she's just mannish, yet, supposedly not a lesbian.  Hmmmm...not sure I'm buying that.  Anyway, with that stunt last season (or was it two seasons ago?) when she donned that cheerleader outfit during the Bruce Pearl love fest, bitch nearly ruined college cheerleaders for me.  I got no use for her; 1,000 victories or not.
2. I haven't weighed in at all on the inauguration or Obama's first days or any of that.  I think having an African American president, especially one with some Muslim heritage, is a significant milestone of maturity and tolerance in our country.  Honestly, it is shocking that we would elect someone to the highest office in the land with a name like Barack Hussein just a few years after the most heinous attack on our country in history by Islamic fundamentalist lunatics.  It gives me heart, though, because that means that people can read beyond the name and understand a bit more depth than I have traditionally given to the public at large.  The political divide is still alive and well, however, and conservatives and Republicans are still mouthing off on their ignorant and misguided (and failed) agendas.  What's really sad is that now they've gone and elected a black leader of the party.  What kind of political strategy is that?  Reminds me of that scene in 'O Brother Where Art Thou' when one of Pappy Lee O'Daniel's campaign advisors suggests they should get themselves a midget to prance around on stage just like their rival in the election has.  Do they seriously expect for this move to bring back the party?
3. The Super Bowl.  I hate professional football these days.  Too much mass marketing, too scrubbed and polished and scripted for my taste.  What are people cheering for, anyway?  A brand?  Some company's job is to field a football team and that team's sole value is as entertainment.  The team is just a product.  All of the hype and excitement is just marketing.  Why not root for Pepsi to beat Coke?  I've made these arguments before.  But, but, but, what I do like to see is that these players still want it.  They want to win.  They really want it.  So the playoff games, especially, are real.  The Super Bowl has been so overhyped and overproduced that I think it must be hard for the players to focus and play the actual game like it should be played.  Every now and then they manage it.  I didn't watch a second of the pre-game BS.  I watched a little of the first half and most of the second half and none of halftime.  I tried to treat it just like any other football game on a Sunday on my couch by myself.  No big "have-to" party or anything.  For me, it was just like any other game; except with better commercials.  I didn't really care who won.  My though process was that, on the one hand the Cardinals were the underdogs.  On the other hand, the Steelers had three former Longhorns (Limas Sweed, Casey Hampton and Tony Hills.  The Cards only had one - Lyle Sendlein - and a dude from my hometown of Victoria (Jerheme Urban).  Then again, he spells his name J-E-R-H-E-M-E.  So, I guess I wanted the Steelers to win.  The win put the Steelers ahead of the Cowboys for most all-time Super Bowl wins.  But, Jerry Jones.  So, Steelers, but I really didn't care.  It turned out to be a pretty good game.  The best part was the spectacular show put on by Larry Fitzgerald and Santonio Holmes (although I strongly disapprove of the name, Santonio).  It was a good game.  It's over.  I observed.  BFD.

Full post as published by Cursed With Ambition on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).