Superbowl XXXVIV

I don't know if I have ever been more apathetic about a Superbowl. Is it because:

A) I don't care who wins or what happens in the game. Don't like either the Patriots or Eagles.

B) Not expecting any good commercials. I read an article somewhere that this year advertisers were going more with "feel-good humor" as opposed to years past. That sucks. "Feel-good humor" is usually not very funny at all.

C) Not expecting a good halftime show. Only a few years ago we had Britney at her prime performing in the Superbowl halftime show, and now all we got is Paul McCartney. (Sorry if any of you out there are Paul McCartney fans, but I am not at all excited to see his performance. Actually I take that back - I'm not sorry. Paul McCartney blows. Paul McCartney is for losers.)

D) Sick of football after a long stressful fantasy season in McNown League. I've even been debating whether or not to continue doing fantasy football next year, just don't know if I can handle another 17 weeks of ups and downs. It'll be like Emmitt Smith retiring, only without ever winning a championship title, setting any career records, or achieving greatness at all.

E) My attention is in full-blown College Basketball mode right now. If ever I have been obsessed about a particular sports team, it would be this 2004-05 Illinois Men's Basketball team. If they make the Final Four I will be very thrilled. If they go on to win a National Championship, I will be a very, very happy, happy man for many many years.

Anyways, I guess it's a little of every choice above, but I'm not sure which is the biggest factor. Oh well. Who really cares what I think or why I think it, right? I'll probably still watch the game and do the Superbowl party thing, just not that excited about the supposed "biggest sporting event of the year" right now.

South Park

One of my coworkers let me borrow his South Park DVDs, and during the past couple weeks I have already finished seasons 1, 2, and part of 3. I gotta say this show is hilarious. Even though it's been out since I was in high school and been a pretty popular show for years, I never really watched it on TV. An episode here or there, but that's about it. Little did I know that I was missing out on one of the best shows out there.

My favorite things to do right now are talking like Mr. Mackey the School Counselor ("Mary-JEW-ana's bad, m'kay? Don't do drugs, m'kay?"), and trying to talk like Cartman. Half the time, hearing Cartman's voice alone is enough to crack me up when I'm watching South Park, it doesn't even matter what he's saying. But so far my favorite line is in the "Succubus" episode when he gets all upset at his mom: "Eric, we have to go now." "But MO-OO-OO-MMM, I have to go tell CHE-EE-EFF that he's marrying a SUU-CCUU-BUUU-USS!!" I guess the line isn't funny in writing though, you gotta watch it to understand (Season 3, Disc 1). OH well.

Also, people have been telling me that I haven't even seen the best characters yet. If that is true, these next seasons must be mindblowingly funny. I am definitely looking forward to finding out.

*****

Haha... I just got an email in Outlook from my mom, subject line: "FW: Fw: Hugs". This oughta be fun.....