Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Drink spittingly funny - almost!

First of all... yes, spittingly is a word. I just made it up. Don't argue with me! Second... I know this is my 2nd post in two days. Don't get scared and don't get used to it. It's just that I actually have something to talk about for a change. So here goes....

The other day the boyfriend comes home and tells me that during the Jets vs Patriots game on Sunday, someone spotted a person on the Pats side video taping the Jets sideline. The tape was confiscated by the NFL. I figured it was a bunch of hype and they were going to come back and say it was just some crazy fan who thought he was going to help the team or something.

So yesterday, Will and I are playing racquetball at the gym and the boyfriend shows up so that we can both kick his butt. (He's not very good at racquetball). Will and I finish our game and come out and the boyfriend says he has news. I take a swig of my water as he proceeds to tell me that the NFL has determined that the guy (who apparently is a Pats video assistant) was recording defensive signals. I seriously almost spit my water across the basketball court. I did not see that coming! The NFL Commissioner is supposed to hand down the punishment on Friday. The speculation at this point is that he will fine them and probably take away some draft picks (big deal!).

I think their season should be over. They're freaking CHEATING! And apparently this isn't the first time this guy has been caught with a camera pointed at the opposing team's bench. I do understand that it's hard to know what to do in this situation. Who all knew this was going on? Obviously the Pats coach Bill Belichik knows about it. They should just kick him out of the league. But did they players know? I hate Tom Brady.. I would LOVE for it to come out that he knew! JERK!

I've only looked at a couple sites, but I'm fascinated by the way New England fans are reacting. When Michael Vick took a plea bargain in the dog fighting case, Falcons fans started sending their Vick jerseys to dog shelters to be used as lining for their crates! Way to go Falcons fans! As much as I think Vick should be coated in meat and shoved into a cage full of pit bulls that haven't eaten in three days, I could almost forgive the league if they chose not to punish him. (Though I guess the gambling charges are an issue that the league does need to address). What he did had no effect on the game. If something like this happened with the Colts, I'd be devastated! I honestly would probably start watching college football instead. I've gotten to the point that I honestly LOVE football too much to give it up, but I don't think I could continue to support a team that was cheating to win.

The Pats need HUGE punishment. And their fans need a reality check. The sites I've seen so far... fans are defending them. I understand innocent until proven guilty, but according to ESPN.com " NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has determined that the New England Patriots violated league rules Sunday when they videotaped defensive signals by the New York Jets' coaches, according to league sources." Sounds to me like they've already been proven guilty. How could you continue to support a team that is willing to do that? I do feel a little sorry for the fans who have supported them all these years and now it seems their victories are tainted. 3 Super Bowls? but how'd they win them? Even if they weren't cheating at that time... there will always be a question. What a bunch of idiots. As much as I hate them, they have some talented people. Did they really need to do this?

I guess this isn't really drink spittingly funny... It's drink spittingly sad.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

MTV VMA recap

For those of you who missed it, well... you didn't really miss much. I'm sure you've all heard by now, but just in case... Britney sucked! I'm sure you all know... I'm a Britney fan. Not even a closet Britney fan, i don't try to hide it. I own all her cds, I've even seen her in concert (i won the tickets on the radio, but still). It's sucked watching her derail into a giant self destructive disaster, but part of me (and i think of a lot of people) really thought she was going to get her stuff together and make a come back. Luckily, the industry and her fans especially are pretty forgiving. If she can come back and do something right she'll be worshiped as the pop princess that she is once again. Don't believe me? Look at Madonna (once Brit's role model). She certainly had her transgressions, but I still belt out Material Girl at karaoke from time to time and the whole bar is usually singing along. Britney can still rescue herself... she just has to want to.

Sunday night's show was all around sad if you ask me. I usually love the VMA's. It's always been more about the performances than the awards (as awards shows should be if you ask me, I don't really care that Justin Timberlake wants to thank he hair stylist who convinced him to buzz off his boy band curls). The show opened with Britney which of course i was super excited about, but then completely let down. One thing I've always like about Britney is that she can dance. I forgive the lip syncing because the girl is dancing her ass off and I don't know anyone who could sing and still dance as hard as her back up dancers. She totally mailed it in. I kept waiting for the cool thing to happen. The big "surprise" she had promised her fans. After her lackluster performance they sent Sarah Silverman (refuse to link to this because it's terrible), whom i CAN. NOT. STAND. out to bash her. I could get over some of her comments, I get that she's a comedian, but do you really need to bring a person's kids into your jokes? That's just hitting below the belt and if you ask me... it's not funny.

As I said before, the whole show kinda sucked if you ask me. There were a couple of highlights, but for the most part, MTV screwed it up. VMA performances are ALWAYS over the top. It's what we expect. It's why we watch it two or three out of the 87 times that you rebroadcast it. This year the show was at the Palms hotel and casino in Vegas. Sounds cool. But instead of having the main stage that everyone performed on, they had 4 suites throughout the hotel that had bands playing basically throughout the show. Fall Out Boy was in one, Justin Timberlake in another, I think the Foo Fighters had one too. They would occasionally cut to the suite so you could see a performance, but the sound quality wasn't as good and the bands we jammed onto little stages with a ton of screaming people around them. It was kind of like if your favorite band came to play in a small venue (like a bar or something) but you couldn't get tickets so you had to watch it on tv. I'm sure the people in the suite had an awesome time, but it did nothing for me.

So like i said, there were some highlights. Alicia Keys did a pretty good performance on the main stage. Jamie Foxx went completely of script and totally confused Jennifer Garner who he was presenting with (he was shameless plugging their upcoming movie The Kingdom). At one point they cut to the Fall Out Boy suite and Rhianna was actually performing with them. That was cool just because I never would have pictured them performing together. Good way to switch things up. That pretty much sums up the good parts. Rhianna and Justin Timberlake both took home 2 awards. (It seemed like there weren't as many awards as in the past too) I do have to give JT credit, both times he accepted his awards he said something to the effect of.... MTV, play more damn music videos!

Oh yeah one more weird thing... Carrie Underwood was a nominee for best new artist. Was MTV not watching American Idol 3 years ago or whenever it was that she was on? She's not new! Don't get me wrong... I like her... as much as I like any country artist, but she's NOT NEW! And they also had that dumb Miss Teen South Carolina on. I know she was trying to make it sound like she was making fun of herself.... but i think if it's possible, she just sounded even more stupid. Ok... rant over!


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