On Wednesday I am taking off with some friends to a cabin at White Pines State Park to pretty much do nothing but watch basketball for 3 straight days. Now, when I say "cabin" we are using this term in the loosest possible sense, since it has 3 bedrooms, a full kitchen, gas fireplace, propane grill, and a flat screen tv with satellite cable. So, yeah, we'll be roughing it. Of course, that should put me in fantastic shape for the 8k Shamrock Shuffle, which is less than 2 weeks away.
Since I'm taking a couple days off of work this week, I'm trying to get a little ahead so I don't end up with an avalanche of work when I get back Monday. So even though I've got enough thoughts to fill a couple pages today, I'll be brief (I can almost hear the cheers):
- The Super Bowl is my single favorite sports game, but March Madness is my favorite sports event overall. For most of the country, the Super Bowl is just about drinking and overeating but the way March Madness captures the mind of the whole country (at least this week) is without parallel. Of course, I'm not discounting the role of drinking and overeating here too. As Americans, we generally believe that every event would be better if we were drunk and eating something. And we are not wrong.
- By the way, we're looking at a UCLA-Kansas championship game this year, with UCLA winning it. You heard it here first.
- I was disappointed that Illinois lost yesterday, but I was pleased that after writing the season off 2 months ago I at least got to experience a little more excitement this year.
- Christy and I went to see "Horton Hears a Who" on Friday. It is pretty good, but you can definitely tell it comes from source material that's about 20 pages long. There's enough adult humor to keep those over 12 entertained, but you won't be missing anything by waiting for it on DVD.
- Speaking of DVD, No Country for Old Men is out now. If you're one of the few not into basketball, go out and rent that along with Gone Baby Gone and American Gangster and you will have yourself a good weekend in that will reaffirm your belief that Hollywood actually still can make good movies.
- If you do see (or have already seen) No Country for Old Men, don't bitch to me about the ending unless you're prepared for a lengthy conversation with the end result being me telling you that I respect your opinion but you're completely wrong.
Doubt I'll update again this week, so Happy St. Pat's day everyone and enjoy the Madness!
1 comment:
Well done. 2 to go.
Only 1 tv? Uh, that is kind of roughing it during the first week of the tourney.
UCLA/Kansas? A popular pick. I expect Memphis in there.
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