London 2012 Olympics- We missed the Opening ceremonies in prime time due to copious amounts of wine consumption with three good friends/house guests. Thankfully, someone invented OnDemand television and we were able to watch them the next day (while I nursed a top-5 worst hangover of my life). On a side note, this led me to think of a great quote which I am pretty sure I made up but could have accidentally plagiarized... "the best nights are always followed by the worst days." Anyway, I thought the opening ceremonies were very creative and kind of a complete mess. The visuals were fantastic, but the story seemed a little jumbled. Paul McCartney is showing his age, but he was still the highlight for me. As for the games, I have watched swimming, diving, gymnastics, and soccer. As a US citizen, it was, of course, great to see the American athletes medal in the individual events. However, the most exciting and unexpected sporting spectacle has to be watching the Honduras soccer team knock Spain out of contention with a 1-0 victory.
1000th Episode of Monday Night Raw- I was a wrestling fan when I was young, again when I was a teenager, and sporadically ever since. At this point I don't watch it often but couldn't miss the 1000th episode of Monday Night Raw. It was definitely entertaining to see characters that I haven't thought about in years dress up their broken bodies and return to the ring. It was a special piece of nostalgia to see the original members of DX, even though for the most part they looked pretty rough. The 1-2-3 Kid especially looks like he is on borrowed time. This is a sentiment that I shared with my Uncle who reminded me that these guys have had hard lives and all look better than Scott Hall. However, I would still argue that even in Scott Hall's current state, X-pac does not look that much better that Razor Ramone.
Jack Sparrow- Lonely Island (featuring Michael Bolton)- I have listened to this song more times than I probably should admit over the past week. I know its a joke song with a thin premise, but in all sincerity I just really get into Michael Bolton's big sexy hook.
User comments following a Political Article- This is something I have been thinking about for a while since I read a fair amount of political articles online. Especially with the upcoming election there are more and more people wanting to share their opinions on politics and current affairs. Sharing opinions and having conversations is a good thing. In fact, deep in our wine binge on Friday I had a spirited political discussion with our friends. We disagreed on some things but it was alright because it was cordial (or as cordial as a discussion between drunk friends can be about politics at 2am). However, if you crave the complete opposite of cordial discussion and instead prefer hateful, racist, small minded, bigoted, hyperbole, then you need to look no further than the user comments following any political article currently on the web. Every time I say to myself, "don't read the the user comments," and every time I do--instantly depleting my faith in humanity.
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