Oh the beautiful snowy nights of northern Wisconsin. I have had a crappy year so far. Not so much today. Packers 42, Seahawks 20. Wow, that Ryan Grant!
The Pure Product of America: You should add some actual content, you know. Or else SPIDERS SPIDERS GET THEM OFF ME AGH
All right, my insane doppelganger. (Why do I know so many crazy people?) Here's a quote from the French Jesuit psychoanalyst Michel de Certeau on the man:
Not bad for a guy who died in 1986.Once again Favre is on the move. But it is no longer a move from one dream to another: now his journeys take place along the world’s dusty pathways. [...] But a capacity that Favre had from his youth remains. He is still sensitive to the infinite variety of human beings and to the constant diversity of interior movements. More than others would, he notices detail—he feels it, he notes it, and the detail fills [his record] in abundant complexity, occasionally too much so. Everything is precious to him, because everything is open... There is no point in looking within Favre for any other quality that might explain the fascination he radiated and the friendships that clustered round him. For each person he met, he was a saviour of something deep within that was being lost. He was not eloquent or brilliant; rather he bore, humbly, people’s burdens.
Update: did that just happen? Giants 21, Cowboys 17. Lambeau Lambeau Lambeau woo!
It gets classic Wisconsin at 7:30. Note the snow angels and the spontaneous polka. Sometimes I love my people so damn much.
Beat-weary-dead tired last night, so went to bed early. Woke up with a vague sense something wasn't right. Went downstairs, set foot in the computer room... and then I was "oh damn I /missed the game/!"
Not sure this is a good thing, Carlos. Not sure at all.
Doug M.
Posted by: Doug M. | January 13, 2008 at 01:04 PM
If you were in the States I'd suggest TiVo. It's amazing.
I must admit, I was a little down for the first few minutes of the game. And then the car started.
They put Rodgers in. Ow.
Posted by: Carlos | January 13, 2008 at 06:07 PM
*brings small sacrifices and incense to his TiVo*
It really makes all the difference.
Posted by: Will Baird | January 13, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Romo looked a little flustered by the end there, Carlos, no?
As of right now, I am going to be on an airplane during the Superbowl. This has me very annoyed. I am going to try to rectify that.
Posted by: Noel Maurer | January 14, 2008 at 05:35 AM
Just a bit. A sportswriter friend points out that overfocusing on a 'hot' receiver is usually a sign too -- by that measure, Romo was rattled much earlier. But the penalties, ow. They lost it collectively.
sorry, my throat is hoarse and this is somehow affecting my typing.
Posted by: Carlos | January 14, 2008 at 06:23 AM
Congrats to Carlos and all true cheeseheads. Football in the snow is just fun to watch.
Normally, rooting for the Giants is consider a crime against nature here in Philly. But not today. And Romo chokes again. There is a God, and he hates Dallas too.
Posted by: Dennis Brennan | January 14, 2008 at 07:34 AM
I grew up in the NY metro area hating all NY sports teams (my dad's fault--he's from Philly). However, I hate the Dallas Cowboys even more than the Giants, so I was pleased to see the outcome of that game.
A good friend from college is a die-hard Giants fan. I bought him a Giants doormat once and was innocently surprised when he growled at me. :-)
Posted by: Natalie | January 16, 2008 at 01:47 AM