Super Bowl

While watching the super bowl yesterday, a few thoughts crossed my mind. First, if you plan on singing the national anthem on the most watched sporting event in the world, make sure you know the words. Also, I read that 400 or so ticket holders who paid to see the game could not because the stadium failed to install the temporary seating in time. Honestly, if your going to charge over 300 dollars for a ticket, you should at least ensure that those who buy the ticket actually get to see the game. Crazy concept. Overall, I found most of the commercials fairly funny, my favorites being the doritos ones. Finally, I thought the game itself to be fairly boring, save the last five minutes or so. Maybe its because I do not have strong feelings for either team, or that I generally follow NFL less than say college football. Either way, I still view the Super Bowl as a national holiday and will continue to watch the games for many years to come.

Snow Days

As a result of the recent blizzard, we were fortunate enough to miss three consecutive days of school and had a two hour delay thrown in. While I love being able to sleep in during the school year and refrain from homework during the week, the additional days we have to now make up have me slightly nervous. First of all, I am not afraid to admit that every day during the blizzard I was wishing for a cancellation. Call it instant gratification, but the idea of having a day off school when we are not suposed to is always a thrill. However, I can not help but think how my feelings towards this will change during the first week of June. With finals and the hot weather, I can see myself wishing that we had school those last two days we got off so we could still get out on schedule. Yet, maybe as seniors, we will enjoy the last few days as high schoolers because of the friends we will so soon leave behind.

No Country for Old Men

During this winter break, my cousin was over at my house so we decided to watch a movie. After staring at a good number of movies at blockbuster, we decided to get "No Country for Old Men." Both of us had heard that it had won numerous Academy Awards, and had been based off of a book written by Cormac Maccarthy, one of my favorite authors. So, that night, we watched the movie, and both of us were blown away. Although gory at times, the movie was excellent: great acting, great suspense, and an amazing storyline. Especially intriguing was the main antagonist of the film, Anton Chigurh. A killer and hitman, Chigurh appears completely unstoppable. Yet, as the movie points out, he is not without principles. Chigurh will only kill someone if he believes they have done something unjust. For everyone else he comes across, Chigurh allows the person to pick head or tails on a coin toss, and the result of the toss will determine their fate. Overall, the movie turned out to be one of my all-time favorites, and I currently find myself reading the book by Cormac Maccarthy in which the movie heavily follows.