RANDOM THOUGHTS:
As you may have noticed, I've decided to change the way that I write the titles for my random thoughts post from now, mostly because the old fashioned "Random Thoughts: _/_/__- _/_/__" way of writing the title is obviously bland and uninteresting, but also to hopefully generate more pageviews outside of posting photos of the WrestleMania 27 stage. As you can see, this time featuring a much more specific and detailed list of things to expect in the column. But you don't give a crap about how my writing style, do you? I bet you would rather just have me stop monologing and just move on to the meat, am I right? Well either way, it doesn't matter, because here comes the RTs anyways.
The following were on my mind between Saturday, September 3rd and Monday, September 12th, and surprise (!), they're mostly about football:
- Can we please just stop calling the Philadelphia Eagles the "Dream Team"? Just because Vince Young said it in a press conference after he got acquired to the team as part of their offseason spending spree in which they acquired some pretty good players doesn't make them the NFL's version of the 1992 U.S.A. Olympic Men's Basketball Team (although their week one performance in St. Louis was really good).
- Two weeks in, and I'm already not liking Gus Johnson leaving CBS for FOX. Not only is he not calling exciting NFL games until week 4 at the earliest because of his college football duties for FX, but even those two college football games that he has called so far have been blowouts and, as a result, not a best showcase for his talent. Let's hope that things get better for G-John (yes, that's my nickname for him!).
- Ah, panicked Red Sox fans! How I've missed you! (http://deadspin.com/5839141/red-sox-fans-nows-the-time-to-freak-the-fahhk-out)
- How great was it to finally have a week in the NFL without seeing Brett Favre playing or being a topic of discussion outside of a quick mention in NBC's Thursday Night telecast of Saints-Packers?
- I honestly cannot remember a time when Jordin Sparks didn't sing the national anthem at a Packers game.
- So sad that season two of "Louie" finally ended on Thursday. It was truly a season for the ages, a brilliant collection of thirteen episodes (my personal favorite: "Subway/Pamela," with "Duckling" and "Country Drive" rounding out the top three) that was as much serious and heartbreaking as it was funny and beautiful, and Louis C.K. just proves once again why he is the best comedian on the planet right now. Had "Breaking Bad," "Community," and "Parks and Recreations" not existed, I would even go as far as calling it the best TV show this year. It was that awesome.
- The power of YouTube: I can no longer watch Greg Jennings without quoting this video a million times.
- Kind of a disappointing start for Grantland where the best thing they have had up to this point has been a re-publishing of a five year old article on Roger Federer by a man who is now dead. (http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6940897/federer-religious-experience)
- Well, it's that time of the year: Emmy's week! After months of speculation and predicting, the awards shall finally be given in the ATAS' effort to give the shows and people that they think deserve a shiny award.Just to make it clear: yes, there will be a live blog Sunday. Whether or not I'm going to be live blogging the Emmys or live blog both that and week 2 of the NFL season (like I did two years ago) has yet to be decided. However, I do ever so wish that you stop by on that date regardless of when I start. But first, might as well take this time to give you some of the results from this past Saturday, and how my Emmy predictions fared in comparison. Overall, I would say that I am off to a pretty good start. Here are some of the major results:
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Paul McCrane as Josh Peyton on "Harry's Law" (L)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Loretta Devine as Adele Webber on "Grey's Anatomy" (L)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Justin Timberlake as the host of "Saturday Night Live" (W)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Gwyneth Paltrow as Holly Holliday on "Glee" (W)
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Programmed Competition: Jeff Probst, "Survivor" (W)
Outstanding Reality Series: "Deadliest Catch" (L)
Outstanding Animated Program: "Futurama": "The Late Phillip J. Fry" (W)
Outstanding Voice-over Performance: Maurice LaMarche as Mrrr and Orson Welles on "Futurama" (L)
Outstanding Main Title Design: "Game of Thrones" (W)
Outstanding Nonfiction Series: "American Masters" (W)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special: The 64th Annual Tony Awards (L)
Outstanding Commercial: Chrysler's "Born of Fire" (W)
The overall record thus far? 7-5, about the same as my 6-4 record after last year's Creative Emmys. Not bad, but could've been better. After all, how was I supposed to know that the ATAS likes "Harry's Law" so much that they would actually give one of its actors a win over Michael J. freakin' Fox? Anyways, be sure to come by here and join me so see how the rest of the awards ceremony plays out. Don't worry, I promise that I will try to keep the grammatical errors to a minimum this year, unlike the year before!
- What does it say about me that one of the most exciting moments from the past year for me was finding out that Dish Network is finally showing the MLB Network?
More random thoughts to come next Monday! Enjoy the workweek!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
If you have any opinions on today's post, or if you just have any suggestions or tips for my next blog entry, e-mail me at: mj1599@aol.com. Your e-mails are greatly appreciated.
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