Super Bowl Monday

Last year, I was sitting on the 50 yard line in Miami watching the Saints win the Super Bowl. This year, I'm in Bratislava, Slovakia, watching the game through our Slingbox at midnight, local time. Life is funny. Jenn and I debated all day whether or not we would stay up to watch the game as we both recognized that we would be completely useless on Monday. We are recording it in the event we do not make it through the full game, which is undoubtedly what will happen. I'm sure we could go a day without finding the result and watch it Monday night because no one here knows the Super Bowl from garlic soup in a bread bowl, but what fun is that? The game just started and we are going to at least watch for a little while. We're hoping we can at least make it to half time to see the Black Eyed Peas. I'm coming to you live tonight, a Blogislava first. The last time I watched a Super Bowl in Europe, by the way, was when I was studying abroad during grad school in Barcelona. I fell asleep with my head down on the table at the bar I was watching it at with some friends. That was the one where the Steelers beat the Seahawks. From what I've heard, I didn't miss anything in the 2nd half.

Jenn spent the evening working while I cooked dinner. I used a recipe for tomato soup from Michael Chiarello, who we know from Top Chef Masters. It was delicious. I also roasted some eggplant, zucchini, and red peppers that we bought at the new market on Saturday to make veggie sandwiches for lunch this week. To cap off my evening in the kitchen, I made whoopie pies, which came out okay. They were too rich for me, but Jenn made a good point when she asked, "What did you think a whoopie pie was?"

It's amazing we didn't fall asleep already after listening to the reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Christina Aguilera finished belting out the anthem and did hit the over on the word "brave" on the 6 minute over/under prop bet. She's got some pipes. She doesn't look as bad as she did at the Golden Globes, but poor Christina has seen better days.

We passed the time during the first quarter playing a game of Scrabble. Jenn destroyed me, mainly because I lost a challenge on the word "un", which was formed by her laying down another much longer word. When she checked it on the Scrabble dictionary online, it checked out with the definition "one". If we were playing Spanish Scrabble, maybe I'd buy it, but we weren't. Regardless, I lost my turn and she got like 40 points. Game over.

None of the commercials have been too interesting or impressive yet. There seem to be a lot of Doritos commercials. I can't remember the last time I had a Dorito or saw another person eat a Dorito. I don't like their commercials, but there are some smart people doing the advertising for GoDaddy.com. Cowboys and Aliens? Really?

The Packers are up 14-0 and I'm delighted. A blowout would make me feel so much better about going to sleep at halftime.

14-3. Steelers aren't going to be able to keep up with field goals.

There are a whole lot of previews for movies I will never see. I've never seen a Fast and Furious movie and don't plan to start now. Ditto for Transformers. And I don't see a Thor viewing in my future either. Tell me this, Fox. Who are all these people so eager to see "The Chicago Code" that make it TV's most anticipated new show?

They just showed a view of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman and either I'm delirious or they are wearing matching purple ties.

It's 1:40am in Bratislava and I'm fading.

Another preview just came on with stuff blowing up. With Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams involved, I'd probably see Super 8, even though the preview tells nothing of what the movie is about.

There's another touchdown for the Packers. 21-3. The chances of us going to sleep after the Peas is looking promising.

Do we really need a Captain America movie? Wake me up when they're going to do Plasticman.

I liked that CarMax commercial that started with the kid in the candy store. It was pretty clever. I also liked the Darth Vader Volkswagen one from a few minutes ago.

With Shields and Woodson out for the Packers defense, this game is far from over. 21-10 at halftime.

The Black Eyed Peas and the rest of the cast of Tron just took the stage. They are entertaining, but individually, they all seem really dorky to me. Either the acoustics are terrible or they truly cannot carry a tune. They are a good choice for a Super Bowl halftime show, better at least than the Who, whose members didn't have to travel far from their retirement homes in Boca to perform at the big game last year in Miami. 

It's 21-17 Packers and it's 2:45am in Bratislava. As much as I'd like to see how this one turns out, I have too much to do at work tomorrow to not get any sleep. I'll sleep for a while, and speed through the rest of the game on DVR before heading to the office. Packers seem like they're going to take care of business.

Super Bowls are much more exciting when the Saints are involved. Here's to a Who Dat Super Bowl in 2012.