baby's first super bowl

[roga]

So I watched the game! And rooted for the team that won! Yay. Okay, I did spend half the game faffing around online, but I was there the big stuff. And they had commercials every two minutes, but they don't air the cool Super Bowl commercials here, just Fox Sports and ESPN promos, so that was lame

Comments

RE: giant flags, patriotism and AMERIKA FUCK YEAH

[kita0610]

Dude.

You have no fucking idea.

Re: giant flags, patriotism and AMERIKA FUCK YEAH

[roga]

Yeah, I got the sense that it could be worse. OH RIGHT THERE WAS THE FLYOVER! I totally forgot about the flyover. Man.

Re: giant flags, patriotism and AMERIKA FUCK YEAH

[kita0610]

America takes it football Very Very seriously. I mean, just watch the interviews with the players where they thank Jesus for making them win. Because Jesus has nothing else to do. At all.

Re: giant flags, patriotism and AMERIKA FUCK YEAH

[roga]

Well the guy could be a fan! You never know. Plus, look at the name of the team that won, I would say that was proof enough.

[anatolealice]

I didn't see it but a friend sent me the link to the NCIS commercial :-)

Also, I just remembered have a Paris in-between ep fic rec. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5705989/1/Packing_for_the_Assassin_on_the_Go

[roga]

Hahaha, that was a cute commercial. And YAY REC THANK YOU! <3

[winterlive]

IT WAS SO AMAZING

[roga]

\o/ :DDDDDDDD I am even happier for you than I am for the team.

[winterlive]

i looooove themmmmm

[roga]

I was beginning to suspect that! LOL, appropriate icon is by proxy appropriate.

[amproof]

Yesterday on Studio 360 (npr radio show) they did a story of the heads of 2 art museums in the superbowl towns who had made a wager that the losing town's museum had to loan one of their best paintings for 4 months to the other one. So, there's a very happy art director today!

[roga]

Hahahaha, that's awesome :D

(btw re: your soccer comment: soccer is the American Football of the world! I love that the US probably invented the term "soccer mom", and then promptly forgot about soccer*.)

*men's. I should say men's. I think Women's Soccer in the US is actually a lot more popular?

LIKE I'M EVEN A SPORTS FAN I seriously don't know what I'm talking about.

[amproof]

Soccer is widely considered a children's sport, so that's why the term 'soccer mom' is used, since it is the most common children's sport. I couldn't say which was more popular. The women did well in the world cup awhile back, but then went bankrupt and were on the verge of collapse, perhaps did collapse, but now I think they're back.

Then david beckham came to 'spread soccer goodwill in America' or something, only no one cared. LOL And he went running off to Europe and tried not to come back, but they made him, so then he acted like he'd wanted to come back all along.

There's only like 12 (if that) MLS teams in the entire country, and it's never on tv, there's no money in it, people don't like the point system or the low scoring, so it's easy to see why it's hard to get people into it. I've read a lot of books on the subject and if I could recall any of the theories, this would be an opportune time to share them.

*crickets*

[hooloovoo_42]

*crickets*

Now there's a game that the USians *really* can't comprehend, despite the fact there are loads of cricket clubs in the US. Most of my USian friends seem to think that cricket=croquet, cos they sound a bit the same.

The reason the US can't cope with football (I refuse to call it soccer), is, as you say, it's widely regarded as a kids' game, played by 6 year olds with 2 left feet on a Sunday morning to give their parents time for a lie in and because it doesn't keep stopping and starting every 30 seconds like American football, basketball, baseball or any of the other games that have a commercial break anytime anyone touches the ball. So, instead of it taking 4 hours for an hour's worth of play, it takes an hour and a half to play 90 minutes!

[swatkat24]

I can't make the heads or tails of American football, but I love how excited my flist is over it. :D

[roga]

Hee, flist excitement is what reeled me in. You just need a team to root for! Anything can be interesting if you're rooting for one of the sides (and have an available internet connection meanwhile...)

[anatolealice]

My flist are nearly all american and they are so into it it's crazy. I just don't get it. If I were in DC right now I'd be outside making snowpeoples. But it's nice to see people so happy :-)

[roga]

If I were in DC right now I'd probably be bundled inside under a million blankets with coffee and hopefully a fireplace! It looks so c-c-cooooold...