Bruce Springsteen is Having the Best Year Ever

     So that Eagles game was pretty great yesterday. I'm not a huge fan, but I love Donovan McNabb, because I feel like he's a class act, but he also gets trashed by the media and his diva teammates. Not to mention, every time the Eagles screw up, it's always Donovan's fault. Supposedly. For the most part, I could care less about the NFC, and the winner of this week's Steelers/ Ravens matchup is clearly going to win the Super Bowl. Yesterday, however, McNabb's comedic act far outshined Leno, Letterman, O'Brien, even, dare I say, Fey.

     He ran over to the Giants' bench, and picked up their players' phone, presumably connected to the opposing team's Defensive Coordinator or such, before flashing his pearly whites, slamming the receiver down, and taking his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty like a man. Bart Scott, Greatest Penalty Offender Ever (see last season's Patriots/ Ravens Monday Night Football Game), would be proud. It was almost as great as my boy Derrick Mason's incredible touchdown reception, or Ray Lewis elbowing that guy in the face, causing his mouthguard to fall out. 

     As soon as the game was over, we skipped the postgame (I don't like Fox's coverage anyways) and headed for Shannon Sharpe's expert analysis on the upcoming Steelers game. We watched that, and we're ready for round three. Apparently the mayor of Pittsburgh, Mr. Ravenstall or something is even changing his name to Steelerstall for the week. One witty Baltimorian called into 105.7, the sports station, and added that for Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, such a name change would not be necessary, because... drumroll.. .. she already is a "stealer" (see indictment/ corruption charges). Oh politicians.. But Mayor Ravenstall is not the only one pumped up for this weekend. So is Baltimore; the entire downtown area, including city hall, is illuminated/ shrouded in purple (whichever verb floats your boat). Not gonna lie, it looks pretty nifty. 

     And after this, we once again skipped postgame coverage (somewhat more regrettably) and headed over to NBC for the Golden Globes. So we hit all of the major networks except for ABC, which I guess was the real loser last night. We missed most of the red carpet arrivals, but I've still picked a few of my favorites. Soon, we were inside. As soon as I realized Miley Cyrus was nominated for a Golden Globe, I found myself muttering some sort of countercurse in the hopes that this undeserving, nasal, twangy, preteen icon wouldn't win and join the ranks of film's greatest icons. But, not to fear. I could breathe a sigh of relief when not only did Miley lose, but Bruce Springsteen won! The Boss! So I thought I would tell you some reasons why Bruce Springsteen is having the best year ever.

     1. I am his newest, big fan.

     2. He is performing at the Super Bowl; where he will undoubtedly brush elbows with Michael Phelps, and the Baltimore Ravens.

     3. He has a new album due out soon that has already been pre-ordered like, a million times on iTunes

     4. He won a Golden Globe (as of last night)

     5. An entire episode of my favorite TV show, The Office, was centered around him/ rumors that Michael had tickets to his concert

     6. Everyone's favorite President-Elect (soon to discard the Elect) Barack Obama played Bruce's 'The Rising' during his appearance at the DNC as well as all subsequent appearances, including November 4th.

     Can anyone really have a better year? Tina Fey and Blake Lively also had pretty good ones, though. Clearly I was happy that Bruce won, although my second choice would have been the music from Wall-E, "Down to Earth." I really liked that one too. The movie was cute and had important social commentary, although I could have done for some dialogue. Oh, what would I give to be in a love story like that one, even if it were about robots? Fact: A lot. 

     I also really liked Tracy Morgan's shoutout to "post-racial" America. I love him so much, and that other girl's shoutout to the election was pretty cool too. Occasionally, we would flip over to FOX to see how the "24" premiere was going. Jack Bauer looked to be making some difficult decisions, and while the plot was unclear, I could tell that something dramatic was happening. So maybe this year is not so different from the last.. Also, I was a little uneasy about Colin Farrell's reference to withdrawl from drug addiction, and didn't see why it was necessary that Zac Efron be a presenter. Or the Jonas Brothers, for that matter. This is the Hollywood Foreign Press, not Disney Channel. I didn't get why that woman won for yet another "girl in love with a vampire" storyline.  I did really enjoy the writing though. And Tom Hanks is a beast. First he acts in amazing movies. Then he produces amazing miniseries; first Band of Brothers, now John Adams. Wow.

     My dad will not stop talking about the Ravens. He reads the articles, listens to each player's radio show, analyzes, and never fails to share his observations with us. But he mentioned he has a church dinner next week at the same time of the game, and if he choses to attend that, I will really have to question where his priorities are in life. I would like to say Santonio Holmes (10) is also really getting on my nerves. First he caught that "touchdown" back in December against the Ravens. Now he's making big runs in the playoffs. I'm a little scared. I have also been thinking that because the referees are just going to penalize us all day anyways, we might as well make the best of the situation. That means flipping Hines Ward upside down and making Ben Roethlisberger forget what his grandma looks like. If we're going to take the booking, we might as well make it worth the while. This weekend, I assure you, we will determine which defensive unit is actually the best in the National Football League. Also, I would like to wager 1,000,000 dollars that the unoriginal, uncreative, and uninventive Baltimore Sun will title Monday's headline, "Third Time's the Charm" or some such cliche, if the Ravens do pull it out. But don't take me up on that because if we're pleasantly surprised, I don't have that much money.

     In other sports news, I also happened to flip to the UNC/ Wake Forest basketball game and was shocked to see Wake nationally ranked at #4! I had no idea. 

     Consequentially, (or not so much, I will leave you with this thought; wouldn't it be nice to grow up one day and be one of those fat guys that has his buddies over for the game every Sunday? They appear to be financially stable, and they sit watching football all weekend, chowing down on the DiGiorno pizzas one of the guys ordered his wife to throw in the oven. It doesn't even matter that they're lazy and fat! I think that would be the ideal profession. I wonder how they achieve this level of dishevelment and passion, because I have to admit, it's quite alluring.