PLAYOFFS!?

So the NFL playoffs this week have been terrible for me. My picks: Ravens, Falcons, Bears, Pats.

If you watched the games this weekend, you'll notice that only one of my picks, the Bears, won. The Ravens-Steelers game was at least fun to watch. The Bears won, predictably. The Jets-Pats game was okay, but it's hard to really be interested in some games. This was one I didn't care much about either way. One thing I will say: I don't particularly like the Jets. I don't particularly care for their brash attitude. I don't like that they backed into the playoffs. I especially don't like their attitude considering they only squeaked by the Colts -- a team that has been banged up all year -- last week. But I also don't really like the Pats.

The Falcons-Packers game was awful. The Falcons played miserably; how does a team do such an about face? They have played well all season long, and they get trounced. Part of me wonders if the bye week worked against them. I've heard players talk about how bye weeks can sometimes kill momentum. Ultimately, though, I'm not convinced it would have made much difference. The Packers simply out-played the Falcons in every way, but especially offensively. The Falcon defense seemed helpless.

Overall, this brings my record to 66-38.



In other news, Virginia and I watched the games on Saturday with some friends. (YES WE HAVE THEM.) Eventually, we wound up back at our place watching Saturday Night Live. Hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow. Musical guest Cee-Lo. This was the first time in a while that I had watched SNL. Holy shit, what barf it was. Cee-Lo was excellent, I should say, but everything was yuck yuck barf yuck (aside from a digital short with Andy Samberg and Pee-Wee Herman [and Anderson Cooper]...). Has SNL always been bad and I just didn't notice it when I was younger because my taste in television was less sophisticated? Somehow I doubt it, but maybe yes? In any case, Gwyneth Paltrow was really pretty terrible. There is a pop culture aggregation site that I frequent, the writer for which has long held that Gwyneth Paltrow is the worst. I am starting to believe.

In other news, my classes start back on Tuesday. Thankfully, I don't think I'm working in the tutoring center. This semester I'm TAing for an upper-level majors course, so it'll mostly be grading I suspect. So... perhaps no more Monday Morning Rants? We'll see. OR MAYBE I'LL JUST COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BAD THINGS IN MY LIFE. Good reading, right? Right. Awesome.