My feet are freezing.
I don't even know why i went to work today. About a quarter of everyone in my office didn't show up. Granted, they get their share of verbal beratement tomorrow and i won't, but still i'd rather have been home sipping hot chocolate and doing absolutely nothing.
Sitting at my desk and looking outside at all the snow made me realize how stupid i was last year when i thought that i'd handle being out of college? Boy was i wrong. I can picture myself now, sitting there on the couch watching Independence Day for the 400th time, drinking .50 cent beers with my roommates. Essentially we collectively did nothing on those snow days, but to us it meant everything.
But now, a year later, i type up contracts and evaluate blueprints. It's got to be Karma. My ridiculous hubris from last year coming back to haunt me. "Yeah, leaving college will suck but the real world will be fun too."
I actually took a picture of the snow and sent it out to my friend that lives in San Diego. He sent back a picture of the beach and laughed.
Anyway, some little tidbits:
- Recently on the set of Indiana Jones 4, Harrison Ford was told that he wasn't allowed to use a real whip on set because it wasn't covered under the insurance policy. My boy Ford scoffed and responded by saying he'd rather leave the project than have a computer generated whip put into the film later.
- Tiki Barber has thrown his head coach under the bus...again. His recent comments that Coughlin "pushed" him into retirement and a career in television are making headlines today, and that's ridiculous. While i'm sure the New York media has contrived and contorted his words into an entirely differenty entity (with the finesse of a drunken Patriots fan), he should know better than to say things like that. He infused a lot of unnecessary drama into the 2006 season for a team that had already too much of it, and shouldn't be doing this from beyond the grave, so to speak. Tiki: Stop talking.
- Also, the Giants have released linebackers Lavar Arrington and Carlos Emmons, return specialist Chad Morton and left tackle Luke Pettitgout. Additionally, Bob Whitfield announced his retirement the same day that Tiki Barber made his official. Before Giants fans start crying, realize this: A few weeks ago everyone sobbed and moaned that coach Tom Coughlin got an extended contract and that not enough was being done to shake up the team. Well, now some big moves have been made and new GM Jerry Reese is apparently not afraid to splash the pot, which all fans need to realize is a good thing. With moves like that, he obviously has some big plans for free agency and the draft, and only time can be the real way to see if what he did was right or wrong.
- Mike Francesa is right: Mariano Rivera deserves practically a blank check. Yesterday on WWFAN, Francesa said that even if the Yankees overpay Rivera and he ends up underperforming for the amount of money he makes, he's earned that. The man has pitched 112 innings in the postseason with an ERA of under 1. Let's give him what he wants.
- Saw "Blood Diamond" on Friday night in an effort to catch up on Oscar nominated films. I'll probably whip up a full review sometime soon.
- New "Lost" episode tonight. This episode focuses on Desmond and could be very good. Catch it at 10pm EST on ABC.
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