Well, the Panthers couldn’t quite pull off a win in the end, but it was a great Super Bowl except for that. Ah, they played so well! If only they’d had a few more minutes! It seemed like every time the Patriots scored, it lit a fire under the Panthers, who would then march down the field to a touchdown. I’m proud of the Panthers, and how well they played. I think they gave a lot of people a bit of a wake up call. And I enjoyed having a team in the big game that I actually cared about.
In other Super Bowl news, most of the ads were dumb, the pre-game NASA tribute left something to be desired (but I thank them for trying), and the halftime show was 15 minutes of stupidity followed by 3 seconds of shock and amusement. All it took was Janet Jackson’s boob, and all the guys I was watching the game with simultaneously jumped to their feet howling. Very funny. Oh, and the streaker, that CBS tried to cover with a stats graphic! Also funny.
It was a fairly uneventful weekend besides last night. I did some shopping, and finally bought a new pair of jeans that somewhat fit. I’ve lost I guess about 20 pounds in the last two years, and now even though I’m not losing pounds, I must still be losing fat (and gaining muscle from all the climbing) because my pants are all too big now. The problem with losing weight–not that I’m complaining!!–is that you have to go out and buy new clothes. I haven’t weighed what I do now since early high school, probably, and I don’t really have the cash to buy a whole new wardrobe at the moment, so I’ve been replacing things gradually. On Friday, I finally decided that it was dumb to keep wearing a pair of jeans that absolutely had to have a belt or else they’d fall completely off. So Nick and I went to the mall and I bought new jeans. My body is so absurdly sized. The new jeans fit in the legs, but are still too big in the waist. My waist is an entire size smaller than my legs. Ugh. I hate trying to find clothes that fit.
And most of my long sleeve t-shirts are now too big, and make me look like I’m wearing a bag. It makes me embarassed that I didn’t start all this running and active stuff earlier.
But in other clothing news, I bought a new pair of running shoes. Hooray! I love everything about new running shoes. They have that new shoe smell, and they feel so springy and cushiony. They make me feel extra fast the first few times I use them. Zoom zoom.
I think my car needs two new tires. I’ve just realized this during the past week, when the roads have been wet from drizzle and it seems my front tires haven’t been gripping the road as well. I finally looked at the tread on one of them yesterday, and it’s pretty shallow. Sigh. I hadn’t anticipated buying new tires. Though my dad would be excited. He always likes buying new tires.
I bought a new cell phone off Ebay, and it should arrive today. I hope. I am anxious for its arrival, and annoyed that it has taken more than a week to get here. We really should invent some sort of transporter technology so I can get my stuff faster!
