Trying to get hyped for the game

I can't quite do it this year.

The last few years, I think I've been lucky in who has gone to the Super Bowl. The last seven have been somewhat interesting for me and it was pretty easy to pick a team to root for in the game.

Not this year.

I don't really like the Bears - I've never liked any team from Chicago.

I don't like the Colts, mostly because of Peyton F***ing Manning going all the way back to goddamn Rocky Top (which I heard the other night in a Mexican restaurant - prompting me to throw up in my mouth.)

Anyway, I'm just not too excited about the game, because whoever wins, I won't like them.

So the following story makes sense, in a karmic sort of way:

Wednesday night, I was at home alone with the kids as there was a work conference that the spouse had to attend. It started well, as I took them both to the mall. I need to buy a couple of things, was able to do that, and shared a Smoothie with Alex.

All fun and good so far.

As we get ready to go home, things start to go wrong. Sleet begins to fall, Samantha starts crying. We get home, and everyone (including the dog) stops listening. I decide to pop in a DVD to make Alex happy while I can feed Sam.

BOOM!

Picture tube dies on the TV. Sound is still quite good, but the TV is D-E-A-D. And only a couple days before the Super Bowl.

So we may not even watch it. It almost sounds heretical. But I don't relish the thought of seeing a Miami or Tennessee QB win the big one, and ESPECIALLY if that someone happens to be Peyton F***ing Manning.

They finally beat the Patriots, so they got over their hump. I said I wouldn't pick them until they beat them, and they did. Besides, I'm still pissed at the Bears for beating the Saints.

Colts win, Peyton gets his goddamn ring, and I need to be rushed to the ICU because my eyes are bleeding if I have to watch it.

Blech.