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kevin_standlee ([personal profile] kevin_standlee) wrote2012-01-14 09:15 pm
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Couch Potato

What I wanted to do was sleep all day after this past stressful and tiring week, but I did have to get out to run some errands, like going to two different banks (ne for me, one for the SF & F Translation Awards), redeeming the recycling, and doing some grocery shopping. Then it was back to the apartment for today's main event: The 49ers-Saints NFL playoff game. I was a bit peeved that so many of the pundits were already saying that the Saints were a shoo-in. I figured it would be close, but I would have picked the 49ers by a single point. I wish I had placed a bet on them before I left Nevada last weekend, because the 49ers did indeed win, and by four points, not just one, but boy was that a tight game.

After the nail-biter by the Bay, the nightcap was a bit of a letdown, as Saint Tebow finally managed to not pull out a game under improbable circumstances. During the game, I packed up some boxes of things that I'm going to move to the Yuba City storage locker tomorrow when I go see my mother. Yes, I could take the boxes to Fernley on my next trip, and eventually I'm going to close the YC storage locker and get out of paying rent on it, but the more things I can get out of the apartment in Fremont, the better. Even after taking all of the things I've taken, it keeps seeming to me like there's still a vast amount of stuff to move.

[identity profile] gil-liant.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
After the nail-biter by the Bay, the nightcap was a bit of a letdown, as Saint Tebow finally managed to not pull out a game under improbable circumstances.

Not really fair to Mr. Tebow -- he's not a Saint, he's a Bronco.

And, by all accounts, although he is a bit brash in his conduct (and that is a common fault in young men), it should be said that he appears sincere and balanced in his personal conduct. I am most distressed and offended by those people who seize upon his likeness (without permission) and plaster it on their advertisements to convince us that if we join their church, we will become slimmer, more successful, and attractive to the opposite sex -- just like Tim Tebow.

I don't personally agree with all the political positions he has consciously endorsed -- but that's not all that uncommon either.

[identity profile] kevin-standlee.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't poking fun at his religious/personal beliefs, but at the way so many people were claiming he was perfection on the football field in pulling off miracles, which he clearly wasn't and isn't.

[identity profile] gil-liant.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. It is the 'so many people' who are worthy of criticism. But most people who speak up on the topic (on both sides) end up focusing the import of their remarks (or at least appearing to do so) on Tebow himself -- which seems unfortunate to me.