Dalmatians

Did the Budweiser ad with the cute little white dog and the Clydesdales screw up for anyone else? It kept catching during the second half of the ad so we didn't see the whole thing. Did that happen to anyone else or was our cable just screwing up? I'm sad, because I love ads with Clydesdales and this one looked like it was actually good. No other ads of note since my last post. I wanted to see what would happen to the cute little dog. :(

Side Note

I think the fact that I am writing short messages every commercial break during the Superbowl is really driving up my February total. But I don't feel like writing one big long message. And I just feel compelled to write short messages about nothing. :)

Off the top of my head, the only ads that really have made an impression on me are the FedEx moon office, the Sierra Mist combover. Maybe Snickers. I think that's it so far.

Bud Light

Cute Chevy ad.

Bud Light English teaching ad was so politically incorrect, but kind of amusing.

Oprah-Letterman? Really? I thought there was that whole thing where he was trying to get on the show and she wasn't responding? Are they friends now?

I Think We Just Kissed

Do something manly! Aaaaaaaaaah! Hahaha. That Snickers commercial was funny.

I like how the Survivor ads are reliving highlights from past seasons.

I can't believe it is POURING in Miami.

Moon Office

Love the FedEx ad about the office on the moon. Love it.

The auctioneer wedding was amusing and Toyota Tundra left me wondering "why on earth would you do that?"

Turnover, turnover... this rain is really turning things upside down today!

Combovers

That Sierra Mist Free beard combover commercial was hilarious. Better than the karate one. So far that Sierra Mist one is my favorite.

Commercials

I'm dumb. The commercials came on and I forgot these were the special Superbowl commercials and I started surfing the web instead. So we had to rewind so I could watch the Budweiser commercial. I'm so dumb. But so far so good for the Bears so Alvin is happy! Look at that rain...

The Budweiser commercial wasn't bad, the Blockbuster one was ok but I felt bad for the mouse, and I wasn't so into the Doritos commercial. *shrug*

Groundhogs and Winter

1.  I can't believe it's February.  Happy Groundhog Day!

 

2.  Supposedly neither Staten Island Chuck nor the nation's favorite groundhog Phil saw their respective shadows today.  Then why is it going to be high 20s/low teens next week?  That is too cold!

 

3.  Yes, I know the Midwest was like high 10 degrees today.  I have gotten weak since I left.  There was one winter break when I came back to NY and bundled up to go out one winter day and was wondering why it was so mild.  Of course, everyone else was bundled up and cold.  Now I'm one of those people...

 

4.  It's hard coming back to work after being gone for so long.  I end up taking too many breaks.

 

5.  I miss Singapore.  It may have been rainy every day, but it was so warm.  And the food was excellent.  I could go for more chili crab...

Photos

I love looking at food photos (and there are oh so many on Flickr... yay!).

 

I also love looking at photos people not from NYC take of NYC.  It's always interesting to see what types of things catch someone's eye.  Things you see everyday.

Top Chef 2.13

Sam should have won.

 

Yes, I know he wasn't in the final 2.  I didn't watch much of Top Chef last season, but I've been reading that maybe the reason he wasn't in the final 2 was because he was too similar to last year's winner.  I hope that isn't the reason why, because that's not a good reason!

 

What did the finale of Top Chef teach me?

 

- Ilan was still extremely bitter about Marcel - even after he won.

 

- Food & Wine spoiled the whole thing (fine for me since I read spoilers for reality shows), and then tried to pretend they didn't by twisting the Marcel feature into a bogus "he might also be the winner!" article.

 

- Marcel gave the classic "I didn't come here to make friends" line almost all the non-winners of reality shows give.

 

- Elia claimed Ilan's food tasted better than Marcel's even though she didn't even know what Marcel made.  I used to like her more before she shaved her head.  Unrelated events, I should think, but her attitude shifted 180 degrees once the show started airing.  It's like she jumped on the "Marcel sucks" bandwagon.

 

- Betty shrieks.  Still.

 

- The final 2 should have been Sam and Marcel, or Sam and Ilan, or, if Cliff hadn't gone so over the top, Sam and Cliff.  That was my final 2 pick from the beginning.  Basically, I think Sam should have won.  He saved that hearts of palm dish and I was almost drooling over it and I am not a huge heart of palm fan!

 

- Course by course I think it should have gone: Marcel, Ilan (the fish looked amazing (of course Elia made it...) v. Marcel made a salad?!), Marcel (the vegetarian dish that looked amazing), no opinion on the beef because I don't really eat it to be able to tell the difference, Ilan (but only because I prefer fruit-based desserts and sorbet).

 

- They basically acknowledge that Marcel is a better chef and will be far superior in the future, but claim that Ilan is a better chef "now."  Maybe this is because he has made all these dishes before...

 

- I wasn't a big fan of Marcel during the show but I actually wanted him to win because I think what he was doing was more creative, better designed and I wanted to try the food more.  With or without the kampachi.

 

- I want to go to Hawaii because the food looks amazing.  All that amazing film of fish and brightly colored fruits and vegetables... I love food photography, and the food there looks so good.  And the weather is great.  And I really want to go to Hawaii right now.  It's really cold here.

 

So that's what the Top Chef finale really did for me.  Made me wish that Sam had been in the final 2 and won, and made me long to go to Hawaii.  Excellent.