I Expect My Thank You Note Any Day Now

For those of you who may not have watched the Superbowl last night or seen any news this morning, the Packers won. I will take some credit for this, as I made the supreme sacrifice of staying up past ten o'clock to cheer them on. I KNOW. Last year the Saints won because I sat my very pregnant self in a chair to watch the whole game, this year the Packers won because I stayed up way past my bedtime.

I think the NFL teams should all bid on me to be their good luck charm, don't you?

ANYWAY.

Because I am not a true, pure football fan, I can now move on to the other important parts of the Superbowl: the halftime show and the commercials.

I was somewhat underwhelmed by the halftime show. I mean, I like the Black Eyed Peas, but the whole space agey theme with the dancers plastered in glow sticks and all just didn't do it for me. Then, partway through their set, I heard that guitar riff. And I said (out loud, yes),"What? They're sampling Guns 'n' Roses now? Oh no."

BUT THEN. There was Slash. Slash! The real Slash! Minus the ever-present cigarette I recall from Guns 'n' Roses' heyday, but still. There he was, actually playing that guitar riff. Awesome.

Fergie did a good job with the song, I thought, though she maybe went a little overboard with the gyrating around Slash. I think she was trying to channel Axl Rose, but it didn't work so well. Slash didn't seem to pay any attention to it, however, true to character. Slash totally redeemed the whole halftime show in my opinion.

As for the commercials, I thought they were mostly really, really lame. Also, a little much with the car commercials. Honestly, how many more cars can the consumer market absorb? My favorite commercial, I think, was the one for Teleflora with Faith Hill. You know, the one where she encourages the guy to write a note to the object of his affection, to just write what his heart tells him to write, and he writes something like, "Dear Kate, Your rack is really awesome." And then he says, "My heart told me to."

Loved it.

And thus ends my recap of the Superbowl and its attendant entertainments.