2011-The Good, the Bad, the Winehouse
The world will end in December 2012, according to John
Cusack and those zany Mayans. With the Earth’s demise approaching, this could
be my last time I can do a year in review on this blog. Let’s get to it.
The Good- I know a lot of people find baseball boring
as shit, but this year was pretty exciting. The last day of the regular season
saw two teams, who were left for dead in early September, clinch playoff spots.
One of those teams, the St. Louis Cardinals, won the World Series, despite
being down to their final strike twice in Game 6. While many predicted a boring
World Series, it was anything but.
The Bad- I covered the NFL lockout extensively on
this blog, but they got their shit together and didn’t miss any regular season
games. We are approaching the final week of the season and no one can complain
about the quality of play (unless you cheer for the Redskins.) However, the NBA
was in the same boat and handled it ten times worse. The players and owners
both knew there was going to be a lockout, but decided they wanted to get in a
pissing contest over several months. By the end of it, both sides agreed to a
deal that neither is really happy with. An 82-game season turned into a 66-game
season in order to start on Christmas and not push the playoffs into July, with
a shortened training camp and off days sacrificed. Already, we are seeing teams
with new players struggling as they have no chemistry and it should get
interesting when older/injury-prone players attempt to play their third game in
as many nights.
The Winehouse- Can old white guys stop diddling kids?
Seriously. Jerry Sandusky, Bernie Fine, Bill Conlin, insert the name of the
next geriatric fuckhead to be named later. This is a disturbing trend and needs
to be stopped immediately. If these guys are frisky, get with someone your own
age consensually. Feel free to eat canned tuna off the bottom shelf. That’s
what my friends do and they seem happy.
The Good- In the world of television, “Boardwalk
Empire” might have taken a step back from a great first season, but still
delivered a solid encore. “Parks and Recreation” has received critical acclaim
by relevant publications (Entertainment Weekly, Time) and irrelevant sacks of
shit (Hennessy) over the past year. “24/7 Road to the Winter Classic” has
continued its awesome in-depth coverage of two NHL teams preparing for their
New Year’s Day game outdoors and “30 Rock” was finally syndicated, allowing us
to see the earlier episodes most people missed before the show became known.
The Bad- “Friday Night Lights”. By no means am I
going to trash this show as I thought it was great from beginning to end.
However, it’s crazy in this day and age for a show to leave on a successful
run. It appeared to have a great formula as it replaced cast members regularly
to keep the show fresh. Yet, great shows end prematurely while the networks
shove other garbage down our throats. I feel like Red in “Shawshank Redemption”
once Andy escapes. I’m happy for the show to go out on its own terms but I’m
just sad I lost my friend. “The Office” has declined tremendously. It lost its
main star, but it still had time to replace him. Instead, they half-assed it
with the completely bizarre Robert California character, who has his moments
but gets dull quickly. Last, shame on you FOX for pulling the plug on “Chicago
Code”. It had potential, but you bailed on it immediately. You should have
given it a full season before cancelling it.
The Winehouse- Reality shows. The Kardashians and the
“Jersey Shore” crew keep getting more famous despite their antics dumbing down
America. As someone who ashamedly watches “Jersey Shore”, the thought of Snooki
being a multi-millionaire while I struggle to find a decent job often provides
the fuel I need to cry myself to sleep.
The Good- All throughout Christmas, there were
stories of real life Santas saving Christmas for several families. All
throughout the U.S., anonymous donors were donating money to pay off layaway
bills. For those of you unfamiliar, buying on layaway means retail stores will
reserve your item until you pay the item off. There are usually terms for how
much time you have for this and if you can pay off the item in the appropriate
time, the item goes back on the sale shelf while the partial payment is
returned. During this tough economy, many were buying their presents on
layaway, hoping to pay it off by Christmas. While they were struggling to pay
off their bills, many received surprising phone calls from the stores on how
their bill was settled.
2011 has come and gone. Hopefully, I’ll be around this blog
at this time next year, reviewing 2012 and calling the Mayans a bunch of lying
cunts
-Written by Marcus Boyd
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