Sunday Soda

So it's Sunday (Saturday in the Western World), and there is no football on TV. But after two more weekends, there will be no more Football on any Sundays for a few months. Which really makes me sad. We are scarily close to the Sports abyss called "Spring". Which I think is a good thing, giving us some time to "re-shell" after an NFL season. I know I know, March Madness NBA playoffs are coming. But not the everyday stuff. Anyways, the free time is a good thing, and since my PS2 is broken, I have been spending my free time reading, going to museums or watching Sopranos. Over the course of the last 3 weeks, I have finished the first three seasons and am half way through the 4th. I'm not sure that it is really healthy to watch that much in a short period of time. I find myself, wishing I was I-talian so I would at least have a chance to be a Made-guy, wanting to wear jogging suits as casual wear and thinking that gold watches, pinky rings and thick chains are kinda cool if you think about it.
I was having a dialogue with myself this morning. Actually I was acting out the dialogue of a screenplay I want to write, but that isn't important. Somehow All-sport comes into the conversation. I start to think about how bad of an idea THAT was. Who in their right mind would think to carbonate a sports drink? To borrow from Napoleon (Dynamite, not Bonaparte)"Friggin idiots". Is it sad that if I say Napoleon, we actually have to reference which one? That's the true sign of a great movie. Think of Rocky. No need to explain which Rocky we are talking about, right? But before there was Rocky Balboa, there was the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Before that, Rocky Marchiano. Which reminds me that Philadelphia really is a sad city. It should have been our Nation's capital, but now all it has is Ben Franklin's printing press, Paul Revere's house, a cracked bell and a statue of a Movie Character in front of its library. That has to be the low point of a city. It has already peaked and now it can only be great in a sports sense, so it resorts to putting up statues of men who never existed.
All-sport...Ok, so I was thinking of the 10 worst drink inventions/ideas of our time. All-sport has to be up there, I would say #2 all time. The first one that comes to mind is Crystal Pepsi, obviously. Then New Coke. Remember in the 80's when you had to specify if you wanted Cocoa Cola Classic or New Coke? What a joke. Here there is a new Sprite flavor, i am not sure what the English name is, but I think it is called "Fire". The drink actually makes you more thirsty. Brilliant! So let me get this straight; I'm thirsty, and you want me to drink this "Fire" to make me even more thirsty. Where do I sign? But that is all I could come up with. Jolt? that was a good idea, just wrong timing. I think Diet Caffeine Free anything Soda is stupid. Why even drink soda? go drink water. So if you can think of any other bad drinks, please let me know. I would like to get 10, so I can move on with my life.
Speaking of soda. I have been an avid Diet Coke drinker for the last 10 years. I just recently realized that I like Pepsi better. It was a kick in the nuts. I felt like I had been living a lie. I own Cocoa Cola stocks. I used to go to the CJ's at USC just to get a DC. Now, I'm a Pepsi person and I hate it. It's like I woke up one day and realized I don't like Beer, just Wine Coolers from now on. It's friggin killing me. When I go to the store, I’m more embarrassed to buy a pepsi then I am to buy domes. I hate myself right now. Maybe I'll just be like my friend Chi and drink Dr. Pepper. But then one day I might realize that Dr. Thunder or Mr. Pibb is better. the where would I be. Ok, this has been way too long and I have said absolutely nothing. My next entry will be much more philosophical. It will either be my theory about how men need three women at once to be truly happy or some eastern thoughts on the joyous involvement in our painful lives.