Archive for February, 2007
Seeing as how I was one of the last six people on God’s green Earth to have not seen an episode of American Idol, I decided to finally succomb to the peer pressure last night. They were showing the auditons that took place in San Antonio. Seeing as how I’ve lived here most my life, I figured now would be as good as any to check out the show. I used to play softball with a girl that had a voice (she would sing at weddings from time to time), so I thought there was a chance that she might make an appearance.
I felt for some of the contestants. To see some of them audition was like watching a train wreck. You knew things were going to get ugly, but you couldn’t look away. I don’t know why I’m telling you all this since I have no doubt all of you have already experienced this while watching the show, but remember, it’s my first time. Be gentle.
So there were a couple of people that auditioned that made San Antonio look, dare I say, ghetto? One lady was upset that Simon Cowell didn’t like her daughter’s singing. She made a comment among the lines of “This is AMERICAN Idol! He isn’t even American! How can he be a judge? He should go back to France!” Nice work, lady. Simon Cowell is English, not French. Way to make the Alamo City look sharp! Another guy, who resembled my little sister’s mini-aussie (Cinch is hideous, Olga) came out of the audtion cursing the judges because they rejected him. Dude was horrible. Grow up and take it like a man. You weren’t good enough and then you left your dignity on the floor when you threw insults. Way to go, loser.
I don’t know if I’ll watch the show again, but I’ll be keeping tabs to see how long the SA participants will last. I hope the girl that makes the weird faces when she sings fixes that problem. She’s got a good voice, in my professional opinion. But the faces she makes scare the hell out of me!
-Dave Q.
The Snickers commercial that came on during the Super Bowl showing two mechanics kissing by accident has been pulled. Apparently at the Snickers web site, there was video of players from the Colts and Bears reacting to the commercial. Let’s just say they weren’t embracing the “guy love”. GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, complained to the Snickers people that the ad was prejudice and the video of the players reaction would help fuel anti-gay views.
All I have to say is that I am happy that the commercial won’t be shown anymore. You can even say I’m “GLAAD”! Ha! Get it? Anyway, whatever it took to bring down that ad is fine with me. I just didn’t see the humor in it. It grossed me out. Does that make me anti-gay? Hell no. And here’s why: Do the same commercial with two girls, preferably young attractive ones, and I will watch it all the time! I’ll even Tivo it. I might even try a Snickers!
-Dave Q.
A NASA astronaut drives from Houston to Orlando with a car full of weapons to confront her rival in the romantic pursuit for another astronaut. And she wears adult diapers the entire 900 miles so she doesn’t have to stop. Wow. You can’t make this stuff up!
Now she is facing all kinds of charges. Attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence, etc. She also had a trench coat and wig. Weird.
I think the moral of this story is pretty clear: Don’t ever date anyone you work with. You never know who is nuts.
-Dave Q.
Well, where do I start? Sloppy plays. Crappy commercials. The Peyton Manning media lovefest. Prince. The weird pre-game show. What I’m trying to say is, Super Bowl Sunday sucked.
The game itself wasn’t too bad. It was close until the 4th quarter, when Rex Grossman forgot what color uniform his teammates were wearing and started throwing picks left and right. And it was nice that such a decent and classy man like Tony Dungy took home the trophy. As sloppy as it was with all the turnovers (I counted at least 7), it did keep it interesting.
But here is what turned me off. Why does the media keep shoving the Manning family down our throats? I get it. His dad was an NFL QB. So is his brother. I don’t care. Peyton Manning seems to be a decent guy. I have nothing against him (like I do for his “draft dodging” brother). But I find it hard to root for him at times because I feel it’s what the media wants me to do. If I pull for Peyton Manning, it’s because of his game, not because of whose offspring he is.
Why was Prince performing at halftime? I thought this was football? Men make up most of the audience for the game. Men do not want to see Prince. At least not men that like to watch football. And you can tie the pre-game show in with this. What the hell was that? Please. Somebody explain that one to me. Bizarre. If anything this teaches us not to tune into the Super Bowl fesitivities too early.
Then there were the commercials. Worst I can recall in recent memory. Salesgenie.com? They paid millions to put that garbage up there during the Super Bowl? And Snickers? Snickers?!?! Good Lord. That commercial was disgusting. It’s a good thing I don’t like Snickers, because if I did, I would never buy another one of those “dude love” candy bars again! For those that missed it, you can see the horror below.
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Again, the target audience is men, isn’t it? Why not do the same commercial with two hot girls? That would be have been nice. Maybe I would buy a Snickers.
Overall, Super Bowl Sunday gets a “C+”. It would have gotten a straight up “D” if Tony Dungy hadn’t been coaching the Colts. Congrats on the victory Coach Dungy. Couldn’t have happened to a classier guy.
-Dave Q.
Super Bowl Sunday is almost here! And like most red-blooded Americans, I am looking forward to it. But this year it’s a little different for me. You see, I usually have a clear cut favorite who I pull for. It might be a team that I’m a true fan of or a team that I hope wins because I like their opponent less. But I really am neutral for Sunday’s big game. I don’t like the Bears or the Colts. But I have nothing against them either. Both teams have classy coaches. Peyton Manning has some funny ads on TV, so I don’t want to see him fail, but Brian Urlacher plays the game the way it should be played, so I don’t want to see him falter either. What a dillema…
With this in mind, I am looking forward to two things: 1.)a close game that is decided in the last minute, and… 2.) the commercials! I can’t remember the last time I was more interested in the commercials than the actual game on Super Bowl Sunday.
So in the spirit of great commercials, here is a video of one of my all time favorites. And may the best team win Sunday. Go Bearcolts! But please, no blow outs.
-Dave Q.
Ok. I figured out what was wrong with my domain forwarding. So from here on out this will be the home for the blog. Also I will be working to add a link for an RSS feed, if any of you are into that stuff.
-Dave Q.
Greetings! I’ve put this site together to keep those that I’m not in touch with on a regular basis updated on the happenings in my life. And to share anything adventurous that may occur. And to vent about people and the stupid things they do. And to tell you about the stupid things I do. Maybe in the end we can all share a laugh.
I am doing this blog on two different sites. Reason for this is I’m trying to decide which format I like better and which will be easier to manipulate. I like the look of the blog located on www.davidquesada.wordpress.com, but I like the web URL of the one at www.davidquesada.net, for obvious reasons. The second one is more limited on what I can do to the appearance. If I can find a work around, then that would be perfect. But for now it looks like my hands are tied. But check both of them out. Let me know which you prefer. The hope is to focus my efforts on one site. Less of a headache too!
So stay tuned. Hopefully this will be interesting enough for you to check back from time to time. I’m sure I’m going to get some flack from some of you for my opinions. Feel free to spit some fire at me.
-Dave Q.
