I Blame Gisele Bundchen
You'd think that entire debacle of a Super Bowl would have been tough for me. Well, I didn't love it. However, the combination of (1) my newly hatched daughter sleeping in my arms plus (2) that Doritos commercial with the giant mouse pummeling the dude kept me relatively cheery.
Explain this to me: Tom Brady goes the whole season keeping his girlfriend away on gameday...and then lifts the ban for the Super Bowl? Did we as a people learn nothing from the teachings of Tony Romo?
So because I'm a shameless TV whore, I agreed to go on Fox this morning. Due to lack of sleep, sanity, etc., I'm pretty foggy on what went down during my segment. However, I am fairly certain I said "nipple clamps" approx. 87 times. (By the way, I was also ridiculed mightily for being a Pats fan. So trust me, I'm paying for my big mouth.)
And finally, a coworker said I should pony up a New York Giants playlist if they won the whole dang thing. Fair enough. I know when I've been beat.
"Gigantic" -- the Pixies
"On the Road Again" -- Willie Nelson
"You Upset Me Baby" -- B.B. King
"Shattered" -- the Rolling Stones
"New York State of Mind" -- Billy Joel
"Grace Under Pressure" -- Elbow
"Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" -- Patty Loveless
"Champion" -- Kanye West
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
How about "You Wreck Me" from the halftime show's own Tom Petty?
Posted by: Vanessa | February 04, 2008 at 11:03 AM
You gotta jetison Randy Moss, SD. As long as he is a member of the Pats they won't win the Super Bowl.
Posted by: sparky | February 04, 2008 at 11:05 AM
"First (and in the Patriots case, only) Cut Is The Deepest"
Posted by: Clark | February 04, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Dang, I missed a sleep deprived Sean Daly on TV? Curses!
Man, do I remember those first few months of NO sleep- I was actually hallucinating from lack of sleep at one point. Now I just WISH I could hallucinate as I face an occasionally surly pre-teen. Ah, parenthood!
Posted by: Sherrie | February 04, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Nobody's Perfect - Mike + The Mechanics
Baby What a Big Surprise - Chicago
Gimme The Prize - Queen
The Right Stuff - Bryan Ferry
Ain't That Pretty At All - Warren Zevon
Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan
New York Minute - Don Henley
After The Fall - Journey
The Executioner's Song - Tonio K
Posted by: Bassnote | February 04, 2008 at 11:58 AM
I can't believe that guy-in-a-mouse-suit Doritos ad didn't win last year's make-your-own-ad contest. And I really can't believe they sat on it for a whole year before airing it. Equally stunning is Sean's decision to go on TV with a 5-day-old at home. Better you than me, my friend.
During those first few weeks I always felt (and probably looked and smelled) like a squeegee guy working the intersection of Crazy Street and Exhaustion Avenue.
I believe it was Ray Romano who compared living with a newborn to living in a frat house: Everything's broken, no one ever sleeps, and there's puke everywhere.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 04, 2008 at 12:32 PM
That's snort-out-loud funny, Jeff (and Ray). That's exactly what it's like. As for the Squeegee Look, alas, my Baby Beard looks a lot like my Regular Beard: sad, patchy, the proverbial 12-year-old trying to grow a 'stache.
Maya sleeps during the day -- up all night. She's not really a bawler, but she knows when she's being held and when she's being thrust into the bouncy seat. As long as you're holding her, she's mellow. Thus, I might try to squeeze in a 3 a.m. viewing of the new Harry Potter tonight.
Posted by: Sean Daly | February 04, 2008 at 12:51 PM
I was in Greece when my wife went into labor with our oldest, and it took me 27 hours to get back to the states. I burst into the delivery room at 3:00 in the morning; unshowered, unshaven, and wild-eyed. I'm sure the nurse's finger was already on the hidden "security" button under her desk when I identified myself as the missing Dad.
Sadly, I had missed the birth by 90 minutes. But at least I got a head-start on my "newborn Dad" look!
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 04, 2008 at 12:59 PM
My son is 13. I swear I haven't slept since his birth at 7:10 pm, Friday, August 5, 1994. My "mommy radar" never shuts off.
Posted by: Marissa | February 04, 2008 at 05:08 PM
For an incredibly sleepy dad, I'd say you did quite well on the tube this morning, Sean.
You say, "Marissa is in Illinois. How would she know?"
The miracle of online video, my deary.
Hey everybody! I present to you, Sean Daly:
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=B8E1066C44C4A8C44C1672D127CC518B?contentId=5671499&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
Posted by: Marissa | February 04, 2008 at 05:28 PM
Has that blue shirt been christened "The TV Shirt"?? You realize there are thousands upon thousands of people in the Tampa area that think it's the only shirt you own. Just sayin'.
Posted by: NickWithAnAxe | February 05, 2008 at 08:40 AM