Peculiar Distractions - A Guy Thing

first things first, "peculiar distractions" = '80s new wave band.

so i went to the movies last night with my wife ("definitely, maybe" with ryan reynolds, abigail breslin, and an array of VERY hot actresses playing his girlfriends). i made peace with the fact that it was probably going to suck because i hadn't heard of the movie until my wife mentioned it yesterday afternoon. it's not like i'm in a bubble or something. i'm not sure what their marketing budget was, but it wasn't high enough. for the record, it didn't suck. not great, but not a waste of two hours either and it had a few funny moments.

anyway, about halfway through the movie, there was a bar scene that took place in the mid-90s and on the tv behind the characters was an old basketball game. talk about "a guy thing" - it's all i could pay attention to. my eyes immediately went to the out-of-focus game and i thought, "i wonder what game that is." very quickly i realized there was lots of orange on the screen. being a die-hard SYRACUSE fan, i thought, "huh, that'd be neat if it was an old syracuse game." the most frustrating part... i'm pretty positive it WAS an old syracuse game... but the camera panned down leaving only a sliver of the tv screen. i spent the rest of the scene not paying attention AT ALL to the movie, quietly gritting my teeth and thinking "pan up. pan up. pan up. PAN THE HELL UP SO I CAN SEE THE GAME ON THE TV!!!"

naturally, they never panned up. but in those few seconds of viewing... i'm pretty sure it was a mid-90s syracuse-villanova game at the carrier dome. which means i would've been AT the game. which makes me REALLY wish they panned up. i can only assume that syracuse won and the camera operator was a 'nova fan.

okay, off to watch syracuse rescue its NCAA bid by destroying georgetown! GO 'CUSE!!!