Are you ready for some (American) Football?!

During the godawful hours of the morning? I think not. However, at 3:25 am I found myself awake and unable to sleep so I pulled on a sweater and creeped into the common room to watch the final 10 minutes of the game. Although I have a certain amount of despise for both teams, Steelers because they stole Super Bowl XL from the Seahawks and the Packers well just because, I was happy to see Ben "Worthlessberger" leave the field empty handed... though I must say those Pittsburgh boys did give the Packs a run for their money near the end.

It was a pity though that the Swedish channel I was watching the game on did not show the commercials, so I will have to rely on youtube to catch me up on what I missed. Because as everyone knows the commercials are the best thing about the Super Bowl. When I told a roommate of mine about this phenomena she replied with an apt "Sam, you come from a strange culture" and I have found that is true in many ways.

But I think one of the most interesting things about watching those last minutes of the game was the fact there were a handful of Danes up too watching the game. One of my favorite things about my place is that from the comfort of our couch I can see into about 75% of the other kitchens and common rooms in Tietgen, it provides some very entertaining "people watching" opportunities. So I was pleasantly surprised to see that at least five other kitchens had the game on. And further more one of the cinemas in the city was showing the game as a double feature along The Fighter (good film by the way everyone should see!).

It is a weird feeling being an American, having your culture present all over the world - whether you like it or not.