State of the P.U.nion

Have you guys seen those commercials-I think they're for Budweiser-where this normal average Joe guy does "extreme" challenges? He's always in a helmet, and he starts off by saying, "Today I will be attempting to stay at work 2 full minutes past 5pm on a Friday." Or "Today I will attempt to actually listen to my girlfriend talk for 5 whole minutes." Then they show him doing it, and he's like groaning and grunting and sweating and struggling to do it. When the challenge is over he falls to the ground, and all his friends run up and one has a towel, one has a beer, one is checking his vitals, one is saying, "Give him some room, people!" They are absolutely hilarious commercials.

That is me during the State of the Union. I started out like, "Today I will attempt to watch at least 5 minutes of the State of the Union." Thirty seconds later I was sweating and grunting and freaking out. The only difference is that when I completed the challenge no one was there to give me a towel or a beer. But I was wearing a helmet.

Thank God for the WB who knows that nobody is going to tune to their channel to watch it anyway when they can watch it on NBC, ABC or CBS so instead of airing it they just air their regular programming. It's like they said, "Listen we know there are a bunch of irresponsible TV-obsessed lazy pieces out there just looking for something else to watch. Let's put Jensen Ackles in a dirty sex scene on "Supernatural" and really stick it to the State of the Union." Your plan worked perfectly, WB. I love you. And I love Jensen Ackles.