Day 108: Football Head

Today was football day. I mentioned previously about my wife being a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan and me being a huge not-really-watching-much-football fan so we compromise by watching the games when we can and both rooting for the Steelers; her because she loves them and me because I don't want her to be in a bad mood all day. She says that's not really rooting for them with my whole heart and soul, but I say it is rooting with my whole heart and soul because if she thinks I don't care if she's in a bad mood after a loss she is sorely mistaken. Anyway, today the Steelers played the Arizona Cardinals which is always a big deal for us since we both lived in Phoenix and have several friends here that are Cardinals fans.

We met up with my brother, his girlfriend and our friend, Shaun, at a wing place called Pluckers near our house to watch the game. It was sort of one sided with the Steelers running all over the Cardinals which is fine by me. We had a good time hanging out and I drew this while we were sitting at the table. After I finished drawing it I was trying to decide which turtle to color it as and my wife offered an opinion.

Em: Umm... you could color his mask yellow like the Steelers' color.

Me: Nope, that's not a real turtle color.

Em: But it could be for this drawing because they're a fan of the Steelers.

Me: Sorry, can't do it. The best I can offer is to make it Michelangelo. That's as close to yellow as I can get.

Em: But it's not the same. Maybe you could make it say "Terrible Towel" or something.

Me: Not gonna happen.

Day 66: The Turtles Play a Little Football

Today was the first Sunday of the 2011-2012 NFL season. I can't say that I'm excited about it. I like football alright, but I've never been crazy about it and I've never had a favorite team. My wife, on the other hand, loves football and she's a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. This sometimes causes problems among our other friends. I'd love for everyone's teams to win every week, but since that obviously can't happen I would just be happy if the Steelers went undefeated to win the Super Bowl every season.

Day 10: The Turtles Play Soccer

Today is the Women's World Cup Final. We've just finished watching Japan beat America in penalty kicks and we were all fairly disappointed. Oh well, such is life I suppose. Even more important than the World Cup Final is my drawing for today inspired by the game.

I like soccer. I don't watch a lot of sports, but I do enjoy watching international soccer games. There's something slightly more stirring about watching your nation defending itself on the pitch against another country than watching one city play another city. If watching soccer has taught me one thing it's that soccer players are great actors. Most players could probably hold their own on any soap opera or WB show (where over-acting is imperative), so I've tried to capture that in today's picture. Raph is clearly playing up his injury because Donatello would never foul his brother as indicated by his arms lifted in the international symbol of "I didn't do anything!"

Even though we didn't win I'd still like to say our team played well, and thanks to the refs for calling the game fairly and keeping play going.