Super Bowl XL
I did something new yesterday: I went to a bar and watched a football game. Before yesterday, I had never watched a football game, let alone one at a bar. I was afraid I'd have no idea how to "watch" a football game, and somehow, I'd mess up, and everyone would spot me, the impostor! Fortunately, that's not how the evening proceeded.
Katy and I went to the Harris Grill about an hour before the Super Bowl XL (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks) kickoff, where we paid $10 cover for a really awesome buffet (thanks, Rodney) and took over the last two available seats at the bar. Being in the company of a bunch of Steelers fans during the game turned out to be a lot of fun, and as a result, I'm now slightly hoarse from yelling.
The Steelers won their fifth Super Bowl (one for the thumb), 21 to 10, and it was a glorious victory. The city of Pittsburgh went wild, and we even had to dodge fireworks on our walk home.
Also, Taylor sent me a text message during the game that, in so many words, said she has a crush on Steelers safety #43 Troy Polamalu.
Comments
I was wondering how crazy it go up there! I watched too and I'm glad the Steelers won. :-) Isn't watching football fun?
Posted by: hmh | February 6, 2006 02:54 PM
Oh my God. Colin, I think that's the most surprising thing that I've ever heard you say or write. You've never watched a football game?? Can I surmise that that means you don't typically like football? If so, why not? You'll have to pardon my intrigue, it's just so rare to find a straight guy that doesn't watch football. I have watched football a few times in my life, but mostly as a study in cultural anthropology. So I've very curious, why doesn't football appeal to you? Does baseball or any of the other "ball" sports appeal to you? Please please, extrapolate! I find this most fascinating!
Posted by: arc | February 6, 2006 09:37 PM
Go Steelers! Great fun watching the game, too bad so many touchy calls went against the Seahawks though. I was rooting for Pittsburgh but it takes something away from their well-deserved win to hear Seattle fans screaming that they were handed a victory by the refs. But then again maybe my proximity to Seattle is skewing the level of fan-bitchiness a bit.
Also, you can tell Taylor that Troy Palomalu is from - you guessed it - Oregon! Go Beaver State!
Posted by: Kari | February 7, 2006 04:46 PM
...his hair is just so awesome =) =) =)
Posted by: tay | February 11, 2006 12:15 PM