oh

my

gawd.

the hysterical laughter you hear would be me. oh yes, that's me! i'm hoarse from screaming, Sparky's hiding in the closet, and Gem just endured an hour (or better) of a blow-by-blow, play-by-play description of the game she just watched.

can you say ELI MANNING?

can you say PLAXICO BURRESS?

how about ARMANI TOOOOOOOOOOOOOMER?????

DAVID TYREEEEEEEEE!

tiki who??

WHAT'S MY MUTHAF*CKIN' NAME, Y'ALL????

****

this was the Best Superbowl EVAH. i was glued. i'm sitting here after a full shift today, catching all the pre-game shows i could, hearing over and over about Tom Brady and The Perfect Season and History In The Making and the Giants might Have A Shot but it's Not Likely.

i heard the betting gave the Patriots 14 points. I DON'T THINK SO!! somebody lost their shit, fo' real.

working on copy, until the game starts. working on copy, trying not to stress when the Patriots score a touchdown, peeking out of the corner of my eye, working on copy, trying to assimilate research, forgetting what i'm reading and screaming when BRADY GOES DOWN FOR THE THIRD TIME and working on copy and muting the TV and pacing and LOSING THE DOCUMENT AND ALL MY WORK because the Patriots are driving and the Giants defense looks tired but Michael Strahan PUTS BRADY DOWN FOR THE FIFTH TIME and by now i'm all but rolling on the floor and frothing at the mouth.

yeah, i might be a Giants fan.

****

FIFTH SEED. FIFTH SEED! the Giants are one of only TWO wild card teams to win the Superbowl.

i love it. i absolutely fucking love it. and you know why? because they never gave up. they never did. they heard everything people said about them and the Patriots and just went out and did their job. they were a Force Of Nature and could not be stopped. they worked as a Team, and it was beautiful.

i am so happy right now. right now, nothing hurts, nothing tasks me, and I FEEL GREAT.

****

i won ten bucks and a story.

and i feel like i won so much more.

silly, i know. it's only football, i know. i don't even live in new york, i know that too. but tonight was the culmination of an over twenty-year-old affair, and it was worth every minute of the wait.

lordy, lordy, there ain't no lovin' like Giant's lovin'.

****

i'm just gobsmacked. if things come in threes, i can't wait to see what's next.

and strangely enough, i'm not even nervous about that.

:)


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