Super Bowl I-65

Well what a weekend! Two awesome games -- honestly, Colts vs. Pats III was one of the best games I've seen in a LONG time. The time was spent with friends downtown Indy....starting at Hard Rock Cafe. The waitress we had, was.....well, less than impressive. So after some drinks & appetizers we headed to Jillian's. We were up on the arcade level where we found a booth & staked our spot in the crowd. Pretty good deal: was busy, but not CRAZY crowded. Basically watched the entire game there. Mel was wearing her Marvin Harrison jersey -- which we've deemed as a bad-luck charm in the past. This was solidified by the lousy first half the Colts played. She felt the need to take the jersey off by halftime & the Colts go on to score 32 points in the second half of the biggest comeback win in Conference Championship history. Could that REALLY have made a difference?

But after the interception to end the game, the bar BLEW UP & everyone took to the streets of Indianapolis. That was BY FAR the craziest environment I've ever been in. People were high-fiving as we walked by each other, shouts of "Go Colts" were heard all over the city. Strangers were joined as friends, and Patriots fans grinned as they realized that Peyton & Co. finally beat their Brady Bunch.

Although I'll never forget that night as long as I live -- I HIGHLY doubt I'll participate in it again. Took almost a FULL HOUR to get out of the parking garage. The waits to get tables were, as you can imagine, atrocious. Drunks of all kinds were annoying.

In the end though, Peyton got the monkey off his back & paved his way to Miami to battle the Bears.

Chicago meets Indianapolis in the Battle of the Midwest.
Super Bowl XLI is now Super Bowl I65.

Congratulations, Colts.

2007

Well, 2007 started off with a bang for me. FIRST, I didn't get a job that I had kinda hoped I'd get. (honestly, I hoped for it, but given experience & stuff I didnt think I'd get it) So that kinda bummed me out.

But the BIG bummer so far this year -- our new car got knocked in the side this past week. Nothing HUGE, but he got me pretty good. It was a 16 yr old kid driving a Land Rover who must not have seen me as I was leaving a parking lot. He came down the aisle where he was parked and just kept coming. Its been an ordeal cuz the kid's mom chose to pay out-of-pocket instead of insurance. So I've been messing with that.

What gets me is that we've only had the vehicle for about 3 months, its the first vehicle that we've bought/paid for on our own -- just our first car. So its special & having it damaged kinda ticks me off. I dunno, what do you think? I'll post the damage soon.

Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come in 2007.

Welcome 2007

2006 is history. Pretty weird to think that or say that. But now we have to get used to writing & typing 2007. It's something that normally takes about 2 months to get used to, but I managed to pick it up pretty well today. Probably the weirdest thing so far this year, being in the wireless industry, is that our 2 year contracts -- are out until 2009 ! Thats kinda weird if you ask me.

Anyways -- I kinda thought about having a New Year's Resolution. Then I thought, "Why would I do that, I never follow 'em" But this year I may do something. I've got a membership to Cardinal Fitness that I've only used a handful of times, so I think I might try to pick that up.

Who knows, all I know is that 2007 promises to be an exciting year & I'm sure that big things will happen.

Happy New Year, everyone -- CHEERS!