GO PATS! to quote the MBTA buses

Well, this has been an exciting couple of days, and a large part of that had to do with the big Pats game yesterday. YAY PATS! Another huge percentage of my good times had to do with watching the game with football fans, which makes a big difference. I remember i used to spend a lot of time watching the Pats games at Blazek's house with Q and the gang, and later in life watching the games with Dan's brothers, otherwise known as the Miller Clan or the Miller Boys. See, Dan isn't really what you would call a football fan. So naturally, i yearn for someone with whom to watch the games.

This weekend, Dan came through for me. His college friend Big Dan called him up wondering if he wanted to go see the game. Dan replied, "well, i'm not much of a football fan, but i'm sure Lindz would love to!" So we went to Big Dan's older brother's house in Malden (his name is Tommy) to watch the game. Along the way, we picked up the obligatory crapload of chips and soda, and as soon as we got through the door, we were exposed to Tommy's generosity. "Hey you want some pizza?" "Can i get you a beer?" "Soda?" "I see you're wearing a Radiohead shirt -- ever seen one of their shows?"
"Unfortunately no," i replied.
"I'll go burn you a couple shows i got. They're awesome."
During halftime he burned us FOUR Radiohead cd's of two live shows in their entirety as well as a local band called "Helicopter Helicopter" !!! This guy is awesome!

Not to belittle the incredible game. Despite the score difference for the most of it, it was quite a tense game because the Colts could really drive the ball down the field. I really wonder what would have happened had Ty Law NOT been tied for the #1 Colts receiver of the game. But seriously, Peyton Manning and Ty Law make a great pair! They should really consider that for the pro-bowl. If you're not a Pats fan and don't know what happened in the game, click Game Report so this section has any meaning to you whatsoever.

In short,

WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!

It's gonna be great. I'll have to figure out who to watch it with.

And it was a fun Sunday. And Tommy even drove us home.

Today, the new receptionist started. My life will be getting easier very soon. Tomorrow, she starts on the phones. I am breathing a sigh of relief as we speak (proverbially).

PHLASHBACK
As Dan and i sit here groovin' to the live Radiohead that Tommy burned us on this lovely Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, i just remembered one more impressive thing about the Phish concert. There is this one part in the song where there are three very quickly consecutive claps (we're talking eighth notes here), and all 18,300 sets of hands clapping along with it sounded like one. It was incredible. I wish i could describe it more accurately. Not to mention the fact that it was the only concert i have ever been to where the audience generally clapping along with the music was actually able to follow along with the music and not miss a bit or start speeding up grotesquely. And the reason is this, which i already wrote in the Phish entry, if you can't sincerely feel the music in your body, it doesn't make any sense to you. So no one who couldn't feel it in their body and follow along wouldn't be there to begin with. Sensational.