Sorry I haven’t been posting the past few days. I started working again at The Brass Elephant, a place I’ve worked for in the past. I have been working some crazy hours, so I haven’t had the chance to update anything.
The next few days you will see a lot of entries. Enjoy!
The soft chants of “Here we Go… Here we go…Here we go, Steelers, here we go… Pittsburgh’s going to the Super Bowl” are playing in my head as I write this. I am really excited to see the Steelers make it. Heck, in early August, many ‘experts’ didn’t have Pittsburgh making it out of the first round of playoffs. Some people even though Cleveland would win the division (could you be any further off?). Dallas and New England were the overwhelming favorites to win the Super Bowl… at least they made it to the playoffs.
As many of you know, I am currently living in a suburb of Baltimore and it was difficult to watch the Steelers/Ravens game with my Ravens fan uncle. I honestly felt bad when they lost. I got over it though.
I have talked Mari into becoming a Steelers fan. Maybe the Red Sox are next?
Few things I heard when I was back in da Burgh over the holidays.
70% of the Earth is covered with oceans. The other 30% is covered by Troy Polamalu.
Four football fans are standing on a cliff. One is a Steeler fan, one a Patriots fan, one a Browns fan, and one a Cowboys fan. They were trying to prove how loyal they were to their team. The Patriots fan said “This is for my team!” and jumped off the cliff and died. The Cowboys fan did the same, and he also died. The Steelers fan took a deep breath and screamed, “This is for the Steelers!” And he pushed the Browns fan off the cliff.
It should be a good game (not really) and I have faith the Steelers will end up on top.
Obviously today was the inauguration of the 44th president, Barack Obama. I watched coverage starting at 10:30am and didn’t really stop all day. I made a bunch of notes so here I go…
1) The crowd at the National Mall was enormous. I truly wish I was there. It would have been such an experience to be in the crowd.
2) The Oath – Little bit of a slip up… not sure if it was Chief Justice Roberts or President Obama’s fault, but certainly allowed for some ‘comic relief’ within a very momentous occasion. Though Barack took the oath at 12:04pm, he officially began his term at 12:00pm, even without taking the oath. I would be lying if I said I didn’t tear up. The realization of what was happening was hit me and was very overwhelming.
3) Sasha and Malia are the cutest things in the world. They add a different dimension to the White House that will be very refreshing.
4) The Inaugural Speech – While there were no ‘one-liners’ that I can think of (ex “I have a dream”, “Ask not what your country…”,”The only thing we have to fear…”) the general message of the speech was very profound. We, as Americans, are called to serve for the greater good. Just as past generation have paid the price for freedom, we too must now pay what is due. It will not be easy; it’s not something that will be attained overnight. Very powerful, very moving. People will look back at this speech and this day and say that this is when America turned the corner and renewed their status to the world.
Who is proud to be an American?
Even Facebook wants me to have a happy birthday. Gee thanks Facebook!
To all you who wrote on my wall… I will be responding to them tomorrow. I have a Steeler game to watch.
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