XLIV Superbowl Sunday 2010 – Geaux Saints?

So I’m not your typical anti-sports kind of girl, though I’m sure as hell not a football fanatic. (Although, I’m a die-hard Yankees fan!)

My dad explained the game to me at one point, and I’d watch with him once in a while, but I really just never got into it. A few years ago I was dating a football watching kinda guy. Sundays we’d go to his sister’s and watch football. She and I would half-heartedly watch, of course, but you know the deal.

On Superbowl Sunday, there was a huge party at his mom’s. I’m talking the same quantities of food as there was on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. Tons of people, a huge television, and enormous quantities of food.

I like Superbowl parties. I like the commercials a lot, too. And I’ll even pick a team to root for, though historically it’s been that which was the favorite of the group I was with at the time. This year, I’m actually rooting for the Saints for the same reason a lot of people are: NOLA deserves to have a good day today.

Seriously. Amidst all this “Help Haiti” crap going on (yeah, not gonna get into my thoughts on that right now), New Orleans and the suffering there since Katrina has been on my mind a lot. My mom and I are even talking about taking a trip down, but besides that, I think that a win for the Saints would be just an amazing boost for a city OF OUR OWN that has endured so much in recent years.

So despite the fact that I’m single this year, and I’ve got no real reason to watch the game or cheer on any particular team (afterall, NY’s not in it LOL), I’m heading off soon to my friend’s house where her man and her son are going to be watching the festivities today. We’re gonna order lots of food, watch the commercials, probably partake in some tasty adult beverages, and deep down inside, I’m going to be praying that the Saints take it home today.

Geaux Saints!

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