Lee here, dropping a few words as Dennis encouraged me recently to do. I've lived in Boise for quite a few years, but as the title says...
Yep - born in New Orleans in `66, family has lived in New Orleans since the mid 1800's, so I have some history. I actually did go to Saints games and wore the first, unofficial, game attire - a brown paper bag. If you don't know that whole bit, just go Bing/Google "Aints" and New Orleans.
My food for tomorrow's Superbowl? Tami's Red Beans & Rice. My drink for tomorrow (if I could buy them here) would be Barqs in very cold GLASS bottles. Those who know, know what I mean, so I'll have to just wait a week. I'll be there, in my first city, on February 13th. I tried to get down there yesterday, but the airfare was too costly. I tried to explain to friends what it would be like to "be in that place" if the Saints win tomorrow. I'm sure the city and my family will still be enjoying things and I'll just coast into a wonderful reunion. If the Saints lose on Sunday, then I'll just have to relish in the fact that we are no longer part of the group of teams that has never been to the Big Game and I'll look forward to next season to go all the way.
One thing `bout Saints fans I think all should know; this goes beyond passion, beyond reason, beyond faith, beyond anything you can imagine. The Saints are more than a team to the diaspora of New Orleans folk; they are our family, they are the one thing that our hopes and dreams are connected to. Now don't get all religious here - this is sports, not Jesus. But when you are a group of people that should have been wiped off the face of the earth many times in the modern history of 500 years, you get an attitude. When as a recent son, born between "Hurricane Aunts" Betsy and Camille, and you have close relatives that lose everything and have to rebuild over and over again, you get an attitude. When as a city you are looked at as so stupid to live in a bowl of bayou with the Mississippi constricting around just waiting to receive the next disaster - it gives you an attitude... that maybe, just maybe, this is our moment to LIVE! This is our moment to BREATHE! This is our moment to see the SUN!
Who Dat, Who Dat, Who Dat Say They Gonna Beat Dem Saints...
To hear/stream all the kewl & krazy Saints songs head over to wwl's website - my favs are Bring Em to the Dome, Who Dat & Ying Yang Twins Crunk, plus the whole punk-ish style of "The Saints are Coming" by U2 and Green Day, makes me think of the movie Boondock Saints. Remember when #17, Robert Meachem ripped the ball from Washington's #41 who had just intercepted Drew Brees throw? Yeah, look out, The Saints Are Coming...
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