Things of my lifetime thus far...

Many things have changed in mine and most of you all's lifetime... When you actually sit and think about it all its rather overwhelming...
Little things most take for granted today and our kids could never think to go without have happened in this lifetime..

We listened to the little radios as they grew into BOOMBOXES and records gave way to cassettes that gave way to CD's which are giving way to MP3s...
We endured the godforsaken life of disco to hair bands to grunge to alternative to what we have today.. And who the hell would have thought that country would have went from that twangy banjo shit your dad listened to would go mainstream and have the following it does...
We watch a lil company called texas instruments give this little box that could do all kinds of math and it actually fit in your pocket!! WOW!
We all enjoyed video pong and thought that was the shit as our kids bitch that they want a ps3 or a wii because their ps2 wasn't cool enough.... Video pong has graduated to World of Warcraft...
My dad brought this weird, obnoxiously heavy and large box home that would dim all the lights in the house when turned on, just because it could cook a hotdog in 15 seconds... The microwave oven now is light, small and efficient..
We used to go rent a MOVIE and had to rent the PLAYER too because the players were so damn expensive... VHS and Beta fought it out as beta went to the wayside, only to have VHS lose to DVD and HDDVD lose to Blueray....
Our movies are phenomenal, our sounds are better and video games are insane...

And our televisions... Holy Crap.. the big box on the floor that died and help up our new tv has now changed to plasmas and lcds... 

The rabbit ear antenna gave way to the 8 foot satellite until cable companies gave us a great pic without that big dish!! Then the dishes got smaller, the cable went digital, we now have hundreds of channels and still have nothing to watch!

We pause live tv, set a dvr to record, playback when we want or just delete it because we can..


Letters that you would get in the mail were replaced by the mojo Faxmachines.. you could actually send a piece of paper over a fucking phone line!! are you kidding me?!
We got pagers that would beep and the bigger the better turned to small and cute and replaced by the awesome static of a bagphone replaced by the motorola block phone to the flip to the blackberry/iphone...
our dial up internet and newsgroups were awesome... we loved to hear those dings and dongs of the internet connecting.. then dsl, cable, t1, t3 and fiber optic.. wireless AND wifi?? really? Crap we're spoiled...


Now letters are emails and instant messages and text messages.. We have Drive Thru everything and an instant gratification attitude that there's no wonder our kids have ADHD....

Personal computers that used to plug into  your tv and run off a rom pack now are ridiculous super machines that only get better ever second...

There are many things each of us can talk about and this can go on for days as soooo much has happened in my lifetime that I can't imagine what the next 37 years will bring!!
But most of all, with all that has happened my dad drilled it in my head that I would never see what I saw tonite..
I was told my whole life that this would never happen... And I really wanted it to happen but I honestly doubted it ever would...

But, the Saints WON THE FUCKING SUPERBOWL!!! It was stressful and won in dramatic fashion...

And I actually cried...

Bless you boys.. I love ya all....

Who Dat!!

And FUCK YOU nfl for trying to steal that phrase!!


 

The ever expanding bandwagon...

I guess it's true, that miracles never cease to happen... The New Orleans Saints, going to Superbowl 44....
Those of you who are friends on my Facebook page saw the post yesterday about it... Well, that wasn't mine, it was one of those ever evolving and migrating things you find on facebook.. This is my thoughts on the situation...

As a kid growing up I have always loved two things.... LSU football and the New Orleans Saints.. I have no idea why. My family didn't watch football or any sports, nobody I knew as a kid was ever a student at LSU and ANYTIME the Saints were playing I would hear how the sucked from my dad.... A very small kid, and absolutely zero athletic ability I enjoyed soccer and baseball but really didn't like the whole "run laps" so I didn't do that long.  But, through it all, New Orleans Saints and LSU football were tops!

Maybe its the area... I have always loved the architecture of New Orleans, the sounds of the blues and jazz vibrating through the quarter, the smell of seafood in the air and those damn fine women! Whatever it is, its in my blood and there it shall remain. Wherever I move, wherever I go, I will always be a fan....

So now the Saints bandwagon has gone global as those that cling to anything popular jump on board, and that's fine with me. Enjoy the ride while we have it, cheer and get in the mood... Every little cheer helps right now! AND WE NEED THEM ALL!!!

As a kid I do remember the bags on the heads, the Aints, and all the negativity of what it meant to be a fan.  But, through it all, that true Saints fan you see on the internet with a bag on his head; yeah, he bought a ticket and went and hoped for something better...
We got happy and excited in the late 80's and early 90's and wanted to kill Benson for letting Pat Swilling get traded for a mere 6 million dollar contract....On one hand my dad would feed me shit for loving them, then on the other he chanted "it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game".. Which is it???
I'm a firm believe that its how you play the game... And yeah, I have heard all the arrogant bastards say that's a losers motto...  I say its the moral and ethical way to go... I will not raise my son to believe that winning is everything... However, I also believe that even though it's how you play that matters it should never stop you from trying to be better all the time.
Anyone that knows me knows that I am very competitive IN EVERYTHING. I don't always win, but I will always try my best to do so....

And now it's back to the Saints....



We have seen many great individuals come through and wear a Saints uniform.

The key word being Individuals.... And over time, as a fan, we got used to seeing someone phenomenal and saying "they'll be traded next year" and we accepted that we would suck...

Then there comes along this little guy.... Sean Payton... Little guy.. gonna be the new head coach.. Yeah? whatever.. we'll see how long he lasts...

We get a new quarterback.. Drew who?? yeah ok... we'll see what happens....

Katrina...
Fucking Katrina... What a turning point.. It never really hit New Orleans, but the levees that the piece of shit New Orleans lawmakers refused to take care of and so eloquently diverted funds for their own personal gain, they broke... They flooded New Orleans and with it, maybe a cleansing of the area came with it....

The first game back in the DOME gave me chills.... When U2 and Green Day sang the Saints Are Coming I couldn't sit still, a tear formed in my eyes and the goosebumps were insane... It was a phenomenal opening to a great game... Ever since then we have watched as Drew who? became Drew Dat!! and individuals were traded for team mates... Now we look at the New Orleans Saints and we see, for the first time ever, a team..
Everyone talked so much about Bush changing the game, but as we saw this year, we don't need him.. We like him, we want to keep him, but we have so many other talents on this team we don't need any one person. Every player on the team is talented, has a place and is dangerous to the opposing team.
As a fan I'm super excited to a point that my happiness cannot be diminished. Win or lose, I am witnessing something that my father would never believe could have happened.
The SAINTS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!
Sure I hope they win... But if they don't, I'll still love em, still enjoy em and still be a great fan! of the Saints not the individuals...

Good job boys! and good luck!!!