Super Bowl '08 - Mission Park Style!

Just got home from the '08 Mission Park gang Super Bowl party! Oh, man, what a game! What a finish! Shocks! Thrills! Underdog drama! Like a lot of people, I didn't have any real problem with the Pats, and would like to have seen them go perfect, and definitely wanted to see Junior Seau finally get a ring. But it's an American thing - we love the underdog. And when you go into the biggest game of the year with everyone telling you that one team has no chance to win, well, part of you just wants to see that team buck the odds. And man, thanks to Eli, they certainly did. The "I can't believe he got that off!" pass, followed by the "I can't believe he caught that!!" catch to set it all up for the big touchdown. Twas a ripping victory indeed.

I watched the game over at the house that Chris B, Ken, Jon and Kristin share. Tim and I showed up, as did A.T., and Chris "Dr. K" Kanas made the scene as well. James joined us, as did Brandy and her friend Jennifer. There was WAY too much food to be had, as Chef Ken was working his kitchen. Lots of chips, and two different chili dips (I shouldn't have...), plus breads and stinky cheese. And then the tacitos. Or is that "taquitos"? THEN came the main course of short ribs and potatoes. Ugh! Too...much...food! But all great, as it always is with Ken. We all had a fantastic time hanging out and catching up, and got our annual dose of A.T.'s can-be-heard-on-the-next-block sports enthusiasm that gets everyone else in to the game. And apparently, A.T., at some point, had promised that if the Giants won, he'd run up and down the street naked. Well, they won. Thankfully, he kept it to his boxers, but yes, A.T. was out there in the cold night, running up and down Ravenwood victoriously. So, naturally, Tim and Brandy had to steal his clothes while he was running and lock him out of the house, briefly. You just can't pass THAT chance up, come on.

But I couldn't let a gathering like this go without a pic of the old gang, so here's your Mission Park photo for '08 (above), featuring (back row) James, Jon, A.T., Chris B. (middle row), Chris K., Tim, Ken, (front row) and me, wearing my sad Chargers jersey (so close...). So thought I'd share. Great party everybody! Let's do that again next year!

Now I have to get on the web and find a replay of that Iron Man ad. It went by too quick. GEEK LOVIN'!!!!


P.S. Next door to their house, I got to see a first for me. A shetland pony get into a fight with a dog. Well, I can now scratch THAT off my list of things I never thought I'd see.