GIANTS!!!!!

I can't believe they've actually won the Super Bowl, and of course in their usual heart-wrenching, down to the wire style. Manning's 3rd and 5 play to Tyree nearly killed me!

This win was much more than just a Super Bowl win for the Giants. They were the underdogs who started the season 0-2, who barely made the playoffs, who were not expected to win against any of their playoff foes, who were expected to lose to the Pats by at least two touchdowns, and who spoiled New England's potentially perfect season, erasing the possibility of a Boston triple crown (baseball, basketball, football) this year. What an accomplishment! Leave it to New York to ruin it for Boston. :)

I Can't Help But Dance When I Hear Daft Punk

It's about 3:30, T-2.5 hours before our beloved Giants take on the Pats in the Super Bowl. As Lawrence and I have been preparing for hosting our continuously growing informal Super Bowl get together, we've decided to pump up the techno trash and dance around while we make the chili and clean the house. We can't seem to figure out how or why we love this music so much, but I know I can't stop guido-fist-pumping to Cascada. No one native to New England seems to understand this music; "One More Time" by Daft Punk played on the Kiss108 morning show during work one day, and as I was getting up to dance around the office, several of my coworkers ask if this was a new song! Blasphemy!

Lawrence reasons that during our formative years, KTU, the NY dance music radio station, was established in NY. Perhaps that was what spawned our love of this music that others around the country do not seem to share. I think though that the creation of KTU is only a manifestation of the greater reason for our love of this music- it's only in NY that this music was ever popular (in the US), and in fact is still popular today. Who else but your average NY teenager is familiar with the new songs from Cascada and blasts her music in the car, guido-fist-pumping all the while? Where else but NY is "One More Time" by Daft Punk remixed with quotes from Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin to get the city pumped about the Super Bowl? (Yes, I too thought it was the most bizarre yet inspiring remix as I heard it for the first time on z100 while driving to my SUNY- Downstate interview in Brooklyn from Staten Island.) Lawrence and I grew up in a special place that has clearly left its mark on us in many ways. :)

Go Giants!