from dolts to colts!

will sexy rexy take a pounding this sunday?

after years of post-season depression, my beloved indianapolis colts have finally made it to the super bowl! it's been a long journey following this team through their ups and downs.

it's funny how many emails i have gotten from old friends recently. the colts march through the playoffs somehow rung bells in people's minds -"oh yeah, dave's from indy. i wonder what he's up to?"...

from my days in colorado to volunteering in the marshall islands (i made my dad send me recorded dvds of every game), all of my non-indiana residing friends seem to correlate me with the colts. am i really the only colts fan people know?!? i mean, it's a small city, but not that small!

(on a side note, i know the real reason why everyone only has me as their lone indianapolis friend...BECAUSE US HOOSIERS RARELY LEAVE THE STATE!)

now, of course, the opposing team in this year's super bowl is chicago, where i live now. great...

in class, one of our professors asked who was a colts fan. i, a loyal guy, made a high-pitched yelp and raised my hand. i looked around. yup, i was the only one. here we go again.

for those of you who don't know, my next door neighbor a couple years ago was former colts' running back, edgerrin james. you know how pumped i was to be living next door to an all-star athlete? what was weird about the whole thing was that the neighborhood i live in in indianapolis is fairly modest. i do live by the colts practice facility, but it's not some posh place that rich athletes flock to...

of course, i took full advantage of the situation. got things autographed, played basketball with him, got a tour of his house (he had run d.m.c. on video conference one day - i said "wassup" - heh). my mom made him egg rolls for christmas, my aunt baked him cookies (edge referred to her as the "cookie lady"). really nice guy. down to earth. you'd think with his blinged-out "grill" and crazy dreadocks, i'd have some crazy parties to report, but he was pretty chill. i think he saved all his partying for the off-season in miami (where he lives).

so as you all go to your super bowl parties to watch the game, think of me will ya'? i'll be sure to be the only colts fan in the nearby vicinity...