| my energy was outside of the truck- we were
driving in the 3-com parking lot past these 49er tailgaters when an older white semi- conservative guy asks me "what is funk?" and i said, "you know what? it doesnt surprise me that you would asked me that"...we were just driving by, im not even sure how he saw the back of my jersey..i know now it was cause my energy was outside of the truck- and judging by the laugh my comment got, it was way outside the truck... |
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on the way to our seat i saw this dude with a
barry foster throw back jersey- this is a very obscure steeler item so i said what-up. we started talking and he rememebered foster not picking up the ball on a kick off in the last steeler game at this stadium (9 years ago). he couldnt get tickets for that game so he listened to it on the radio, he rememebered there was a world series game the day before in oakland...i went to that world series game with marci and we couldn't get tickets either so we watched the game in a hotel bar... |
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| by the time i got to my seat i was easily vibin'
folx 100 feet away, so i felt it only polite to introduce myself "hello everyone, my name is jeffery, and i'm a steeler fan" cause i knew they were about to feel me good, & they did- it was like i knew everybody, 49er fans were real cool and the steeler fans were crazy and drunk...cheering, talking, taking pix, dancin', high fivin', vibin'...towards the end of the game when i went down it was said people were still talkin about me "there's p-funk way down there" |
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it was also said (and my ego believes) that it
was heard from 40 rows up the group that had gathered down there with me chanting "p-funk p-funk" as we danced in the rain...that felt really really really good- dancing in the rain to no music with a group of strangers cheering my name...and all i was doing was being myself...i can still feel the moment when i stopped and focused on the feeling i had while it was still happening... |
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all the 49er fans left early so leaving there was
nothing but very happy steeler fans...hundreds of people. everybody high fivin' everybody, wet, drunk, cheerin', hollerin', singin', partyin'- i was in loud and obnoxious heaven- i was able to let out large amounts of energy and everywhere i turned it was returned back to me with a high five or a smile or a yell...ran into a dude who remembered me from the bar i use to go to down here... |