My, my city's filthy

In case you didn't know, I am from Washington. No, not DC, the actually state of Washington (seriously people, stop assuming DC, it's annoying). I love the westside, I love Seattle - I've been called "the pretentious westsider" (or p-dubs for short) by my eastern Washington cohorts. Because I seriously can't get over how GREAT where I come from is.

I'm sure you know that the Seahawks are going to the Superbowl tomorrow. I'm also sure you've heard of us, those known as the 12th man. Say what you want, say that our fans are band-wagoners, whatever. Say what you want, but let me tell you us PNW folk are proud of where we come from and that's why the 12's are SO LOUD. And as I sit here in my Sonic's sweatshirt, I am finally starting to realize why.

We've always been proud of where we come from, point blank - but we haven't had the success for people to really notice it. Let me explain. They took away our beloved basketball team the Seattle Supersonics about 5 years ago. We were outraged, to this day we are still willing and ready to start an angry mob and turn David Stern's life upside down like he did ours - hell, we're having parties because he's finally retiring. Anyways, that's one less team for us proud Washingtonians to root for. Who else is there? The Mariners. Hell, we love them! And you know what, they kind of suck. But it's okay, we're still at the games purchasing tickets for less than it costs to get a beer. We're still there - little flickers of hope bursting when we start do do well in the game of baseball.

The Seahawks give us that time to shine. Every game, where we are louder than any other fans in the country. Our home, Century Link (where I walked on the field back in the 6th grade on a field trip, might I add), where we average about 2 false starts a game, is a place where we can erupt with pride for our team and our city. It's the moment we've been waiting for, it's what we live for. To have pride in our city and show them what we're really made of.

Moral of the story - we love our teams. Even if they suck right now, even if they don't exist anymore, we FUCKING LOVE THEM. So yeah, the 12's are loud and we're proud and obnoxious. The Seahawks have helped us showcase our city and our people and how great we really think the PNW is.

And as Ben Haggerty said (AKA Macklemore) "the skyline is etched in my veins, you can never put that out, no matter how hard it rains". We are forever proud of where we come from and our teams and you can't deny that.