FSU or UF game day in Florida is all out not matter where you are.
True dat.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Barb - Aug 25, 2008 4:44:00 pm PDT #5356 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
flea - Aug 25, 2008 4:45:52 pm PDT #5357 of 10003
information libertarian
I am going to experience my first SEC football home game this weekend. I live 2 miles from campus in a residential neighborhood and am told there are traffic jams on our street. I am ready for a world of WTF.
tiggy - Aug 25, 2008 4:49:09 pm PDT #5358 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Ab fab: Guess the Swimmer?
Alain Bernard's tattoo. oh man! so much cheese. (is it bad that i knew most of those abs? i'm going with no. it's perfectly healthy.)
Barb - Aug 25, 2008 4:50:59 pm PDT #5359 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I am ready for a world of WTF.
Ain't nothin' like it-- college football is the One True Faith in the south. For as much as people went on about the traditions and the die-hard fans of the Big Ten when we lived in Ohio, we never really experienced anything like we had growing up and going to school in the south.
I married into a primarily Gator family and live in a very Gator-centric town, which, coupled with FSU's suckagetude the last several seasons, has been painful. Lewis has it easier-- he went to Vanderbilt. As he puts it, "Everyone loves us."
Ginger - Aug 25, 2008 5:25:23 pm PDT #5360 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am ready for a world of WTF.
I'm not sure you can be ready, particularly since the Bulldog Nation is rather giddy about being No. 1 in the AP poll.
As a fellow Vanderbilt alum, I'd say it's more accurate to say, "Nobody pays much attention to us." Knowing that your school can never compete is rather soothing, though. We don't inspire rivalry in anyone, except perhaps UT.
My favorite SEC bumper sticker, which is less true now than it was in the Bear Bryant era, said, "Start hating Alabama now. Avoid the fall rush."
sarameg - Aug 25, 2008 5:31:05 pm PDT #5361 of 10003
My brother is at UAB. Shortly after he got there, he was making $$$ watching peoples' tailgate setups during the game (grilling, watching cable on flatscreens mounted on trucks and getting drunk while they were away, basically.) One day he calls my mom. "Who the hell is Bare Bryan?"
I didn't know either. My MOM knew. Which is hilarious if you know her. Football fan, she doesn't appear to be. (And isn't, not anymore, really.)
amych - Aug 25, 2008 5:31:28 pm PDT #5362 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
As a fellow Vanderbilt alum, I'd say it's more accurate to say, "Nobody pays much attention to us."
That's a nice and self-preserving way to put it. At Duke, we just say, "football?"
And then wait for everyone to hate the shit out of us all of basketball season.
Alibelle - Aug 25, 2008 5:50:16 pm PDT #5363 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I went to USC. I'm fairly certain we have a football team.
I loved, loved, loved everyone's engagement stories. Those were awesome. And sweet. And awesome.
I have to go buy cat food. And I have to figure out dinner for myself. But I have no food in my house, and I have already spent my food budget for the day, since I desperately needed coffee this morning due to the fact that hiccups kept me awake until 2:30 a.m. Dilemma.
Hil R. - Aug 25, 2008 6:03:20 pm PDT #5364 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, Sasha Obama is absolutely adorable.
Steph L. - Aug 25, 2008 6:08:08 pm PDT #5365 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Michelle Obama is really a good speaker. (And I don't mean that in the racist dog-whistle way of calling a black person "articulate"; I mean that public speaking is not something that comes easily to most people, and she did quite well.)
Obama sprog = totally cute, especially with the "Hi, [whatever] family!"
Barack seemed a little caught off-guard, but then it was also obvious that he wanted to put his best face forward for an unexpected convention appearance. (The idealist in me wants to believe his satellite appearance was unplanned.)