Sunday, September 2, 2007

The Blacksburg Bender ...

also known as Labor Day Weekend, provides for an extra day of rest from our weekly routines, rings in the college football season and reunites us with old friends from the year previous. But this season would be very different; 37 seats would be empty and ESPN College Game Day present [Note: yes, Erin Andrews IS as hot as she looks on TV ... Kirk Hierbstreit is not.] -- adding to the already much anticipated Virginia Tech home opener. Here is a meager sampling of the weekend's wholesome, as well as solemn activities.*


The Man, The Myth, The Legend ... with his Mom. From Roanoke to Rosslyn, there are no more faithful fans than these two. Season tickets are spread out on the kitchen table several months prior, flights and hotels booked well in advance and new tailgate toys ready to be on display from the technician himself. [Not in this picture; home mending the anal cavity of his injured animal Otis. Seriously. He arrived shortly after this photograph was taken. ]


Yes, that is someones deck on top of a minivan. Several new inventions/games/technological feats were on display in the commuter parking lot. It's always nice to see where tuition money is being spent -- on future engineering achievements. After all, "WE ARE VIRGINIA TECH". Personal favorite: washers. Two pieces of wood, with three holes drilled into them, spaced equally apart, stand roughly 25 feet away from each other. The teams then proceed to toss thin, doughnut shaped washers into each until one team has managed to put each washer into each of the three holes. **** off Einstein, we have Uncle Char.


The Victims Game. There wasn't a dry eye anywhere during the In Memoriam video tribute to the victims. Yours truly, not even having attended the school, struggled with the emotion. After a brief discussion with a Domino's Delivery man/student, nearing the completion of 40 delivery's to that point [On a normal Saturday, usually only 10] it sounded like Cho didn't have it very easy either.





*Not included here is what happened Sunday. Some things are just too sacred, they just shouldn't ever be talked about. Ever. Know this, it involved: a pair of Dobermans, six inflatable tubes and a stuffed elks head. That is all.

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