I had a great weekend, spent mostly with Alan. Friday, we had chill night at Dave and Busters. Saturday, we went to the UT/Missouri game (UT won 56-31!) and then met up with some of Alan’s friends for birthday celebrations. Today, I had lunch with my brother and dinner with Bing, Nisreen, and Nino. Good weekend.
At Dave and Busters on Friday, I noticed a guy putting on a gas mask before doing a dance on one of those dance games. He started to get really into, having the piece memorized, dancing with his back turned away from the prompts and doing handstands. After the song we were going to go when Alan noticed he had a whole bag of costumes. We watched him do one more masked dance. I told Bing and company about him tonight over dinner when Bing and Nino informed me that this guy does it at other arcades as well. Neat hobby.
I took a cell phone video of the performer.
The first picture, Alan wasn’t smiling because he was experimenting with my cellphone. Second picture, I look weird. This is right before we left with maybe 4 minutes left of the 4th quarter. I think I fell in love with UT football. In college, I went to many games without really loving the game. I enjoyed going and cheering but it was more a socializing event for me. Now that I understand the game a little bit more, I don’t get distracted watching. Mostly due to Alan’s patience in answering questions, I’ve learned a lot more about football ever since Cindy and I talked about learning more about football. I find UT football especially addicting since I have an automatic sense of loyalty to my Alma Mater. Dare I say, I’m hooked? Who would have thunk it? Alan got us some amazing seats. Never sat that close before. 30 yard line, 6 rows back from the field. We could see Derek Jeter and Roger Clemens from our seats.
There’s Derek at the game with Minka Kelly, the actress who played the head cheerleader of Friday Night Lights. My good friend Nicole was Minka’s stunt double on the show.
The stadium was packed. 98,383 people. Alan said this is the first home game we’ve had where we were ranked no. 1 since 1977. Pride!
Seriously, though. I like football? How crazy is that?
I leave you with a football joke.
Why are football stadiums always hot after games?
Because all the fans leave.
