A Great Weekend
This weekend was awesome. On Saturday we celebrated the High Holy Day that is the day of my birth. The actual day is the second, but we partied early. Greg made a fantastic pork dish and katsakitty filled in with appetizers. My friend Jim brought excellent shrimp egg rolls and we were set. greenmanrn served his first homebrew beer and it was a hit. I don't think there is any left! Everyone stuffed their faces and then we did the whole cake thing. I had a Philadelphia Eagles cake (duh). We saved the center logo for greenmanrn and I to either chuck if the Eagles lost or eat as a victory cake on Sunday night. All of my most special friends were there (a few of them weren't able to make it which sucked) and we had a great time. List of attendees included mirrorflash, Kat and Matt, Dani, jinglebellz61, her hubby Tim, flamingonizzie, Eric, Dave, Jim and Penny from Chess, Steve and Dusca, and thunderer and autumnleaf77 came a little later. I got tremendously awesome booty and the people that got me stuff that wasn't on my wish list were so in tuned with me that it was like they knew what I was going to put on it but didn't.
It's Sunday night and we just got back from the Eagles/Falcons game. At the middle of the season we were 5 and 6 and sucked. Somehow we managed to win 5 on the road and take the NFC East Championship!! It helped that Dallas choked (ack! hack! ack!) and lost to the Lions (the second worst team in the NFL) but we won this game clean and fair and square. We were the better team, period.
The game itself was awesome. We tailgated for a bit when we got there at around 1PM (for a 4PM game). We went with his boss and her husband. Much beer was drank well before they even got into the stadium. Then much beer was drunk (by Greg) once we got into the stadium. Yes, sports fans, he was slightly intoxicated during the game. LOL Our seats were awesome. We were directly behind the south uprights about 30 rows up. Fantastic! The weather held. No rain and in the mid 40's. I brought my wool blanket and we were quite toasty. The best part was when we scored a touchdown. Fireworks and the whole stadium singing the Eagles fight song. We were high-fiving total strangers. After the game was over we were high-fiving security on the way out. It was just wonderful. Here are two very special highlights.
1. Shortly before halftime Greg went to use the facilities. He was in line when all of a sudden a man wearing a Falcons jersey was crowd-surfed out of the bathroom and gently released to the ground at the back of the line. Greg said somehow his hands just instinctively went up and helped this fine gentlemen out. At first he thought that this gentleman was simply being told that Eagles fans got to pee first. Later he found out that this guy was talking a lot of shit (and was very drunk) and to see to it that he didn't get himself killed, the Eagles fans bodily removed him and took him to safety outside in the walkway. Eagles fans aren't really that bad.
2. For some reason, some MORON decided to wear his Cowboys jersey (I'm sorry, his T.O. Cowboys' jersey). Once the fans noticed him, about 3/4s of the stadium turned toward him, pointed at him and led a chant of "asssssssshooooole" over and over again. Then chanted "Dallas Sucks" at him. Now I need to ask why this guy would set himself up like that. Honestly, it was just to incite the Eagles fans. That was all. There was no reason to be wearing a Cowboys jersey at a FALCONS game except to BE an asshole.
I think I had the best time I've had all year. As soon as the Cowboys lost and we won the Championship, Reid pulled all the 1st string. We did have to watch the scrubs play but they still beat Atlanta's 1st string. It was cool no matter who was playing. I will be going back next year.
We're done for the night. No staying up for New Years. We're going to watch the Green Bay game and go to bed. BOTH of our throats are really, really sore. Pictures tomorrow!
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, I mentioned in my last post that I was upset that I didn't lose as much weight as I wanted to. My David Aker's jersey is normally a little snug. I had to wear a shirt under it to be warm for the game. I figured it would be REALLY snug with the shirt under. I put on the thick shirt under and slid the jersey over it...there is actually room in it! So apparently I lost more weight than I thought I did. Wheeeee.
It's Sunday night and we just got back from the Eagles/Falcons game. At the middle of the season we were 5 and 6 and sucked. Somehow we managed to win 5 on the road and take the NFC East Championship!! It helped that Dallas choked (ack! hack! ack!) and lost to the Lions (the second worst team in the NFL) but we won this game clean and fair and square. We were the better team, period.
The game itself was awesome. We tailgated for a bit when we got there at around 1PM (for a 4PM game). We went with his boss and her husband. Much beer was drank well before they even got into the stadium. Then much beer was drunk (by Greg) once we got into the stadium. Yes, sports fans, he was slightly intoxicated during the game. LOL Our seats were awesome. We were directly behind the south uprights about 30 rows up. Fantastic! The weather held. No rain and in the mid 40's. I brought my wool blanket and we were quite toasty. The best part was when we scored a touchdown. Fireworks and the whole stadium singing the Eagles fight song. We were high-fiving total strangers. After the game was over we were high-fiving security on the way out. It was just wonderful. Here are two very special highlights.
1. Shortly before halftime Greg went to use the facilities. He was in line when all of a sudden a man wearing a Falcons jersey was crowd-surfed out of the bathroom and gently released to the ground at the back of the line. Greg said somehow his hands just instinctively went up and helped this fine gentlemen out. At first he thought that this gentleman was simply being told that Eagles fans got to pee first. Later he found out that this guy was talking a lot of shit (and was very drunk) and to see to it that he didn't get himself killed, the Eagles fans bodily removed him and took him to safety outside in the walkway. Eagles fans aren't really that bad.
2. For some reason, some MORON decided to wear his Cowboys jersey (I'm sorry, his T.O. Cowboys' jersey). Once the fans noticed him, about 3/4s of the stadium turned toward him, pointed at him and led a chant of "asssssssshooooole" over and over again. Then chanted "Dallas Sucks" at him. Now I need to ask why this guy would set himself up like that. Honestly, it was just to incite the Eagles fans. That was all. There was no reason to be wearing a Cowboys jersey at a FALCONS game except to BE an asshole.
I think I had the best time I've had all year. As soon as the Cowboys lost and we won the Championship, Reid pulled all the 1st string. We did have to watch the scrubs play but they still beat Atlanta's 1st string. It was cool no matter who was playing. I will be going back next year.
We're done for the night. No staying up for New Years. We're going to watch the Green Bay game and go to bed. BOTH of our throats are really, really sore. Pictures tomorrow!
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, I mentioned in my last post that I was upset that I didn't lose as much weight as I wanted to. My David Aker's jersey is normally a little snug. I had to wear a shirt under it to be warm for the game. I figured it would be REALLY snug with the shirt under. I put on the thick shirt under and slid the jersey over it...there is actually room in it! So apparently I lost more weight than I thought I did. Wheeeee.