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Holy Shit Dogg. The Superbowl was much more insane than I thought it would be. After coming home and feeling ultra shitty and tired after attempting litho printing, I found my house was home to about 30 dudes and chicks, 2 tvs, a keg, and most of the food already gone. I wandered around the party for a while, in and out of rooms and whatnot, til I eventually felt better and in the party mode. Fast foward to the Steelers winning the superbowl. Then things went truly nuts.
I'll put the story with pictures accompanying in a cut, so read it. It involves riot police and broken windows.
So the festivities started off normal enough, people in black and gold (steelers colors for the uninformed), waving their "Terrible Towels", spilling shit and generally going bonkers...
So then, Dan smartly ushered everyone into the streets saying "LET'S TAKE IT TO THE STREETS!!" where people who brought fireworks started setting them off in the middle of the road, jumping over said fireworks, jumping on cars that would drive by, rolling in the snow, throwing lit fireworks in the air, and one kid even jumped into a strangers car who had its window open while they were driving and started honking their horn.
After I had jumped through fireworks with Ted on my back, we decided to run down to the Oakland area of our neighborhood, where University of Pittsburgh campus is, and where a main drag of stores and eateries are. The first thing we got to was Pitt campus, where litterally thousands upon thousands of people were celebrating on the lawns and in the streets. People were climbing lightpoles, walls, and the cathedral of learning, and Ted and I climbed a tree to get a better view. Eventually some riot cops told us to come down, and even lightly hit Ted's foot with a truncheon. The amount of people outside was insane.
After taking some video of the sheer amount of people that were there, we continued into Oakland where we encountered a dude with terrible lower back hair,
picked up a "No Parking" sign that was Steelers colors,
came upon all the riot police and their barricades,
saw that ever garbage can and streetsign had been overturned,
saw a broken store front window,
picked up said street signs,
saw dudes in capes, wigs, and many other steelers oriented gear,
saw some hilarious graffiti that had presumably JUST been put their,
found what we presumed to be a burned mascot foot,
were there when riot horses were brought out,
and apparently, people (including my roomate Jack) lit fires in the street, and there was even an overturned car. It's pretty amazing because most likely I will never have the chance to be in such a situation again. The photos don't capture how many people there were, but the streets were litterally packed with people, throwing garbage everywhere and everything else. It's really weird how a city like Pittsburgh is about football, because even the hipsters and punks love the Steelers, so everyone came out to party. Truly awesome. Too bad our house is fairly trashed now. Jack just better start cleaning, or else he's dead.
I'll put the story with pictures accompanying in a cut, so read it. It involves riot police and broken windows.
So the festivities started off normal enough, people in black and gold (steelers colors for the uninformed), waving their "Terrible Towels", spilling shit and generally going bonkers...
So then, Dan smartly ushered everyone into the streets saying "LET'S TAKE IT TO THE STREETS!!" where people who brought fireworks started setting them off in the middle of the road, jumping over said fireworks, jumping on cars that would drive by, rolling in the snow, throwing lit fireworks in the air, and one kid even jumped into a strangers car who had its window open while they were driving and started honking their horn.
After I had jumped through fireworks with Ted on my back, we decided to run down to the Oakland area of our neighborhood, where University of Pittsburgh campus is, and where a main drag of stores and eateries are. The first thing we got to was Pitt campus, where litterally thousands upon thousands of people were celebrating on the lawns and in the streets. People were climbing lightpoles, walls, and the cathedral of learning, and Ted and I climbed a tree to get a better view. Eventually some riot cops told us to come down, and even lightly hit Ted's foot with a truncheon. The amount of people outside was insane.
After taking some video of the sheer amount of people that were there, we continued into Oakland where we encountered a dude with terrible lower back hair,
picked up a "No Parking" sign that was Steelers colors,
came upon all the riot police and their barricades,
saw that ever garbage can and streetsign had been overturned,
saw a broken store front window,
picked up said street signs,
saw dudes in capes, wigs, and many other steelers oriented gear,
saw some hilarious graffiti that had presumably JUST been put their,
found what we presumed to be a burned mascot foot,
were there when riot horses were brought out,
and apparently, people (including my roomate Jack) lit fires in the street, and there was even an overturned car. It's pretty amazing because most likely I will never have the chance to be in such a situation again. The photos don't capture how many people there were, but the streets were litterally packed with people, throwing garbage everywhere and everything else. It's really weird how a city like Pittsburgh is about football, because even the hipsters and punks love the Steelers, so everyone came out to party. Truly awesome. Too bad our house is fairly trashed now. Jack just better start cleaning, or else he's dead.