A good weekend
I know i don't post often anymore, but i'm so jazzed right now i gotta spread the wonderfulness.
Went up to oakland yesterday. checked into the hotel then met up with some friends i haven't seen in years... would have loved to gout and "party" or hang out longer but had to get up early today so just went back and watched HBO and the wierdest mexican show ever (think lets make a deal/american idol/gong show/jerry springer... it goes on and on..) till i finally went to sleep.
sleep was long in coming however because it was like that feeling when you were a kid and you were going to disneyland the next day... because today was the raiders vs. chargers game and who was 15 rows off the field? me, and 4 of my firends (and a couple hundred people i don't know but they don't really count in this post)
got to the parking lot around 10 cause of various laggers (i was true to plan and got up at 7am and was ready to go in about 5 minutes) and met up with a whole crew of people, most of whom I have not seen since shortly after high school... drinkin beers taking shots grubbing awesome food, tailgating at the raider game... so much fun.. if i lived up there i might just go there for that... anyways.. games about to start so we head in, and upon entering learn there's no smoking ANYWHERE in the coliseum.. check out the raider store and security stops one of my friends for smoking... puts it out... cool
game starts off with a safety... practically right in front of me. same friend is missing... so we're wondering what happened... he knows where we were and i figured he went to get a beer...
no, he lit a cigarette in the bathroom stall and got kicked out and he's calling me and telling me to meet him on the top level outside gate over section 226.
I'm in a stadium with 35,000 people yelling and cheering so it took me nearly 10 minutes to find him (and basically understand what he's telling me though he refuses to TEXT me cause he's already kinda drunk and want's me to stay on the phone with him...) and i hand him my ticket so he can try to get back in... of course they scan it and it's already "used" so he has to go talk to the ticket office...
so i go back to my seats (fortunately i'd been up and down several times and the guy who checks tickets rememberd me) to find out the score is now 12-0 and i missed more totally awesome shit that happened right in front of us while i was off dealing with that whole mess and telling my other friends i'm not answering my phone if he calls back...
so he shows up... he paid for a ticket from a scalper in the parking lot for nose bleed seats but used mine to get back down to the i can almost spit on them seats... talk about frustrating... i missed some of the most important part of the game cause someone's being a dumbass and i gotta bail him out (again)...
anyway i finally got over it and watched the oakland raiders beat the san diego chargers for the first time in 13 games (that's 7 years) against each other...
oh and my fantasy squad wins again because of opponent error (last week someone left an injured player in position, this week someone left a player in who has a by week)
now i gotta track down all those charger fans who i was smart enough (stupid lucky?) to bet with and collect my $$
made it home safe, obviously... now its time for some aloe (lotsa sun) and my own super comfy bed..
Went up to oakland yesterday. checked into the hotel then met up with some friends i haven't seen in years... would have loved to gout and "party" or hang out longer but had to get up early today so just went back and watched HBO and the wierdest mexican show ever (think lets make a deal/american idol/gong show/jerry springer... it goes on and on..) till i finally went to sleep.
sleep was long in coming however because it was like that feeling when you were a kid and you were going to disneyland the next day... because today was the raiders vs. chargers game and who was 15 rows off the field? me, and 4 of my firends (and a couple hundred people i don't know but they don't really count in this post)
got to the parking lot around 10 cause of various laggers (i was true to plan and got up at 7am and was ready to go in about 5 minutes) and met up with a whole crew of people, most of whom I have not seen since shortly after high school... drinkin beers taking shots grubbing awesome food, tailgating at the raider game... so much fun.. if i lived up there i might just go there for that... anyways.. games about to start so we head in, and upon entering learn there's no smoking ANYWHERE in the coliseum.. check out the raider store and security stops one of my friends for smoking... puts it out... cool
game starts off with a safety... practically right in front of me. same friend is missing... so we're wondering what happened... he knows where we were and i figured he went to get a beer...
no, he lit a cigarette in the bathroom stall and got kicked out and he's calling me and telling me to meet him on the top level outside gate over section 226.
I'm in a stadium with 35,000 people yelling and cheering so it took me nearly 10 minutes to find him (and basically understand what he's telling me though he refuses to TEXT me cause he's already kinda drunk and want's me to stay on the phone with him...) and i hand him my ticket so he can try to get back in... of course they scan it and it's already "used" so he has to go talk to the ticket office...
so i go back to my seats (fortunately i'd been up and down several times and the guy who checks tickets rememberd me) to find out the score is now 12-0 and i missed more totally awesome shit that happened right in front of us while i was off dealing with that whole mess and telling my other friends i'm not answering my phone if he calls back...
so he shows up... he paid for a ticket from a scalper in the parking lot for nose bleed seats but used mine to get back down to the i can almost spit on them seats... talk about frustrating... i missed some of the most important part of the game cause someone's being a dumbass and i gotta bail him out (again)...
anyway i finally got over it and watched the oakland raiders beat the san diego chargers for the first time in 13 games (that's 7 years) against each other...
oh and my fantasy squad wins again because of opponent error (last week someone left an injured player in position, this week someone left a player in who has a by week)
now i gotta track down all those charger fans who i was smart enough (stupid lucky?) to bet with and collect my $$
made it home safe, obviously... now its time for some aloe (lotsa sun) and my own super comfy bed..