I bleed red.
But for the most part I've been bleeding orange and some other color for a better part of my life as a student. First orange and black and now orange and blue. Orange is probably going to haunt me for rest of my life.
This past weekend was busy with spectator sports. Pushing through ice and snow to a home basketball game was first off. This was THE game to watch. Wake Forest and UVA were fighting to tie Duke for the number one seed in the ACC. This game did not disappoint, until the bitter end in overtime...We are now fifth.
The pandemonium of Super Bowl Sunday, I daresay, matches that of Black Friday and Christmas Eve in America. These are truly some days that in the event you are on the sidelines observing, make you think...what in the world is going on?
Nevertheless, I too was caught up in Super Bowl Sundayness. And was it sweet! Saints beat out Colts with this oh so b-e-a-u-tiful interception in the 3rd quarter. Mardi Gras came to the Big Easy two weeks early this year.
But in the midst of the excitement of winning and losing, one really has to step back and really appreciate all that goes into such spectator sports. The people working in concessions watching the game on their little screen, the janitors who stay back to clean up the tons of trash left behind, the people who make sure all the electrical stuff work, the medical folks on hand if anything happens to anybody, security for crowd control, and the countless and unsung heroes that make the whole situation come together.
I'm going to keep bleeding red. But for the remaining time I have at UVA, Orange and Blue baby, Orange and Blue!
*sidenote: Duke just beat out UNC at home. Been a rough year for UNC, seeing how they came out on top last year in the NCAA. Tough break.
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