There's something about this rush...

Saluti dalla biblioteca Bostock!

It’s Super Bowl Sunday! Which means that today, at 6 p.m. at a yet undetermined location in Durham, I will witness the pinnacle of the American football season. This year, this grand event will feature the New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts, both fighting to win the Vince Lombardy Trophy and the title of the champion of the National Football League. Even though I’ve already had the opportunity to meet fervent football fans and see a football game live, I still can’t say I know exactly what to expect from today’s football confrontation. But I will definitely let you know how it went, and try to upload some decent photos!
However, this week I witnessed another great sports event! This Thursday, Steven, Bettina, Jeremy and I paid a visit to the Blue Devils at Cameron. After standing in line for a couple of hours (actually, I just joined in about 1,5 hour before the game started, but only because I had class), we set our feet in the stadium. WHAT A FEELING THAT WAS! Students with blue and white paint all over their faces, or even bodies, the players warming up, a whole entourage of coaches and assistant coaches coming in, cheerleaders hopping around half naked, fans from the ages of 0 – 80 eagerly waiting for the game to start (there was a woman breastfeeding her baby and cheering in the seat in front of me, that’s where the 0’s from), all of this with a “Killers – All these things I’ve done” soundtrack! What a RUSH.
Sadly enough, I managed to lose Steven and Bettina at the entrance and was unsuccessful in finding them till the end of the game. Since Steven had my camera on him, I didn’t take any pictures, but I had my iPod, so I made a couple of videos which I will hopefully upload soon. However, my third big FAIL of the day was my poor choice of attire. That morning I decided to wear one of my Duke t-shirts, which would go great with the Duke school spirit that has been successfully rubbing off on me since August. The thought of checking Georgia Tech’s colors didn’t even cross my mind that morning. Boy, finding me on a photo of the right side of the Cameron bleachers that night would sure be an easy game of “Where’s Waldo”.

Despite these little mishaps (I DID learn from them), the game was a complete success – Blue Devils 86, Yellow Jackets 67. This game definitely gets a spot on my 10 most exciting events of my life list, with the crowd cheering “Let’s go Duke”, Coach K yelling at the referees, Paul Hewitt screaming at his players… GREAT times. And this is exactly why I am SUPER EXCITED about next weekend’s game against Maryland.

OK, back to studying, I wouldn’t want to watch my first Super Bowl with a feeling of guilt about not having tackled some work first.