I know, I’ve been promising this for a while, but I’m finally making myself sit down and write it. The pictures will be up soon, as well as a couple other galleries. I’ve been fighting with the site a lot lately, the comment system that is in place, shouldn’t be working, as it was uninstalled. And the system I want to use is installed, but not operational (although I do know why), but I can’t turn it on until the other one is really gone….really, I just need Joomla 1.5 to come out so I can start fighting with that, but it looks like it will be at least a few more weeks, so until then, I’m just holding on!
So anyway, Homecoming was great! I got to see all kinds of people that I wasn’t expecting to, which was wonderful! There were a ton more tailgaters there than the last time, which I expected, and even some of the W&J fans were there with us, albeit in different areas and wearing all red.
The "March of the Bearcats" was pathetic, they couldn’t get convertibles so the homecoming court were hanging out of car windows, and the parade broke into three parts: the cars, the alumni and the band, each going their own separate way. We missed joining in, so we had our own parade from Rooney, all the while proclaiming that we were important and that people should look at us.
We (the classes of ’06 and ’07) had two groups going, which was cool, but mostly we just hung out and had a great time catching up. We headed over for the game, and on the way I saw Dean Kaylor, Celiene Haas and a few other administrators that were always very nice to me, which was great to see. The side of the hill that we sat on at the home opener had become the "Away" section, either officially or unofficially, so we headed further down and took a spot on the much steeper hillside.
George Kacenga showed up and we chatted, and at the end of the first quarter I got up to stretch and ended up hanging with Zach for the entire second quarter. Zach and I think a lot alike, and it was wonderful to just make jokes and enjoy the fact that we’re not at SVC anymore, dealing with everything associated with that fact.
At halftime, Tessa was named Homecoming Queen (which is awesome, I got a picture with her before the game) and we left to go back to the tailgating. At that point we hadn’t even scored so we ended up spending the rest of the game in the parking lot.
Afterwards, I headed to the social in the gym, and promptly passed on it, as the "bar" was being mobbed by hordes of people that I didn’t want to deal with. I did head towards the back of the gym where there was a CESS school gathering, and saw Dr. Cook and Prof. Dinning! We caught up, which was honestly a highlight of the day and then Alandra and I headed down with Mary Beth to play some games. As that got old, Alandra and I made a Sheetz run…
Except Sheetz moved. They up and moved to a different corner of the intersection, which was very confusing! But, we got our MTOs and then rushed back to campus to make it in time for the Fr. Tom tribute, where I got to see Bobbie Anne!
The tribute was a lot of fun, aside from some patronizing remarks from President Towey. The two emcees were a couple that met at SVC because of Fr. Tom, and one of the best quotes was the gentleman attempting to pronounce "diocese," and after stumbling over it a few times proclaiming, "What do I know, I’m a Jew!"
The night ended with fireworks, which were spectacular as always, and I then headed to lot A to get my uneaten MTO. Lot A looks great by the way, there are all kinds of little islands with trees and plants, and it’s paved well, so kudos to SVC for that!
After that, Mary Beth and I walked back up the hill to the tailgating area to get our cars and head home. We met up with Pat and Lindsay, and lamented the fact that the class of ’04 (I think) left a huge mess where they were (you’ll see when I put pictures up), it was very sad and disappointing to see.
All in all, it was a great time. There really were so many people I got to see, and I know that if I tried to name them all I’d leave a bunch out, so hopefully you’ll understand I didn’t forget you, and I’m not trying to be rude, I just know my limitations.
And, amazingly enough, I have a plan for the next couple of blog entires: Mike’s cultural experiences (or some other witty title). I’ve had a lot of cool adventures lately, and I can’t wait to write about them. Catch you all later, have a great one!
