Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Memories of Tampa




When you put 20 twenty-somethings in a hotel with copious boozage, good times are guaranteed. Some reflections on things I learned, things I heard, things I hope to not hear again and miscellaneous memories from a wild week in Tampa for the Outback Bowl:

  • If you add the word "celebrity" to whatever you're doing, it makes it instantly more appealing. Thanks Dave.
  • Getting less than 5 hours of sleep a night, then waking up and repeating.
  • Adding Jenny on Facebook, then standing right next to her as she checked her Blackberry and asked "Does anyone know who this Andrew is?" She claimed she was bad with last names.
  • Shotgun duels.
  • Challenging waitresses to down dishes of ranch dressing after someone at the table wouldn't do it.
  • Getting the number of ladies under the age of 30. (This is new for me.)
  • Running into Joe Montana at Tropicana Field on a impromptu day trip.
  • Going nearly perfect at flip cup. I'm considering going pro.



  • Discussing Gunt vs. FUPA @ Hooters.
  • Tearing it up at Mac Dinton's in South Howard
  • Finding jazz on the NPR station at midnight in my hotel.
  • New friends & new stories.
  • People watching on the PTSA bus to the beach.
  • Jeff discussing his love/hate relationship with Balinda (GPS)
  • Running into purple all over town.
  • Losing all sense of time.
  • Getting hosed on cab fare on New Years Eve.
  • Playing Fuck the Dealer. Sadly Brooke, our server, wasn't our dealer.
  • Blooming. Onions.
  • Learning and excelling at new drinking games.
  • Testing the limits of my liver.
  • Not being able to form complete sentences/thoughts.
  • Tony's bar idea after seeing a place called "Hot Tuna": Man Shaft
  • Waitress saying she did Track and Field in college. The event: Pole vaulting. Too easy.

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