Its been a while...

Wow, I can't believe it has been almost a month since I posted anything. Rolling back into town from my Thanksgiving trip to Syracuse and NYC was like the starting gun on the 4 week sprint to the finish for the rest of the semester. But two projects, two presentations, a huge pile of grading, and a cloud of dust later it is over. Overall a pretty good semester. Felt like the work I did this semester was of a pretty good quality, saw some great football, made my first trip to Madison Square Garden, and traveled to enemy territory for one of the fiercest rivalries in the NHL. The last involved a pretty funny - and somewhat sad - story.

A group of us decided to head to Philadelphia for a Penguins v. Flyers game. We were all pretty nervous on the way for a number of reasons. First, the Pens and Flyers are huge divisional rivals, and Philly is out for some revenge this year after getting swept for the season a year ago. Second, Philly fans are notorious for their outrageous behavior - such as cheering when pro football player Michael Irving was laying motionless on the field. Third, we were all decked out to the 10 in Pens gear. To top it all off, we decided to head down early and tailgate for about 2 hours before the game. But the one thing we had on our side was that earlier in the day was a PSU football game against Temple right next door. We got down there about an hour after the football game. We figured there would be plenty of PSU people out tailgating still, as State is notorious for showing up early and leaving late. So we pulled in to the parking lot and loaded out of the car. There was a group of PSU fans about 20 feet away. Now to identify a fellow Stater, you simply have to say the magic words: We Are. If they are true fans, they respond in turn: Penn State. So we get out of the car and my roommate Mike calls to our fellow Lion fans: WE ARE! And their response: "Boooooooo! F&@k the Penguins!" We felt so betrayed. And that was just the beginning of the verbal abuse we would take that night. Lucky for us, the Pens got blown out or we might not have made it back to State College.

Anyways, I digress. Tomorrow I head to NYC - which is always a good time - and then Saturday it's back to the beautiful Rockies for 3 weeks of winter fun. I'll try to post pictures and stories as the break progresses.

See you in a little over 42 hours Maggie and Glacier!