If you know me (which, chances are, you do if you're reading this), you know that I currently reside is sunny (usually) El Paso, Texas, home of cacti, Mexicans, and the University of Texas at El Paso. I'm a Teaching Assistant in the music department at UTEP... blah blah blah.
Anyway, part of my duties are to help out with the UTEP Marching Miners. Yesterday was the first home game of the season, where the mighty Miners took on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. UTEP lost in overtime, oh well, but I still wanted to put up some pictures from the insane event. The picture above was taken from the roof of the Sun Bowl (yes, the roof), with one football game and approximately 55,000 people below me. Alejandro, my newfound Mexican friend (and we're talking REAL Mexican - he's from Merida, on the Yucatan Peninsula, which is about as far from home as I) took this one.
To your right is the same Sun Bowl, from the same Sun Bowl Roof, but in the early evening (I know, my chronology is screwed up). Past the stadium and some of West El Paso are the beautiful Franklin Mountains. They're beautiful in this picture, anyway. Only a few of the teeming masses have arrived at this point.
This teeming mass, however, is the UTEP Marching Band. The square monstrosity in in the background is my Pew-away-from-Pew, the Fox Fine Arts Center. It's good to see that UTEP allows me to continue my streak of "Schools of Higher Learning Attended in Which the Fine Arts Complex Matches No Other Building On Campus". My SHLAWFACMNOBOC, if you will.
"Ef-Fac", by the way, is in no way as melodious when flowing off the tongue as "Pee-Fac". You know you agree.
But it does beat Shlawfacmnoboc.
Well, that's all for now, folks. Bed awaits.
Oh, and if you're bored, listen to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti. They're exquisite.
Shlawfacmnoboc.
3 comments:
Michael... it was so great to hear from you. I hope all is well. Email me sometime! KM_In_Italy@yahoo.com
And yes, my life must be fictional right now.
Hi, Mike,
I found your blog! Aren't they great?? And by great, I mean addicting. I thought they were lame, but they're actually pretty sweet.
I hope you're doing well!
I could go for a St. Elmo's Fire right about now..haha
Things are great here in cloudy-like-Grove City South Bend.
I would post pictures of ND home games, too. But that requires me going to one. I was in PA for a wedding and missed the Penn State game, and I have a wedding out here this weekend so I'll miss the Michigan Game. Suck! Where's my St Elmo's Fire??
You look SO queer in hats.
I love you honey!
ahaha!
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