Cal Football!

I hemmed and hawed about paying for season tickets for the football here, and they got sold out (since when should students have to pay to watch their team play anyway, eh?). I got lucky though -- a friend of my roommates had tickets and wasn't able to make the game, and although I barely know him (just played basketball with him the other day) he gave me his ticket! Apparently one of the stipulations was that I get painted up for the game. So i did!

It was pretty exciting. The whole campus has this electric feeling on gameday. Our dorm had a special "gameday brunch" so everyone could get their gameday face on. Every single fraternity and sorority had a pregame party, and the streets were packed with students heading to the game. We had front row seats right on the 50 yard line, that were reserved for the "Game Day Spirit Club" which I am now a de facto member of. The game was Cal vs. UC Davis, and was a total blowout: 52 to 3. I got pretty sunburned, but I figured that was all part of the experience. I'm now back in my room doing some homework and listening to my roommates new album he made while brewing some black tea to put on my sunburn. It's been a good day! Looking forward to the rest of the weekend. :)