On the second day of Birmingham, East Carolina gave to me...
Ahh yes, the old college scene..... back at it again. Recruited for the USF/ECU game, Mr. Litt takes a ride with HOT band to Birmingham
and takes a stands tune up the octave... (surprise suprise)
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
After promising Schnetty, Robinson, and Keith Sanz that my "musical freedom" antics from last year were a thing of the past, I packed my bags and rekindled old friendships and began some new ones with good ol' HOT Band
Matt Mill couldn't think of a better way to start a 13 hour bus ride than the "Big Breakfast" from McDonalds
Oh... and Gerard had to give us the obligatory word of caution on the lavatory
Jen Drenth and Amanda Lyon just realized that the lav is right behind them... way to go, back of the bus
You too, Pablo!
About 2 hours into the trip, I start getting bored and doing the iPod slideshow dealy. Gracing the screen, CMENC '03 Benefit Concert with Chris Noto, Katie Grace, and myself. What a better way to burn battery than that :-/
Oh finally... some saving grace...
And surprisingly, nobody contested Regiment '06
... that is... after Gerard took 40 minutes to get from the main menu to the performance. This will eventually prompt someone to begin a facebook group entitled "I was there when Gerard Madrinan couldn't operate a DVD player"
After 3.5 hours, our first stop is the Tallahassee mall where we're greeted by some 5 piece music ensemble with a clarinet, a saxophone, and a rock. I think there was a trombone in there somewhere as well. Nonetheless, they played for the 250 bystanders we like to call "The Herd of Thunder" and they were praised with heavy applause and cheer.
Something they might have never heard before, being in Tallahassee...
Anyways, lunch ensues
Adam "Drano" Hollenback and I... you'll find out about the nickname in due time...
Amanda "Raptor" Hargen, Ian "It's been 15 minutes... Black", and Nathan "Happy Birthday" van Walker
Mely "Jason Litt will you marry me?" Salguero... wedding date is Junetember 63rd, 1346 A.D.
Alabama State Line!!!!..... too bad I'm not quick enough to get the actual sign. This was 50 feet in front of it...
Well... to each his own.
Hey a 'copter
Been in Alabama for ten minutes and I've already been discriminated...
Jason "I won't settle for anything less than a bottled water" Litt and Daniel "I can't pronounce your last name either" Rosenstrauch. JEWS UNITE! HAPPY CHANUKAH!
When all else fails, Scattegories passes. Unfortunately, I was voted mostly likely to win by perversion. "Things you're afraid of" that begin with a P. Mely and I both had that one ;)
Nothing says lovin' like 250 kids invading your rest stop and taking charge of the bathroom
Max Mersinger and a picture of the Governor of Alabama. What a great job that must be
Oh what the heck... why not...
"We... are... far away from home"
But 44 miles away!
Phil "Mr." Hankins, Jen "J-Ru" Russell, and Kevin "DOOOOOOOOOOOORANT" Lindow
"GREAT PICTURE @#&$(*@%@. NOTHING LOOKS BETTER THAN A CAMERA STRAP IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PICTURE
- Jason Litt
"Dude... Schnetty just heard you drop the @#&$(*@%@-bomb in public... really @#&$(*@%@ loud" -Gerard Madrinan
So, before the dinner stop, there was this movie called "Sleepaway camp".
Essentially, it's a horror movie from 1989 with a really bad plot line... along with some really gross and disgusting killings (and other gross and disgusting... acts). Well... this movie wasn't very enriching at all. Pretty offensive to most, condemned by the majority. This probably ranked up there with Joe vs. the Volcano. We had a little come to Jesus with Gerard before we dismissed for dinner...
HOT Band invades another mall via Dillards women's section... you should've seen the looks we got when 250 of us come herding in like a bunch... Bulls.
Max, Moose, and Chris Romeo. None of which are photogenic, as you can see
Going shopping at Aero...Tsk Tsk
I have the same ones at home...
Sir, you're a Diva... sans the size sticker
Me with Steve "YU...OO... YUOLOULOA?" Ulloa and Chris "Gabriel's Oboe" Johns
Heyyyyyyy... ECU Football players...
And their coaching staff! I dared Pat Johnston to go up and say "HEY ARE YOU GUYS WITH THE ECU FOOTBALL TEAM? WE'RE BIG FANS... MAYBE CAN WE GET A PICTURE?"
(way to wear the school colors, Foster)
We came back to the bus... and there was a bug... and then an abscene of light...
SOOOOOOOO.......
Stardate 13 hours later we check into the hotel and trouble starts a flowin' (in more ways than one). First let's introduce Ian Black
He took the liberty of clogging the toilet. Well....
Since this is public domain and all...
Adam Hollenback...
Well...
Let's see if it worked...
Time to call the pros...
"What the hell did you do!?"
Our friend (let's call him Miguel for anonymity purposes) busts out the Super Plunger Xtreme+ 2000
Unfortunately...that wasn't the only water issue we had that night. We lost about 16,000 gallons of it. Enough on that!
Oh Monica, tell us how you really feel.
So Allgair, Adam, Ian, Conrad and I were discussing a little revenge plan...
That never came to fruition... NOT IT!
"Well if you won't do it... I won't either!"
Playin' Grinch
And now... the affection kicks in.
Oops on that last one.
Photo op across the street from the hotel...
And then we go to Five Points... historic downtown Birmingham. (A.K.A., Pile of Suck)
Me, ULLOLLOLOLA, Monica, and Sara at the Mellow Mushroom, only the greatest pizza on the planet. Take that, Allgair
Yeah... Steve and I made the mistake of ordering too large of a pizza. So we boxed it up and gave it away...
Walking around Five Points, we stop at the fountain with Dr. Dillamond (no joke, he's up there!)
And then... we get lost.
BUT IT'S OK... BECAUSE WE GOT... THIS GUY. ROLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!
(This one's definitely worth watching)...
So we disregarded Roll Tide's advice and got a taxi instead. Amanda tells us how easy it is to fit 11 people in a van...
Later we explored what was "The Summit". Birmingham's only area of civilization
And then ended it off with dinner. You can see how excited we were to be in Birmingham...
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!
Obviously that didn't settle very well... cause next morning was GAMEDAY. What a day to be up at 6am...
STADIUM LIGHTS!
Schnetty giving us the low down...
Me starting to warm-up...
And then the real warmup, Arrival (Courtesy of Jason Litt Trumpet-Cam: patent pending). Don't mind the Double G's
Ryan Barry finds... a balloon!
And I find Jonathan "Boston does suck, doesn't it?" Tate
Chris Romeo trying to get the section to tune...
Flip Folders are the new "Memorized"
LINE IT UP!
Oh man... GO BULLS!
"ECU rhymes with Gay". Took him all night to think that one up
Peppin' it up at the Pep Rally...
After half an hour of screaming our faces off, D-Rob herds us into the stands...
And then down onto the field for Pregame...
Couldn't have said it any better myself! Because it's the truth!
Jonathan Rosa puts on a Borat show for us...
AND OFF WE GO... SHOTGUN CAM FOR #3 (pardon the splee-a) :-/
Lovin' it already!
Rocky givin' it up
At least the cymbals weren't behind the trumpet line... oh wait. I'm deaf.
AAAAAAAAnd the ECU fans start leaving after trailing 24-7 after 4 quarters of play. GO BULLS!
THIS GAME IS OVER!
Judy Genshaft getting into it! (8 yard line in front doing the Bull)
So then after defeating the butt-pirates, 24-7, our very own WR Amarri Jackson comes and puts in a request. What is this, TRL? Let's do it up!
Celebrate good times, come on!
S-O-U-T-H! F-L-O-R-I-D-A! SOUTH! FLORIDA! SOUTH! FLORIDA! GOOOOOOOOOOOOO BULLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and takes a stands tune up the octave... (surprise suprise)
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
After promising Schnetty, Robinson, and Keith Sanz that my "musical freedom" antics from last year were a thing of the past, I packed my bags and rekindled old friendships and began some new ones with good ol' HOT Band
Matt Mill couldn't think of a better way to start a 13 hour bus ride than the "Big Breakfast" from McDonalds
Oh... and Gerard had to give us the obligatory word of caution on the lavatory
Jen Drenth and Amanda Lyon just realized that the lav is right behind them... way to go, back of the bus
You too, Pablo!
About 2 hours into the trip, I start getting bored and doing the iPod slideshow dealy. Gracing the screen, CMENC '03 Benefit Concert with Chris Noto, Katie Grace, and myself. What a better way to burn battery than that :-/
Oh finally... some saving grace...
And surprisingly, nobody contested Regiment '06
... that is... after Gerard took 40 minutes to get from the main menu to the performance. This will eventually prompt someone to begin a facebook group entitled "I was there when Gerard Madrinan couldn't operate a DVD player"
After 3.5 hours, our first stop is the Tallahassee mall where we're greeted by some 5 piece music ensemble with a clarinet, a saxophone, and a rock. I think there was a trombone in there somewhere as well. Nonetheless, they played for the 250 bystanders we like to call "The Herd of Thunder" and they were praised with heavy applause and cheer.
Something they might have never heard before, being in Tallahassee...
Anyways, lunch ensues
Adam "Drano" Hollenback and I... you'll find out about the nickname in due time...
Amanda "Raptor" Hargen, Ian "It's been 15 minutes... Black", and Nathan "Happy Birthday" van Walker
Mely "Jason Litt will you marry me?" Salguero... wedding date is Junetember 63rd, 1346 A.D.
Alabama State Line!!!!..... too bad I'm not quick enough to get the actual sign. This was 50 feet in front of it...
Well... to each his own.
Hey a 'copter
Been in Alabama for ten minutes and I've already been discriminated...
Jason "I won't settle for anything less than a bottled water" Litt and Daniel "I can't pronounce your last name either" Rosenstrauch. JEWS UNITE! HAPPY CHANUKAH!
When all else fails, Scattegories passes. Unfortunately, I was voted mostly likely to win by perversion. "Things you're afraid of" that begin with a P. Mely and I both had that one ;)
Nothing says lovin' like 250 kids invading your rest stop and taking charge of the bathroom
Max Mersinger and a picture of the Governor of Alabama. What a great job that must be
Oh what the heck... why not...
"We... are... far away from home"
But 44 miles away!
Phil "Mr." Hankins, Jen "J-Ru" Russell, and Kevin "DOOOOOOOOOOOORANT" Lindow
"GREAT PICTURE @#&$(*@%@. NOTHING LOOKS BETTER THAN A CAMERA STRAP IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PICTURE
- Jason Litt
"Dude... Schnetty just heard you drop the @#&$(*@%@-bomb in public... really @#&$(*@%@ loud" -Gerard Madrinan
So, before the dinner stop, there was this movie called "Sleepaway camp".
Essentially, it's a horror movie from 1989 with a really bad plot line... along with some really gross and disgusting killings (and other gross and disgusting... acts). Well... this movie wasn't very enriching at all. Pretty offensive to most, condemned by the majority. This probably ranked up there with Joe vs. the Volcano. We had a little come to Jesus with Gerard before we dismissed for dinner...
HOT Band invades another mall via Dillards women's section... you should've seen the looks we got when 250 of us come herding in like a bunch... Bulls.
Max, Moose, and Chris Romeo. None of which are photogenic, as you can see
Going shopping at Aero...Tsk Tsk
I have the same ones at home...
Sir, you're a Diva... sans the size sticker
Me with Steve "YU...OO... YUOLOULOA?" Ulloa and Chris "Gabriel's Oboe" Johns
Heyyyyyyy... ECU Football players...
And their coaching staff! I dared Pat Johnston to go up and say "HEY ARE YOU GUYS WITH THE ECU FOOTBALL TEAM? WE'RE BIG FANS... MAYBE CAN WE GET A PICTURE?"
(way to wear the school colors, Foster)
We came back to the bus... and there was a bug... and then an abscene of light...
SOOOOOOOO.......
Stardate 13 hours later we check into the hotel and trouble starts a flowin' (in more ways than one). First let's introduce Ian Black
He took the liberty of clogging the toilet. Well....
Since this is public domain and all...
Adam Hollenback...
Well...
Let's see if it worked...
Time to call the pros...
"What the hell did you do!?"
Our friend (let's call him Miguel for anonymity purposes) busts out the Super Plunger Xtreme+ 2000
Unfortunately...that wasn't the only water issue we had that night. We lost about 16,000 gallons of it. Enough on that!
Oh Monica, tell us how you really feel.
So Allgair, Adam, Ian, Conrad and I were discussing a little revenge plan...
That never came to fruition... NOT IT!
"Well if you won't do it... I won't either!"
Playin' Grinch
And now... the affection kicks in.
Oops on that last one.
Photo op across the street from the hotel...
And then we go to Five Points... historic downtown Birmingham. (A.K.A., Pile of Suck)
Me, ULLOLLOLOLA, Monica, and Sara at the Mellow Mushroom, only the greatest pizza on the planet. Take that, Allgair
Yeah... Steve and I made the mistake of ordering too large of a pizza. So we boxed it up and gave it away...
Walking around Five Points, we stop at the fountain with Dr. Dillamond (no joke, he's up there!)
And then... we get lost.
BUT IT'S OK... BECAUSE WE GOT... THIS GUY. ROLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!
(This one's definitely worth watching)...
So we disregarded Roll Tide's advice and got a taxi instead. Amanda tells us how easy it is to fit 11 people in a van...
Later we explored what was "The Summit". Birmingham's only area of civilization
And then ended it off with dinner. You can see how excited we were to be in Birmingham...
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!
Obviously that didn't settle very well... cause next morning was GAMEDAY. What a day to be up at 6am...
STADIUM LIGHTS!
Schnetty giving us the low down...
Me starting to warm-up...
And then the real warmup, Arrival (Courtesy of Jason Litt Trumpet-Cam: patent pending). Don't mind the Double G's
Ryan Barry finds... a balloon!
And I find Jonathan "Boston does suck, doesn't it?" Tate
Chris Romeo trying to get the section to tune...
Flip Folders are the new "Memorized"
LINE IT UP!
Oh man... GO BULLS!
"ECU rhymes with Gay". Took him all night to think that one up
Peppin' it up at the Pep Rally...
After half an hour of screaming our faces off, D-Rob herds us into the stands...
And then down onto the field for Pregame...
Couldn't have said it any better myself! Because it's the truth!
Jonathan Rosa puts on a Borat show for us...
AND OFF WE GO... SHOTGUN CAM FOR #3 (pardon the splee-a) :-/
Lovin' it already!
Rocky givin' it up
At least the cymbals weren't behind the trumpet line... oh wait. I'm deaf.
AAAAAAAAnd the ECU fans start leaving after trailing 24-7 after 4 quarters of play. GO BULLS!
THIS GAME IS OVER!
Judy Genshaft getting into it! (8 yard line in front doing the Bull)
So then after defeating the butt-pirates, 24-7, our very own WR Amarri Jackson comes and puts in a request. What is this, TRL? Let's do it up!
Celebrate good times, come on!
S-O-U-T-H! F-L-O-R-I-D-A! SOUTH! FLORIDA! SOUTH! FLORIDA! GOOOOOOOOOOOOO BULLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!