The Senior Game

One of my absolute favorite things at BYU has been going to basketball games, and quite tragically yesterday was our last home game of our magical season that currently has us ranked No. 3 in the nation.  When I was choosing which college to go to, going to the basketball games with my dad was actually an important part of the selection process (we saw BYU play Utah, which was fantastic).  Naturally since yesterday was the last game of the season we recognized our beyond amazing seniors, Jimmer Fredette, Jackson Emery and Logan Magnusson. But this time it wasn’t just the senior games for our players, it was my senior game as well (although no one seemed to celebrate me.  Strange…)

However, if the season did have to come to an end it ended perfectly.  We won (102-78), and there was confetti for winning the Mountain West Championship and all sorts of magic.  Plus, the student section did this with all 5,000 students:

(I’m in the lower-middle right, not that you can tell who is who)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I miss these games in the Marriott Center already!  At least we’ve still got the conference tournament and March Madness.

Just Keep Swimming

Today was my wonderful roommate Sam’s last home swim meet of her college career. Isn’t she cute?

My other roomies and sister went to support her. I’ve been to a lot of her meets over the past four years, and they’re always a ton of fun.

We also took a little Jamba trip on Amber’s magic money card.

Overall, a lovely day. The weather was even nice, leading me to decide that I would be REALLY ok with it being spring now…

*Also, I am in love with the song Swim Until You Can’t See Land by Frightened Rabbit, and I feel like it works really well with this post. Because it mentions swimming. So I’ll give you a link.

World Cup Mania

I love the World Cup. I love cities. And being outside. So when I heard they were showing the games on Saturday at Dupont Circle, a park in the middle of a roundabout only a 15 minute walk from where I live (and I happen to live in a city), I knew I had to go.

One reporter I passed was saying there were 20,000 people there. That’s a lot of people to cram into a little circle park. I have no idea how some people had any idea of what was going on in the game, because when I would get in the middle of it I (A) couldn’t see the screen over all of the people and (B) couldn’t hear. I (C) also couldn’t move or breathe because I was squashed between sticky bodies, but that’s obviously not as important at times like these.

Watching games in huge crowds is fantastic because of how involved everyone gets. It automatically makes what’s happening a hundred times more intense. Popular chants included the traditional “USA!” plus “Obama” and then something not so nice that I can’t repeat about BP.

It was humid and hot (I hope to never ever sweat that much again), but it was an awesome experience. And I took some photos so you can pretend you were there too. I do have to admit, a fringe benefit of having a nice camera is that people seem to assume you are doing something important with it, so I could wander anywhere I wanted to in the crowd. Therefore I ended up conveniently next to the screen at the end...

For all of the pictures I took click on this lovely link below:

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For some of the ones I like most with narration just keep going.

The day was filled with anguish:

And excitement (equal parts of both emotion since it ended in a tie):

People on the east coast apparently just keep some revolutionary clothes in their closet just in case they might need it. This game qualified.

Patriotism manifested itself for both countries in other ways as well:

Like I said, there were a lot of people:

Points for most creative sign went to this guy:

And this was my favorite headgear:

Hot Dogs:

Reporters:

People were thirsty since it was so ridiculously hot and sticky:

Shirts that represent the event:

At the end there was even a proposal that I just happened to be standing next to. I will post the entire sequence of shots for Amber, my sister, who will love it. For those who aren’t into that stuff there is an easy way to avoid it – just scroll fast.

Other stuff I like that I’m far too lazy to categorize.

Ok I’ll leave you alone now. Just look at the link to the album to see the rest. The moral of the story is that I still love my camera. And the world cup. What a wonderful combination. Just imagine how awesome it would be to be at the actual game… Maybe in four years?