HAMMY AND WIFE: January 2010

So...I think it's pretty well documented that I'm a huge Hokie fan. Grew up 45 minutes down the road from VT and graduated from there in '04. Well, ironically one of my best friends, Randall, is a UVA fan. We're not really sure what happened. He may have been dropped on his head as a child. And that would actually explain a lot more than just his fan allegiance.

Anyway, the Saturday after Thanksgiving was the annual VT/UVA football game. I know what you're thinking, "UVA has a football team? Did they even play this year?" I assure you they do...and they did. Just ask any William & Mary fan! Well, Randall's family has UVA season tickets and they had an extra one. This ticket was originally intended for my good friend Devon, but he was a no show. So I attended my final Hokie game of the season and third since we moved back from Austria.

I'll be honest, the first half made me kind of nervous. We ended the half with only a one-point lead. But as it turns out, we were just toying with the little wahoos. We scored 28 second-half points and also shut them out in the second half.

Now, for those of you who have never been to a game at Scott Stadium, you're not missing much. Have you ever been to a Virginia high school football game? Yeah, that's what it's like. Sad. There's so much more I want to say, but out of respect for Randall and his family, I will not. Here's a few videos from the game I took with my iPhone.

A couple days after Christmas, Linz and I had a chance to spend the day with Devon and his girlfriend Michelle. Devon was one of my groomsman and played guitar in the wedding (he is in fact one of the finest acoustic fingerstyle guitarists I know). Anyway, we hadn't seen Devon since we've been back, so it's been about 2 1/2 years since we got to hang out. We just spent the day at Devon's dad's house catching up. Good times...

Me and Devon

And now for New Years. It's impossible to top a New Years spent in Vienna (here's what we did last year). But this year came pretty close. My bud Rob threw a James Bond-themed New Years Party. All the guys showed up in their spiffiest attire and the ladies came out Bond-girl style. There were casino games like blackjack, craps, and roulette, and we had a DJ in the basement. But perhaps the best thing about the party was the Hokie bowl game. Rob and two of his three roommates are also Hokies, so of course we had the bowl game playing. The Hokies played the University of Tennessee and left no doubt that we were the better team. We punished them 37-14. (Caleb and Chala, you are the only two Tennessee fans that I've met that I don't despise. In fact, I love you both. So again, I will refrain from rubbing it in........too much.)

WHOOHOO!!! GO HOKIES!!! VOLS SUCK!!!!!!!!!

Sorry bout that....had to get it out of my system. Anyway, here are some pics from New Years. Hope yours was a good one.

Linz and I