You have to hand it to them. Nothing like taking advantage of a chance to use a horrible pun or co-opt a holiday that really does not have the same kind of ownership that other holidays have..
In this case, Cal (University of California, Berkeley to the rest of the world) had signs up on campus plus on the electronic boards of Haas Pavilion this evening for the Exhibition Game against the Vanguard Lions. For most of us not familiar with much of the sports re-alignment that happened this season – The Vanguards are out of Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA. They are in the PACWEST which now has 14 teams. Looking at the list, school size averages out to about 4k and all seem to be one flavor or another of Christianity except for U of Hawaii – Hilo.
Anyway, there were costumes in the crowd & most definitely in the Straw Hat Band.
In anywise, other than too many turnovers, Cal overwhelmed the visitors.
But there was a lot of enthusiasm. I just wish there had been more fans in attendance. The game was free, they handed out candy to the kids and had a costume parade at half-time. But it is Halloween and a lot of kids would have rather been out getting large amounts of candy. Or, as in the case of Cal Students, this week is mid-terms.
I spent my stitching time yesterday – that which wasn’t involved in errands, working on 324. Yes, I know that mentioning stitching all the time is really boring for various of my friends who are Veterans, but hey, that is what I am doing… This particular pattern comes from WorksbyABC
Anyway – I stitched another 24 motifs (more than 1000 stitches). It is actually a reasonable project for me to focus on. Since each color (324 of them) is used once and only once, kitting it up for traveling is completely out of the question. Total is 6871/14751. So obviously a ways to go.
ah, too tired after the game. Time for a nap. Or computer games. It could go either way….
