Beach Bound (Hallelujah!)

Hello Kiddies –
Granted it’s not quite football season yet, so of course you’re wondering, why are we hearing from the FP? Well, it’s quite simple. The Gurus have put together one freaking fantastic good times event – and it begins this Friday! So. I had to get on here and give you the lowdown! Want specifics? Ooooh, goody! Let me tell you!! We have rented a house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and we’re spending a week at the beach. Oooooh yeah! Believe me when I tell you that we’re completely out of our heads with excitement right now – we have total Vacation Brain going on. Work is suffering. We can think of nothing else but sitting in the sand, having some cold ones, and celebrating Good Times. PLEASE let it be Friday soon!! ;-)

Right now, Rachael and Scott get to be the lucky first ones there, since April and Mr. FP have to work on Friday…but, we’re still going to get out of town as soon as we can and head down. I mean, we even bought a new vehicle with this trip in mind! (just kidding, we actually got it for tailgating purposes. LOL. Yes. We are DEDICATED!) But, believe me, we’ll make up for being late to the party soon enough! And, while we're there, we get to celebrate April's birthday, too! Throw those party hats in the bag!

In the meantime, y’all behave while we’re gone. If you’re good – you might get to hear about some of our exploits when we get back! On the immediate horizon, we’ve got tents, towels, coolers and koozies. Sunscreen and siestas. Brew Thrus and beach bars. Water in the ocean, pool and hot tub. Ahhh, bring on the beach!

-FP

PS. One extra shout-out to Rachael and Scott - Happy Anniversary, guys!

Growing Older but Not Up

So, another year has passed…and this little Guru is hitting number 32! Personally, I think this is an excellent sign for the coming football season. I mean, hello! Darren Evans is #32, my last name is Evans and I’m 32 this year…coincidence??? I think not! You’ll see, soon enough! Boo-yah!

But, beyond football season predictions…another birthday also means another opportunity to get my party on! SO, accordingly, I am headed down to Jacksonville, Florida this weekend, to visit one of my oldest and dearest friends (who’s birthday also happens to fall in a few days). Together we will unite our Party Prowess and have some serious fun. Sand, sun, and beach bars. I am EXCITED! I hope Jax is aware of and prepared for the coming invasion!! ;-)

If no one’s heard from me by next Tuesday...please send out a search party!!

*mwah!*
--FP

You Never Know Who You'll Run Into...

Man, oh man…I gotta tell you, if you didn’t make it to the tailgate, and you can't figure it out just by these pictures, you missed some seriously Good Times! Trey, Tommy, Peggy (and her buffet of fabulous food!), along with several of their friends all made the trip to tailgate with us Gurus...Uncle John and two of his boys (Matt and Tim) made it, as well...But, most importantly...
We are now in possession of a fabulous new Virginia Tech pinwheel tent (alternating glorious maroon and orange), complete with side panels for bad weather days - boo-yah!

Why do I tell you this, you ask? Well, the tent provided lots of entertainment.

I know, this sounds like a crazy statement, but just let me elaborate. See, I’ve never really watched someone else put up one of these things before…and of course, neither had Rachael or April…so, we were kind of at a loss once we got the tent mostly up. We couldn’t quite figure out how to pop the canopy bars into place…first we thought it was just going to lock in when we spread the tent out all the way.

Well. That didn’t happen. Then we thought we could stand on tip toe and push them into place (but none of us are very tall), so that was a FAIL.

Then, we thought, hey, let’s lower the tent and push the bars in place while it’s lowered…(I know, the level of genius in action here is absolutely astounding, but bear with us, lol)...but that still didn’t work. Of course, all during this process, we were consuming adult beverages and goofing off…including some running jumps (pure Olympic-medal stuff, I tell ya!), attempting to reach the canopy bars and push them into place.

At which point we soon realized we were probably the laughing stock of the parking lot and figured we should quit before ending up on YouTube somewhere… At this point we had pretty much resigned ourselves to a tent with a floppy canopy until a random tall person walked by that we could convince to help us. Sad, I know, right?

But all was not lost, friends! My keen eyes noted a group of tailgaters two rows over that had just arrived and were in the middle of tent assembly! So, yeah, we totally watched them do it so we could figure out what to do and voila! We got it! (had to push some braces into place that we, um, sorta just didn’t realize were braces that would slide the canopy bars into locked position…) SO. Success! We were even so proud of ourselves that we offered to help the folks next to us put up THEIR tent. Oh yeah!

Played lots of music (my Ipod's stuck on replay, replay, replay), broke in a new VT pop-up trash can (it's amazing what little things like this add to the tailgate experience, lol) and showed off lots of new VT accessories - sunglasses fit for a Tailgate President, new shirts all around, jewelry, and, well, you get the point!...Needless to say, we drank plenty of beverages and did a little tailgate Dance Party USA action...(I think we need a disco ball to hang inside the tent.)

But, check this dude out! We ran into THIS guy while tailgating at the Spring Game last weekend...(What is UP with that the rear view!?! I've heard of someone being a hard*ss before, but never a hard-hat-*ss!)

Beer Man Trey, FP, and Rachael :-)

Inside the Merryman Center with all the cool VT memorabilia and whatnot. Nice bathrooms, too!

These are the faces of Victory!! Happy Dance!

And, the tailgate continued in Roanoke...or at least the party....with a fabulous Mexican meal, complete with MASSIVE brews.

CHEERS!

April and the Hokie Bird/Transformer on Stilts...random! Just before he posed with three other girls and Rachael made him do pelvic thrusts over their heads. NICE.

I'm Baaaaack!

Hey y’all! Hope you’ve had plenty of Good Times during our “hiatus” but the FP is back in full effect and ready for action! And it just so happens that this weekend’s little fiesta in Blacksburg kicks off one MONDO summer of Good Times! This little Fun Pusher is patting herself on the back for the fabulous planning that went into this one…we’re talking at least one significant Good Times Event a month starting this weekend with the Spring Game. We’re talking two months of getaways to warmer climes, flip flops, sand and surf. We’re talking the annual adventure of the Girls’ Cabin Weekend. And we’re talking yet MORE warmer climes, flip flops, sand and surf come August!!

And that’s when the fun most relevant to this particular blog really gets popping. For the second year in a row, we will segue from a fabulous Jimmy Buffett concert weekend (complete with regular tailgate crew!) into the kickoff of Football Season Good Times with the VT vs. Boise State game at FedEx Field on Labor Day. (Bonus: Just up the road from me! YAY! No 4-hour drive to see a Tech game. Cue choir of angels!) AND, y’all think 60,000 Hokie fans in Lane Stadium are loud?? Just you wait until there are 75K+ in one spot (I would say 90K but I assume that BSU will sell SOME tickets to the game, lol). Oh yeah. Loud and proud! ;-) Win that game and we’re poised to make a special run this season…

But wait. Focus. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. First things first. We’ve got a Spring Game Tailgate to plan up for this weekend…I know I worked hard on my “conditioning” last weekend (and the weekend before), so I should be ready to rock come Saturday. Hope you are, too! The Crew is still being assembled, but should include Rachael, April, and myself, at a minimum. Oh. And at least one cooler chock full of beer & adult beverages. ;-) **UPDATE: The BrewMaster and his fabulous folks are going to be in attendance, and possibly a few other tailgate regulars. YAY!!**

We’re going to shoot for tailgating in one of the stadium lots (hopefully south end zone), but that means we need to get there early (and we haven’t been what you would call “successful” in previous Spring Game attempts…so, we’ll see)! So. It’s time to show some dedication and motivation and get the 2010 VT football campaign off on the right foot! That means getting there early!

More than that, it also means rocking all the cool new VT gear – both personal and tailgate – that I got in the off-season! Oh yeah! I mean, combining my two favorite things – VT and accessories, ladies! Totally what it’s all about. ;-)

So. Let’s recap. VT’s Annual Maroon/White Spring Game is this Saturday at 2pm. Get there early, with beverage and food to your liking. Join us at our tailgate and kick off the 2010 Good Times Season right!

A Guru Looks at 30...

Well, see? I told you it wouldn't be long before we had another Good Times event...and sure enough, here we are...mere hours away from the milestone known as the 30th Birthday. In this case, it's Rachael's (us other Gurus are slightly more, um, senior)....and we plan on doing it up right! I am planning on leaving DC bright and early tomorrow morning so that I can get into Roanoke with plenty of time to purchase all the necessary goodies for a Par-Tay of this magnitude...(ie, beer, liquor, ice, mixers...and maybe, if you're lucky, some food and a cake. lol.) By all accounts, we will have quite a crowd at this little shindig, many of whom are actually tailgate regulars...so, in some ways, the season continues!!

I would write more...about how OLD Rachael is now and all of that...but, duty calls...I must put together the most ass-kickin' playlist for this party and I'm at square one on that little task...SO. I am sayonara for now...but, as always, I'll be back. ;-) With plenty more Good Times to throw your way...ciao!

-FP

I Am Thankful for Another Fabulous Season

So, here we are...the end of this year's regular season...I can't believe it's already here...everything went way too quickly this year. This was such a roller coaster of a season - starting with the away game in Atlanta against Alabama...through the monsoon of Miami, and the beatdown of BC...all the way through last week's obedience training of the Pound Puppies. (Sit, Stay, Rollover, Lose.) It's been a hard one to take at times (I'm looking at you, Tarholes. UGH!), but it's still been sooo much unbelieveable fun. Dancing at the tailgate. Amazing friends and family. (sidebar: Congrats to Rachael, she came to every home game this year - excellent!!!) Y'all know I'm a crier but I'm going to try and make it thru this without sniffles...lol. ;-)


Which brings us to the annual game against UVA...and this time, rather than watching the away-game on tv, we're going! I just couldn't say no to one more tailgate...and the fact that it's only 2 hours away also helps. ;-) Plus we couldn't resist the opportunity to watch our beloved Hokies beat the Hoos in their own house. (Fingers crossed!) So, Mr. FP and I are off to Charlottesville and we're going to meet up with some of the tailgate regulars and close out the season with a bang...


But have no fear...this isn't the end of the blog season...we aren't going on hiatus until freaking March 2010 like "V" (WTF? who does that??) We have plenty more good times up our sleeves and you know we can't help but share...


But, until the next time...go forth and have some Good Times!


GO HOKIES!!


-FP

Is This Thing On??

Are you serious? We’re not on TV? I’ve been looking forward to the fact that this weekend the Hokies were actually going to be on tv…and, well, they’re not! They are, instead, on the INTERNET. Wha??? Oh well, guess I’d better figure this daggone ESPN 360 shenanigans out…and I’d better start now if I have any prayer of being able to watch it by gametime. LOL. I need a beer. Or three. The Fun Pusher is seriously puzzled here. How the heck am I supposed to push the fun, if we are not even on tv???

Oh well, another weekend of living room tailgating…well, not even, this time it’s home office tailgating. This is so wrong. Oh well, at least the fridge is nearby (as is the bathroom).

I’m stocked and ready.

I’ve checked out the new unis (yeah!) and I’m well aware that Good Guys Wear White.
I’m hungry for some turtle soup, y’all!!! If we don’t win by 3 scores (hopefully TDs), then I may go into a self-induced coma. Or hurl something out my window. This Maryland team is NOT good; we should blow them away if we can get any kind of O-line production/protection. Come on, guys!

Just a few regular season games left… A 10-win season is still within sights, and we’d better get them while we can, if Foster is serious about the Memphis job…(wah!!!)

Let’s Go, Hokies!!