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I'll always remember that week.
The day before, I finally got rid of my retainer, and watched VMI play W&M the previous Saturday.
Heading into English class. Actually learned of the attack on the Pentagon first, through a classmate "Sarah" (who recently married a Hokie that she dated since our Freshman year of hs). HCPS had just recently issued out iBooks to students, and for the rest of the week we were pretty much glued to them and the class TVs. Some classmates' parents were in the DC area, and they went home early. I remember soon, pretty much everyone changed their iBook's theme to something patriotic by the end of the week. So too was a meme of a mock Weather Channel forecast of Afghanistan: being bombed into the Stone Age.
That Friday, we left school to Ray Charles' "America the Beautiful." Before then, that song always reminded me of the 4th of July night game in The Sandlot. Now it reminds me of that horrific week.
Yes! I have a tab open on my browser and in my spare moments (between conference calls) I vote a dozen times or so. Only takes a few moments. I must admit, I - like probably most Hokie Football Fans - am inherently competitive. And this is my way of getting "in the game" for my Alma Mater. Plus that pirate just pisses me off.
Just got off of 3rd shift and was going to bed. Turned on the T.V. to catch a bit of the Today show. I watched from about 5 minutes before the second plane hit until I had to go back to work that evening. That was a messed up week.
This is a good post. We should never, ever move on from that day. We should always take time to remember 9/11, and just what the stakes are.
Thank you military, and thank you first responders.
LOL FORGOT ABOUT REGGIE BALL
Sitting in my barracks room in Fort Eustis Virginia with my retirement papers in and 3 months to go. Turned on the TV after getting back from PT and was watching the replay of the 1st hit when everyone was wondering what really happened. All of a sudden the cameras caught the 2nd plane barreling into the building. I was an MP so we immediately went into full combat mode and locked the base down. My wife was working in Crystal City as a defense contractor and was at work when the plane hit there. Since a lot of her work meant she was at the pentagon I was in panic mode trying to contact her (the cell phone lines were down). My son was 3 months old....man crazy times. I could not leave to check on them because I had a job to do and I was going out of my mind until I finally talked to her.
TIGER UPPERCUT!
Superman and Sam Rogers once got into a fight. Loser had to wear his underwear on the outside of pants.
In fact, the biggest piece of news to come out of Charlottesville was this USA Today story about Virginia fans being angry that Oregon fans were throwing a football at their tailgate. You can excuse their behavior though, because the normal rule around town is that if you throw the football, you're immediately forced to transfer to a FCS school.
So you can just keep pressing that VOTE AGAIN button all day long?
Ha, that brings back memories of district orchestra competitions. That was our favorite thing to say back and forth to each other to piss off everyone around us. "Faquier County!" "No, Faquier County!!"
I was taking an SAT prep test in the library at Kecoughtan High school. We were sent home. My friend and I picked up Burger King and watched the news all day.
Crazy. I knew a few people that followed a similar path. One of my really good friends went to TJ.
Awesome! People who realize I'm not swearing when I say I'm from Fauquier County
I had a lot of ideas for that Sam Rodgers pic
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12 years 10 months
# | Breaking News: Corey Marshall rejoins the team, Alston Smith moves to Offense Yeah, that took me by surprise, too. I guess if you are thinking of bailing on the team, the coaches probably should think of it as disciplinary action. I hope he got a big welcome back from his teammates. Nothing like people letting you know they missed you to help you feel like you should stay.
If we're going to talk abiut old school you cany overlook the original Zelda and BionicCommando. Still play those from time to time when i remember about emulators!
Sam Rogers puts the horse before the carriage
Sam Rogers can lead a horse to water. And make him drink.
Sam Rogers scares the cat back into the bag
They say having a bird in hand is better than two in the bush. Sam Rogers just says he has three birds.
Sam Rogers knows Bo.
Sam Rogers gets a 10 from the Russian judge, too.
EDIT: "Puts the horse before the carriage" is actually correct. Sam Rogers puts the CARRIAGE before the HORSE.
Hahaha they absolutely would be. I guess we should only do this for the really really good ones. DaShawn Hand should get one.
Jefferson in Alexandria, but my base school (that my sister attended) was Stonewall Jackson. I went to Stonewall Middle.
I walked into Computer Science for Engineers in Norris for, I think, my 9:05-9:55 and one of the TVs in the room was on, showing smoke coming up from a world trade center building. I asked if there was a fire in the building and someone said something about a plane. Professor entered, turned off the TV, and taught the class. Went home after that and the rest of my classes were cancelled. At one point, my roommate had gotten about 10 calls while the four of us were sitting in front of the TV, watching the news, and another roommate said something along the lines of, "Man, your cell phone is blowing up like world trade". I think it was in a rap song and became a phrase, but the room went silent as he rethought it. "I think I'll stop using that phrase now," he said
Point taken that the FSU one looks pretty sweet, but that being said if i were an elite athlete that cared about academics the only thing that would matter is a focus on academics and help to achieve that degree and a strong athletic program. So long as it isn't in windings and i can read that i don't care what don't ore image is on the letter.
#ROGERS4HEISMAN
It was 11th grade and I was in Algebra, class was getting ready to end when the student aid for the next class came in and said a plane went off course and hit the first tower. We watched everything else unfold live on TV in the rest of my classes that day. We were an hour from DC so when the Pentagon was hit, lots of kids pulled out their "illegal" cell phones and passed them around for the kids whose parents worked in DC, so they could call and check on them. I was so thankful that the teachers and the school let us watch TV all day, no work was going to get done anyway.
My try:
VT Defensive Love -- We all hug the QB at the same time
Was in homeroom before the bell rang for 1st period in my senior year of high school.