I attended my first professional English football match yesterday, and it was all I had hoped for and more! Brighton and Hove Albion (the Seagulls - can't compare to the Seminoles :) ) vs. Bristol Rovers at Bristol. What made this game so glorious is that Brighton is fighting - with just two games left in the season - to avoid relegation to a lower division. After going down by one, the Seagulls scored two brilliant goals against the higher-ranked Rovers! The away audience went wild!! Jumping and singing - just perfect. Among the various insults thrown at the home team: "You're Welsh and you know you are!" This is funny if you know 1) Bristol is close to Wales and 2) the English look down on the Welsh as backwards farmers. Other interesting tidbits: instead of hot dogs and hamburgers, the concession stand served Cornish pasties and meat pies, and women were easily outnumbered 15:1 - honestly I could hardly believe it. Overall, a very enjoyable evening!
But I am getting LOTS of work done! Thanks for your thoughts and prayers and emails. This dissertation-writing process is difficult but immensely enjoyable. And the weather is beautiful, just like a Tallahassee spring, so I am in a good mood. Plus I have football practice tomorrow in the University Parks, then a weekend at John and Gyll's. Life is good!
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