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Purdue Trip 2007 11/10/2007 Admittedly, I put way too much time between the trip and
making this page and I apologize. Making matters worse it’s kind of a crappy picture
year. So to make it up I have augmented this year’s pictures
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First
Night in Boom we’re back!
And I’m standing in front of the fireplace in our
apartment!!!
What??? |
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Just
days before the trip things looked bad.
We all were shut down on our usual Priceline hotel bids for Normally,
we priceline 4-star swank hotels for like $100/night. These Purdue trips usually magically fall
together for the dramatic benefit to us.
We call this lucky phenomenon “coming up aces”. It
looked like we drew our first bad hand this year… THEN
TERRY COMES UP BIG!!!!
Well we ended up getting one of those vacation
rentals, and that plan WAS so crazy that it did work. Note the date is just days before
departure… and the subject is “aces”. |
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Place was swank!
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Anyway… we’re not in |
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I make a big appearance in pictures in the first
part of this trip but it steadily falls off. And Oke is back! And really, really excited! |
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I think this was the point in the night we began
getting pictures with strangers, and the night correspondingly fell apart.
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Picture-wise it was a really weak night. But I remember it definitely being a wild
night, typical of our first night in So we said peace out to the apartment… and
next day left for Purdue. |
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Two quick things… First, on further inspection that isn’t a
backwards peace sign “peace out” in that picture above. It’s a “West Coast”
sign. There isn’t any reason,
but it’s worth mentioning.
Especially with a partially naked Oke in the foreground.
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Second, why are all the pictures mostly Terry
and I and a couple of Oke? Where is
Bobby Blaze?
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Turns out he just hugged the camera all night in
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Then Matt comes along… and Oke is very excited.
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Bo Blaze light on camera work tonight and heavy
on good times.
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Another keeper… minus the other guy
standing in for Oke in the back right.
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Bo blaze light on camera work and heavy
on… wanting to murder Oke!
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This picture requires analysis. Below, note two things. First, Bob is looking right past Oke…
at Terry!
Second, I have highlighted in green a sloppily
drawn “516” on the graffiti strewn walls of Harry’s. This “516” appears in regular
intervals around Harry’s. 516 is
the address me and all the boys lived at Purdue on Stadium St. Below, Matt, Oke and I form a 516 in a
picture from Goose’s wedding.
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Ok… back to
Harry’s… everyone is having a good time and there is no murderous
rampages.
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And the last picture of the
night is Bob opening a beer, a lethal Long Island Iced Tea in the foreground,
and my Mother’s Initials carved in to a Harry’s table to be
framed for her birthday present. Like
me 30 years later, my mom attended Purdue and spent endless hours in
Harry’s.
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Last picture? Well of people anyway. Really, this was the last picture on the
camera. We all know what it is. A Purvis All American Burger from Triple-X.
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GAME DAY |
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Up bright and early. |
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Terry jumps right in to bags.
Blaze and Terry ready for a day
of good clean fun. |
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516
Crew (minus
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Sidenote: Who the hell is I’m not sure why Maybe we all didn’t see
eye to eye on everything at 516, but we all go way back. Goose and
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Back in 2007, Jake anxiously
awaits the toss.
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Definitely a sloppy picture
taking day. This is the only glimpse
of Dirty Dustin all day! Behind the
tree on the left with the Purdue jacket on. |
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Dustin didn’t live in our
house at school but he was around quite a bit. Below, I think this is an
argument over a flip cup game at 516.
Oke and I seem to be measuring a beer out and Dustin, Goose and some
unidentified pointed finger seem to be watching closely.
Oke came up big this year
(another Ace). He somehow got tickets
in to the John Purdue Club which is the VIP section of Ross-Ade. Indoors… AND you can order beers. |
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Good seats. |
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Below, a giant inflatable penis
floats around the crowd. |
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The Purdue band Drum marketed as
the “largest drum in the world”.
This claim has never made sense to us because either it’s just
an erroneous claim or, as we’ve discussed, we will at some point build
a larger drum and blackmail the Purdue marching band. |
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Back at the tailgate. After the
game. |
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Ok… so after the tailgate
we went to Hale’s house. Old
Hale was at the tailgate too but just sloppy picture work this year and we
don’t have any. The only glimpse
of him is in this otherwise stoic picture of Oke.
After Hale’s house (no
pictures available) it’s back to Harry’s. And it’s been a long day. |
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GAME DAY NIGHT Always a mess. |
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Oke clowning around, me with the
thumbs up, and my ex-girlfriend’s (Lisa) good friend from Purdue (Dawn)
hanging with us in Harry’s in the background. |
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Oh, and of course my
ex-girlfriend, Lisa, was there too with her fiancé. |
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Terry then said something
related which I construed as an insult and threw several empty cans of beer
at Terry. This was the last picture
taken at Harry’s. That’s
my boot, either Oke or Terry’s hand, and the floor of
Harry’s. There was some sort of
a struggle |
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On a related note (9 years
prior), on my 21st birthday I tried to fight Matt. Oke and Goose easily hold me
back (and upright). Dustin doesn’t even have
his hands out of his pockets.
Back to 2007… thankfully
the “struggle” picture isn’t the last one on the camera
this year. There was one left. Terry, Oke and I go patch
everything up over a Purvis (Terry taking the photo). |
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And you know what? Back in 1998 the night didn’t end on
a bad note either. Dustin clearly kind of
disappointed there wasn’t a fight.
Real peace out. |
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