A Sea Of Red

I got to campus about 9:15. The line to get into TRBC was endless. For those of you who are familiar with the surroundings, the line started at the front doors, goes down the side of the sanctuary past Pate Chapel, down the roadway behind the back of the church and continues to LUPD. Unfortunately for a lot of those people, they will not get in. My wife and I will end up in the Vines.

But, at least, you brought your laptop.

I'm actually in my office after getting denied in the back entrance of TRBC.

wow. sure am glad i check flamefans before i even take my first breathe in the morning. my excellent professor was going to try to have class till 12 today, then i got up this morning to an email from him saying class was cancelled. i was going to go ahead over to trbc early so i could get in...

thanks for the warning hurricane fan. i'll just head for the football stadium.

Gotcha. No disrespect intended.

I was going to go, but being at a TV station that is doing special coverage, I had to be here. But by the sounds of the crowd, it's good I'm here and not there.

I was going to be in Williams Stadium but I overheard somebody say about an hour before the service that there was a very small number of seats still left in the sanctuary, so I raced over and I got one in the balcony just before the service started

I was wondering where you went BJ.

yeah, I was thinking of going to Vines to get out of the sun anyway until I overheard that bit of information about the sanctuary. I ended up in a row of chairs set up right in front of the second deck of the balcony

BJWilliams wrote:yeah, I was thinking of going to Vines to get out of the sun anyway until I overheard that bit of information about the sanctuary. I ended up in a row of chairs set up right in front of the second deck of the balcony

I thought you might have been camped in the bushes outside Hancock.

Libertine wrote:I thought you might have been camped in the bushes outside Hancock.

Poor guy gets no respect...

You are just not gonna let me live that down are you...

Nope

BJWilliams wrote:You are just not gonna let me live that down are you...

Just like ...
...it never gets old.

MRS SCAR and I did the same thing BJ did and ended up in the aisle near the back. She actually had a cushioned seat but I had a folding chair. I am really glad I got to get in though and right at 1 PM. We were in the Vines at 11 and spent some time in the hoops office for a while. At 12:30 we got a few text messages saying there were still seats so we started walking up to the church. When we got to the other side of the football stadium a golf cart came and picked us up and dropped us right in front of the church! We were so fortunate.

SCAR wrote: When we got to the other side of the football stadium a golf cart came and picked us up and dropped us right in front of the church! We were so fortunate.

Obviously Mrs. Scar pulls some serious weight on this campus!

I waited in that line for 2.5 hrs to get in, and SCAR walks up at 1pm and gets in?? i believe some cookies were involved or a story about a dunk

Got this text message yesterday:

"Just parked beside a sweet blue car. Realized it was Scar and his wife getting out."

Libertine wrote:

BJWilliams wrote:yeah, I was thinking of going to Vines to get out of the sun anyway until I overheard that bit of information about the sanctuary. I ended up in a row of chairs set up right in front of the second deck of the balcony

I thought you might have been camped in the bushes outside Hancock.

Thank you for that. I just laughed out loud. I was just thinking to myself, BJ with all the police around now is not a good time to do some spy work with the scope!



BJ I love you buddy and one of my last memories of JF is when I went up to him in his car at the softball game and told him to watch you guys in the field with the swords. We didnt understand it but it was entertaining to say the least

HenryGale wrote:

SCAR wrote: When we got to the other side of the football stadium a golf cart came and picked us up and dropped us right in front of the church! We were so fortunate.

Obviously Mrs. Scar pulls some serious weight on this campus!

Have to thank HMO for getting those golf carts running on a regular basis....I feel bad for Smoothie because he paid his dues to get in and we just show up right at 1 and get in. Kinda strange but it happens.

SuperJon wrote:Got this text message yesterday:

"Just parked beside a sweet blue car. Realized it was Scar and his wife getting out."

I thought those were great parking spots too cause we were gonna be able to drive right off campus onto 460 while everyone was fighting traffic. We ended up getting Smoothie to drive us back to our ride...We did have a lucky day I guess. We didn't have a fraction of the headaches to deal with that we thought we were. Thanks Smoothie for the ride too. That walk to the other side of campus would have been tough. Although a golf cart would have eventually swooped in. Rather ride with my boy tho

Scar, we all know you're a VIP, but we won't hold that against you (as long as you keep those cookies coming at our tailgate parties).

SCAR wrote:

SuperJon wrote:Got this text message yesterday:

"Just parked beside a sweet blue car. Realized it was Scar and his wife getting out."

I thought those were great parking spots too cause we were gonna be able to drive right off campus onto 460 while everyone was fighting traffic. We ended up getting Smoothie to drive us back to our ride...We did have a lucky day I guess. We didn't have a fraction of the headaches to deal with that we thought we were. Thanks Smoothie for the ride too. That walk to the other side of campus would have been tough. Although a golf cart would have eventually swooped in. Rather ride with my boy tho

i thought i had to be at work at 5, so i wanted to be able to jump right on 460. it was no where near as crowded as i expected. i figured the paved pit would have been full. it was empty. but yeah, great spots.

Hold My Own wrote:

Libertine wrote:

BJWilliams wrote:yeah, I was thinking of going to Vines to get out of the sun anyway until I overheard that bit of information about the sanctuary. I ended up in a row of chairs set up right in front of the second deck of the balcony

I thought you might have been camped in the bushes outside Hancock.

Thank you for that. I just laughed out loud. I was just thinking to myself, BJ with all the police around now is not a good time to do some spy work with the scope!



BJ I love you buddy and one of my last memories of JF is when I went up to him in his car at the softball game and told him to watch you guys in the field with the swords. We didnt understand it but it was entertaining to say the least

That was an interesting day to say the least. Im tryin to talk to one of my SFC (Sword Fight Club) buddies to get a hold of the picture he took with us that day. That was the only other time I got a picture with him.

BJWilliams wrote: That was an interesting day to say the least. Im tryin to talk to one of my SFC (Sword Fight Club) buddies to get a hold of the picture he took with us that day. That was the only other time I got a picture with him.

Please don't post it. I'd hate to have my lasting image of him tainted that way