Wow. You don’t even KNOW how awesome today has been. I woke up at 6:15 this morning to get to the law school to write on chalkboards about the general counsel panel Virginia Law and Business Society was co-sponsoring. It was a pretty good event in terms of speakers - general counsels of Nortel, Nextel, BET, and The Carlyle Group. The three of us who did the chalking for the event ended up getting tickets to go to a suite for the UVA-UNC football game. But wait. Not just any ol’ seat. The PRESIDENT’S BOX! We also go to tailgate at Carr’s Hill (President Casteen’s house) beforehand! It was amazing!

Before I get into too much detail, let me just say that today’s VICTORY over the Tar Heels places Virginia second in the Coastal division of the ACC.   That’s right.  Above Miami, even.  As far as ACC standings go, UVA has the same conference record as Virginia Tech and florida State (well, FSU has one less loss).  Of course, both have a better overall record than we do.  But let’s enjoy our victory and of this image, posted 10/20/06 at 1:56 a.m.
The food at Carr’s Hill was outstanding. Rice, dumplings, lo mein, coconut green beans, and salmon…just to get things started. Of course, there was alcohol as well. There was also a nice caramalized banana tart kind of dessert. Mmmm. From there we get escorted by motorcade into the stadium! We took a bus and had two police motorcycles in front and behind us. I felt important, until I quickly realized that the security was not really for me. It was for the University’s chief financial officer, vice president of student affairs, director of alumni affairs, and a whole slew of other people with fancy titles and nametags. What an experience!

Alright. Into the box we go. While other people are being silly and doing things like mingling, checking out the food, etc., I go straight for the seats and grab the one right in the middle, so that I was at the 50-yardline. I basically had one of the best two seats in the box - the other one being Casteen’s seat (directly to my right). It was SO AWESOME.

I know what you’re wondering. Great, Brian. But what food was there?? Come on, you know I took note of this! OK, we had hot dogs and chili, shrimp empanadas, chicken drumettes, chips and salsas, and a ton of desserts (blue and orange M&Ms, cupcakes, mousse). Yum. My only gripe? No alcohol. Booo.

Haha, so I went to pee in one of the restrooms (nothing too exciting there), but the old dude (65+) next to me was having pee problems and was saying, “Man, it burns when I pee. I wonder what’s causing that.” All I could think of was, “Oh my gosh dude. You have gonorrhea!!” But obviously, I couldn’t do that. Haha.

They also introduced the new basketball team. As they were heading back to wherever they were sitting, Josh (the kid next to me) and I were cheering for Sean Singletary. We were about 20 feet away from him, and were the only ones cheering (everyone else was watching a game or something). He definitely heard us, looked our way, laughed/smiled, and gave us the nod. I am such a groupie. Yes McKenzie. I’m admitting it.

My other great story of the night? After the second field goal, I went over and swayed/sang the Good Ol’ Song with President Casteen! How awesome is that? I had met him a few times as an undergrad via 2005 Vice President sort of duties, but that was always sort of formal and stiff. How many people can say they’ve hugged Casteen and sang the Good Ol’ Song with him?! Few, is my guess. I wish I had gotten a picture of it

Throughout the night, I also ran into Wayne Cozart, Pat Lampkins, and Penny Rue. That was cool.

I’m sure I have tons of other things to say, but I can’t think of it right now. Wheeee! SO AWESOME!

Oh, and VIRGINIA 23, North Carolina 0. We don’t get many ACC wins, but when we do, we shut them out (never mind that they are undisputably the worst and second-worst of the ACC this year).

Pictures up in the photo gallery! Check it out!

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