I picked the CFO up after work and we headed west to Peoria
to see Jerry Seinfeld. I was a huge fan
of his show when it was on TV and I often watch re-runs on TV if I find one
while flipping channels. Of course, we
had to grab a bite to eat before the show, so we had a nice romantic dinner at
Chic-fil-a… yes, I have a Chick-fil-a addiction!
My longing for their food gets even worse during football season because
they advertise heavily during games.
Every time I hear that Moooo I start craving that sandwich.
We somehow missed the initial announcement about Jerry’s
performance, but were still able to get some decent seats in the second row of
the second balcony. We were way up in
the air, but could still see well. His
friend, and fellow comedian, Larry Miller opened the show and he was quite
funny. He went on a long rant about
driving with his wife and the CFO started giving me the, “that’s you” tap on my
leg.
Jerry came out next and talked for about 75 minutes before
taking a short break, after which he came out and took questions from the
audience. A lot of the questions weren’t
too good, especially the guy who asked, “will you go out for a beer with me
after the show.” Jerry basically said
no, but applauded him for throwing up such a “hail mary” type question. One person did ask if the character of George
in the show was based on the co-creator Larry David. Jerry said that while a lot of the things
that happened to George came from Larry’s life, the character wasn’t based on
Larry.
I spent Saturday morning getting our lawn ready to aerate on
Monday, only to figure out later that I was a week early. Our block of the neighborhood is renting the
equipment as a group, but that isn’t happening until the following week. I’m not sure how I got the dates mixed up,
but I did. Saturday afternoon was spent
watching my GA bulldogs play what was supposed to be an easy game against North
Texas. In typical Dawg fashion, they let
NT stay in the game with a blocked punt for a TD and a kick off return for a
TD. I hope the boys are more disciplined
this week against LSU!
Speaking of the LSU game, ESPN’s “Gameday” show will be
broadcasting from Athens on Saturday morning.
I can’t wait to see pictures of my home town again, although I’m sure
I’ll just watch it and wish I was there.
On Saturday night, we went out to dinner and to the ISU game
with a group of professors and spouses.
ISU just rebuilt half of its stadium and it looks really nice. We were sitting in the old section of the
stadium (the school gave faculty a cheap price for those tickets), but it was
nice to look across and see the new structure.
The stadium now seats just over 13,000 people… a far cry from the
92,000+ at UGA. The game was
entertaining and the Redbirds won. We
should really go to more games, I’m not sure why we don’t.
This was the first Saturday all season that our 4 college
teams all won… it was a good day for the University of Georgia, University of
Virginia, James Madison and Illinois State.
If ISU and JMU keep winning, there is a chance they could face off
during the playoffs!
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