PITTSBURGH TRIP 2005
Part #4
(The Hall of Fame, loads of burgers, and a bumpy flight)

 

We made plans for Friday to be our Pro Football Hall of Fame day. But we stayed up until 6am playing board games without the board. Actually the games we played would be illegal in most states. We probably were even breaking the law, us rebels that we are! I woke up at 10am but let Kami rest until around noon. I was hoping to stay around the house and play some more but Kami really wanted me to see the Hall. It took us around two hours to get there as we drove through Ohio and it's many small colleges. It was cool to see many small schools that I watch play football on TV. We even drove by the High School about which an Award winning documentary was done regarding their football team and tradition. On the way to the Hall I spotted a White Castle burger place and begged Kami to stop. I was like a little kid begging mommy ... please please please. I was so childish I almost began feeding from her nipple. Nam Nam Nam! She promised to stop by afterwards and even let me touch her nipple later that day. This day was going to be good. I was a kid in a candy store, like big fat kid except the candies were football, little burgers, and nipples. :)

We arrived at the Hall of Fame two hours before closing and quickly ran to the gift shop. I bought bunch of stuff but mostly gifts for others. The place was cool with a section for each team. Afterwards we proceeded to check out many amazing pics. throughout the history of football. There were displays of individual players and full team hall of fame recaps. I was all over Eric Dickerson shrines snapping away pictures while Kami tried to lick John Elway displays. Eric Dickerson was drafted by the LA Rams in 1983 and I instantly became a huge fan. Buying anything of his even all magazines that had him on the cover. My place was an ED shrine. He still own records for most rushing yards in a rookie season (1,808) and in a Season (2,105). Both amazing records done in back-to-back seasons. Fuck I loved that player, he was my inspiration to become a huge Colts fan once he was traded to them. Um, by the way when I say I loved him I mean like I love my dog. You know, I like to watch it run, catch, drool and maybe once in a while give it a hug. Yeah Iwould give ED a hug, shit maybe cup his ass while I am at it.

We spent a long time in the player bust section. There are all of the Hall of Famers bronze busts in this dark room. The room also has these fancy video machines that have all the players video highlights and bios. We spent most of our time by them. Kami watched her Steelers while I perused my favorite players, starting of course with Eric the Great. There was even a section for "Other Leagues". I quickly made my move to the USFL section to see how they did with it. They had a Jim Kelly jersey displayed as well as some magazine covers. I had the jersey with me but didn't wear it. I was bummed it would have been a cool picture. But I was wearing my Pittsburgh Maulers Mike Rozier USFL jersey. Those fans had no chance as Ivan walked in wearing that classic. Now back to this section ... where the hell were the other leagues? CFL, Arena, XFL. All those leagues are pro. Or is this the Pro Football Hall of Fame of NFL and the leagues they destroyed? Not a mention of the XFL even though they use many of their ideas. Oh well, it was cool to see USFL and WFL as well as all other small leagues from 50's, 60's, and 70's. Before leaving Kami took a picture of me in front of the USFL display and yelled at me for not smiling.

At the end we stumbled unto the interactive room where I had to school in the passing game. Kami and I spent a few minutes hitting our receivers as of course Ivan put on a clinic. Yup a clinic. But no one was there to see my prowess as a quarterback. The form, the strength, the touch ... all that in this sexy lineman's body. Kami decided that throwing wasn't enough and tried punting the ball to the receiver. Well, the ball bounced off the metal corner and almost killed us. That was pretty damn funny. Check out the form and connection to the receiver in this picture. Pretty fancy ehh?

Afterwards Kami wasn't thrilled about White Castle, saying she didn't like how dirty it was. She changed her mind after I reminded her of the greasy Primanti Brothers she took me to the night before. Those little burgers were sure good. When we walked in these two guys were carrying 20 burgers to share between them. It was crazy. They got this huge box of 30 you can order for like $15. Holy shnickies! It was good eatin and headed home so I can have some more candy in a form nippledge action. Yum!

The following day we re-couped from the long three days. At the airport it was hard to say good bye especially so close to New Years. We hugged and I was on my way. The flight back was horrible as we flew threw almost 5 hours of turbulence. The guy next to me said it was the worst ride he has flown on. But we got there in one piece. I spent most of the flight watching my "What's Happening" Season 1 DVD set. That Rerun was one cool son of a gun. I forgot how funny that sow was.

With the trip over I now have to concentrate on the AVN Convention starting 5 days later. The fun never stops!

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