Andrew Epperley

I like green

Yeah, a little change in the looks. I thought since the holidays were pretty much over I would change the look here before I forget.

Anyways, just another boring day in Beckley. As much as I like not doing anything, I find it better to do nothing in Morgantown than here in Beckley. I’m not knocking Beckley but some reason it just feels nicer to do nothing in Morgantown rather than here.

So here are a few thoughts that I’ve had circling through my head today:

  •     The smurf turf at Boise State is ugly on TV. Espcially when its Boise and Boston College playing each other.
  •     I don’t understand the names of most of these bowl games anymore…MPC Computers Bowl….just wrong…it should still be the Humanitarian Bowl
  •     The latest White Stripes CD is very catchy…thanks to my iTunes gift cards that I got for Christmas I have been able to download a few CDs.
  •     I hate having a cold…I woke up yesterday with a sore throat…thankfully that’s kinda gone away but the sniffles and runny nose is still in tack.

Well, tomorrow I return to Morgantown…that is if the weather is nice to me and doesn’t dump any large amounts of snow here. That will give me a couple days to get things together before I head to Atlanta for the Sugar Bowl.

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I like presents

Christmas is fun…even when it rains on Christmas Day. Hard to believe Christmas has come and is mostly gone here…but it was a good one. I have enough iTunes cash to last me at least a month I would hope. haha…maybe longer than a month..

I have enough Seinfeld to watch to last me a couple months…oh yeah and a new iPod. Yeah, its cool…plays videos and all that good jazz.

Yeah, and each year I get a nutcracker to add to the collection. I have plenty of those too I must say. This year I got a soccer one for the first time. I loved it as you can see here.

SO again…Merry Christmas!

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happy holidays

merry christmas everyone!

-drew

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Things that change

I have only been home and I have already noticed a few changes in town. I knew about most of them so its not a huge deal, but with my great memory I forgot about them as I drove through town on my way in today. For one, who changes a Dunkin Donuts to a Donut Connection? Who does that really?

I completely forgot about the KFC in my front yard (okay down the road really) was changing into some KFC..mix bag with Taco Bell or something like that…good money that it will be a KFC/Pizza Hut…and they will close the one down the road to put it in there…but I’d rather see it be a KFC/A&W mix. But that’s just me, I don’t know about anyone else here. Yeah, I forgot all about KFC being torn down right now…it was all a huge dirt pile…totally didn’t see that coming today.

Other changes, like Kohls…again something I knew about…but at least its looking good there in the ol’ Cranberry Creek Shopping Complex (or Center…I’m working on that creative stuff here I think)…plus the other goodies that are going there in front of the ol’ Wally-World. Movie theaters, Chick-fil-a (something that will make loads of cash in this town) and some other junk that I totally forgot about going there. I used to know back in the summer when I worked at WVNS, and that was only because I was lucky enough to talk to people about it.

Well…my grades are in and I will probably not mention them all that much in detail. 3 C’s and one A. Two of the C’s were close I knew but hey, I am cool with that…the other is stupid and not really just but whatever…it is what it is…I tried arguing my grade but the professor was a spacy kind of guy that was a poor teacher. I will leave it at that really…enough excuses really.

Last nights game went very well I thought too…those who listened…I thank you lots for being that bored to want to listen to me call a women’s basketball game. I know…I know…but really thank you it really means a lot. But yeah, the ladies won the game easily 100-60. Yeah triple digits in a womens game…something I  didn’t expect to see in my first game.

Christmas Party tonight…I wonder what the under/over is on the grand ol’ questions like "do you have a girlfriend these days?" or "when is your brother getting married?"…or "where is your brother?" and the classic "hows school been going for you?"…you know I wonder which will get asked the most. Probably the school one followed by something about my career as a broadcaster so far…soccer is big with those folks that will be there so I am sure they will be curious about me calling like 20 games this past season. Then in a distant third will be something about my dating life or my brothers where abouts.

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Couple More Days

Well, I am only a couple more days away from returning to Beckley for the first time since well like Labor Day or so. I never made it home once during the semester due to soccer and other things going on. I’d like to go sooner but there is still stuff to be done up here like plan for the Sugar Bowl and all. Not to mention one more women’s basketball game to do at the station. If you haven’t heard, I do a post game show for it and so far its getting pretty good. Last night’s was one of the best I believe.

Speaking of women’s basketball, tomorrow night I will be doing color commentary during the game. It will be my first basketball game on color. Most of you know I did color for the soccer games this past season. It shouldn’t be too hard of a transition to another quick sport like basketball for me. Its fun for the most part because you realize that you are basically just talking sports to one or two people. Yeah…

Ah, Christmas is only a few days away too, and I STILL have plenty to do as far as shopping. Kinda scary to think that really but hey it happens. That will be what I will do some of tomorrow while I am packing and doing laundry…go shopping.

Good news as well up here…I believe my brother and I have found a place for us and his girlfriend and her brother to live in next year. Okay…so we found two or three places but the one we really looked at yesterday was very nice. I am excited to move again, I just hope we can do it sooner rather than later.

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semester is over

well my fall semester is done…in the books…over.

Thank God for that, let me tell you I’ve been ready for this semester to be over since it pretty much began. Classes weren’t what I thought they’d be and I probably didn’t do as good as I should have. Things picked up at the end and got pretty decent around here but there were momments that I just didn’t want to go to class or do anything. I guess you will have that.

Its Christmas time for real now in my books. XM has been helping me out on that by changing some of my channels in to Christmas ones. Its a nice little holiday thing. But I have yet to really tackle any shopping here. I guess that’s what I will spend next week doing before I go home on Thursday.

As for my Sugar Bowl trip, things are still being planned out. Looks like I will leave on New Years Day and return on the 3rd. Which will be nice since it will give me a couple days to recover and all before the new semester on the 9th. Man…looking at it I really get a short break here. Kinda sucks really when you think about it. I miss those longer breaks that we used to have like during my freshman year here.

Also looks like I may be on the move again soon here in town. Hopefully at least by March I will have moved again. Looks like possibly a Spring Break thing? Ah, we will see I guess.

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Ode to Finals

Like I’ve said before, finals week for me are never to shabby. Two exams this week is never a real bad finals week, and with one under my belt already I must say I am already bored stiff around here. I am kinda dreading next week with everyone gone and all here, hopefully the few that will stick around will be willing enough to hang out and be bored with me.

You know, the more I listen to certain channels on XM radio, the more bands I start to enjoy. I guess that is the purpose of that sort of thing really.

Huh…

I got a ticket for the Sugar Bowl yesterday too. I know I don’t seem all that excited but I am, now the fun part is figuring out where to stay and how to get down there. Not exactly the easiest part of the whole deal. Though tickets were tough to get that’s for sure. Thankfully they re-released some tickets…who goes through the whole ticket lotto here and doesn’t claim a bowl ticket. Really?

Ah, a week or so until I go home. Let that countdown begin.

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WC Draw

I will probably write a decent post about this on my hooligans page but really…the World Cup draw today was horrible. Italy, the Czechs and the "Black Stars" of Ghana. Ouch…it won’t be easy like in 02 but I think it could be do-able. Call me crazy but things could bounce our way.

Ah, but on a lighter note…it’s Friday. Well, at this point it was Friday…its almost Saturday. I must say the weekend looks great.

I really don’t have much to say tonight…listen for me tomorrow on U-92 around 8ish for my post game show after the women’s basketball game. Should be a decent time.

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Oh the Hump Day

Oh dead week is nothing like its advertised. Nothing dead about it except how I feel. Its only Wednesday and I am tired of this week already. haha I am looking more forward to Friday as the week goes along.

Oh well….nothing real exciting to talk about here tonight. I found a new song that I keep on repeat and love to death right now. Its called "Rock and Roll Queen" by The Subways. Its a nice little rock song…very British. And when I say that I mean veeerrrrryyyy British. haha

So they are saying we are going to get a lot of snow here this weekend or at the end of this week. Yippie. Bring it on I say, its already cold enough so let’s just add to it why don’t we.

Yeah, tonight was the last class for my broadcasting class. Thank God that class is over, sure it was very easy but the teacher made it horrible. I made sure to let her know that in my evaluations tonight. Classes like that you should be able to joke around and be able to talk to your teachers, she had no people skills and it showed. No wonder she works for NPR. I know my teacher next spring has some personality to her and will be fine to deal with for the most part.

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