A little quiz to get things started.

Q: The weather in Happy Valley on Saturday was...
a) frigid
b) warm
c) windy
d) comfortable

And the answer is...all of the above! Trick question, suckers!

So, as State College weather decided what the heck it wanted to do, I left my dorm around 9ish a.m. to search out every Buffalo fan that came to Penn State for a news story. Yes, all 5 of them! Hurrah!

Actually, there were about 44 according to my UB sighting tally through out the morning and game. I managed to talk to seven of them, so that's like 16 percent, which is pretty funny. "By the numbers" things are cool so I thought I'd give it a shot:

1 - UB cheerleader walking by herself outside the stadium.
1 - motorized cooler complete with steering wheel, ice cold beer inside and a middle-aged man driving it down Park Avenue yelling "LOOK OUT!"
2 - Larry Johnson jerseys
6 - Buffalo Bills' Posluzny jerseys
1 - Heinz Ward jersey
1 - Donavan McNabb jersey

What the heck, people... I am totally fine with the Larry Johnson and Posluzny jerseys, but Ward and McNabb? Really? Reeeeeally?

Anyways, while I was waiting for my friends to meet me at the stadium I heard one guy say - "I think I'm gonna buy that ticket from that blonde girl just cuz she's hott."

Meanwhile some guy on the corner was screaming - "Who needs a free ticket! Free ticket here! Who wants it?" - and couldn't give the darn thing away. Too bad he didn't have blonde hair and a sex-ay bod.

But the game was fun. My only disappointment was that people left early. One girl in front of me had a very admirable philosophy and I admired her moxie. While her friends left at the start of the fourth quater, she said - "Pshh! I'm staying. I'll make friends!" I talked to her for a bit and she said that she would feel bad leaving when she was lucky enough to get season tickets and since there are so many students out there who would love to have them. Bravo.

So now to get back to the title of my blog. I went to a 21st birthday party on Saturday night and it was simply splendid. It was a REAL birthday party with streamers, balloons, cake, brownies, celebratory champagne, singing happy birthday and yes -- parents playing pong.

Some dads beat two guys who are an infamously winning team. In fact, the guys were almost shutout and were threatened with a naked lap around the apartment, but thank God it never came to that. I don't think the moms watching the game could have handled that.

Sorry, guys. Just a little too much trash talk was probably your downfall.

There was also a puppy named Saddie at the party! She made me think of "Saddie, Saddie, married lady..." Ok, nevermind... She wasn't really a puppy though, more like a full-grown dog, but she was an adorable mut, just relaxing on the hardwood floors and soaking up all her adoring fans. She belonged to one of the mothers and just rested peacefully at her owner's feet with her head between her paws and a green party hat on her head.

The birthday party eventually turned into a dance party. We had The Beatles' "Twist and Shout", a little Rihanna, Bon Jovi, Jay Z, N'sync and dare I say it -- Def Leppard.

Yeah, it was awesome. A true birthday party in fabulous style in a beautiful apartment. Here's to many years of ab fab birthdays to come.

Happy 21st Birthday, Caitlin!

--Erin