It's actually supposed to be of Jeff Horner, who played for the University of Iowa and now plays for the Energy. Means nothing to those of you out of the state of Iowa, just thought I'd explain why I went to the game early to get, essentially, a doll. That isn't the "saddest thing I've seen in awhile," all be it sad. I've shown pictures of Surge, the Energy mascot, on this blog and talked about his disturbing look. Well now imagine a guy who sees Surge and decides he wants to be like him. So he goes home and makes his own Surge costume out of whatever he can find at home. I'll try to describe him, but I know that I can't do his costume justice. I was going to get a picture, but I was either laughing or staring, so I was unable to get one. He started with a pair of purple tights with red Superman looking underwear, which appeared to me to be stuffed, if you know what I mean. Then there was the purple "shirt" with the fake muscles stuffed inside. Attached by several very visible safety pins, was a red cape that wrapped around him more like Dracula than a super hero. He had a stocking cap on his head that had some sort of stripe on it, but I couldn't tell what it was made of. Then, the best part of the costume was the red vinyl boots that came up to his knee. Where, exactly, would a dude buy such a pair of boots, The Gay Gap? I haven't seen that shop in my mall, but some how he located a pair of boots that, thankfully, fit. He ran around the arena with his fist out in front of him, like he was flying. I was really starting to believe that he might be mental, but he seemed to have his wits (what little he had) about him. We watched in anticipation of his first encounter with the real Surge. We didn't have to wait long. It was funny watching Static (that's what I'm going to call him since Poor Man's Surge takes to long to type) look for Surge, he had that anticipation look, like a kid looking for Santa. Static held his hand out to shake Surge's, then pulled it away ala 8th grade, when Surge reached for it. During their meeting, a lady who works for the Energy went over to talk to Static and escorted him to the end of the arena. I thought he was getting thrown out, even though I'm not sure what the charge would be. I mean, its not against any law or rule to look like an ass. The lady had him sit on a chair at the end of the arena, which looked like he was in time out. I wasn't sure what he was doing down there, but he kept cheering and even did his "D" and held up a little fence for his De'fense, from a seated position. It all fell into place when, after the game, it was announced that he was Fan of the game. I think I'd rather not win that title, if I had to dress like that.
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