Cynthia over at My Brilliant Mistakes is participating in an interesting meme, as seen below:

Leave a comment and I’ll give you a letter. Post ten things you LOVE that begin with that letter.  Then give a letter to anyone who leaves a comment for you… and the cycle will continue.

I commented, and my letter is V…but for some reason I just keep thinking of funny things that start with that letter instead of things I love.  Viagra, for example.  And along those lines, Viva Viagra, a song inexplicably stuck in my head for about 3 days a few weeks back.  The longest days of my life. Ever.

I’m going to take a shot at this, but for anyone brave enough to comment, I’m going to switch it up a little bit.  Instead of receiving a letter and having to write 10 things you love, you will need to write about 10 Pittsburgh-related things that start with that letter.

For example, for my letter V, I would write “Valentine’s Day–specifically the yearly Valentine’s Day Monster Truck Rally at Mellon Arena.”

Come to think of it, that’s also something I love…score.  Onto the ten things I love that start with the letter V:

1. Valentine’s Day: specifically the yearly Valentine’s Day Monster Truck Rally at Mellon Arena.  One of these years I’ll actually convince Christina to go, and that, my friends, will be a good year.
2. Vaunted Defense: i.e., the Steel Curtain.
3. Value:  When it comes down to it, I’m rather thrify.  Flea markets, beware.  And Wiggin shirts for $14.99?  That’s value.  (If my letter had been S, I would have done “Self Promotion”)
4. Verszyla, Jeff:  Come on folks, show Jeff some love on the poll!
5. Vague explanations for things given by people who obviously don’t know what they’re talking about: Hilarious.
6. Vintage clothing: Eons, you have gotten me through some tough times and clothed me when no other clothing would do.
7. Vans: Not in a dirty way, I swear.
8. Visions: At least they seem like something I’d love, depending on the subject matter.  Maybe one day I’ll be cool enough to have one.
9. Val Kilmer: Can’t explain it.  Must be the rugged good looks.  Did anyone else think he was actually a decent Batman?
10. Vats of Goo: Kind of like a Chuck E. Cheese ballpit, but grosser and more dangerous.  Probably would get old after a while, though.  For example:

 

Remember, if you comment, you’ll owe 10 things about Pittsburgh starting with the fateful letter I give you!