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october THIRTY ONE
It's Halloween and apparently everyone on the world is going to Madison Wisconsin tonight for what is very possibly the second biggest party in the country this weekend. Yes, Winconsinites, you have been upstaged by the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party at The Swamp. Now, whether you really consider a Florida-Georgia game in the deep south to be a party, or just
another excuse to make fun of the ridiculousness of the southern drawl, you may or may not choose to recognize this outdoor spectacle as the weekend's largest. Whichever you choose, whether it be the Mardi Gras atmosphere in Cheeseville, USA or a down-home, tailgatin' country brawl between the 'Dawgs and the "Gatuhs" just know that it's still Halloween and people older than 10 all look ridiculous in a costume ( even you, Lee Corso. )
As for the festivities in Lincoln, oh wait nevermind...It's Lincoln.
The two tests wen't well today, for anyone who is interested. I did REAL well on the Econ test, I think. History went according to plans, too.
L.A. is so outrageously bizarre. Watch TV for the footage of the guy shooting his lawyer, then putting his gun in his pocket and walking away. As the cameramen just look on.....Someone do something! It shouldn't have to take an off-duty sheriff to stop someone with a gun. Scary thought as a sidenote: If he just came from the courthouse, HOW DID HE HAVE A GUN IN HIS POCKET?!
The football demolition derby this weekend, should be so much fun. If only the Texas game was at night. And in Lincoln. It would be the best football weekend, ever. If only....
october TWENTY EIGHT It's COLD and I don't like it. Yesterday was crazy. Went to two classes in the morning then went home to Omaha for the afternoon. Mark was going to install Abbey's CD player. He didn't have time though, so she has to go back some other time this week. After some Taco Bell dinner, we went to Vala's for our annual
pumpkin patch visit. Rain and cool. But the weather didn't ruin anything. I had a good time. Got to see all the goats and Bill Clinton on the hayrack ride. And we get back in the car, and the stereo works. Not the CD player, though. But at least we had some tunes on the way home. OK, gotta study. More later tonight...Check around for updates...Enjoy yourself.
october TWENTY SIX Won one, lost one. Then won again. One of the wins was baseball, one of them was indoor soccer. Overall a productive, outdoor kinda day. And it was COLD. As far as the rest of the weekend, I guess it was ok. Huskers won. Marlins won. Is that a good thing? I don't know. I was actually rooting for the Yankees because the Marlins are just unlikable for some reason. So whatever. Tonight, we spent 35 dollars on
groceries at Wal-Mart. The 8th Wonder of the World (Move over Astrodome.) Now I'm watching some old movie with Jennifer Love Hewitt and her parents and the neighbors locked in the basement. Weird. I have two tests this week and don't want to. Oh, well. Study Away. Good night to all.
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS IS AWESOME. I have spent an hour tonight reading game theory after stumbling upon the World RPS Society webpage. It's fascinating. There are schools in the U.S. that have Rock Paper Scissors as a sanctioned activity. ( They call it a sport, but I can't go that far. )
IPOD PLAYLIST #7
1. "I'll Do Anything" JASON MRAZ.
2. "Promise" EVE 6.
3. "The Young and the Hopeless" GOOD CHARLOTTE.
4. "I Always Wanted to be A Tenenbaum" ROYAL TENENBAUMS SOUNDTRACK.
5. "Sometimes" ASH.
6. "Rodeo Clown" JACK JOHNSON.
At this point we'll take a short break to discuss the new Something Corporate CD. Like all real fans, I went out and bought it at Best Buy on Tuesday. Popped it into the CD drive once back in Lincoln ( Abbey's CD player in her car doesn't work. Which leads me to another point. If the IPOD had line-in recording capabilities, it would be the best invention ever. Better than the car or the TV or the computer and I could die tomorrow and be happy. But it doesn't.
So anyway. As I do with all new CDs, I immediately burned it to my hard drive and made it available on Kazaa. Take that RIAA. I have come to the conclusion that it's not as good. Kevin agrees. The last one was more fun. Not to say that it's not good, because it really is good. But can't be the first. Most sequels can't. Except for Toy Story 2 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. I've also heard Godfather, Part 2 was good. I guess I need to see it. I think I'm going to organize a
weekly ( perhaps bi-weekly ) trip to Best Buy. I love that store.
7. "Jet Pilot" SYSTEM OF A DOWN. ( What a rude awakening. )
8. "Golden Age" BECK.
9. "Gone Beyond" BOBBY BIRDMAN. ( Snatch soundtrack perhaps? Hmmm... )
10. "Grindin'" CLIPSE.
11. "Buddy Holly" WEEZER.
12. "Hot Damn" THE NEPTUNES.
13. "Flake" JACK JOHNSON.
14. "8 Mile" EMINEM.
15. "Sexual Powertrip" BLUE OCTOBER.
It's DOUBLE RAMEN TIME. First time ever. I'll let you know soon how that turns out.
october TWENTY FOUR Friday. I think we're going to the mall. And Mike's coming down. Which reminds me, I have to get his ticket. We're sneaking him into the game basically as a "UNL Student." We'll see how that goes. The Marlins need to lose already. Jack McKeon can only go so far in the press before it has to be "worshiping a false idol," right? Jeez, everyone loves this guy. He was out of a job at the beginning of the year
that is not something that happens to good managers. They're lucky. The Cubs choked. The Yankees are picking the wrong time to be mediocre and are handing the World Series to these fish...No good. Check back later. I may right more. Now, it's "Weird Science" time.
october TWENTY TWO Four days off? Wow, I'm slipping. OK, I just got back from a speaker ( founder of al-jazeera was on campus today, good stuff ) and Sorority Life is on. And I don't care. Marlins - Yankees. Blah.
Good job, Marlins fans. Way to send off The Rocket. There were more flashbulbs than the kickoff of the Super Bowl. That's why baseball is better than any other sport. C.L.A.S.S.
Andy Kirk fought off a robber this weekend. He was sleeping in his room on Saturday night when he hears a noise. He looks around, notices his TV is gone. He jumps up to find a kid STEALING HIS TELEVISION. "Don't worry, I'm the TV repairman. I'll bring it back." The kid actually said that. Looking for a weapon, Andy picks up the most dangerous object he can get his hands on. An apple.
Cocking it back with a real threatening glance ( think Pedro vs. Karim Garcia ) , he grabs the robber's arm and starts screaming at the kid to put the TV back. For some unknown reason, the kid obliges and sets it back down on the stand. Andy tells him to sit down so he can call the police. Robber decides to run. Andy chucks the apple and hits the fleeing suspect in the back of the head. The robber turns around
and just shakes his head. Then runs away. I don't think you could even DREAM a better story.
It's the bottom of the tenth. Pudge is up. If he knocks this run in he is the playoff MVP no matter what. Win or lose the World Series....Strike 3. Hehehe...Meanwhile, A-Rod wonders if his contract is worth more than Pro Player Stadium while contemplating a trade to the Marlins. Now it's Aaron Boone's turn to prove it wasn't a fluke...Strike 3. Who's John Flaherty? Who cares. You suck. Speaking of suck. Weaver's in. Ha, and now he's unhittable. I love the playoffs. And now he just gave up a homer. I'm sad for Jeff Weaver. Someone watch this guy tonight.
Our floor has a popcorn maker. Like in a concession stand. Can't be beat.
Elliot Smith has apparently committed suicide. He was OK.
I'll be back later.
october EIGHTEEN Um, who forgot to tell Texas A & M what time the game was? 8 turnovers is just retarded. How could this happen to a Division 1 team, honestly? Jammal continued to impress in his climb to what-a-senior-really-should-look-like status. Joe Dailey threw a pretty touchdown pass. The fans were standing up until right at the end.
For some reason people have been losing interest in the late 3rd quarter lately, but today was different. Maybe it was Homecoming. Maybe it was the early start time. Who knows. After that I just hung out with Abbey's family all day, tail-gating. MMM, hot dogs. Then, as a testament to how much energy I used up on the ALCS and NLCS, it took me until
7:30 when Abbey's uncle turned the game on for me to even realize that it was GAME ONE OF THE WORLD SERIES. I may be unique in this temporary lapse of memory. At least I hope so. ( So does FOX. ) I just can't get excited for this now. It's a letdown, no matter who wins. I just want next year to start so I can root for the Cubs and Red Sox again. I think
my World Series time will be spent rooting for whoever is losing to catch up and tie the game and someone ( preferrably the home team ) to win with a walk-off homer. Just for excitement's sake. Tonight, I'm home. Relaxing. If anything else exciting happened today in the world, I'm clueless. Check back with me tomorrow. Fall break is going to go by WAY too fast. I'm already
thinking about school again. BLAH.
october SEVENTEEN Is it a curse or is it the incredible luck of the Yankees that other teams just seem to bow down to them in the clutch. Mariano Rivera throws one pitch. It's not like teams haven't faced him before. I just don't get it. The Yankees were not the best American League team this year and I don't know how many people
not wearing pinstripes will argue with me about this. Seattle played better for most of the season. So did the Twins and Royals. Major collapses are the ONLY reason the Yankees are in the World Series.
It has nothing to do with anything else but consistency. Maddeningly predictable consistency. It's unbelievble. You could just SENSE that
the Red Sox time had run out. I said to Abbey "It's about time for Matsui to get a hit because he hasn't had a big one ALL YEAR." Then when Posada came up, I almost just turned the game off. I knew he was going to knock in two runs. He had to. I knew Fox would show Derek Jeter running out of the dugout pumping his fist. ( credit to him for being the "most excitable player in the playoffs when his team scores the tying run" ) It's just not the playoffs without this stuff.
And they finally had that swagger back. The fans knew it, the Red Sox knew it and most of all Grady Little knew it. If he WASN'T scared, Pedro would have been out. The ghosts got in his head. Instead of following the blueprint, he heard the crowd.
The energy was back. The buzz. Of course Alan Embree could have gotten Matsui out and then Posada, no question. But he didn't. It's the decision Little made. The msytique scared good ole Grady and he probably made the wrong choice.
He HAD to let Pedro lose it though. Look at the statistics. On paper, why WOULDN'T you want Pedro in? He's pitched a brilliant seven innnings after looking sluggish early. He got over that and Boston's hopes were as high as the Sox regular season slugging percentage. But it's not the playoffs without the Yankees and until the 8th inning last night, there was no Yankees. The entire series they just kinda played. Nothing spectacular. When Bernie Williams is the team's leading hitter
with a .230 batting average, something's got to give.
And it finally did. Matsui and Posada. After that, it's game over. Sure it was tied on the scoreboard, but it was Mariano Rivera and his cutter. One stinking pitch. And teams crumble. And hopes crumble. Wakefield had his two nights of dominance already. Anything more than that in the playoffs takes magic and a little luck. And the Red Sox don't have that luck or the magic. The Yankees do. Aaron Boone heard the ghosts. Now Boston does, too.
october FIFTEEN At least the day STARTED well. I got up and went to econ this morning and happily found out that my 82 on the test last week wasn't as bad as it seemed. Coming out of the test, I felt like I had done a good job, a couple I wasn't sure on, but better than an 82, for sure. Today in class, the professor gets everyone who had Version C's attention by saying that his answer
key was wrong for the FIRST FOUR QUESTIONS. On a 40 question test, that's 10 percent baby! Now assuming I got those 4 right (they were easy ones, mostly review), I'm staring at a 92 instead of an 82. Much easier to swallow. Then I went and chilled in the union for an hour or so. Contemplated Burger King breakfast, but then decided to save the parents a couple bucks. Oh, NCard, why do you tempt me so? After the
cravings subsided, I talked to Tim for a while. Am I the only one in Nebraska who thinks that Kellen Huston should be punished for KO'ing that Mizzou guy after the game?! Everyone seems to believe that "the fan had it coming for taunting a football player" and "the fan wasn't even supposed to be on the field" and "it was dangerous, the player was scared for his safety." Bull. This guy is not retarded. Missouri just pulls
off its the biggest upset ever ( after 45 straight losses to top 10 teams ) and I'm supposed to believe the fans are gonna remain calm?! He was celebrating. He said that Nebraska sucks ( or something like that ) He may have pointed. THAT IS THREATENING to a 6-foot 200 pound cornerback in pads and a helmet? RIIIIIGHT. And you gotta love Huston's statement to the media yesterday. "I would never intentionally hurt another person." Uh,
you sucker punched a guy in the face. But, I guess that MAY not have been intentional. Huston could have been possessed by the ghost of Richie Incognito and if that's the case, we're lucky he didn't use the helmet instead of the fist. Then we got into a discussion about Steve Bartman, the Cub fan who is now villified for ruining the World Series for the Cubbies. Tim, and 90 percent of Chicago ( the other 10 percent is women who were watching
Bachelor re-runs and not the game ) is of the belief that our friend Steve blatantly reached over the wall and interfered with Moises Alou, preventing him from making the catch for the second out, and thus ( since obviously the umpires were going to just forfeit the last five outs of the game to the Cubs if Alou makes the catch ) giving the North-siders another year of heartbreak. Forget Alex Gonzalez's ERROR ON THE NEXT PLAY, or the ridiculous DEAD-CENTER FASTBALL that Farnsworth threw to Mike Mordecai, letting in 3 RUNS, Steve is now going to have to move to Canada to get people off his case. I think they're officially renaming it
"The Curse of Bartman" now. The goat can finally rest in peace. Chicago newspapers released his name, phone number address, and work address in today's editions. Stevie Boy, pack your bags cause the only way people can forgive you for this one is...well, OK, you're just done forever.
and....BREATHE...
History was boring after that discussion and lunch and Geography flew by in anticipation of the afternoon's games. First, though, was an afternoon lecture at the Lied Center by Benjamin Barber, a political scientist who is pretty famous I guess...New York Times and books and stuff...He was interesting and I tended to agree him on certain issues. Too much partisan politics. Not enough cooperation. Too much focus on what's going wrong. Not enough debate on what we should do now. I didn't like, though, how he danced around the tough issues. Israel-Palestine. What SHOULD we do now in Iraq? So, I left a bit disappointed.
october THIRTEEN Red Sox win. And my project is done.
october TWELVE Today was the day for cancellation of baseball games. Club baseball is getting ridiculous. I need a REAL baseball team, hmmm.... The Red Sox I can handle because it means John Burkett doesn't have to pitch, instead the Sox send a guy who throws a 78 mile an hour fastball to the mound. *cringe* But it meant that I got to spend some quality time with the parents. Me and Abbey got treated to some BW3s, and then some Cold Stone ice cream. MMMM.
OK, I need to catch up on magazines. Tonight, Andy almost got peed on in the shower. "I could smell it, so I dried off and got the hell out of there." That's just gross. Tomorrow I'm going to the library for the first time this year. No, second. The first was to take pictures, though. McWorld vs Jihad by Benjamin Barber. That's my target. Hopefully they have it. I'm actually still working on the book that I started the year with. Lullaby by Chuck Palhankiuk. It's dumb though, so I only read
it sporadically. Tomorrow night I have to work on my journalism project-of-the-week. AKA, semi-pointless, way-too-over-analyed busywork that our "professor" Clint thinks is making us better designers. This guy is like 23 and has his own little underground design firm. He thinks he's cool because he is doing things "different." He's really just a knock off of people like Shephard Fairey who does Obey Giant. And even HE is overrated. These guys give themselves way to much credit because
they're grassroots and off the beaten path and underground and all this other anti-establishment CRAP, it's absolutely retarded. Too bad the only people who care about you and your little deep thoughts are other losers just like you and those weed-smoking hippies who protest at WTO conferences in Seattle. So how 'bout all you PETA freaks who vote Green Party and salute your Che Guevara posters while bashing the President get a life and do something that matters. Stop crying about sweatshops and
defense spending and go do something about it. If you don't like government, run for office. Make a change, don't just cry about the way things are. You're not any more original than anyone else. No one cares because life goes on. You enjoy your little life on the fringe of reality. You may not be a slave to corporations and consumerism, but at least the rest of us know how to take a bath. Peace.
IPOD PLAYLIST #6 THAT WILL HOPEFULLY RELIEVE MY JEALOUSY OF THEO EPSTEIN.
1. Harder to Breathe -- MAROON 5
2. Falling -- BEN KWELLER (When will he be back in town, please?)
o-oh. battery's out.
3. If I Can't -- 50 CENT ( rap is underrated with white people, like emotional whining is overrated. )
4. Kid A -- Radiohead ( skip. )
5. The Drama Summer -- STARTING LINE ( I missed this song by not going to the concert. Oh well, it's not as good as the rest. )
6. Minority -- GREEN DAY ( Down with the Moral Majority! )
7. She's So Strange -- TRAVIS ( Good Brit rock )
8. Mrs. Robinson -- SIMON AND GARFUNKEL ( it's reunion time. next up, new kids on the block...Step by step, ooh baby. Hehehe. You know you liked them too. )
9. The Fitted Shirt -- SPOON ( Yeah, jam bands pretty much suck, but I like these guys. )
10. The Greeting Song -- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
11. Complicated -- GOOD CHARLOTTE
october ELEVEN Don Zimmer just got thrown to the ground outside of first base by Pedro Martinez! The best, AND most unintentionally funny fight at least since Jeff Van Gundy was hanging on to Alonzo's leg. (I have come to a conclusion. Women have an advantage over men in only one area of the sports world. They keep their tempers better. Guys are really dumb when it comes to sports and fighting. Exhibit A: Yankees-Red Sox fight. Exhibit B: TOUCH FOOTBALL at the rec today. My team up 10-8 in a game played to 10. We win. OR NOT. "We get the ball back because you got it first." That was the start of the most worthless 10 minutes of my life. We won, you lost, get over it. Us getting the ball first had nothing to do with us winning because WE WON BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS. Stop throwing interceptions to us and maybe you have a chance. Stop crying, NOW. Jeez, keep your cool already boys.)
Oklahoma, slow down already. K-State regroup already! Kansas, stop it or you're going to be the favorite in 3 weeks. ( How scary is THAT?! )
MORE TO COME.
The Mullet is 3-3. Now they've stopped beer sales at Fenway. What a day.
And now it's 2:30. And the day has been ruined. The best sports day ever has turned into one of the worst days of the fall. BLAH. I HATE missouri. SO MUCH. Aah. SO much. And now the KU fans have something to talk about. Oh, wait. NEVERMIND, you lost to Colorado. ( small smile ) But that doesn't make it better.
october TEN Today was a pretty run of the mill Friday. Had an econ test this morning and did ok, i think. Went to lunch downtown with Adam's dad at Bison Witches. Good sandwich -- beef and cheese and mustard. Mustard is an aquired taste.
This afternoon I just kinda chilled around the dorm, caught up on about an hour of sleep after studying til 5 last night. Eh, oh well, it's all in the name of good grades. The Ted Nugent reality TV show is wonderful comedy. Went to the Husker soccer game at 7, they won in double overtime. Good stuff. Then drove over to Danny's
for the rest of the eve. The Cubs won another amazing playoff baseball game. This postseason, hands down, the best ever in my lifetime and it's only game 3 of the championship series. The only rival could be the diamondbacks-yankees world series a couple years ago. But, NO, ok, the
Boston-Oakland ALDS was just as good as that for drama, if not better. Read Bill Simmons's column on Page 2 at ESPN right now. It begins to describe the insanity. I wish I had every game on tape. The Mullet returns tomorrow. Pedro and Clemens at the Fen at 3. I can honestly see myself watching the end of this game
before turning on the husker game. I love baseball. Huskers are only 7 point faves tomorrow. Respect please. The Quickie predicted we would lose. I hope they're wrong. Minnesota, come on, that was your only chance at respect this season, and you blew it. (sidenote: DUDE! Jason Stark just TOTALLY ripped off my idea. Whatever.
Now tomorrow is football and baseball and relaxing in the warm glow of October sports. May the Bambino and the Billy Goat sleep through the games tomorrow, may Matt Davison's catch be the only miracle ever needed at missouri, may dany heatley and roy recover quickly, may mo clarett and rush limbaugh give it up already, may kerry wood and kevin millar please, for the love of god, shave, and may the kobe bryant trial and my midterms come and go as quickly as possible because i'm already tired of hearing about you.
october SEVEN The Cubs are disapopinting me already. Why am I not more excited about Sammy Sosa's homerun? If they would have won, it would have been one of the greatest postseason homeruns of all time. Seriously, think about it. Two outs, bottom of the ninth, down two. It was an amazing homer, yet tomorrow, I-Rod and Josh Beckett are going to be on the front page, talking about how big of
upset specialists the Marlins have become. Wait, nevermind. ARNOLD WINS! He is a sound bite waiting to happen. Move over George Bush, you have been replaced. The Republican party in the sky is shaking its collective heads...Other news of the day. Someone told me he was actually happy that Roy got mauled by the tiger. How can someone think this way? TV violence IS ruining our country. In news from around campus,
Abbey found 30 bucks on the ground. 30 freakin' bucks. That's some real cash. The bums are jealous. Speaking of bums, I had one introduce himself to me today, asking for lunch money of course. Look in my wallet. 5. 10. 20. Am I a bad person for lying? Should I have bought lunch for the guy?
The two funniest things I saw on TV tonight. ( 1 ) Jeffrey, the butler on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air doing the "running man" to early 90s rap music ( 2 ) OK, it happened on MTV about 2am. i swear i'll remember in a sec...Oh yeah, some guy drinking out of a gas can on Youngbloodz "Damn!" Wow. Must be a Dirty South thing.
Questions from MTV...Who's hotter? The girl in the new John Mayer video or the black girl in Pharell's "Frontin'" ( the one in the hat )? Why is it so hard for Robbie and Jon to get along on Fraternity Life? When did Quentin Terantino get cool enough to have commercials on MTV? When are Wade Robson's 15 minutes up? ( NOW! And, Subquestion: Which weighs more his accessories or his hair gel?)
After watching enough rap videos that I almost have the words to "Stand Up" memorized, I have decided to make a list of THINGS YOU CAN FIND IN EVERY SINGLE RAP VIDEO.
1. Throwbacks. ("They even look better with a matchin' hat")
2. Bling Bling. Some sort of diamond jeweled accessory. Gold is making a comeback too.
3. Cars. Either low-lows or something fast or an SUV. Most have spinners, too.
4. A cameo. Snoop, Jermaine Dupree, Ludacris, SOMEONE is in there. Might even be Gary Coleman.
5. Alcohol. ( You can drink it from a platic cup ( Pharell ) or or a paper bag or out of a diamond-encrusted goblet, but you gotta have it. Bonus points for Hpnotic. Bonus points if you're white and can tell me what color Hpnotic is. )
6. Midriff/ belly button showing on women.
7. Women in very short skirts/shorts.
8. Booty shaking.
9. Talking on cell phone.
10. Hand clasps. ( Because high fives are so white. )
11. Hand signals. Call them gang signs if you please, just make sure you know where you're flashin' 'em.
october SIX The Red Sox win. What an incredible game. I still have that collision replaying in my head. I could have sworn Johnny Damon was going to be half-dead. That was disgusting. Eew. Cringe. And now the controversy is the Derek Lowe "gesture ( s )" at after the last strike out. Miguel Tejada is upset because his kid
was in the audience. Funny thing, the kid was at least a mile away, obviously didn't see anything. Miguel was the one crying. Sounds like sour grapes to me. Cubs, Sox World Series is still on track. Good. But "Cowboy Up" HAS to stop, and enough about the shaved heads already, jeez.... Where is Joe Buck this postseason? I heard him announcing a football game the other afternoon just before Game 5 of the Cubs and
Braves, which got me wondering. Coming from a Cardinals background, could it be possible that he DIDN'T WANT to call the Cubbies game? That sounds really petty, but after hearing Mark Prior talk about the hatred between the teams, you never know I guess.
Tomorrow is THE STARTING LINE at Knickerbockers. I don't think I've been this excited about a concert in a while. BUT I HAVE CLASS. AND NO TICKET. How terrible is this? I can't miss class, so I can't go to Omaha with Abbey for dinner. Sorry Abs! Since missing class is out of the question, the concert AFTER class doesn't seem like a
rude alternative does it? But it's not like it matters because, what are they gonna do? let me in without a ticket at 10pm? HA. I wish. Kevin, I'm jealous man. I spent some time today on the Something Corporate website and they have a very cool feature. A concert poster maker. You pick the date and the picture and then VIOLA! Print. Hang. Cool.
Two songs I am reasonably ( inexplicably ) embarrased to admit that I like right now...John Mayer "Bigger Than My Body" and that Santana song with Chad Kroger "Why Don't You and I."
Get Well wishes to Johnny Damon, Roy ( of the "Sigfried &" fame ), Jay Williams, Mia Hamm's heart.
october FIVE Stupid orange team. Made me get up all early for nothing. And I am playing terrible...Blah. I don't even want to hit. That's bad. I need some batting cage work. And physical therapy on my elbow. AFTER the "game" was good though. Went out with my dad and had lunch after getting some stuff at the mall. Thanks, Pop! Took a nap for a while this after noon while
watching baseball and football and just about any other sporting event I could find on TV. Didn't really eat much dinner. Some leftover pizza from lunch, but I was too into the Cubs game to care. Which, by the way was kind of a letdown after the Red Sox won this afternoon. Unbelievable. I could feel Fenway shaking. Why does game 5 have to be in Oakland? Just like tonight, why did game 5
have to be in Hotlanta? BORING. There were more Cubs fans than Braves fans at the game, I swear. I hate the Braves. They are so boring. Mike wants to go to Chicago for the World Series if the Cubbies make it. That would be amazing. I can taste the pizza now. Other options for upcoming roadtrips...Missouri football on Saturday. Texas and Kansas football games. (The KU trip is all but guaranteed at this point.)
This week is only a test on Friday and baseball practice tomorrow. Oh wait, uh, the Red Sox play tomorrow. The world stops. Goodnight. Go Red teams. (not including, of course, Red China. Communism is overrated.)
october FOUR It's 4:03 am and I'm awake thanks to a fire drill. What a lovely place you are, Abel Hall.
I SO called Baylor's win. Today's husker game was actually fun. Ned woke us up early today and then we headed out about 11. Saw some singing Elvises in Nebraska capes. The first half of the game was very maddening. Like, pull-out-your-hair insanity. How can TWO field goals hit the uprights? ( and then a THIRD in a row in practice at halftime. )
The offense is still pathetic. If we played up to our potential when we have the ball, wow. We would deserve a top ten ranking. Right now though, I'm not so sure. Second half was better. Joe Dailey continued his rise. Jamaal held his own against the mountain of pressure from the fans. Believe already people! After the game = the Cubs lose, watch wonderful Marlins highlights,
curse the Yankees, cheer the Hawkeyes, question Michigan's motivation, argue whether it's worse to root for K-State or Texas, then decide that it's not ok to root for EITHER, dinner at applebees, the Mill for a coffee break, home for the end of the crazy Red Sox game ( baserunning, jeez! ), congrats to Prince Vankat ( sympathy too ) McDonalds for Mc Flurrys, website update. Phew.
My arm still hurts! And I have a baseball game in 8 hours. We'll see.
OK, there was so much more to this weekend, that has seemingly slipped my mind. Perhaps due to the fact that I was ready for bed hours ago. Wait a second, three more home games?! Crap. If they are all as nice of weather as today, I think I can die happy. Walked around and took some pictures around the stadium after the game. Check those out.
How about some IPOD?
1. Hello Houston THE STARTING LINE
2. Too Much Food JASON MRAZ
3. I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon OF MONTREAL
4. Hope SUBLIME
5. Getting Dissed MOONEY SUZUKI
6. Leif Erikson INTERPOL
7. Intergalactic BEASTIE BOYS
8. Fall SOMETHING CORPORATE
9. Mary Jane THE VINES
10. Emma J. BRENDAN BENSON
october ONE Weird. It's October. A new month. It seems like the time for a color scheme change or something. I'll think about that I guess. But it's gonna be hard to beat the pink and black. I really like that. Whatever. Quotes page is off and running. Thanks Kevin for the break-it-in-so-it-doesn't-look-pathetic quote. This is NOT
specifically a friends only page, so feel free to send me any contributions from the real world if it's worthy. I lost at tennis. Ack! And then got blown away at soccer. Could there really be anything less fun than losing? I got hurt too. If anyone has ever had a hyperextended elbow, please contact me so we can compare symptoms.
It hurts now, but we'll see if it gets worse before declaring it an "injury." Tomorrow after my test, I'm going to go around and take some pictures. I haven't done that in a while. Wish me luck.
Rush Limbaugh just wants his own Chunky Soup commercial. My thoughts...The real loser in this whole "overrated black quarterback" situation? Not Limbaugh. It's Bill O'Reilly. I haven't heard his name for weeks. Between the playoffs and the California recall, his name has been lost among all of the hoopla over baseball and robots fighting to run the most powerful state in the country. ( Yes, this includes Arnold AND Gray Davis. ) O'Reilly can't just sit there and let a DIFFERENT white, conservative blabber-mouth get the upper hand, but how can he possibly top this? It's going to have to be something about Jews. Or women.
Hockey on October first is just not right.
I know some are still jealous that their picture is not on the people page yet. If you're reading this, you should be on it. Send me your picture already. Simple as that.
