i havent blogged much about the cubs lately, but there hasn't been much to say. winning a lot can get boring apparently.
just cos everyone else seems to be making a big deal about it, i thought i would put in my 2 cents about the cubs picking up jim edmunds.
my official opinion: i think edmonds is worth the shot. hes making his full salary from the padres, so the cubs got him on the cheap. hes totally worth the 250k plus they are paying for him, if things pan out. if they don't, no big loss, we just don't sign him next year.
despite his slow start (and subsequent release) he had incredible stuff as a CF. if he has any modicum of that skill left, he will be an asset. and he has to be able to hit better than pie.
and i don't give a fuck that he used to play for the cardinals. i'm a realist and i know that today's hated foe could be tomorrow's teammate. thats just how the mlb works these days. its pointless to hate a player just because he is good and plays for a rival team.
on a related note, maybe this is the first year i have really paid attention, but it seems as though a lot of teams are taking the hit to the pocketbook and just releasing players with their full salary when they aren't living up to expectations. its happend to edmunds, jacque jones (HA!!!!), reed johnson, and even big frank thomas. i guess that free roster spot was really worth up to 7 million to these teams. thats fucking crazy.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
giants vs phillies
au wanted to show miss E a good time, so we made some last minute plans to head to lovely At&T park to see the giants play. i was hoping we would get to see cole hamels pitch, but no luck. he pitched on friday.
it was still a good game, though. and mopey boy managed to get us really good bleacher seats for only $10 apiece. pretty sweet.
and we of course managed to go to one of the only games this season where the giants were actually hitting. and i was also able to test out the zoom feature on the new purple camera. here's a pic i took of aaron roward (aka bacon pants) from my seat. not too bad!
it was sad to see jamie moyer get rocked by the young kid lincecum. and a little surprising to see the phillies lose by as many runs as they did. but i guess thats just another way how baseball suprises you.
phillies 2, giants 8
it was still a good game, though. and mopey boy managed to get us really good bleacher seats for only $10 apiece. pretty sweet.
and we of course managed to go to one of the only games this season where the giants were actually hitting. and i was also able to test out the zoom feature on the new purple camera. here's a pic i took of aaron roward (aka bacon pants) from my seat. not too bad!
it was sad to see jamie moyer get rocked by the young kid lincecum. and a little surprising to see the phillies lose by as many runs as they did. but i guess thats just another way how baseball suprises you.
phillies 2, giants 8
Saturday, May 10, 2008
fuming
i hate those times when just a thought pisses you off enough to ruin your day. today was one of those fucking days.
leonard bernstein and i have been casually talking about his visit the past few days. i got tickets to OAR and am going to use e-love's upcoming visit to test out some locales in SF i have never been too.
last weekend, i had a flash of brilliance. LB isn't going to be able to take time to see his peeps in chicago this weekend (shocking, his work schedule doesn't allow for it). wouldnt it be a great idea to see if pocket and dunning can come out here the same weekend? if they can find decent flight prices, they could stay here for free and see LB before he leaves. it would be a fairly inexpensive endeavor, as well as giving me the chance to see pocket and dunning as my last few trips to chicago have been too hurried for me to make plans with them.
after a little bit of confusion with phone numbers, i finally got ahold of pocket this morning at brunch. she agreed that it was a great idea and would start looking for flights right away. as long as the airfare was reasonable, she thought things would be a go.
LB called me before brunch was over. i let him know that pocket and dunning were probably able to come. thats when he dropped the fucking bomb -- he had invited his friend jill and her husband tom.
there's few people on this planet that i can't make nice with. fucking jill is one of them. shes an old college friend of LB's who now lives in so cal. she's an engineer and a prime example, rare as they are, of a female engineer who doesn't have any girlfriends and can't communicate with women. she has no girlfriends (at all) and has never attempted to make even civil conversation with me.
i am a firm believer that girlfriends are priceless. my life would be so empty and lonely without all my girls. i'm not going to name them off like its a popularity contest, but im pretty lucky to have a lot of really good girlfriends. and i would like to think that even if we were not related, i would still be friends with cuz, renebow, tsiny, and duh.
even fucking bitchy mean girls have girlfriends. the fact that jill has none is an indication of her lack of social aptitude. and makes her untrustworthy. i hate women who see every other woman as a threat. like she has anything that i want. please.
i don't want to spend any time with her and her attitude and lack of social skills. i don't want to spend whats supposed to be quality time with LB with her. even if you forget the fact that she can't communicate with me because i am a woman, she doesn't even have the social skills to be polite to a friend of a friend. thats fucking lame.
the best part of the story, is that LB sounded surprised when i didn't sound thrilled at his news. im a little bit annoyed that he has never noticed that his friend can't bother be civil to me, when i can get along with most everyone.
im not quite sure of this point, but LB may have also invited them to stay at my house without asking me first. i wanted to avoid a fight, so i hung up quickly, not wanting to be pressed on why i wasn't excited about his news. if pocket and dunning can make it, there isn't space for 2 extra bodies at the loft. period.
i would really like to let this go, but i can't seem to. and i let the thought of her presence bug me all day. i called gc enraged and he kept asking me why i was yelling at him.
with any luck, she will be busy and won't be able to make it. on the other hand, since she probably doesn't have any friends to spend time with, they can probably make it. fuck.
leonard bernstein and i have been casually talking about his visit the past few days. i got tickets to OAR and am going to use e-love's upcoming visit to test out some locales in SF i have never been too.
last weekend, i had a flash of brilliance. LB isn't going to be able to take time to see his peeps in chicago this weekend (shocking, his work schedule doesn't allow for it). wouldnt it be a great idea to see if pocket and dunning can come out here the same weekend? if they can find decent flight prices, they could stay here for free and see LB before he leaves. it would be a fairly inexpensive endeavor, as well as giving me the chance to see pocket and dunning as my last few trips to chicago have been too hurried for me to make plans with them.
after a little bit of confusion with phone numbers, i finally got ahold of pocket this morning at brunch. she agreed that it was a great idea and would start looking for flights right away. as long as the airfare was reasonable, she thought things would be a go.
LB called me before brunch was over. i let him know that pocket and dunning were probably able to come. thats when he dropped the fucking bomb -- he had invited his friend jill and her husband tom.
there's few people on this planet that i can't make nice with. fucking jill is one of them. shes an old college friend of LB's who now lives in so cal. she's an engineer and a prime example, rare as they are, of a female engineer who doesn't have any girlfriends and can't communicate with women. she has no girlfriends (at all) and has never attempted to make even civil conversation with me.
i am a firm believer that girlfriends are priceless. my life would be so empty and lonely without all my girls. i'm not going to name them off like its a popularity contest, but im pretty lucky to have a lot of really good girlfriends. and i would like to think that even if we were not related, i would still be friends with cuz, renebow, tsiny, and duh.
even fucking bitchy mean girls have girlfriends. the fact that jill has none is an indication of her lack of social aptitude. and makes her untrustworthy. i hate women who see every other woman as a threat. like she has anything that i want. please.
i don't want to spend any time with her and her attitude and lack of social skills. i don't want to spend whats supposed to be quality time with LB with her. even if you forget the fact that she can't communicate with me because i am a woman, she doesn't even have the social skills to be polite to a friend of a friend. thats fucking lame.
the best part of the story, is that LB sounded surprised when i didn't sound thrilled at his news. im a little bit annoyed that he has never noticed that his friend can't bother be civil to me, when i can get along with most everyone.
im not quite sure of this point, but LB may have also invited them to stay at my house without asking me first. i wanted to avoid a fight, so i hung up quickly, not wanting to be pressed on why i wasn't excited about his news. if pocket and dunning can make it, there isn't space for 2 extra bodies at the loft. period.
i would really like to let this go, but i can't seem to. and i let the thought of her presence bug me all day. i called gc enraged and he kept asking me why i was yelling at him.
with any luck, she will be busy and won't be able to make it. on the other hand, since she probably doesn't have any friends to spend time with, they can probably make it. fuck.
Monday, May 5, 2008
please don't go!
everytime it seems to happen the same way. i have a great time with whomever happens to be visiting, and don't want them to leave. my visitors somehow always seem to be threatened with being tied to the stairwell with climbing rope, and never allowed the leave.
this past weekend was no exception. cousin duh and friends came out for a few days. we saw the sights, drank some wine, walked along the coast (where's the throne?!) and explored the city. i also learned that cousin duh has a much better sense of direction when walking than i do.
and of course on sunday night, before they caught the red-eye back to minny-SO-tah, cuz and i threatened to block the doors and tie them up so they could never leave us. but they out-reasoned us. smart kids!
here's a cute pic of the 2 of us at golden gate park. amazing that my eyes are slighty open!
here's the link to the rest of pics from their visit
this is going to be a hard month as far as visitors are concerned. e-love is coming for 4 days next weekend, and gc is coming for what i hope will be the annual memorial day weekend climbing trip at rustling wood. and leonard bernstein is coming in june, for the OAR show and so i can see him before he ships out to fucking afghanistan.
i should pick up some extra rope at REI this week.
this past weekend was no exception. cousin duh and friends came out for a few days. we saw the sights, drank some wine, walked along the coast (where's the throne?!) and explored the city. i also learned that cousin duh has a much better sense of direction when walking than i do.
and of course on sunday night, before they caught the red-eye back to minny-SO-tah, cuz and i threatened to block the doors and tie them up so they could never leave us. but they out-reasoned us. smart kids!
here's a cute pic of the 2 of us at golden gate park. amazing that my eyes are slighty open!
here's the link to the rest of pics from their visit
this is going to be a hard month as far as visitors are concerned. e-love is coming for 4 days next weekend, and gc is coming for what i hope will be the annual memorial day weekend climbing trip at rustling wood. and leonard bernstein is coming in june, for the OAR show and so i can see him before he ships out to fucking afghanistan.
i should pick up some extra rope at REI this week.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
thank the FSM for wine
so i took off from work early yesterday so that au and i could head up to spend a leisurely day drinking wine in sonoma valley with cousin duh and friends who are visiting from minny-SO-ta.
all i can say it, im SO glad i stopped paying for internet on my phone. it would have totally ruined my evening if i had been following the cubs game, where rich hill pitched to 6 batters and only got 2 outs in the first inning before being pulled. the bullpen had to take over the rest of the game.
another mystery of basebal. hill was unfuckingtouchable last year in april, and this year he cant seem to throw a strike to save his life. its no wonder he was demoted down to AAA after the game.
i still have faith. hes too young (and too cute!) to be washed up at age 28. apparently hill was told his spot in the rotation will be waiting for him when he gets back. i'm sure that will be the case, as long as jon lieber doesn't rack up 10 wins in his absence. maybe by the time hill is ready to come back, it will be marquis' turn to be sent down. i hope im wrong about that, but i bet im right.
all i can say it, im SO glad i stopped paying for internet on my phone. it would have totally ruined my evening if i had been following the cubs game, where rich hill pitched to 6 batters and only got 2 outs in the first inning before being pulled. the bullpen had to take over the rest of the game.
another mystery of basebal. hill was unfuckingtouchable last year in april, and this year he cant seem to throw a strike to save his life. its no wonder he was demoted down to AAA after the game.
i still have faith. hes too young (and too cute!) to be washed up at age 28. apparently hill was told his spot in the rotation will be waiting for him when he gets back. i'm sure that will be the case, as long as jon lieber doesn't rack up 10 wins in his absence. maybe by the time hill is ready to come back, it will be marquis' turn to be sent down. i hope im wrong about that, but i bet im right.
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