you are only making yourself look bad

so i've always known that flipping kidding's sister and i were not the same type of people, and definitely not friends. but we have always been cordial. there are a lot of things i dont agree with her on, especially her politics and her love of guns.

but whatever, i am not without social graces, so ive always been polite and civil to her.

effective immediately, that's out the window. i refuse to be polite to people i don't respect. there's no use in trying to hide it.

flipping kidding got married this weekend. i made the trek to chi town cos it was an event i didn't want to miss. although, i did let her know that gc and i would not be going to church. you never want a heathen like me in church. BURN!

i will admit this upfront. its hard to go to chicago and not try to do to much. i thought that in the course of 55 hours, i would be able to see my parents, eat a meal with mei mei and tsiny, go to the wedding, and still have time to show cuz and cass around town.

i thought i had my bases covered when i told flipping kidding that i would miss the ceremony. not so.

her sister came right up to me when i arrived, and within 5 minutes told me how disappointed flipping kidding was that gc and i had missed the ceremony. i shrugged her off, as it was clear she was already pretty fairly lit from drinking. and its not like i have ever cared about her opinion of me.

a few hours and drinks later, she said the same thing to me again, and it infuriated me, for the following reasons:

1) she already told me. i heard her the first time. im not a drunken idiot who needs things repeated (which is more than i can say for her)

2) flipping kidding is not a child, its not her sister's job to run interference for her. if flipping kidding has a problem with me, we can work it out like civilized adults

3) is it worse for me to have skipped out on the ceremony, or for her to run around wasted, unable to hold her liquor, running her mouth about shit she has no clue about, creepily grope men who are not her husband on the dance floor, and make herself look like an idiot?

4) does it improve her night when she attempts to make me feel bad about something? that's pretty pathetic.

5) finally, its none of her FUCKING BUSINESS what i do or where i go.

being sober, the whole episode left a taste in my mouth worse than after i listened to the completely un-funny and un-clever matron of honor speech she gave.

not wanting to make a scene, i did the appropriate thing. i avoided her for the rest of the night, and told all my friends at the reception what i thought of her. none disagreed with me. two in particular had a few choice things to add.

despite drunk bitch and her uncontrollable mouth, i still managed to have a good time. it was good to see all my hewitt peeps all dressed up and having fun. we've decided we should have a party at flippin kidding's house in december when i am home, and this time i will stay longer than 8.5 seconds.

here's a cutey picture of gc, flippin kidding and myself.




oh, and congratulations to the happy couple!

2003 cubs memories

i wish that one day, i will see a picture of mark prior or see someone wearing his jersey and not feel like bursting into tears.

stupid recap story on cubs.com that reminded me how amazing it was to be witness to the 2003 season. even now i remember the tingles i had and the somersaulting stomach every time a game would start.

years later, this picture still gives me chills.


i miss 2003.

convert

whoo hoo! e-love started a blog. im so excited. its not just me and hey you anymore. his blog will probably be mostly about the white sox, but i guess they are ok. although how ok i am with them next year after they have gotten rid of crede only time will will.

here's the link to his blog. happy reading!

idiot

with the recent 2-game series at "neutral" miller park, some bonehead reporter thought it would be a good idea to ask the players what they thought of a new field, given the poshness of miller park and the straight up oldness of wrigley.

the result is this story.

conclusion: jason marquis after so many years in the big leagues, still has NO CLUE what it means to be a cubs. tear it down and rebuilt it a modern version to look like the old park? wtf.

but the best part was so-ree-over-paid. could he attempt to sound less like a moron when he talks? when asked about a new ballpark, his response was

"But I can't think, 'Oh, I want to have something like this,' because then I'll be upset. And I don't want to be upset. I want to be happy."

maybe he should attempt to learn how to navigate left field without a gps at wrigley before he talks about the cubs building another park where he will drop routine fly balls, for christ's sake.

i'm not alone

monday, a slow baseball day. cubs are off, white sox vs jays was postponed due to rain, so i ended up watching reds/brewers and padres/dodgers.

reds upset the brewers in the 9th, just like they did to cubs yesterday. amazing the importance of spoiler teams at this stage of the season. the jays are also flexing their spoiler power in the last month of the season. who sweeps the rays? wow.

padres vs dodgers, always good to watch the mad dog deal, although he's not dealing great tonight. the most exciting part of the game is the padre fan reaction when manny 'dbag' ramirez comes to the plate. in the course of one at bat, i heard individual fans over the announcers as they taunted manny. and if i could here them, im sure manny can hear them, right? some key phrases that were being called out included:

manny you're a BUM!
manny who?
various boos
a standing ovation when he struck out

the best one though, was a woman who yelled i love jason bay! awesome that a padre fan would bring up the guy in the other league on the other side of the country to taunt manny with.

im not alone. im not the only one who think manny sucks. i've got a community!

reds 5, brewers 4
padres 4, dodgers 0 (as of the end of the 7th)