but i don't even like the phillies that much

so yes, i am rooting for the phillies in the WS. i want to see former cubs draft pick jamie moyer get a WS ring before he retires. but i dont like them that much. im just glad there is some baseball available during this time in my life where it is still Too Painful To Watch Archived Cubs Games.

but honestly, do i like the phillies enough to sit in a bar FULL OF OHIO STATE ALUMNI during the 2 hour rain delay of game 3 of the ws? one would think not. but hey you and i did it. we showed up at pete's tavern in soma promptly at 5 pm PST yesterday, not realizing weather on the east was going to delay the game for so long.

just like for game 3 of the NLDS, the place was crawling with ohio state alumns. wtf? i thought it was a giants bar. but apparently not.

ive always hated the ohio state univeristy, and it was pretty gratifying to see Penn State pull out a last minute win. it made the torture of sitting through the game with a bunch of drunk idiots almost bearable.

even hey you realized the hostile territory we were in. there was one woman (sober, no less) who was obviously an alum, who cheered and booed every play, loudly. and in this phony way, that seemed like she was just trying to get attention. she was also trying to start conversations with strangers who wanted nothing to do with her.

hey you summarized the experience with a single sentence "i never knew how annoying i was until today (when i had to sit in a bar full of ohio state alums)"

so true.

Q: how do you get an ohio state grad off your porch?
A: pay them for the pizza

phillies 5, rays 4

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phillies 3, rays 2

good chat

i FINALLY got to talk to amiga today. and her sister. it was so good to hear their voices.

its been months. when i first moved out here, amiga was on my regular phone buddy list. when she changed jobs, that changed, and she fell off the radar.

turns out, she fell off for good reason. i found via e-mail after her birthday (JUNE 7TH!) how bad things had been for her. but we weren't able to have a good discussion about it until today.

its such a relief. her life seems to be back on track, and she sound happy and enjoying life. the best part of talking to her -- she hasn't changed. same girl. still sweet, still funny. she hasn't let the struggles of the past few months make her bitter or jaded. that's my little amiga.

im proud of her and the decisions that she has made to take control of her own life. its a hard thing to to, that pesky growing up thing. but we all have to do it sometime. and she seems to be coming throught with flying colors.

now, i just need to see her when i'm home in december. preferably at IBERRICO!!!!

S-M-R-T

today on the phone with gc, he asked what i thought the debate tonight was going to be about.

my answer: politics

sometimes i am just fucking brilliant.

too soon

cubs magical ride ends too soon. way to state the obvious.

the article has a link to video highlights from the season. but the link for reed johnson's amazing catch vs the nationals (the infamous flipped bill one) wasnt working, which meant i had to search for it on mlb.com.

so i found it, and a whole bunch of others of him, mostly highlight-reel catches and getting timely RBIs. i watched a couple, and then had to turn it off.

its too soon. im not ready to watch amazing games from the season while the wound of the sweep is still open and festering.

fuck. this sucks.