how much things change in one week

one week ago, it was my incredible fortune to have this view watching batting practice with a very good friend, seeing the Red Sox live for the first time in 15 years. this week, i had to listen to the game online because it wasn't the game that was aired on FOX.


one week ago, i was close enough to get photos like this from my seat. this week, i am the only one still in Florida.


one week ago, i appear to have an unhealthy preoccupation with Youk's backside. =P this week, i am laughing about it still. ok. so i guess that hasn't much changed, other than i am not looking at his backside. actually, i swear i wasn't even then, but when you sit behind home plate, this is the side of the players you see the most, ya know?


one week ago, we were hopeful for a win from Boomer that ended up being the first of 5 straight crushing blows against the worst two teams in baseball. this week, Sox fans are back in Fenway, back to winning & back within 2 games of The Evil Empire, despite all the naysayers claiming the season was over. it's August & these are the Red Sox. nobody's season is over yet.


one week ago, the Red Sox were so beat up & injured that we saw Big Papi play first base. this week, the boys are mending & one by one, moving back into their usual roles on the field.


one week ago, i was learning just how disturbing a place The Trop can be with sights like this...and a mascot of undeterminable origin (or relation to anything *I* have ever seen in the ocean, for that matter), dancing suggestively on the roof of the Red Sox dugout & mooning the crowd...and the ever obnoxious "more cowbell". this week, i sit in my house, where it is virtually silent & the craziest thing in my view is this photo.


one week ago, even this could not save not the day. this week, he wins it with a walk-off single in extra innings.


one week ago, i had no idea just how "this" things would get. this week, i may have strained something as a result of all the dancing & cheering & fist-pumping i have done in 2 days.


so much changes in one week when you stop to reflect. one week ago. one short week ago. and so many things are closer than they were.

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exercise alternative anyone?

the average-size 2 year old burns 7.2 claories during a 10 minute tantrum. that would be the same number of calories a 145-pound woman burns in one minute on a stair machine. hmmmmmm...

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despair? what despair?

i'm fumbling for what to say about last night's game. if a crystal ball had told me that there would be a standing ovation for David Wells as he left the field, i would have sighed & said i would take a performance from him that would just keep the Sox in the game. if you recall, it was here, with Wells, that the horror show of a five-game slide began. and now he went into the 7th before giving up a run. and these boys who looked so disenchanted & trampled only a day ago roared to life.

enough David Wells though. because the heart & soul of this game belongs to none other than Mike Lowell. Mike Lowell, who was *conditional* for getting the Josh Beckett deal. Mike Lowell, who had trade rumors swirling around him like trash on the streets of New York City. Mike Lowell, who was accused of being washed up since the All Star Break.

Mike Lowell, who took a pitch in the head, went down & then got back up, claimed his helmet & his base & the hearts of RSN. i heard it happen (i was listening to the game online) & my heart stopped, my stomach lurched into my throat & all i could think, after praying that he was ok, was "please no...not another Red Sox player with ball-to-the-head nightmares. not another man fallen to injury when we *just* got him back. not this man who has already become such an integral part of this ball club..." but after a few minutes sprawled in the home plate dirt & some medical assessment, up he got & the game went on...

...to be the Mike Lowell show. falling into the stands to make a catch. he got a hit & an RBI. he stole third base (coming off of foot injuries mind you!) & scored a run. he just plain did it all. after taking a ball in the side of the head. and all with a sense of humor:
In the top of the third, Lowell went hard over the wall to catch Nick Markakis' popup, falling into the seats over the short wall along the third-base line and landing in front of a man with a Yankees cap. "I saw that," Lowell said afterward. "I actually gave him three baseballs between innings because I saw on the replay he moved back out of the way. So I gave him three balls, I wrote, 'Next time, catch me."' (FoxSports.com)

highlights of The Mike Lowell Show--his head-plunking & head-over-heels catch--can be viewed here under the August 11 archives for anyone interested.

i'm just sorry there wasn't one of this because i would have loved to witness it:
David Ortiz added some comic relief in the sixth when he doubled to left-center and then, while standing on second, got spun around trying to avoid the throw back to the infield. Ortiz then broke into a pose similar to the one-legged crane from the film "The Karate Kid" cracking up the Orioles' infield. (FoxSports.com)

and so, just like Mike Lowell, as he collected himself & headed down the first base line, the Red Sox dusted themselves off from a road trip that needs to be left behind, and they blew a 9-2 victory wide open to start fresh.

my sincere thanks to the Anaheim Angels (don't *even* correct me!!) for winning at Yankee Stadium last night & allowing the Red Sox to start their ascent back toward the top. anyone want to spout off some more wisecracks about how Boston should have acquired Corey Lidle, who pitched 4 innings & was the losing pitcher for New York, blaming a stomach virus & saying he didn't feel well?

JJ gets the ball this afternoon. he's been inching closer & closer to his first win as a Red Sock. i've done a lot of criticizing, Jason, but i promise to let bygones be bygones if you can just make it happen today...

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please make it stop...

this can't go on. "this" being:

INJURIES
they are not the Red Sox anymore. they are the Walking Wounded. i'm surprised they can find 9 healthy guys to actually take the field on any given night. oh. wait. they *can't*...half the guys on the field are just sucking it up & playing hurt. if you count the photos here, that is six...SIX!!! key players who have been hurt in a very short period of time. one of whom just happens to be the Captain, followed just *days* later by his back up. there were THREE catchers behind the plate for the Red Sox in the last week that had no experience with our pitching staff. pitching doesn't work very well if the pitcher can't communicate with his catcher. and for all the learning of picthing styles & signs & what a pitcher is going to throw in a certain situation, you might as well have had two guys playing together who spoke entirely different languages. how can a pitcher relax & pitch when he doesn't even know if the guy is going to CATCH it??


then we have things like Trot's bicep...

Lowell, King of All Things Double, who decided to foul balls off of BOTH his feet...

Loretta, who (contrary to what that photo *looks* like) took a pitch in the elbow & couldn't feel two of his fingers for several hours...(hmmmm...NICE forearms there...i digress. back to the task at hand.)

AND our #3 pitcher who pitched through a stress fracture in his ribs until he could not take it anymore & had to be put on the DL. we won't even talk about the mess that has tried to be his fill-in...or the other starting pitcher who has head...errr "arm" troubles.


THE PITCHING
i am not too sure what is going on here--i mean, i know there have been some bats. they've scored some runs (not without stranding twice as many, i will admit). at any rate, though it has been an issue at tims this season, it's not like the hitting hasn't been happening at all recently. but when you lose 5 straight, folks, that means that every. single. one. of your starting pitchers has LOST. *consecutively*. from Boomer, who has come back & can't find his groove--or apparently even show a *little* bit of effort at fielding a ball that might, oh i don't know, roll RIGHT OVER THE MOUND BETWEEN HIS FEET?!?

or the ace, the go-to guy, the SAVIOR WITH THE BLOODY SOCK, who decided that last night would be a good time to serve up a double for every strike out...

or The Kid, who seems to have lost his command & only makes half his pitches hit the target...

or Beckett, who has become his own Home Run Derby. not to mention the one & only Jason Johnson, who has yet to collect a single W as a Red Sox starter.

of course maybe if there was a bullpen that could be relied on in a jam (aren't they all jams lately??)... the first two speak for themselves--the EZs: UGLY in every sense of the word...

and Doofy aka "i will give up a run every time you bring me out of the pen"

the other guys are young & apparently all slumping together, with ERAs twice as high as they were coming into the All Star Break. (damn that break!!) Keith Foulke, The Man back in 2004, when everything came together, is nursing a broken heart & a wounded spirit. and even "set-'em-up & shut-em'-down" has become:
Watch It Go...

...and Blow Back-to-Back Saves


THE LACK OF EFFORT
we can't even talk about impeccable fielding anymore. all the injuries melted down to Papi on first base, where he made an error that led to 4 unearned runs--which, incidentally, were the 4 runs the Rays won by in that game. and Coco Crisp has suddenly forgotten how to catch a ball out there in center. Manny is playing shallow & just letting everything fly over his head...

and then there's Javy Lopez, who i suspect is a minion of Satan Steinbrenner, financially compensated to come in & not only refuse to actually hit the ball, but tell me, is he REALLY a Major League catcher with experience?? because it doesn't look like he has ever been behind a plate, calling a REAL game. how do they expect a pitcher to do HIS job when the guy he most needs to rely on looks like he was pulled off the street & handed gear?!


MANAGEMENT
or lack thereof. 'nuff said.


BOTTOM LINE
3 games back is not an insurmountable obstacle, IF they start hacking away at it *now*. which would mean not ending every game looking like this:

or we will end up looking like this in October.

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Friday's Feast: August 11, 2006

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Feast One Hundred & Six

Appetizer
Tell about a toy you remember from your childhood.
i actually just thought about this the other day, thanks to Michelle. remember the Fisher Price Little People? the real ones, i mean, with their little round wooden bodies & those little plastic heads... i had a whole collection of Little People fun. there was the Family House, the School, the Seasame Street house (you know, the one where Bert & Ernie and Gordon & Olivia lived?), the Castle, the Carousel, the Bus, the Car Ramp...and all the little parts & furniture & accessories. hours of fun, back when kids actually had to have an imagination.

Soup
If you could make one thing in the world absolutely free for everyone, what would it be?
i thought about this one for a long long time. there are just so many needs that the world has as a whole. basic needs like food & shelter & medical attention that so many people are without. i don't even know that i could pick which one is most important...

Salad
Approximately how many times per day do you think about your significant other?
all the freaking time...

Main Course
What is something you believe in 100%?
Divine Grace. that what we want is not always what is best for us & sometimes we don't know what we need until we get it.

Dessert
Name one thing you have done this week that you would consider a "good deed."
a "good deed"? i don't think i've done anything that qualifies as that, but i sure have received a whole bunch of them...

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just one more reason i am glad i don't have a baby right now...

New Airport Security Rules

ok so we've all heard about the thwarted terrorist attempt yesterday by now. and none of us are shocked that there are some new rules being enforced as a result. i respect that & i would rather be inconvenienced & spend a little more time hanging out at the airport if it means i will actually reach my destination in one piece. but this??? Mothers can bring baby formula on board, but only after drinking it in front of security officials first. i have to tell you...it would be an ice skating rink in hell before that nastiness ever passed through MY lips. i did daycare for 4 years. have you ever even just SMELLED that stuff?? ::gag:: and that's just the regular old formula. what about those babies that are on soy, or worse, that Nutramigen FUNK that they make for babies with very sensitive tummies?!? it just goes downhill from the original grossness, people, let me tell you, for those who have never had the pleasure of partaking in the olfactory sensations of various baby formulas. i am so repulsed, i cannot even tell you...

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sharing du jour: August 11, 2006

song of the day: "A Little Too Late", Toby Keith

quote of the day: "Oh, the comfort--the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person--having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff & grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take & sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away." (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik)

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9...8...7...almost like New Years Eve in August! =P

i found this somewhere a while back (wish i could remember where so i could link it!) & held onto it for a rainy day. it's not raining but i felt like playing anyway. ;-)

9 Lasts...
1. Last place you were: before work? in my car
2. Last drug used: Advil
3. Last beverage: water. of course.
4. Last kiss: too long ago
5. Last movie seen: National Treasure
6. Last phone call: ::thinks:: actually *for* me? i think it was...oh! yesterday at 3:45pm
7. Last cd played: one of the many mix cds in my car
8. Last bubble bath: i was a little kid, i know that! can't take bubble baths anymore.
9. Last time you cried: today...

8 Have You Evers...
1. Have you ever dated someone twice: ::sigh:: yes. live & learn.
2. Have you ever been cheated on: ::bigger sigh:: yes...
3. Have you ever kissed somebody and regretted it? no. i am *very* selective about who i kiss & who kisses me.
4. Have you ever fallen in love: very much so
5. Have you ever lost someone: more than once
6. Have you ever been depressed: no. i've been sad. i've been VERY sad. but never what i would consider depressed. it comes in waves. i will have periods of time that i am overwhelmingly sad & quiet. but between waves, i smile & appreciate what is still good. i am too intrinsically happy to dwell on just the things that are temporarily difficult. i have *so* much that is worth being happy about.
7. Have you ever been out of the country: yes, to Canada =P
8. Have you ever been on TV: not that i am aware of...although possibly was this past Saturday. i wouldn't know though since i was not watching.

7 States You've Been To...
1. Connecicut
2. Massachusetts
3. New York
4. Louisiana
5. Vermont
6. Florida
7. South Carolina

6 Things You've Done Today...
1. emailed with some wonderful people
2. read some blogs
3. uninstalled Norton AntiVirus *again*
4. made up several excuses about why certain managers cannot take their phone calls =P
5. showed Bobby how to use the fax machine *again* (good thing he's one of my favorite people here lol...)
6. tweezed an errant eye brow hair

5 Favorite Things...
1. my friends
2. Little Miss Baby Girl
3. Disney World
4. the Red Sox (even when they lose ::sigh::) & football
5. sunsets

4 People You Can Tell Almost Anything...
1. Daniel
2. Nichole
3. The Brain
4. Michelle
(sorry...but they made me stop at 4!)

3 Favorite Colors...
1. deep rich red
2. navy blue
3. silver

2 things you want to do before you die...
1. be at peace
2. visit CA =)

1 thing you regret...
1. waiting too long

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for Michelle

(who loves to see her name in blog post titles)



hehehehehehe...

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Dawn's Thursday Thirteen, edition 10: zoom zoom!

Thirteen Things About Dawn & Cars

1) i am *such* a Nissan girl.

2) that being said, i *do* like the way the Ford Fusion looks. enough so that i would consider buying one. IF i was in the market for a new car.

3) my first car was a black 98 Nissan Altima with a gray interior. i leased it. all on my own. i was so freaking proud of myself.

4) man, that car looked good clean. of course it only stayed that way for about 15 minutes before something smudged, streaked or otherwise diminished the sparkle... i loved that car.

5) i currently drive a silver 02 Mitsubishi Galant.

6) i had my heart set on either buying my Altima or getting one of the new ones. it didn't work out that way, so i settled for a great interest rate & the promise that i would grow to love the Galant.

7) my car has been paid off for 9 months.

8) i still don't love it.

9) i have replaced more tires on my Galant in the last 18 months than i did in 4 years with the Altima.

10) i know how to change a tire, but because they use an air wrech to tighten the lug nuts, i am not strong enough to get them off...and so i always need to find someone to help me.

11) i dislike this car so much that i would replace it but i like not having payments more.

12) i've always preferred cars in black, silver or dark charcoal gray but lately i've had a thing for that deep rich red.

13) the only place i will sing is in the car. alone.

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if i only had the words...

i don't know what i did to deserve such incredible friends...in fact, i am sure i did nothing to deserve it. but i have them & there are not words adequate enough to thank them for being who they are. they are priceless gifts...sunshine on cloudy days...and somehow, always exactly what i never knew i always needed, without ever being asked.

if i am half the friend that they are to me, i have accomplished great things...

"True friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient; it's about being there when it's not." (unknown)

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you've been meme'd: August 9, 2006

The Saturday Six brought to you by Patrick's Weekender

1. How many different time zones have you lived in? Which one would you most like to live in?
just one: Eastern. i'm pretty happy with this one--or maybe just used to it...

2. What is the current setting of your home's thermostat? Do you adjust it up or down based on the time of day, or leave it at one setting at all times?
78* and it stays that way. i don't touch the thermostat. i just adjust the clothing i am wearing.

3. Go to your bedroom closet (or the closet in which you keep the majority of your clothes. Take a quick glance: what color do you see the most of? Is this color your favorite color? If not, why do you have more of it than your favorite color?
white. it's not my favorite color...but i have very little that is ALL white--i have so much of it because it gets paired with so many other colors in patterns!

4. Take the quiz: What kind of house are you?

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5. Imagine your dream house: how many stories would your ultimate home have?
just one. i have discovered that i don't really like having to climb up & down stairs. getting lazy in my old age huh? =P

6. Ripped from the Headlines: An underage teenager decides he does not want to undergo a particularly rough regimen of chemotherapy to treat his cancer. With his parents' blessing, he decides to pursue an alternate treatment to be supervised by a clinic that is outside of the country. Should a court intervene and force the teen to undergo the "traditional" treatment? How much does the prognosis for successful treatment with the chemotherapy affect your judgment?
if his parents have given their blessing, who am i to judge that? i think that in light of a non-traditional approach, the state should maybe provide the parents with as much information as possible, in case there is something that they did not see while researching this option...but beyond that, i don't think anyone should be *forced* to follow a particular method of treatment.

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from Unconscious Mutterings

Week 183

I say ... and you think ... ?

Affair :: cheat
Package :: mail
Warner :: Kurt (Arizona Cardinals starting QB)
Drop :: rain
Balance :: i have NONE. =P just call me Grace.
Shore :: ocean
Confirmation :: Communion
Nose :: sniff
Talking :: voice
Bend :: break

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from Manic Monday

What A Way To Make A Living

If you did not work (or if you don't) how much TV would you/do you watch during the course of the day?
when i am home, it is usually on for background noise but i don't think i would actually WATCH it any more than i do right now.

How long have you held your current job and how does it rate against your former jobs as far as overall happiness?
2 years & 4 months--and it is, hands down, the BEST job i have ever had!

If you had to describe the thing done by someone at work that drives you the craziest, what would you say?
it isn't done by any one particular person. more generally speaking. i will just say: vacation time accrual vs availability

If you could have someone at your current place of employment fired, would you do so?
no way.

Do you work a typical "9 to 5" Monday through Friday work schedule?
Monday to Friday but i work 8-4:30...sometimes i work till 5. it all depends on the day & what work needs to be finished before i leave. if i'm going to work till 5, it usually happens on Tuesday (setting up for payroll), Wednesday (if the guys golf) or Friday (running weekly reports for the Monday morning production meeting).

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from Monday Madness

1. Are you working on any big projects around your house right now?
ummmmm...yeah

2. If so, tell us about it; if not, do you have any plans to do so in the near future?
some deep cleaning kinds of projects

3. How do you generally pay for merchandise at your local store? Debit, credit, check, or cash?
typically with my debit card

4. Which month of the year seems to go by the fastest?
each one seems to go by faster than the one before it

5. Which day of the week seems to go by the fastest?
Tuesday

6. Have you taken up any new hobbies lately?
hobbies? no... (yes, boring...what can i say?)

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oh the agony...

oh, make it stop...

we did NOT just lose to the worst team in baseball last night. it was all a bad dream & i'm going to wake up soon. and when i do, Mark Loretta will be in tonight's line up...because while we're at it, this needs to stop as well. we're out of bench guys.

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where did THAT come from???

there is likely only one person who reads this blog (that i know of anyway) who will have any real reaction to this but...just now...out of nowhere i thought of Camp Koinonia...and Frosty Frog. and now the Frosty Frog theme song is stuck in my head...

mmm-aaaht! went the little greeen frog one day...
(and this is the closest you will get to hearing me sing =P )

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rude awakening

i slept really well last night until just after 4am. then Casey started carrying on, whining to go out. he drank a lot of water last night, so even though he had just gone out right before i went to bed, i made myself get up & take him. the plan was to be as quick about it as possible & hopefully get myself right back to sleep. i know myself. if i even open my eys too much, that's it. i'm done sleeping...and to be honest, i wasn't quite ready to be done sleeping quite so early.

so i step outside & right that second--like out of some Steve Martin comedy--the sprinklers outside the front door go off & i get blasted in the face with ice cold water by the one that *should* have been watering the shrubs to my left. apparently the sprinkler head is facing the wrong direction, but how would i know? i'm not typically outside at that hour of the morning. so much for not waking up. =P

well what does my brilliant canine do? Casey refuses to move because he's now freaked out by the unexpected shower, so i am standing there, getting drenched. i finally managed to drag him to the yard to do his thing. he goes but then coming back inside, he freezes again as we come up to the door & there i am getting soaked a second time, trying to convince the beast that we *have* to cross the path of the water in order to get in the house where it is dry. (not to mention dark & also has my bed.) for less than 30 pounds, he sure can be difficult to move if he doesn't want to move. i finally drag him back toward the door, but he starts running, pulling me along like an empty dog sled behind him & my feet are of course wet...so when my first foot hits the tile in the foyer, i slide, unceremoniously being dragged along by a flurry of wet feet & floppy dog ears. the toes on my other foot did not fare as well; they crashed right into the cement below the door frame.

now it's 4am...i am drenched AND my toes on my left foot are killing me. so much for going back to sleep. Casey on the other hand got in his crate, hit his pillow & started snoring immediately. =P

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for Michelle (who cannot fool me because i *know* she is secretly reading this & keeping up while acting as if she does not care)

does it get any sweeter? quiet little Mark Loretta, who goes out & plays second base like a champ & whose job it is to get on base so that Big Papi can do what he does best...finds himself in the batter's box with 2 outs in the 9th, down by a run. bases are loaded by 2 who took one for the team & the Greek God of Walks. and with a flick of his wrist, it's a 2-run double!

nothing was better than watching the post-game interview & seeing the glow on Loretta's face. when asked how it felt to be the one who won the game for his team, he just smiled & said "David doesn't get to do it *every* time".

when things start turning south though...and looking like a loss...and the Evil Empire is appearing unstoppable...i have to find diversions. like checking out the players' photos on MLB.com. and making snarky observations to RSN-West. (as if i am one to make comments on other people's photos huh? =P ) take these for example:


if you take away the shadow of facial hair, Coco Crisp looks like any Little Leaguer with the skinny little neck & the too-big hat cocked off to one side.


Ken Huckaby. back up catcher for teh Red Sox in the Cap'n's absence. looks like a "Goofy" laugh (you know, Goofy, like the Disney character) should come out of him.


Lurch ("you raaaaang?")--aka Bryan Corey, newest addition to the Red Sox bullpen, who pitches like he belongs there with the majority of the others who've sat on *that* bench. =P


the one & only Manny, who looks like he belongs in a police line up or a mug shot near you...


WHAT is *this*?? (other than Jason Phillips for the Blue Jays) who thought these were a good idea?? they look like they were drawn on his photo with a Sharpie marker! and why didn't they tell him to remove them before the photo??


it's Ugly EZ. it looks like they were in such a rush to be done looking at him that they snapped the photo before he even finished saying "cheese!"


and the pièce de résistance: i introduce to you...the long lost Bear from the Country Bear Jamboree!!

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Dawn's Thursday Thiteen, edition 9: Are You Ready??

Thirteen Things That Make Me Ready for Some Football

1) Belichick press conferences. the man isn't intimidated by *anyone*, least of all the media & he never tells them more than he wants them to know, no matter how many times they badger him. for example, Belichick on Deion Branch's absence: "I'm here to talk about football, to coach the team. I'll talk about the players that are here this year."

2) Peyton Manning. or more specifically, commercials that make Peyton look ridiculous. =P

3) seeing teams head-to-head at the line of scrimmage like this:


4) Monday Night Football. new & improved with PTI's Tony Kornheiser. the man is mildly insane & has no patience for anyone. he's going to bring a whole new dimension to football commentary. perhaps one that doesn't include considering every play the most incredible ever witnessed & every player the all-time star of his position.

5) the start of football season means that the end of peak hurricane season is coming close behind.

6) Brett. Favre. one more time.

7) impossible catches. flawless drives down the field. high adrenaline moments when the ball crosses the goal line for a touchdown.

8) because what could be better than having the Red Sox on one channel & the Patriots on the other, so i can switch back & forth between the two?

9) simultaneous victories by the Patriots & the Red Sox

10) yet another sports-themed post to drive Michelle insane ::evil laugh:: she can only resist for so long. she did find herself sucked into the baseball trade deadline frenzy on Monday before she even knew what happened! >=]

11) fantasy football. if you haven't played, you don't understand.

12) seeing the Bucs lose. which is almost as satisfying as seeing the Yankees lose. *almost*.

13) i already mentioned Peyton Manning once but...i am also looking forward to seeing him take his fair share of hard hits. something satisfying about that, in the same way that i find great amusement in watching his younger brother, Eli, just run away. at least Peyton takes it like a man. until he cries. =P

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unsatisfied

there's nothing like the disappointment of being STARVING & thinking you are sitting down with a container of your favorite flavor of yogurt--white chocolate raspberry--to open the container and find...orange creme. which you would not have intentionally purchased but must not have been paying attention.

i ate it. it wasn't bad. kind of like...creamsicles.

but when you have your mind set on eating something...and then you have to settle for something else...it just isn't satisying.

i am still hungry...

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you've been meme'd: August 1, 2006

from Unconscious Mutterings

Week 180

I say ... and you think ... ?

Video :: cassette
Fantasy :: Land
Homework :: back to school
Crush :: squash
Late :: tardy
Husband :: wife
Soccer :: is NOT football!!
Wine :: and cheese
Before :: time
Romantic :: dinner

Week 181

I say ... and you think ... ?

Requirements :: prerequisites
Pizza :: New York style
Dating :: ugh...
Issue :: concern
Sharp :: point
Distinguish :: specify
Remote :: control
Felony :: crime
Exercise :: sweaty
Choose :: select

Week 182

I say ... and you think ... ?

Italy :: mmmmm....food
Honk :: Canadian geese in Vs
Shades :: sunglasses
Tool :: box
Modern :: contemporary
Tension :: headache
Conservative :: Republican
Weight :: loss
Insurance :: AFLAC
Political :: party

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from Monday Madness

July 17, 2006

What comes to mind when you think of the following colors?

RED: Boston Red Sox. warm. Autumn. barns.
BLUE: eyes. sapphire. cool. sky. Cookie Monster.
GREEN: peas. grass. envy. apples.
YELLOW: Gram. sunshine. happy. daisies.
PURPLE: Lent. royalty. velvet. grapes. bruise.
PINK: baby girls. roses. ultra-feminine.
ORANGE: sunset. roadwork. juice.
BLACK: night. tuxedo. cat.
WHITE: bright. snow. wedding. orange blossoms.

July 24, 2006

1. I won't eat past 9 o'clock in the evening. (well as a rule. there are always exceptions...)
2. My favorite subject for photographing is friends or Disney.
3. I use Picasa2 most often to edit my photographs.
4. If I'm having trouble sleeping, I usually play on the computer until i get sleepy.
5. When I'm hungry for a snack, I usually eat a granola bar or some sort of frozen treat.

July 31, 2006

1. Do you have a photo blog? If so, feel free to share the link with us! not a photo blog but i have some of my favorite photos posted here on photosite.
2. How many pets do you own, and what are their names? If none, have you had a favorite pet in the past? i have just one. a beastus pestamus, which for those of you who are unaware, is a Cocker Spaniel. his name is Casey.
3. How many times a week does the carpet in your house get vacuumed? No carpet? How many times a MONTH do your floors get mopped? i have carpets. just once unless someone (like the aforementioned beast) tracks something in. i don't wear shoes in the house. brand new light-colored carpet & all...) the tile gets mopped any time it needs it...which varies on a day to day basis.
4. Which room in your house do you spend the most time in? a tie between the living room & the office
5. Have you read any good books lately? i haven't read anything in *ages*
6. What is your biggest source of news? (Newspaper? Television? Radio? Other?) the internet. the radio. and more often than not, Michelle--who is a news junkie & keeps me informed while i camp out under my rock. =P

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some people call it luck

i say, there's a reason why he's known as Mr. Clutch.

now that the stupid trade deadline is over & i can breathe again...and after reading (to my own bewilderment) how many other Sox fans were upset that none of the trade rumors panned out (did they *really* want to see Lowell, Loretta or Lester packing up their bags??)...i am ready to revel in the JOY that was last night's game. i am ready to marvel at what was creeping up in the 9th inning as another loss for Boston, with even bigger implications of sharing #1 with THEM again, turning around & becoming wild screaming & chants of "MVP! MVP!"


because after all the criticism of Kyle Snyder, he pitched some beautiful long relief for David Wells last night...4.1 scoreless innings, giving up only a single hit. and taking the bullpen with the attitude that i *love* about the 2006 Sox: "I'll take the ball whenever they give it to me, whether it's out of the bullpen or starting and do whatever I can to help this team win some ballgames," said Snyder. all you nay-sayers can think what you like, but if we can get a healthy starting rotation, i think Kyle in the pen may be just the answer to our EZ woes. Snyder was most certainly last night's unsung hero, because even when the bats went mute, he held off the Indians, giving Boston 4 opportunities to make magic happen.

and happen it did. 'cause it ain't over till the Big Man swings.

and rounds the bases to the cheering adoration resounding from the Fenway stands, heading for the waiting arms of his "welcome home" committee.

i feel the need to soak in this moment as we await news of the Cap'n's knee injury (anybody got anything negative left to say about Dougie's return to Boston now?? i don't care how he hits. i want his guidance & leadership behind the plate over some rattled kid's any day of the week.) and cringe in dread at the return of Jason Johnson to the hill tonight...when we'll probably give last night's win right back again. (i'll happily eat my words tomorrow morning if anyone is wondering.)

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oh what the hell is this...

really. what, i ask you. we turn the page to a new calendar & someone hit the on-switch??

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