I have had a boring day today other than impressing this cute guy in my summer class with knowing the movie Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars. :P I also learned there may be a class at RIC about the connection of Baseball and Jazz....if that happens, I am SO fucking taking that class I don't care if I'm already graduated. I will just show up because I want to take that class. My teacher is a huge Red Sox fan and a huge baseball nerd which is awesome and So are a few other guys in the class. Yay! :D

But that's really all that's going down. I got nothing, man. Also is it just me or does Fred Lynn partake in the Celebrity Softball Game every year? I think he's like a staple of that tournament. Okay that's all.

Hey there boys and girls, what's new? Not much here. My feet hurt and I have made a crapload of money today. Someone left a 10 dollar tip! :D Also we each got 10 dollars because we did over 100 in the span of an hour (like yesterday) so I made about 20ish or so today in tips. Yesterday sucked but we got 10 and then like...3. Tourists are fucking cheapskates it seems. Also I have come the conclusion that I hate the shit out of youth soccer. I went into work around 8:45am. So yeah.

And now the Red Sox are done for the break. I'm glad. They need the rest especially teh bullpen. Beckett ended his half with a flourish, spinning a 3 hit shutout. It was a good game from what I heard since I only caught the bottom of the 8th and top of the 9th. Bates had 3 hits which was cool and I hear Clay is starting the Friday game? I can dig it. So what do I have to say on the first half? It was a pretty good half. I should probably grade first half performances:

( First Half Report Card )

I know I'm missing some guys. I'm a little worn otu dude, cut me some slack. :P Also, is Brandon Inge really participating in the HR Derby? O_o Dub tee eff?

Today was annoying at work. Not really like I wanted to kill everybody with a giant flamethrower but more like "OH MY GOD STOP ASKING ME THE SAME FIVE QUESTIONS!!". Then I had two people yell at me while I was doing register and one of the times I DID NOTHING WRONG. She was thinking I didn't put together a combo for her except for the fact that I did. Yeah today was day 1 of the Seaside Classic. So we get soccer teams upon soccer teams along with beachgoers and altogether douchebags. Tomorrow, is day 2 and luckily we have more than enough people to get us through the day. Last year our manager at the time didn't realize that the Seaside Classic was still going on Sunday. Yeah...not too thrilled since it was only 3 of us....tomorrow we have like...6ish. So yeah. Today I basically wanted to just put up a giant sign that said this:

( I'M DOING THE BILLY MAYS CAPS LOCK! )

Anyways in other news, Red Sox won last night, I missed another day of entry-dom, and the Red Sox play again tonight. Two more games and it's the All Star Break and let me just say that the Red Sox' bullpen seriously needs a good ol' fashioned rest day or five. Tonight is the last start before the break for Smoltz and it'd be nice to get a win. They were able to gain a game up on the Yankees. Keep that up and life is good. Anyways that's all for now. I'm gonna just chill out tonight since I gotta be up early tomorrow. God I hate the fucking Seaside Classic.

The Red Sox win the Golden Failbox for tonight. Up 4-0 at one point and then promptly fuck it all up. So that sucks. And now they're tied with the Yankees for the lead because the Yankees aren't planning on losing ever again. Mehh I'm pissed off but not really ripshit. Just not feeling the ripshit yet. But it's getting there. I think the ripshit will come out tomorrow if they lose. It's close to the All Star Break anyway adn it seems like this team could use a nice rest...and a bat. So in conclusion, losing sucks but it happens.

Meanwhile I just got a haircut and Caddyshack is on. Blazing Saddles will be on later on in the night. I gotta work tomorrow 12-4. I get the feeling this weekend is gonna piss me off. I think it's the Seaside Classic but I'm not 100% sure. But it's gonna be sunny all weekend (go fig) which means beach traffic up the ass. While I don't mind being busy at work, there's a certain point of busy to which I draw the line. Being busy from like 12:30pm until 4:30pm straight through is where I draw the line especially when I am scheduled to go home at 3. :P Anyways, I have nothing else of substance to add.

But on a lighter note, there was an funny yet mildly disturbing banter between Orsillo and Eck that involved ice cream and the Bee Gees. No, nothing like that. Ew. No. But it was just funny and one point caused me to actually throw my hands up in disbelief and walk away laughing.

Wow I just broke a wicked long streak of one post/day yesterday. I swear I had an entry good to go. I must've forgotten to actually post it. Oh well. Red Sox won tonight 5-4. Wake was really good and gave up only 1 ER over 6 innings. Though two other baserunners did score because Nick Green couldn't find the base and Manny Delcarmen is an asshat. Papi hit a 3-run shot and chipped in another RBI which proved to be the difference. JD Drew also homered too. It was a good game and Wake got his 11th win of the season. So that was a big bonus too :) Good of him to pitch like an All Star after getting his All Star spot even if Papelbon nearly fucked it up epically.

So how have you guys been lately? I've been alright. Just doing the usual school and hanging around. I'm nearly done with my second runthrough with Pokemon Red. :P My big six are DUX (Farfetch'd), Alex (Growlithe), Papi (Charmeleon), Smoltz/Coney (Fearow/Lapras), Papelbon (Clefable), and Ramon (Pidgeotto). I may get Fire Red or Leaf Green because they have extra stuff you can do in that game. It gets boring doing the same thing over and over. I may also play Kirby's Dream Land 2 as well. Yeah I'm really exciting, eh? :P

As we all know, Tim Wakefield is an All Star at last. Some people are very butthurt about it with good reason. I mean yes Millwood and/or Lester should've been an All Star but you know what? Fuck you, I love that Wake is an All Star. I'm irrational, yes, but I'm happy for the guy and he's finally getting some recognition. It's lame, yes, but honestly it's the fucking All Star Game! Just because Bud Selig says it should count doesn't mean that it should be serious business. It really shouldn't. So I thought I'd explain in depth why I am really happy about this.

( I'm embarrassingly irrational when I'm walking Wakey )

Anyways in conclusion, I'm ridiculously happy that Wake made it. Were there more deserving candidates? Sure, but dude this is the All Star Game. Lighten up, Francis. And Wake is my only exception to me acting stupid irrational. I promise.

Work today sucked balls. I was supposed to be out at 3....I didn't get out till about 4:40pm or so. But once I got into my car and headed out, I found out the Red Sox won their game 8-4 thanks to a bunch of awesome. Then I got in and put on the postgame show and there I saw the graphic "Wakefield the oldest to make the All Star Team for the first time since 1952". Cue the epic squeefest I just did. Honestly, I don't even care about anybody else who made it. Bay and Youk deserve it, Beckett not so much, Papelbon not so much, Pedroia not so much (Kinsler deserved it more), and arguably Wake probably didn't deserve it when comparing numbers. However, I do not give a shit about whether or not Wake deserved it or not. I wanted him to make it so badly. It's lame, but I don't care. Also let's keep in mind that Wakefield carried the fucking starting pitching for a long fucking time before the other guys got their acts together. So bitches best recognize. Also he pitched 8 innings and 2 ER last time out and I don't care what the hell others say (the fan screwed him over)

To the fans of other teams reading this and thinking "What the fuck Piney?!" I apologize to a point. I don't apologize for my homerism with Wakey. I'm very irrational when it comes to him and I'm well aware that his numbers may not match up, but the dude is 42 years old, he may not have another chance. Besides, odds are he'll probably not even play. He made it though and that's the happy thing.

As for the All Star picks, I can't complain too much. I mean Wake made it and I have no room to bitch due to that. However, I thought Kinsler deserved it more than Pedroia, I thought Adam Lind would be there, but both are in the final ballot. I also saw Inge on the final ballot. I think I had a rough draft of an All Star team and I think I had Inge on there...it'd be cool to see him make it.

In conclusion: FUCK YEAH WAKEFIELD.

I'm not a super huge football fan by any means but that doesn't stop me from saying "Holy fucking shit" about this: Steve McNair was found dead of a possible murder or murder/suicide. Holy. Fucking. Balls. Yeah...I don't have much else to say on this.

As for today for me, wasn't so bad. It'll be worse tomorrow I'm sure. There were BBQs and all that jazz going on so obviously people weren't gonna be around. Mehh that's how it goes sometimes I guess. Red Sox lost 3-2 because Saito forgot how to pitch. I got nothing else for today. Kinda wish I was up in Walpole w/ my parents and my dog. But I was 2 hours too late. Mehh that's alright I guess. I hope the rest of you Americans are having a nice 4th of July and you Canadians are having a fine Saturday and you all have had a good Canada Day.

And two things to share Stars and Stripes Forever as done by the Muppets and "America the Beautiful" as done by Ray Charles. I'd show the 4th of July scene from The Sandlot but I can't find it anymore.

I'm serious. It seems like everytime there's some form of recognition or appreciation or just something good that seems to come his way, it's snatched away from him last minute. This seems to be one of those cases. And in some cases it's not like something he can control either or something that is easily avoidable. In other words, if that fucktard hadn't interfered w/ the foul ball, Wake would've had 8 IP and 2 ER. But nooooo. Why yes, I am pretty ripshit about it. That douchebag cost Wake an All Star spot most likely. I'd still love to see him make it, but I doubt it.

This whole game as frustrating. Just mere inches was what defined this game between a win and a loss. And each mere inch went against the Red Sox. Nick Green almost homered in the 8th but missed by mere inches, the 2-run double that scored the goahead runs for teh M's in teh 11th was just mere inches in the line, and man did those balls all seem to just get in that line. *sigh* It's pretty frustrating and annoying but what are you gonna do? You just gotta do what you gotta do. I'm just more feeling bad for Wakey than for the loss as weird as it sounds. I'm pissed they lost and all, but man I really wanted to see Wakey do well and get an All Star slot.

But alas, thems the breaks. *sigh* Who knows, maybe there'll be some sort of miracle...maybe.

Hey there boys and girls. So how about today's game? Way to turn shit around after last night's epic fail. They were down 5-1 in the bottom of the 9th when Youkilis homered. Then with 2 outs, they tied it up with the tying run being brought in by Rocco Baldelli. Then in the 11th Julio Lugo, of all people, drove in the winning run. And the bullpen bounced back pretty well after their epic fail. Last night was just a weird clusterfuck that I think is better left to be forgotten. It was just such a mega fluke that it's hard to even justify it with any sound explanation. Also I was watching the MLB Network and saw a Canadianized version of "This Land is Your Land" as sung by the 1996 Blue Jays. AKA Baby!Timlin was in there and it was funny.

So anyways what's new with you guys? I just had the most recockulously easy patching up w/ a friend of mine evar. She just IMed me adn was like "What's up? We haven't talked for a while" and then smoothed things out. I thought she was mad at me over something and didn't really wanna start anything so I didn't IM her but alas it was just miscommunication. Good times. Yeah I'm lame I know.

Hey all. What's new? Not much really here. I'm just kinda keeping chill and doing the usual ish. However, I have officially read the funniest slash story ever. And honestly it's just...I dunno...mslauren2930 pointed it out to me and it's quite possibly the funniest story I ever read. And the pairing is Mike Tyson/Terrell Owens. Yes. I know. It's gross as all hell but my god is it funny. Badly written slash makes me giggle mmkay. I will not link because I respect my flist's desire to not be given any more nightmare fuel than I already supply.

Red Sox and O's are playing and the Red Sox are ahead 9-1 and have lost track of outs and walked off the field w/ 2 outs. LOL space cases. Anyways that's really all I have right now. I'm not very interesting lately. My bad there. Also LJ has been very very barren these days. I guess Twitter is the huge thing now. *shrugs shoulders* Whatever really. I'm just gonna do what I do.

Courtesy of a lot of people

( And I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew )

Hey all. What's new? Not a bunch here. Got back from work and pretty sleepy. As you may or may not know, saxy_clarinet spent the night last night. It was fun. We watched Wakey and company pwn the Braves by the tune of 1-0, got some food from the pizza place around the way from my house (well we got chicken parm, chicken fingers and fries but the point stands) then played an epic 50 turn Mario Party in which I had the worst luck ever in (note to self: Playing as Luigi results in bad luck), watched some MLB Network, played Smash Bros and then Mario Kart Double Dash before it got really late. So we headed off to sleep or a lack thereof sleep in my case and possibly her case too. Then woke up and she left and I headed out to work. Good stuff. It'd be fun to do that ish again sometime.

Anywayyyysss, Red Sox and Braves game today was a 1-run loss. But hey you gotta hand it to that Hanson kid. He pitched damn well. Besides teh Red Sox did take 2/3 and Wake pitched very well. So points there. Anyways that's all for now. Maybe I'll have more to talk about in due time.

Hi. I'm updating real quick. Hanging with saxy_clarinet at my place. Good times, good times. Bummer that blinding_voip didn't come down but thats a-OK. There's always next time anyway :)

Wakey won today and pitched 6 shutout innings. Very nice to see. He got his 10th win and dammit I'm gonna be a biased jerkwad and say I think he should be on the All Star team. I swear I'll never get so biased again.

Back to being uninternetted for now :)

It's about a little after 8:30am and I'm awake. I woke up basically to the sounds of my parents bickering over packing up to head up to Maine. Their anniversary is tomorrow and they're spending the weekend up with friends in Maine. It's all well and good but I'm kinda uneasy about at least leaving my dog home alone for a while. I'm working 11-4 today and considering I start classes on Monday, I could use the hours. My brother basically works like crazy over the summer but he's supposedly stopping by on his break which is probably not till about...2-3ish. But I should be fine the rest of the time. It's only gonna be a 5 hour shift anyway today.

Also I must share this nice article about Eck written by one of my favorite writers out there, Chad Finn. In the article, they talk about how Eck is and the revelation he's been (for most at least). Eck also dispels, for the most part, the idea that he doesn't like to do road games. Hell he's gonna be in Baltimore.

Eckersley has worked almost exclusively home games during Remy’s leave of absence, with ex-Sox outfielder Dave Roberts handling the brunt of the road trips. But Eckersley was in the booth for a series in Detroit at the beginning of June (he was already in the Midwest for a previous commitment for TBS) and he will travel to Baltimore for a three-game series starting Monday since Roberts is unavailable.

Eckersley, who said NESN has given him no timeline for when Remy might return, said the perception that he is averse to going on the road is inaccurate.

“A full season, 162 games, that’s a load,’’ Eckersley said, emphasizing the last word. “It’s just not for everyone. But sure, I’d definitely consider going on more road trips.

“I mean, it’s the Red Sox. I’m getting paid to watch them and talk about them. Who’s going to complain about that?’’

Certainly not anyone who has heard him lately

Hey he doesn't hafta go on every road trip (though I'd prefer it) but going to the games in the AL East is fine by me. Maybe a few AL Central games too.

Anyways Red Sox and Braves face off tonight. Beckett pitches tonight and he's been pretty good as of late minus that Philly game. Hopefully he can continue more of the asskicking and less of the sucking ass. That is all I ask. Oh and offense? How about being awesome? That would be fabulous. You let the Nats beat you yesterday...okay so Zimmermann was on his game, still -- NATINALS! NATSTWN! SRSLY! Anyways that's all right now. I'm zoning out.

PS to saxy_clarinet -- If you're up for hanging out tonight at my place let me know when I get home.

Geez I step away from the internets for a day and shit goes crazy. I was hanging out with saxy_clarinet at my house watching the MLB Network. We were watching some old school MLB All Star Games from 1957, 1958, and 1966. Then she's looking at her phone just checking out the Twitter (mostly to quote about Joe Torre having hair) and then turns to me and says "Michael Jackson was found dead" and I'm like "Wait, what?!" and we decide to look around the channels just to see who had it. The hilarious thing was that E! was off air temporarily. I think they had a collective "ZOMG" fest. And MTV actually played music videos! I can't help but feel bad for Farrah Fawcett though. Gets overshadowed like crazy.

Anyways how do I feel about Micheal Jackson? He's a creepazoid but I don't let that get in the way of liking his Jackson 5 stuff, his earlier solo stuff....about most things up until probably "Heal the World" is good. I used to vehemently hate on him but I got over it. I just prefer to separate the music from the man (or woman...or thing). :P I had fun driving saxy_clarinet home as we rocked out to whatever Michael Jackson songs were on the radio (and occasionally singing along w/ Weird Al's parody lyrics. Though unfortunately "Ben" didn't come on until after a while (mostly because it makes me think of Whose Line).

I wonder what would happen if tomorrow I went up to teh city and played "Thriller" in the park and start to dance to it.....I betcha people would so join in. But of course this takes me knowing the Thriller dance which I do not.

Anyways that's all I got right now. Smoltz sucked balls tonight and the Red Sox lost to the Nats. Mehh that's how it goes sometimes.

Yeah this is somewhat an informal poll to see how many Whose Line fans are really on my flist. Also it includes two NESN related questions. So have fun! :D

( This is cut because it'd be obnoxious if it wasn't cut )

Red Sox win against the Natinals 11-3. Good times. Lannan did good for the Nats and Penny wasn't too hot for teh Red Sox but it was the Nats bullpen that did them in. God that bullpen sucks balls. Bay went deep and fell a triple short of the cycle while Jacoby hit 2 triples. The bullpen held the line and kicked some ass tonight which is nice to see. As for my day, it was pretty good. I hung out with saxy_clarinet again and drove around a bit, headed back to my house to play Smash Bros and keep an eye on my dog (who was very happy to see her), went to Applebees for dinner and headed back, played a little more Smash Bros and then I dropped her off. A good day.

Anyways I found this meme via alixnoorchis so I decided to go and do it up. Just some randomness.

[Unknown LJ tag]

Wearing: black blue/green plaid sweatpants, 2004 WS champs long sleeved shirt, socks

Feeling: slightly like a hypochondriac, slightly bored

Drinking: Coca Cola

Eating: Applebee's leftover buffalo bites (not yet though)

Cooking: Nothing at the moment.

Shopping: Mehh I've had my fill of shopping for a while

Emailing: Every so often. I usually IM

Working: New job.

Playing: Super Smash Bros Brawl, Wii Fit, Wii Music (not a great game but it wastes time)

Knitting: I don't knit. It will be disastrous.

Reading: LJ, news websites, Twitter

Watching: Star Trek Monday, True Blood, Merlin, Burn Notice

Donald Fehr is stepping down?! Color me surprised. Though a little happy. I can't help but wonder if some shit is about to go down. Then again, as maggiesox said, it has to be something HUGE given what he's hung around during. So it's possible that he's just sick of it. It's still pretty interesting.

Anyways not much going on. My dog's ashes aren't here yet. Supposedly they're coming tomorrow. My other dog is gonna go for a walk with my mom's friend and his dog. She's afraid to go in the car though...well she likes my dad's car for some reason. But anyways yeah, we're hanging in there. It'd be nice if the weather wouldn't be made of suck.

My brother is home right now and talking about some girl he's interested in and wants to ask out and how a friend of his keeps undermining him towards this girl even though his friend damn well knows how he feels. LOL It's like me in high school! And he's a year older than me. Mehh that whole game is weird to begin with. The whole bros before hoes thing is great on paper but in practice it's not always followed. Paper burns after all. And with love, that fire burns through it like crazy. Okay that sounded lame. I'm rambling and not making sense.

Anyways I got a psych appointment in a while so I should probably head out and get there soon. I originally had this day off (and next week as an appointment) but I needed today to talk it through. Besides I got classes starting next week at this time. I should probably head out. Payce.

Hey all, what's new? Not much really here besides what has been said. Ballgame was pretty awesome today. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch/listen until the 8th inning. I guess Wake did fine (save for a shaky first inning) but the bullpen screwed him over a little bit. However the day was saved by, of all people, Nick Green. It was hit into a little jet stream or something that helped the ball slice around the pole and pick up with win. Also how's this for symmetry? Nick Green hit a walkoff HR in 2004 against the Red Sox while a member of the Braves and almost 5 years later, he hits a walkoff HR vs the Braves as a member of the Red Sox. I get a kick out of that. I also find it hilarious that he didn't know he hit a walkoff until he got to second base but he knew it was a HR.

SO anyways that's all I got right now. I'm taking summer classes starting on Monday. It's just a 3 day a week 2 hour course from 4-6. It was between that and a four day a week early afternoon course. I think I'll take the 3 day a week class because I'll have Thursday-Sunday off. :) And I'll have the early afternoon to do stuff. So anyways anything else up with you guys?