Game day #3

wqe have all been praying for rain and snow, because everyone seems to be too tired to has other things they want to do today. And i guess all of us are on the short list to H-E double hockey sticks, because it is sunny, warm and no sign on snow at all..
DAMN!!!
But i am pretty sure they are not going to make me pitch, so it doesn't really matter to me. I'll go play, what the heck..
The Roickies are down one now with a loss to the Cardinals last night. We can still pull out the series with a win tonight.
They are painting the town purple. Well ok, not the whole town. Well not even a whole street, but for about 4 blocks in front of the stadium they painted a purple stripe bow the road in celebration for the season opener tomorrow. I wish it wasn't a day game, but it is. The celebrations start at about 11am downtown and go until 2. the game is a 2:35 start, i think. I was considering taking the day off and going down to help support my favorite baseball team, but i think i am going to come to work instead. Don't worry there is nothing wrong with me, and yes i checked, I don't have a fever... I am just not sure that i want to go down there at 11 and then what am i going to do at 2? I don't have a ticket and it is sold out. Last time i tried to get into a sold out game down there, i ended up having my camera stollen. I learned my lesson, yes sir-ee bob, not going to make my parents buy me a third camera.. I mean really. there is a line. :)

We never made it to the artist yesterday. nope, didn't go. I didn't feel like it, my boyfriend didn't feel like it and we were starving. So we went to the grocery store instead and got the makings for a great homemade pizza. He makes the best pizza crust.. and watched Big Brother. I can't believe that Adam (for one) is still on the show. I would have pegged him for a short timer for sure, and that he is the first to get a double HOH. I think it was great if they kicked Josh out after a week of letting him think he was staying. But something tells me he had an idea it was going to be him. He was a little too rehearsed with Julie after the eviction, I think. but he is a little sneeky boy and I am glad he is gone. I know Chelcia was probably bummed to see him come in. I guess he didn't take her advice from when she was leaving.

And I can't believe some of these contestants on the Biggest Looser, I mean they look like totally different people. The woman in Pink is going to win i think. and it remember that she did most of her training at home seeing she was kicked off like the third week or something. She look amazing and she has lost over 100 in like 12 weeks.. crazy!!!

One week from tomorrow we will be on a jet plane to see the panic boys rip it up.. which reminds me, i have not seen the set lists from the past two nights.. must go check, you can wait here. I will be right back.
Oh you didn't think i would leave you hanging did you??? good, i knew you trusted me..
here they are for the first two nights of tour.
04/01/08 (Tue) Warner Theatre - Washington, DC
Set 1: Walk On The Flood, Angels on High, Driving Song > Three Candles > A of D > Driving Song, Machine > Barstools and Dreamers > Driving Song, Dark Day Program, All Time Low

Set 2: Boom Boom Boom, Pusherman > Drums > Her Dance Needs No Body > Pigeons > Free Somehow, Already Fried, Greta, Up All Night, Flicker, Fishwater
E: Tickle the Truth > Ain't Life Grand

04/02/08 (Wed) Warner Theatre - Washington, DC

Set 1: Red Hot Mama, Thought Sausage, Travelin Light, Dont Wanna Lose You, Time Zone, Rebirtha > Pilgrims > Dying Man

Set 2: Disco > Diner > Ribs and Whiskey > Low Spark of High Heeled Boys > BofD > Impossible > Bust it Big, Chainsaw City E: Tallboy

Yeah, I am sure we all thought the same thing, Boy night one was full of new tunes. I think they played the whole Free Somehow album that night. but holy guacamolie, did you see night two, well scroll back up and take a gander. They knew they dropped some pretty heavy flies with all the new tunes, so they shot out a home run on night two.. But i am a Ribs and Whiskey, Low Spark, Thought sausage fan.
Although i wouldn't be upset if i got a Gretta on my birthday. But speaking of my birthday, I am a little nervous that they are going to do the same kind of thing in Chicago.. Play all the new stuff on night one, which any other time would be fine, do them get them out of the way for the next two nights, but not for MY BIRTHDAY!!! But i am counting the whole weekend, but my actual birthday show?? don't want it to be a complete throw away..
So, anyone with a direct line to JB, let him know the deal with that.

In other news. Here's what else is happening~

Today is Armenian Appreciation Day. (sure, why not..)

Today is Tweed Day, a day to consider the cost of political corruption. Always on the birth date of William March Tweed, the New York City political boss whose "Tweed Ring" stole millions from the city in the mid 1800s. (and it is still happening, anyone see the pork barrel budget report yesterday???)

Today is American Circus Day. (YEAH, who doesn’t love the circus)

Today is National Chocolate Mousse Day. (Friggen right, I am totally on board for this one)

Today is National Find a Rainbow Day. (just head to SF J)

Today is Mule Day in Columbia, Tennessee. (that just seems wrong to me)

1982: Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of "The NBC Nightly News," replacing John Chancellor.

1995: General George Custer’s personal Civil War battle flag brought $165,000 at a San Francisco auction.

1996: Rapper Hammer, formerly M.C. Hammer, filed for bankruptcy.

1996: The FBI raided a Montana cabin and arrested former college professor Theodore Kaczynski, accusing him of being the Unabomber whose mail bombs had killed three people and injured 23 more since the 1970s.

1998: Michael Jackson became a father the second time when wife Debbie Rowe gave birth to Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.

1999: An Arkansas man blew a hole through his roof in Berryville when a large mixture of beans and rice packaged with dry ice exploded. The man wouldn’t say why he was storing the mixture, but officials warned that dry ice is just frozen carbon dioxide and can build up gas pressure fast when confined.

1999: An 80-year-old Japanese man was saved from choking to death in Okaka by a fast-thinking 911 dispatcher. When the usual life-saving steps didn’t dislodge a piece food, the dispatcher told the man’s granddaughter how to insert a vacuum cleaner tube into the unconscious victim’s mouth. She flipped it on and out came the food. The dispatcher said vacuuming was the absolute last resort.

2003: An Oklahoma couple finally got married after 77 years of living together. Zyness O'Haver, 95, and Sallie Warren, 94, decided to make it official in a ceremony at the Oklahoma County courthouse. When the judge asked, "Do you?" Sallie responded, "I sure do!"

2005: A study prepared by U.S. Defense Department advisors said that "Muslims in dictatorial regimes" do not yearn to be liberated by the U.S
That seems like a good note to ponder for a Thursday...

OK, So i suck..

I can admit it, I can own it. I really suck! so, we lost last night, and I am pretty sure it was my fault. I couldn't hit the strike zone to save my life. The ump was trying to get me to have my arch higher, but i just couldn't seem to get it into that zone. It has to arch at 6 to 12 feet, yeah well i was arching at like 3 or 25. you get nothing or nothing with me. I would say about every 8 pitches were hittable and i maybe got a strike in there somewhere... I don't think i actually walked a run in, but i sure did load up the bases pretty good once or twice.. (ok closer to like three times, but whose counting- besides everyone on my team..) UGH.. and to make matters worse, when we got there, we really didn't have a lot of time to warm up and streatch (read: drank beer and chatted until game time) so i didn't really get my body ready to play. we were first up to bat and when i got up, i hit the ball (yes i did, shut up) and i took off and felt something in my upper thigh on my right leg.. I ran it out, but didn't make it on the bag. since then my leg was killing me to even really walk on. Of course that was with in teh first 5 minutes of the game and i played the rest on a really hurt leg.. the last time at bat I hit the ball and my first base coach was yelling 'run it out', so i ran and kept running and i think i hurt it a little more that time.
But i did end up getting on base. (dreading that someone would make me run to second) but that was the end of the game, and we lost. Thanks to me, we lost. I don't even know the score, didn't ask... Probable safe to say i am not pitching anymore.. not a problem, i am over it and will play any other position.
Not to worry, I wasn't the only injury last night, a girl slid into third and scraped up her knee, and guy slid into third and hurt his knee.. and i think there were a few hurt fingers and stuff. It was just really cold and we got the brunt of it. end of softball chatter, I don't even want to think about it any more...

This weekend should be better, we are going to drown my sorrows and hurt leg by partaking of another's legs. Crab legs!!! See, out here in Colorado we have these beautiful moountain communities that are so quaint and nice to visit, but there is this one mountain town that got just overrun by local politics and too much scratching backs and stuff, that it ended up with these enormous casinos stuck right in the mountain side. Well let me take that back, they actually removed some of the mountains to make room for these casinos. It is really sad. I mean they said it take miracles to move mountains, well in Black Hawk, it just took a few corrupt politicians, some greasing of palms at the state level and then a few backhoes and some drills, throw up some chicken wire over the raw side of the hill you just created and start construction. Amazingly horrible for the environment, scenery, and the local population. BUT that means that if there is a casino, there is a buffet... and if there is a buffet in a casino well then you know they have crab legs. I can't tell you how much i love crab legs.
I grew up on the East Coast and my grandparents (both) had river/summer homes on the Chesapeake Bay. Each summer we would go up and hang out at their places (coincendently the two families -mom and dad's- summer homes were two houses from each other.
Talk about killing two birds with one stone. visiting both grandparents and cousins etc in one trip.) ANYWAY~ we always had fresh blue crabs, shrimp and fish. Moving out of Colorado put a damper on how much fresh seafood you can get, and the casinos are one of the best places to get seafood.
Once in a while they send us a coupon for buy one get one for the buffet. We have been sitting on one coupon for over a month and have not gone yet. Well it expired this weekend and we are going to get crab legs. I am craving them.. I am not sure if we will go tonight or tomorrow, but we are going one of the two days.
It is also magazine delivery weekend.. UGH! I got a call that they were delivered this morning to our house, so that means we have to get this out to all the clubs, bars, tattoo shops, hair cutting places and the like, this weekend. I hate this chore and bitch about it every time we have to do it. But i do it. My payment from my boyfriend is usually a good meal. I bet he is going to bribe me with the buffet... I bet it..

I am exhausted and see this being another early friday. Might stick it out till 3, but i am betting on snack time departure today. Don't worry, i will stay to see what snack is, and then go.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and is safe. I might be working on some videos this weekend so stay tuned for some weekend content. who knows...
Here are some things to make you go hummmmmm.

Today is National Black Forest Cake Day. (Bring it on!!! I will be first to help celebrate this one.)

Today is Hot Tub Day. (hell yeah, I will take your donations)

Today is Hair Day. The controversial rock musical moved to Broadway on this date in 1968. Many felt the songs "Aquarius," "Hair," and "Let the Sunshine In" defined those who opposed the "Establishment" and the Vietnam War. (and why is that an issue… guess I wasn’t around in 1968 but I sure wish the kids would stand up like they did then, now…. We need some more people standing up to the government)

Today is Burpless Friday, a day to see how long you can go without burping. (ok, that’s not really a problem for me..)

Today is Teachers Day in the Czech Republic.

Today is Weed Appreciation Day. Find a weed you think you could like. Think of it as a wildflower and see if that helps. (hhheee, snicker, snicker..)

SchmeckFest begins today in Freeman, South Dakota. (I looked it up for you… Schmeckfest (festival of tasting) is a four-day festival in Freeman, South Dakota that celebrates the heritage and culture of Germans from Russia, specifically Russian Mennonites, who migrated to North America starting in the 1870s. Established in 1959, German culture is showcased through traditional food and crafts prepared and demonstrated by the local Freeman community.^[1] Schmeckfest has been held every spring since and has grown to accommodate more than 5,000 guests every year)

And things that happened on this day since i have been born...

1973: Wilt Chamberlain retired from pro basketball. In 1,045 games during 14 years, he never fouled out of a game. (so he screwed more chicks than games he played)

1979: America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.

1983: Fred Jipp was sentenced to 28 years in prison in Phoenix for fraud and bigamy. In 30 years he allegedly had married 104 women in 28 countries. He died in 1991. (That was big of him.. sorry couldn’t resist)

1984: In the middle of the night Robert Irsay moved the Baltimore Colts football team to Indianapolis. (I remembered that this really pissed my dad off)

1986: More than 6,000 radio stations of all formats played "We Are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST. (my ears are bleeding just thinking of the tune, and I hope it is stuck in your head just like it is now in my head just from reading the stupid title)

1987: Maria von Trapp, whose life inspired the musical ''The Sound of Music,'' died at age 82.

1990: Officials in Chester, South Carolina, reassured concerned residents that the white dust caking their cars near the Borden factory was just Cremora.

1995: Singer Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announced they were separating after 21 months of marriage. (that was just a weird match up, but I love Lyle)

1997: Trees were planted throughout Sarajevo in the former Yugoslavia to replace 40,000 trees cut down for wood during the war.

1999: Venus Williams beat kid sister Serena 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to win the Lipton Championships in the first all-sister women's final in 115 years.

2002: Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong's cornet was added to the National Museum of American History, one of the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C.

2003: A Briton called Eric Bush legally changed his name to protest the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The 72-year-old, who lived in southern France, said he was ashamed to bear the same name as the U.S. president. He officially changed his name to Buisson, the French term for bush. (well you really can’t blame the man, now can you??? I would change my name too)

2004: Sir Peter Ustinov, the actor who won Oscars for his roles in "Spartacus" and "Topkapi," died in Switzerland at age 82.

Game Day #2

Thursday's used to be plain old "Mexican Day" here because we either order from Qdoba or Chipotle. (Today it is Chipotle.) But Thursdays started being game days last week, and today is game number 2. Tonight (the game starts at 9:00- are you kidding me???) I am pitching the whole game. This afternoon at lunch i went to do some pitching practice at a nearby field. My friend came and caught for me. I'd say i am in the 45-55 ratio of pitching strikes.
This afternoon will find me in the backyard (even if it is still 50 degrees and nasty out) pitching into the chair and trying to get my average up before 9pm tonight.

OK, Who watching big brother?? I friggen LOVE Chelsea. She was the best last night when she got evicted. Well even her "beg to not be voted out" speech was great. But when they read her name and she was leaving, she told Josh to grow a backbone and that Sheila had to slow down and that she has been "ridden hard and will be put up wet" DAMN!!!! and then she yelled at a few more, whispered some stuff to Joshua and James and out the door she went. the best eviction yet!!! and when she started smashing the easter eggs Natalie had dyed was GREAT. I just wish she has thrown them across the room and not just smashed them on the table, but it was still great!!!!

It was 72 yesterday and I actually got my car washed.. it looks great, and i vacuumed the inside. There was crap under the back seat that I know had not been cleaned out since i got the car, (7 years ago) - gross I know. but at least it is all gone now.. I am going to get new floor mats for it I think, with my next paycheck. make it look a little better yet.

Do you all get the Onion Newspaper where you live? We get it here and it is a laugh riot sometimes. This weeks headline i think is the best..

"Black Guy Asks Nation For Change"
(And here is an excerpt of the article)

Those who encountered the black man Tuesday said he engaged in erratic behavior, including pointing at random people in the crowd and desperately saying he needs their help, going up to complete strangers and hugging them, and angrily claiming that he is not looking for just a little bit of change, but rather a great deal of change, and that he wants it "right now."

"I'll be honest, when that black guy said he would 'stop at nothing' to get change, it kind of scared me," local mechanic Phil Nighbert said. "Just leave me alone."

Though many were taken aback by the black man's brazen demands, some, such as Jackson, MS's Holly Moser, sympathized with him. She gave the black man credit for boldly standing up and asking every last person around him for change.

"I told him I'd give him some if I saw him later, even though I probably won't," Moser said. "Very nice man, though."

Most, however, ignored his requests.

"I'm a hardworking American who pays his taxes, and the last thing I need is some guy on the street demanding change from me," said William Overkamp, a Springfield, IL gun-shop owner.

He added, "What he really needs is a job."

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/black_guy_asks_nation_for_change

This makes cry from laughing.. too funny. Ok i might be the only one laughing, but i think it is funny..

And on another note, to catch you up on the toilet lady, She is still really ill and undergoing treatment for her ass cheeks growing around the toilet seat. Well when she was taken to the hospital, her boyfriend was charged with one count of mistreatment for a dependent adult. Well just last week he had more trouble. I guess when your girlfriend is out of the bathroom and in the hospital with injuries you are charged with inflicting, it is the BEST time to flash a teenage girl and her friends your little willie. So he was arrested again. Apparently charges have not been files at time of this posting, but ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? what is wrong with people?? and yes, i would like an answer. seriously.. what are you thinking???

Here are some items you can use at the water cooler...

Today is Education and Sharing Day, by presidential proclamation.

Today is Smell the Breezes Day in Egypt.

Today is Kite Flying Day, a great day for families to go fly a kite.(Yesterday was perfect to fly a kite, today, not so much)

Today is Downtown Day, a day to go downtown just to see if it’s still there.

Today is National Joe Day, honoring anyone named Joe. (don’t know anyone, but I will take a look around the office)

Today is Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day, a day to remember your favorite titles, like "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" or "Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through the Goalpost Of Life" or "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly." And time to create some new ones. (my dad would have loved this day, he liked to listen to Country music just because the lyrics were so funny)

Today is Resistance Day in Myanmar, an Asian nation of 48 million people comprising 135 national races. It used to be called Burma.

1973: "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for best picture of 1972, but star Marlon Brando, refused to accept the Oscar for best actor. Liza Minnelli won best actress for "Cabaret."

1976: Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw’s "I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry" reached #17, the highest position the country classic had ever reached on the country charts. It was the "B" side of Hank Williams’ "My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It" in 1949. The B.J. Thomas version made #8 on the pop charts in 1966. (good ones for today’s holiday for country music lyrics)

1979: Guitarist Eric Clapton married Patti Boyd, the ex-wife of Beatle George Harrison, in Tucson. (this was a great story of friends and cheating on spouses- could not write a story better than theirs)

1981: While setting up a demonstration of a working oil rig at the county fairgrounds, the Abilene, Texas, Chamber of Commerce struck real oil.

1991: In a demonstration in New York’s Central Park, a Volkswagon Futura test car, equipped with lasers and ultrasonic sensors, parallel-parked itself.

1993: Actress Helen Hayes died at age 92. "The First Lady of the American Theater" won Oscars, Tonys, and Emmys, and had two Broadway theaters named for her.

1996: While trying to steal industrial glue from a factory in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a burglar knocked over two large buckets of the adhesive. When police arrived the next day, the burglar was sleeping, glued to the floor. (I love stupid criminals)

1998: The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra, by Pfizer, to fight male impotence. (EUREAKA)

1999: Bill Minty of Bridgeport, Connecticut, boiled 6,000 eggs for his neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt in ten minutes. He boiled the eggs inside a mesh bag in a large washing machine at his dry cleaning shop. He says he perfected the technique over the years.

2001: Twelve days before his 88th birthday, Berry Thomas became the oldest bowler in America to roll a perfect 300 game. Thomas said he wasn't nervous, that he probably couldn't have done if he'd let himself get nervous.

2002: Singer Lyle Lovette was trampled by a bull while trying to help his uncle, who had been thrown by the animal. Lovette's right leg was broken in several places.

Happy Thursday and friendly remember~ Survivor isn't on again until next week..

I made it though the week

Well not that i didn't think i would, but it feels good to have Friday be here.
Since i know you all are wondering about the game last night, I wont make you wonder any longer.
We had a great group, we played hard and we won the game. I didn't get to pitch, but i will be pitching the next game.. so i got to practice up. Good think i didn't toss my pitching chair (that i broke last week pitching balls into the seat) away. I will need it this week.
So my first up at bat i stuck out, but the next three times i went up i got a hit each time, and the last time i actually caused a run batted in. Check my stats soar. I know you are envious.
I was told that this was on nemesis, and we beat them something like 12 to 7. I think we have a good team and a good chance at making the finals. we will see. This was only game one of eight.

So, Easter is right around the corner. Not really a huge holiday in our house, but i think that' s because we don't have kids. I usually get some jellybeans that my boyfriend likes and hide them in some eggs that he will find over the course of the day around the house. no gifts being exchanged, though. My birthday is coming up, so i will wait for that.

I plan to do a bunch of sewing this weekend. Tonight we are going to see the lead singer from System of a Down. he has a solo album out and I will let you know what i think. It is free for me, so i am not complaining. AND i feel like i need a night out.. Been at home a lot lately. I am not complaining, but sometimes you need to get out.

Well, that's the update on my life.
Here are some of the things you should know but probably don't:

Today is Fragrance Day and Flower Day, always the first full day of spring.

Today is Good Friday (God's Friday), commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus, the oldest Christian celebration.

Today is National Common Courtesy Day. (I guess that would make this day just as obsolete as the item they are celebrating)

Today is National French Bread Day. (YUMMMMMM)

Today is National Dance Day, a day to celebrate dance.

Today is National Memory Day. (I always forget this)

Today is Human Rights Day in South Africa. (again, another holiday celebrating something that is obsolete)

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, sponsored by the UN.

Today is New Year's Day in Iran and India.

Today is National Tree Planting Day in Lesotho.

1977: Mrs. James Duck of Memphis became history's fastest mother. Her triplets were born naturally in under two minutes.

1980: The TV show Dallas left viewers wondering, "Who Shot J.R.?" When the series resumed in the fall, 300-million viewers in 57 countries tuned in to see Kristin pull the trigger.

1989: Dick Clark announced he would leave American Bandstand after hosting the TV show for 33 years. His replacement was 26-year-old David Hirsh.

1990: In a sermon Tammy Faye Bakker said, "Love has no nose ... poor people sometimes don’t smell too good, so love can have no nose."

1991: Leo Fender died at age 82. He built the first solid-body electric guitar to be mass-produced, the Fender Broadcaster, in 1948. Renamed the Telecaster in 1950, Fender's guitar became the mainstay of both country and rock musicians. The Fender Precision, introduced in 1950, was the first electric bass.

1994: The Chicago White Sox cut former NBA star Michael Jordan and sent him to the minor leagues.

1994: "Schindler's List" won best picture at the 66th Academy Awards; Holly Hunter was named best actress for "The Piano" and Tom Hanks won best actor for "Philadelphia."

1995: New Jersey dedicated the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295. (Being a fan, I can say that this became a very popular spot for homosexual encounters and was even shut down in 2003...but funny, I think)

1999: Sheriff Tom Jones in Colby, Kansas, told reporters some prisoners liked their new black-and-white striped uniforms with the old-fashioned round convict caps because they made them "look professional." Other prisoners thought the uniforms were demeaning, but the sheriff felt that jail "ought to be a little demeaning."

2000: A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled the government lacked authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug.

2002: Caught red-handed with a duffel bag full of liquor, cigarettes and cigars stolen from a convenience store, a Louisiana man blamed his "evil twin brother" after being shown surveillance video of him breaking into the store. Franklinton police said the suspect did indeed have a brother, but he was neither a twin nor evil.

2005: The Pew Hispanic Center reported the number of undocumented residents in the United States totaled 11 million people. (WOW!!! And that was two years ago, wonder how much it has gone up since then…)

First day of Spring and for the last 18 years I can legally tear my mattress tag off...

Yeah, yeah, like that means anything of value to me in Denver.. I mean it is still going to snow again. It is still freakin windy out side (I HATE WIND) so, it is still winter here. The only thing that today means to me is that our first softball game is today.
And I am a little pissed off, I have to tell you.
A girl on my team just came to me and said, well I think because we are playing our nemesis (what, this is recreation co-ed soft-freakin ball!!!) we are going to start the other girl as pitcher.

and to make matters even worse, blogger decided that they didn't like my posting of this, i guess, because after i added my little u=yuk man face, the rest of my blog went somewhere that i can't retrieve it..
F*CK, girl can't get a break. NOTHING I WROTE IS SAVING..
before i throw this computer though the wall, i think i will end today's blog. It isn't everything i wanted to bitch about, because, believe me i am in a bitching mood, but i have no patients to write it out more than three times..
Time for a walk. Maybe you will get my bitching some other time today.
UGGGGHHHHH!

Here are reasons to drink today, and I think i am going to join you...

Today is Absolutely Incredible Kid Day, a day to write letter of love and encouragement to the absolutely incredible children in your life. (I think this is a campfire USA gig, but good to do anyway.. Expect some emails today kiddos- and you know who you are)

Today is Companies That Care Day (I am sure this is sponsored by Halliburton, R.J. Reynolds, Phillip Morris, Shell, Exxon and Chevron)

Today is The Great American Meatout. ( I can observe this today… and you should try it for one day too)

Today is Proposal Day, a holiday for those seeking to marry. Go ahead, propose! (OK, like Leap day, Ain’t gunna happen, so don’t even ask)

Today is the day pigeons return to courthouse in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. (I just think that is weird. When do they all synchronize their watches?)

Today is National Agriculture Day. (in other words, have you hugged your farmer day)

National Bubble Week begins today, a great time to have fun outdoors with children and bubbles. (I love bubbles)

Today is Independence Day in Tunisia. (don’t they mean it’s March 20^th??)

1984: Naomi and Wynonna Judd made their stage debut in Omaha, opening a concert for The Statler Brothers.

1986: Fallon Carrington and Jeff Colby were married wed on the primetime TV soap "The Colby’s," a spin-off from "Dynasty."

1987: A Houston man was fined $10-thousand and assessed ten years probation for stealing 76,680 rolls of toilet paper from the hospital where he worked.

1990: The Colorado legislature made it legal to tear the "Do Not Remove" tags off mattresses.

1990: Singer Gloria Estefan suffered a broken back when a speeding truck plowed into the back of her tour bus on a snowy Pennsylvania highway.

1991: Michael Jackson signed the biggest deal in recording history: a $1-billion contract with Sony.

1994: Joy riders stole a car in Amsterdam, then abandoned it apparently without noticing the suitcase filled with thousands of dollars in cash and diamonds in the back seat.

1996: A 21-year-old Muppet fan claiming to have a bomb took over a radio station in Wanganui, New Zealand, and demanded that "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Frog be played non-stop for 12 hours. Police evacuated the area, decided the bomb was a fake, stormed the station, and arrested the listener. No one was hurt. (and you think I am crazy...)

1999: Dale Adams of Gunthorpe, England, introduced Tinky, a miniature stretched version of his mother, Cassey, a giant rottweiler. Tinky's father, quite incredibly, was Rusty, a tiny dachshund. The owner said he had no idea how the two proud parents got together to produce the very unique cross-breed.

2002: Actress Pamela Anderson disclosed that she had hepatitis C.

2003: U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq from Kuwait.

Wednesday TV

So, today, as of tonight, is the most exciting night on television. Not only do we get to see Big Brother, (I accidentally read that stupid BB blog and got a HUGE spoiler that i would have rather not have known until it happens) AND SURVIVOR!!!
OMG, i am so glad that our softball game is not tonight.. i would die, waiting to get home to watch tv...
So practice went well yesterday. i am still pitching AND i realized that it feels really good to hit a ball with a bat. You can really get some aggression out.. and what a cool sound too. It has been a long time since i swung a bat.
I TOTALLY don't feel like working today. I have been pretty vocal on a yahoo group today as well as surfing for all kinds of stuff that i made you watch.. (LOVE THAT PURSE SONG)
But for the most part, i think i have checked out already. only about 2 more hours of waisting time then i can go home and practice pitching and then vegging out in front of the TV. my favorite past time.

Just a friendly reminder that this is the very last day of winter 2008. Prepare for spring, it comes tomorrow. I think it is time to get the garden tilled and even plant some cold loving items. We planted our spinach and peas last week.

and for all you useless trivia fans heres the deal-e-o...

Today is Iraq War Day. Five years ago today, U.S. and British forces attacked Iraq. (BOOOOOO HISSSSSSSSS)

Today is Pet Passport Day. On this day in 2000, a Shetland sheepdog named Lucy became the first dog to fly into Great Britain under a new pet passport law. The dog flew from Amsterdam to Heathrow Airport outside London. The new passport law allowed cats and dogs from selected European countries to enter into Britain without having to spend six months in quarantine provided they meet certain criteria. (interesting…wonder if the same goes for Pete Doherty- I mean he has got to smell like a dog, and we know he looks like one, so I was just wondering…)

Today is National Chocolate Caramel Day. (I love celebrating chocolate. no need to tell me twice)

Today is Let's Laugh Day. (hahahaha, heehehehe, hohoho- hey what did you call me..)

Today is See If You Can Find Someone Who Remembers Honey West Day. Was she TV's first female private eye? The ABC-TV series, starring Anne Francis, lasted one season in 1965-66. (nope)

1974: Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship.
1985: A preschool PTA in Duncanville, Texas, raised $650 by auctioning off two vasectomies donated by a local urologist.
1985: After ten years, the TV comedy series Alice ended when Mel Sharples sold his diner. Linda Lavin played Alice, Philip McKeon was her son Tommy. Vic Tayback was Mel, Polly Holliday was Florence Jean Castleberry, and Beth Holand played Vera.(I had such a crush on Tommy)
1985: IBM announced it was giving up on the PC-junior after only 240-thousand of the home computers were sold in 16 months.
1988: Michael Jackson bought a ranch near Santa Ynez, California, and built his own personal zoo and amusement park. He named it Neverland.
1991: The Sund, Norway, Town Council banned bad moods. The resolution required all 5,000 Sundians to be happy, think positive, and refrain from whining. Exemptions included the broken-hearted and people having car trouble.
1995: A 34-year-old London man was sentenced to a year in jail for dividing up he and his wife's property in a divorce settlement. He did it with a chainsaw. He divided up the furniture and the front porch. (Too bad you didn’t have a chainsaw, huh mom?)
1996: A man in England was jailed for nine years for holding up a post office with a cucumber wrapped in a plastic bag. (are you serious???- People are weird)
2002: Nine-year-old Danny Denault of New Milford, Connecticut, won Odor Eaters annual Rotten Sneaker Contest and a $500 savings bond in Montpelier, Vermont. Danny credited the cow pies at his baby sitter's dairy farm. He said, "They're hard to avoid. They're everywhere."
2003: U.S. forces bombarded Baghdad with cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs, starting the Iraq War. (BOOOOO HISSSSSSS)
2004: The U.S. Army dropped all charges against Captain James Yee, a military chaplain at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, who had been accused of mishandling classified information.
2006: A lamb with six legs - four in front and two at the back - was born on a farm in Belgium. (We have been unable to find details of what happened to the lamb.)- (That is just wrong on so many levels)

Feels like another monday

It really does. when i woke up this morning, it was like it was a monday all over again. Things were just too hard to get going this morning. And i didn't even drink any green beer last night.
I canceled my vet appointment i had for my girlie dog because, frankly, i can't afford it right now. I spent too much this past weekend on stuff that i don't have the extra cash to take her. She will be fine. There was nothing wrong, just wanted a check up.
I think another thing that is getting to me is that i am watching more tapes from Iraq. It is so hard to watch sometimes, although these are FAR less worse than some that i have seen. These kids are true heros in a strange land and it makes me sad.. When i have to transcribe an interview with someone that is so young, i can't help but wonder if they are still alive.
Just a bad situation for some kids that just wanted an affordable way to go to school...

So, did you check out my blocks? What do you think??? thanks, i appreciate that.. Again, since no one but my sister comments, I will have to just assume that they are wonderful and i can do no wrong (see what you created. don't blame me, blame yourselves)
Same goes for my youtube videos. NO one ever comments or favorites my videos.. SO MANY People have watched the ones from the stock show, but only 2 comments on one video and only one favorite-ed on the other.. what gives??? Again, i will only have to assume that they are great and everyone is just so struck by awe when the finish that they have to take a long bath to get t feeling themselves again.. Like i said, don't blame me, blame only yourselves.

Chicago trip is getting closer. I love it when friends tell me that they are flying to Raleigh for those shows, like they are the only ones that are special enough to travel for Panic and I get to come back that we are going to Chicago, sooner than they will be going to NC, and we get a whole extra show.. Are you kidding, Raleigh.. no thanks. Chicago is where it is going to be at..
AND IT WILL BE MY BIRTHDAY.
so, get to shopping people.. it's coming up fast.

I have softball practice this afternoon and then i will know if i get to keep pitching for our team. I really want to, so i have been practicing in my backyard. Our first game in on Thursday. I am in between excited and anxious already. this is only for fun, but i have this weird "work ethic" in me, that if i am going to do something, i want to be able to do it right, effectually, and effectively. so I have this thing that is pushing me to feel a little stressed for this game.. IT IS ONLY SOFTBALL JENN; CHILL OUT... I will let you know how i did. And of course, since i have practice, Big Brother will have to wait until i get home.. and beware all SURVIVOR lovers, it is moving to Wednesdays this week. I don't know if this is a permanent move, but it is at least for this week. So be on your toes..

AND........here are things that i knew before you did...

Today is Awkward Moments Day, a time to celebrate the humor of life's uncomfortable situations (sponsored by Wayne & Laura Gignac of Norwich, Connecticut).- I got this one covered...

Today is Forgive Mom & Dad Day, a day to let your parents down off the wedding cake into a world of mere humans (wellcat.com). DONE!!! And I love you both!!!

Today is National Biodiesel Day. YEAH!!! PRESERVE OUR WORLD

Today is National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day. - hence the photo

1982: Singer Teddy Pendergrass was paralyzed from the waist down after his Rolls Royce crashed into a tree in Philadelphia.

1985: Denver and Houston of the USFL set a pro football record with 112 passes in a game: Denver lofted 43 passes, Houston 69.

1989: Researchers in Giza, Egypt, discovered a 4,400-year-old mummy at the Pyramid of Cheops.

1994: Kenner, Louisiana, honored a native son by naming a street Lloyd Price Avenue. His hits included "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Stagger Lee," "Personality," and "I’m Gonna Get Married."

1996: Author John Young published The Good Code Book, the first book to list every telephone dialing code in the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. It was not a best-seller.

2001: Workers equipped with a bulldozer, face masks and a court order have removed 154 tons of garbage from a man's home outside Madrid, Spain. The job took two weeks, with 30 truckloads of trash hauled away from the house and surrounding lot. Police said the 58-year-old resident, who repeatedly refused requests to clean up the place, lived in a tiny compartment in the back and reached it through a tunnel carved out of the garbage.

2002: The Sun Valley Mall in Concord, California, was closed temporarily due to popularity when 1,500 teenagers swarmed a music store to get autographs from the band B2K.

2005: Doctors removed the feeding tube keeping Terri Schiavo alive after an wide-ranging fight over the brain-damaged Florida woman's care that involved Congressional leaders. She died 13 days later.

Later Taters...

What are you going to do, spoon me to death?

Now, i just gave myself a chance to get on the google search trends. (http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=rate+my+cop&date=2008-3-11&sa=X)
I tend to watch this everyday because, to be honest, i am stunned by how Howard Stern (not the Anna Nicole one) has such influence over our society. You may not be aware, but a lot of friggen people listen to Howard, me included. So, i will listen on my way to work, see who, what, they are chatting about and then come in and check the google trends. Since i live in the Mountain time zone, by the time i listen, everyone to the east has already heard it, so the trends are easy to see. Most times the searches are for the chicks he has on, or the politician they were talking about or to. But it amazes me.
But it is a cool site. you can track the top trends (they list the top 100) or you can compare two subjects to see which is getting more hits and when.. well, i just say check it out..
So, yesterday it was great, out of the top 20 searches the NY governor and prostitution sting were 16 searches. funny...
But today "What are you going to do, spoon me to death?" has been the top search for most of the morning. I guess it is from a Ben Stiller movie that i have not seen, but what i can't figure out is why so many people are searching this one phrase, AND what are they expecting to find on the internet? Examples for being spooned to death? so my personal quote that i say at least 50 times a day "people are weird!!!!"

Got some nugget tickets for tomorrow night. (that is our basketball team in Denver.. geez) We are taking our best friend for his birthday (ok, it was last week, but at least i remembered some time). I like watching A.I and Mello play together. good match ups.

Had softball practice yesterday. I didn't seriously hurt anyone, just some minor pitching errors. that's all. But for the most part i think i did ok. Especially for not holding a bat or ball in about 10 years. (ok 15 but shut up)... my butt hurts from squatting. I am guessing that i don't squat very often in my daily life. That's gunna have to change.. I hurt to sit and stand back up..and of course every time i do i have to make the comment 'oh, my butt hurts". You can imagine how popular i am with my co-workers.

Today is pretty lame compared to yesterday. I mean no water on the head during my shower, we replaced the shower head so it was a rather uneventful shower this morning.

Here are some things that will make today a little bit more special
(1) today is oatmeal-nut waffle day. (not really a big fan, I don't really like anything with nuts in it. brownies, cookies, fudge, ice cream etc- but no reason for you not to indulge.
(2)Today is organize your home office day (thank god i work at work, no reason to lift a finger when i get home)
(3) today is National Debunking Day, a day to debunk rumors and myths. (um.. ok...)
(4) today is Independence Day for Lithuania. (The Grateful Dead sponsored the 1996 Lithuanian Basketball team for the Olympics. I got to go to a game that they played because i was working and living in Atlanta at the time, It was cool because their warm up suits were tie-dyed and they all had small black bands on their jerseys for Jerry. I also got a t-shirt for myself. It is a tie-die with a basketball with the steal your face in it going though a basketball hoop)
(5) Today is Worship of tools day (depends on what you consider a tool, i guess- most tools i know, i don't want to worship)
(6) today is 31 days from Warship me day. (31 days until my birthday- first of a three night panic run and being able to drink Bells beer)

1986: NFL owners voted to use instant replays for the 1986 football season. The practice was discontinued in 1991, then brought back in 2000.

1993: After he was robbed of $20.00 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the victim asked for his wallet back. The nervous mugger handed over his own wallet by mistake, then ran. The thief’s wallet contained $250.00.

1994: Actress Melanie Griffith filed for divorce from actor Don Johnson.

1997: Queen Elizabeth II knighted rock musician Paul McCartney.

1998: The International Astronomical Union reported that a mile-wide asteroid could collide with Earth on October 26, 2028. The following day NASA said there was no chance of the asteroid hitting earth.

2002: England's Plymouth University became the first school in the world to offer a degree in surfing. Surfing head Dr. Colin Williams said the degree in surf science and technology would come from the same intellectual mould as golf course studies and car showroom management.

Silly Stat: According to one study, seven percent of dog owners have had at least one birthday party for their dog and invited other dogs.

Monday.

Yup, that's about it. After spending the weekend in my sweats and slippers I am back to work. My horoscope says it is a three star day and I say i would agree with that.
The alarm scared the snot out of me this morning when it went off. I think my boyfriend jumped higher than I did because before i could scream 'Holy Crap Hugo Vasquez is in our bed and I don't know what he wants" My boyfriend was up and out of the door. We listen to the spanish channel to wake up to, even if they are telling you the news we can't understand it, so we just pretend it is all good.
Then after waiting for the shower, i get in, start to wash my hair and go to grab the shower head to reposition it to not spray directly into my face, the entire stem of the head busts and water then flies everywhere. At the same time i am trying to get the conditioner out of my eyes and trying to control the spraying from the stem that is going all over the bathroom, my boyfriend comes in and dumps water on me.. seemingly for no reason. When i explain the the shower head had just busted, he helps me repair it... it still doesn't work well for the rest of my shower, so i am sure my hair looks all flat and greasy from not getting all the conditioner out..

He then tells me that he had to pour water on my because my horoscope said for me not to be surprised if i get water thrown on me... but i am not sure that's exactly what it meant. no mind, i was all wet already..
Just not the best way to start the earlier-than-god-planned-for-me-to-get-up, Monday morning..
By the way, i thought this was interesting.. because Indiana has not participated in DLS (seriously?? you need me to spell it out... come on people... Day Light Savings..) until recently, a study was conducted to see how their energy bills fluctuated when they did convert to DLS and low and behold... we are spending MORE to go with DLS.. I knew it, and now with our brilliant President's plan to make it happen earlier, we are spending more.. I think he has a deal with the power companies AND the oil companies... Can't wait until 2009...

So, did you see my blanket??? do you like it? I can't wait to get the rest totally finished...I will show you the completed blanket. I hope i can get the rest done by next weekend.. I have some patches left over and I am not sure what to do with them. So if you have some crafty creative ideas of what to do with patches let me know.

The sausage and lentil soup was great, We froze a few bags and i have some for lunch too.

Big Brother was last night, and they are back to playing as individuals. That is ok, but it seems that all these people do is lie to each other. I wish someone would come into the game with a new game plan. It gets old when every nomination is meant to be a back door, or someone is a pawn. I want some new game play. But i am going to keep watching. be sure of that..
The live feed blog is fun, but i get too many spoilers that by the time i watch the CBS show, nothing is really a surprise, so i am weaning my way off that site.

Today is the start of my company softball team season. We are having a little practice this afternoon.. Hope i don't hit anyone in the kneecaps. (at least not on my team)
That's about it.
Here are all the things you wished you knew before i tell you..
~Today is national Blueberry popover day. ( i hate when people pop-over to my house, but if you come with blueberry- well, anything, i will let you in. (long enough to take your treats and kick you back on the front stoop)
- Today is national napping day. (like food, i don't think i need a day to celebrate this, i do it so well without the celebration. But i guess this is in support of napping at work. You mean not everyone does that- news to me)
- Today is Festival of Life in the Cracks day - Studies prove that over 80 percent of all people living on the planet in the last five decades believe life exists in the cracks. Some feel life slips through the cracks. Still, no matter how you slice it, there is a jamboree going on in those thin slivers and today’s the day you can join the fun. (ok whatever, it is a reason to party, then bring it on)
Q: The bladderwort eats baby fish. Is it: (a) a fish; (b) a plant; or (c) a reptile?
A: An underwater plant.
Now that you are smarter, go forth and have a great day..
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