More loose ends

Pretty soon - sippin on the beach!

I feel the need to write a little...

I head up to SW Michigan this weekend for some time on the beach. I hope the weather gets better and it warms up! For financial reasons, the vaca has been cut from 6 days in a swank hotel to 3 days of camping on a farm... lemonade out of lemons, I guess... or as Andy M might rap - 'when life gives me lemons I make a beef stew!'

I went to the Sox game back on June 4 and watched them lose badly to Texas. Great seats - first row behind the Sox dugout. After getting shelled in the 7th, Buehrle threw his hat and glove into the stands, which the people directly next to me caught. I don't care about the sweat-soaked cap, but I'm a lefty and it would've been nice to have that glove. I just didn't think fast enough, I guess. I did get some good pictures which I may post sometime soon.

How bout the Sox lately. they keep winning, but still can't catch the Tigers. I knew Detroit was good, but winning 50 of their first 75 games? I was happy to see the Sox dismantle St. Louis, the best team in the NL. It could come back to bite them in the ass if those two meet in World Series - imagine the Cards motivation. And as if last year's World Series wasn't enough, it was also fun to watch the Sox dish out more pain to Houston. Sunday night's game was great, even though they lost. With a 3-run homer in the 8th and a grand slam in the 9th, Iguchi is now a legend. Of course, I dropped him from my roto team 3 days before that... Cantu was back! But, I'm in first place for the first time ever!

That same weekend, I went to the 57th Street Art Fair down in Hyde Park. It was my first time back there in about 15 years. I didn't buy anything, due to the fact that I am beyond broke, but I did meet a real nice artist who had some very cool, cheap ($15-20) small paintings of Sox Park and other southside images. Checkout the Rodwan Gallery for more...

Speaking of consumerism, Ebbets Field Flannels have introduced some cool new long sleeve practice shirts. No team I'm really interested in, so I'll wait til they go on sale.

I've been playing softball like crazy. My coed team in the city is doing quite well. Not the same for my all-dudes team in the burbs. For the first time ever, I hurt myself last week - some kind of strained abdomen muscle when I swung too hard. I was in pain for 3 days straight. I'm a little better now and will be in the line-ups this week. But I'll have to bat lefty, which I can do, since I'm a switch hitter.

How bout that World Cup? I haven't watched so little soccer since the 1982 Cup. US was 3 and out... The only game I've really watched was the great England-Ecuador game this past weekend. Beckham's goal was one of the ages... guess I'll root for Brazil for the duration... See you in SA in 2010.

I haven't been watching too many flicks lately, but I did catch Hostel (2005). The first time I watched it, I just forwarded to the nudie parts- of which there were many quality ones. The second time thru, I really watched it. It was good... and scary... I also watched an old favorite - Glory Daze (1996)with a young, pre-Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and a post-Ivy Alyssa Milano, and other soon-to-be-stars in this, like Matthew McConaughey and Matt Damon (in a non-speaking role as 'Egdar Pudwacker') and some dude who went on to be in that '3rd Rock From The Sun' sitcom. Its a great collegiate comedy flick with some redeeming qualities. I'm not sure I agree with their 'preservation thru desctruciton' mantra, but it was a lot of fun to watch. Great soundtrack, too. HIGHLY recommended.

I've been listening to nothing but Milt Jackson lately.

In what little free time I have, I read. I've been switching effortlessly between Balzac's Eugenie Grandet and Fantasyland... More than anything lately, I'm excited to read the new Laura Kipnis. I've considered going to Northwestern just to take one of her classes... she's a hottie!

No sex from the MILF in a few weeks. Its been about 2 months since our last quality session. If this keeps up, I'm going to have to move outside the relationship for some...

More later...maybe... lots going on... some good, some bad...