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+ Man, the bpal update. I was so proud of me when I checked the limited editions and didn't see anything I wanted. But Beth and co. added to the Mad Tea Party collection! I ♥ the Mad Tea Party collection. And all the new stuff sounds like so much fun. I'm not risking bottles though - I will have to get an imp pack. It's neat to see Cheshire Cat back, but I remember not liking it too much the first go around. I'm getting: Eat Me, The Mock Turtle's Lessons, Mouse's Long and Sad Tale, The Pool of Tears, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Hopefully I'll be able to swap for King of Hearts, Drink Me, and Frumious Bandersnatch later on. Oh man. I'm so excited! It's kind of silly. I also really want to try Obatala, which was recently added to the Excolo scents. Maybe I'll sub it for The Pool of Tears - aquatics don't like me much anyway.
+ Losing to the Florida Marlins these days is a bit like losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Neither team exists anymore, not really, and you shouldn't get beaten by a set of ghosts in uniforms. -- gotta love the New York media. or something.
Pobrecitos. I definitely think it sucks worse to keep losing these one run games, way more so than getting blown out. Mikey the J can't keep being their entire offense, as studly as he looks doing it :( They're home now, where many of them have never played, for their home opener. I hope they pull that one out; it'll be a week since their first and only win of the season so far >.> Mitre's starting again....no pressure. **crosses fingers** In My Opinion ran another way melodramatic piece about how much it sucks to be a Marlins fan right now.
+ Bobby Abreu wants MelMo in Philly? I could see that, actually, since MelMo just built a house in Maryland, and he probably doesn't want to uproot his family. I could also see him taking less than he asked of the Orioles to go somewhere new and just get away from the organization and its particular brand of clusterfuckery. Wouldn't blame him at all. And it should make Leanne happy, because she has this inexplicable hatred of poor David Bell. It'll probably come to naught.
+ David Wright has a blog. Like, a real one. I don't know how I feel about that! I have been enjoying Dan Haren's blog since roxybritain pointed out its existence, mostly because I had no idea of what he's like as a person. He's engaged! He has a pug named Bernie! He's so happy he can download eps of Lost for just $2! Whereas with David, I already have this mental construction of him. Thanks mostly to !Wright. And I can't be LEARNING things about him, and shit. Like how boring and given to cliche he is, if his April 7th entry is any indication. I do appreciate that he's apparently as tired of the stupid puns on his name as I am. David's blog is already being syndicated (dwright_blog), as is the generic players blog (players_mlblogs), but I created a syndicated feed for Haren's blog (dan_haren_blog). Btw, can I just say that I love how he's all "Seattle's cool. There's good shopping." Ha. It looks like a couple of the beat writers have blogs, too. But not Mychael Urban, sadly. Booo. Jorge Cantu also has a blog, as does the motherf$%#ing Tampa Bay Devil Rays heckler. WHY, GOD? WHY?
Kyle Farnsworth does not have a blog, thank goodness. I'm also glad there's no Zito blog. You know who should have a blog? Moose. A snarky, snarky blog full of dorky references to 80s movies and teeming with thinly veiled contempt for everyone around him. That would be awesome.
+ Now, Zito sounds as if he's accepted this being his last season with the only team he's known. -- Zito well-weathered for uncertainty. Man, these stories. Like a scab I can't stop picking at. I swear, I'm gonna stop reading them. Eventually. (Speaking of Barry Zito's impending free agency, a friend of his guessed, "It's going to be one or the other," referring to the Yankees and Mets. - First of all: shut up, Barry Zito's anonymous friend. Second of all, if it has to be a New York team, please, please, please let it be the Mets. Yanks, Mets May Fight Over Zito). I continue to note that no one's talking about where Mulder might end up.
+ Speaking of Mark, I am amused to no end that he got the first curtain call at the new Busch. "Going around second, I really didn't feel anything," Mulder said. "I was just trying not to smile or laugh running around the bases, because I wanted to. It was a cool experience, but I'm sure there's probably not a good chance of that happening anymore this year. . . .[Jason's] happy for me, but I think way deep down inside he's mad," Mulder said of Marquis. "He just won't admit it. They already said I'm icing my back because I was swinging too hard."" -- Cardinals' Mulder Beats Brewers In Two Ways. LMAO. He should also have a blog. It could just be updates about his hair, or something. It would be hilarious.
+ "Our fans are the biggest key for us, that's where we get our energy from," Edmonds said. "Really the ballpark is just secondary right now for us, it's the fans that make a difference." -- Players learn as they go at new Busch. Awwww.
+ Have we heard enough from Roger Clemens yet? - DUDE. The answer is an affirmative: YES, YES WE HAVE. -- Shea Hey I don't even follow football, and I'm also REAL tried of this Brett Favre character. Make up your mind.
May go see the Durham Bulls take on the Richmond Braves tonight. I'm not sure; I didn't sleep well, and I may be too beat :-/
ETA: Forgot to say - thanks to rickenbacker, kmousie, and candle_beck for hooking me up with a bunch of the MLB pocket schedules I was looking for. I secured the rest of the ones I was interested in through ebay. If you'd said that you would keep an eye out for an '06 schedule to send me, there's no longer any need ^_^
+ Losing to the Florida Marlins these days is a bit like losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Neither team exists anymore, not really, and you shouldn't get beaten by a set of ghosts in uniforms. -- gotta love the New York media. or something.
Pobrecitos. I definitely think it sucks worse to keep losing these one run games, way more so than getting blown out. Mikey the J can't keep being their entire offense, as studly as he looks doing it :( They're home now, where many of them have never played, for their home opener. I hope they pull that one out; it'll be a week since their first and only win of the season so far >.> Mitre's starting again....no pressure. **crosses fingers** In My Opinion ran another way melodramatic piece about how much it sucks to be a Marlins fan right now.
+ Bobby Abreu wants MelMo in Philly? I could see that, actually, since MelMo just built a house in Maryland, and he probably doesn't want to uproot his family. I could also see him taking less than he asked of the Orioles to go somewhere new and just get away from the organization and its particular brand of clusterfuckery. Wouldn't blame him at all. And it should make Leanne happy, because she has this inexplicable hatred of poor David Bell. It'll probably come to naught.
+ David Wright has a blog. Like, a real one. I don't know how I feel about that! I have been enjoying Dan Haren's blog since roxybritain pointed out its existence, mostly because I had no idea of what he's like as a person. He's engaged! He has a pug named Bernie! He's so happy he can download eps of Lost for just $2! Whereas with David, I already have this mental construction of him. Thanks mostly to !Wright. And I can't be LEARNING things about him, and shit. Like how boring and given to cliche he is, if his April 7th entry is any indication. I do appreciate that he's apparently as tired of the stupid puns on his name as I am. David's blog is already being syndicated (dwright_blog), as is the generic players blog (players_mlblogs), but I created a syndicated feed for Haren's blog (dan_haren_blog). Btw, can I just say that I love how he's all "Seattle's cool. There's good shopping." Ha. It looks like a couple of the beat writers have blogs, too. But not Mychael Urban, sadly. Booo. Jorge Cantu also has a blog, as does the motherf$%#ing Tampa Bay Devil Rays heckler. WHY, GOD? WHY?
Kyle Farnsworth does not have a blog, thank goodness. I'm also glad there's no Zito blog. You know who should have a blog? Moose. A snarky, snarky blog full of dorky references to 80s movies and teeming with thinly veiled contempt for everyone around him. That would be awesome.
+ Now, Zito sounds as if he's accepted this being his last season with the only team he's known. -- Zito well-weathered for uncertainty. Man, these stories. Like a scab I can't stop picking at. I swear, I'm gonna stop reading them. Eventually. (Speaking of Barry Zito's impending free agency, a friend of his guessed, "It's going to be one or the other," referring to the Yankees and Mets. - First of all: shut up, Barry Zito's anonymous friend. Second of all, if it has to be a New York team, please, please, please let it be the Mets. Yanks, Mets May Fight Over Zito). I continue to note that no one's talking about where Mulder might end up.
+ Speaking of Mark, I am amused to no end that he got the first curtain call at the new Busch. "Going around second, I really didn't feel anything," Mulder said. "I was just trying not to smile or laugh running around the bases, because I wanted to. It was a cool experience, but I'm sure there's probably not a good chance of that happening anymore this year. . . .[Jason's] happy for me, but I think way deep down inside he's mad," Mulder said of Marquis. "He just won't admit it. They already said I'm icing my back because I was swinging too hard."" -- Cardinals' Mulder Beats Brewers In Two Ways. LMAO. He should also have a blog. It could just be updates about his hair, or something. It would be hilarious.
+ "Our fans are the biggest key for us, that's where we get our energy from," Edmonds said. "Really the ballpark is just secondary right now for us, it's the fans that make a difference." -- Players learn as they go at new Busch. Awwww.
+ Have we heard enough from Roger Clemens yet? - DUDE. The answer is an affirmative: YES, YES WE HAVE. -- Shea Hey I don't even follow football, and I'm also REAL tried of this Brett Favre character. Make up your mind.
May go see the Durham Bulls take on the Richmond Braves tonight. I'm not sure; I didn't sleep well, and I may be too beat :-/
ETA: Forgot to say - thanks to rickenbacker, kmousie, and candle_beck for hooking me up with a bunch of the MLB pocket schedules I was looking for. I secured the rest of the ones I was interested in through ebay. If you'd said that you would keep an eye out for an '06 schedule to send me, there's no longer any need ^_^