Today, the Red Sox fired manager Bobby Valentine following a joke of a season in which the Sox finished 69-93 - their worst record in forty-seven years. They sucked, and they sucked hard. I was in the student lounge at the time when someone turned on ESPN and the news broke and I freely admit that I shot up off the couch, arms in the air as I ( Read more... )

*headtilt*

*stares at TV incredulously*

Did... Did Derek Jeter just drop the ball?

I've been up since six because after a mere five hours of sleep my brain decided to yell "LET'S BE AWAKE NOW :D" at an ungodly hour, and I am bone tired after a long day and it was rainy and my jeans got soaked up to my knees and the left sleeve of my rain jacket was so saturated from water my arm was damp when I took my coat off when I finally ( Read more... )

So.

The Red Sox.

My team. My boys. My fucking heart.There are no words in the English dictionary or .GIFs on Tumblr that can accurately convey the complete and profound depths I have reached with my rage, my horror, and my grief ( Read more... )

Dear John Henry ( Read more... )

Dear Boston Red Sox ( Read more... )

Red Sox are 2-8 and we lost 16-5 to the (now) 2-8 Tampa Bay Rays last night ( Read more... )

The Boston Red Sox - my love, my boys, my team - are currently 0-6.

It is the most abysmal start since nineteen fucking forty-five. WORLD WAR TWO. WE HAVE NOT SUCKED THIS BADLY SINCE WORLD WAR GODDAMN TWO.

And tomorrow is Opening Day at Fenway Park. And not just any Opening Day, oh no. We're playing the New York Yankees.My only consolation is ( Read more... )

Dragon Age 2 tomorrow! WOOHOO!

"Excited" doesn't even begin to cover it. I managed to finish my idle DA:O playthrough on Saturday; it is just so satisfying to slay the archdemon. Can always do an Awakening playthrough with that save later, but for now I'll be set for tomorrow. Already know I'm going to be playing a rogue Hawke, though I'm tempted ( Read more... )

Back in Boston again, le sigh. Once again did no work despite my best attempts, so I'll be kicking myself in the ass throughout the week while frantically trying to catch up on the readings for my "Campaigns and Elections around the World" class.

God, did it really snow a bit this morning? The sky's so damn blue. So pretty outside right now ( Read more... )