272-cycling frustration

i always stress out when the cub and white sox play. mostly because if the white sox win, i have to deal with white sox fans. they are so annoying--just like their team--and just like their catcher, a.j. piersienski (yeah, i know i probably spelled that wrong, but i'm not going to put the energy into finding out). he is about as annoying as they come and i just couldn't take it anymore, and obviously neither could barrett. so, barret got out his frustration by punching him and i got out my frustration by working on my bike.

of course, that just ended up frustrating me even more. i thought i would just do a quick cleaning, degrease the chain and adjust the brakes. sounds easy enough until i actually popped the pin all the way of of the bike chain. do you know how hard it is to get on of those things back in? nearly impossible. it took me what seemed like a couple of hours just to get the chain back in working order. so what was meant to be a stress reliever turned into a stressful situation and with the cubs getting pounded again it was just not a good day.

on the other hand there was some good news, but i'll leave that for tomorrow...when i'm feeling a little better.

273-computer tv

confession: missy and i don't pay for cable.

i know you all must be shocked. i feel guilty too (not really). it's not my fault the cable company forgot to shut it off from the last owner. i thought it was a fluke at first since the same thing happened at my last apartment only to have it shut off about two months into my lease, but we have been going for eight months strong now so there is little chance we will lose it (except that i just jinxed it).

anyway, the only draw back is that we don't have a vcr (so 1980's) and that you can't get tivo without a subscription. good thing i got that new computer! so, i went out and bought a TV card. if all goes as planned we will be able to turn the computer into a dvr to record all our shows (cubs & pti for me; grey's anatomy for missy).

just as long as i don't have to record cubs losses all the time, like today.

274-bleachers

spent a day out in the bleachers. it got a little scary since i said i was going to leave early then all of a sudden i was needed for a 1:30 meeting. i left anyways. if they needed me, they could call. sure enough, they did. luckily it wasn't who i thought it was and they were just calling me to say the mail people screwed up and gave my package to the wrong person. phew, that was close. what was i going to do , have a conference call at the concession stand?

it was good to see kerry wood back, but this is most likely a case of too little, too late. even with the loss, it's nearly impossible to not have a good time. they people out there are all characters. we had three homeruns hit withing a couple rows of us. unfortunately, they were all hit by nationals.

soriano's came the closet. in fact, if you were watching espn that night, you could have saw me if you looked close. the guy two rows in front of me caught it after it bounced off the guy in front of him. it's pretty funny since you see me behind him waiting for him to drop the ball...he didn't and before i could realize what happened he had already thrown it back out onto the field. now, there's a true cubs fan.

the only thing i didn't get was the harrassing of alfonso soriano. i guess it is tradition to hassle the opponents left fielder, but this guy could be playing second base for us. actually, maybe he should be! who couldn't use a guy on their team who is on pace for 55 homeruns?

afterwards, there was a poker game. i had some good cards, played great, yet lost quickly...go figure.

275-rain out

i was so excited about today, i really was. today was supposed to be the duck snorts first game of the year. too bad they called the game at 2:30 this afternoon. this really sucks. last week we had a bye, now this week rain? what a bummer. i guess there is always next week.

check my homepage as i will put a duck snort webpage up there soon. i'm really looking forward to seeing how this season will shape up.

somehow the cubs managed to get their game in. if they could only play all their games at night and at home, they might be decent.

276-foosball

messed around today and changed the backgrounds on my countdown and cubs blog as well as messing with font colors. i guess i thought i would just dress it up a little.
was checking out google video today also. this one brings me back to my winaukee days.

277-grey's anatomy finale

as i was walking chance tonight, i noticed every house that had a tv on was watching grey's anatomy. i know there is some good tv out there, but i thought this was a little obsessive, especially when you could be watching lebron james!

to me, sports are just so much more fun to watch. they are the original reality tv shows. why would you watch a scripted show where you know what is going to happen (c'mon, someone dies on grey's every week) when you can watch something that has never happened before (lebron tying up the unbeatable pistons - not even jordan could do that!)

278-mother's day

happy mother's day!

went to my aunt's house in indiana today to visit my mom and grandma. almost didn't make it in time since missy thinks being somewhere at 1 means leaving at 1.

anyways, it's always nice to see the family and it was especially nice to see my grandma who is feeling much better.

this side of the family is all sox fans, so it was especially embarrassing watching the cubs today.