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Confessions of a Frisky Fish
Monday, 7 June 2004
Let's See...
The Pistons blew me away last night! I never thought they'd win game 1 against LA and yet...they did! I'm so excited! But I'm still nervous for the series. Perhaps LA will underestimate them and so we'll win and be champs. (I'm hoping)

So football season is close, but not close enough. I just can't wait! I mean, here's a sad little story for you. I didn't have anything to listen to in the car, so I closed my eyes and grabbed a CD and it was my Michigan CD. So i put it in and listend to the Victors March and it totally pumped me up. Is that sad? Or is that good that I'm more of a Wolverine now? Who knows! But I want it to be football season NOW!

Hockey draws to a close tonight. Tampa Bay (and Martin St. Louis) tied up the series and so it's a show down tonight at Tampa Bay. Game 7 vs Calgary and everything is on the line. This should be an exciting game, I'd recommend not missing it!

HAHA, notice how all I have to say is about sports right now? That's because it's really the only thing worth talking about thats going on right now. Well, actually, that's not true. But I'd rather not talk about the other things because I'm trying to forget. (It's really hard too.)

Ok, can't think of anything else to say except this weekend is a busy one! Thursday is the Pistons game, Friday is Cedar Point (hopefully it's a beautiful day!), Saturday the Tigers play the Marlins (be prepared to cry, Eddie!) and Sunday is the baby shower. Normally I would not be excited about the baby shower because its such a girly thing and I hate kids, but Nick and Alison are going to have the coolest baby ever. (which is probably because I got him a little Tigers outfit. It's soo cute!) So that's all for now.

oh! Expect Press Conference notes sometime around Thursday or Friday.

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 10:54 AM EDT
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Saturday, 5 June 2004
OH MY GOD
Karen's Party was sooo much fun! If you didn't go, you really missed out! (Although, I heard the bonfire was a success too...) Anyway, I would go into details, but I don't really feel like doing it on here. So if you're really that curious, just ask. I'm sure I'll tell you!

So what else...(I'm really tired since I got like no sleep and had to work at 2-10 today) so, the Tigers won today 6-0. Great game! Watching Hockey right now, it's tied in the third period. Go Tampa Bay! Badds is dead last at the memorial. Not so good but at least he made cuts? I think he just needs me to play with him. Apparently I'm good luck? Lastly, we got Pistons tickets for Thursday! So instead of going to work, I'll be GOIN' TO WORK and I'm sooo excited!

But that's all. Karen's party was a blast, and I love my girls more than anything in the whole world (always looking out for me and I love them for it!) Give me a few days and I could have some press conference notes...

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 10:07 PM EDT
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Tuesday, 1 June 2004
Sorry!
It's not that I haven't had anything to write about, it's just that it's been busy planning Karen's party! And my parents are seriously so cool right now because I told them about it and they said everything was cool. (my mum said, I don't want to know what you're doing. Just remember, you're responsible for whatever happens.) So that was really exciting.

Sports news is obvious. May was a bad month for the Tigers. But they did pull it out for Memorial Day and gave Dimitri Young a proper welcome back. Pistons are still goin' to work, and hopefully playing LA in the Finals. Tampa Bay is holding on, although I have to commend them since Calgary is a bunch of cheaters...(Did you see that hit in the third period last night? Cheap shot if I ever saw one.) Not sure if Badds is golfing this week, have to check on that. But I have been to the driving range and I have to admit, I'm getting a little better. Michigan baseball is done, and Texas did not win the Big 12 championship. (haven't checked on those Canes. But I'm sure they did well since they are such a baseball-y school.)

What else is there to say? I have a budha on my desk from Hong Kong that Dad brought home. There's an elephant in the garden to protect the Republican Roses...Winston Churchill has become my little shadow (I love him soo much!) and that's really all there is to tell.

FRIDAY is going to be AMAZING! And I really suggest you all come. And if you receive a PERSONAL invitation, then you really HAVE to come because we only personally invite the people we really really really want to be there.

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 3:43 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, 26 July 2004 3:25 PM EDT
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Saturday, 29 May 2004
Crazy Times
Ok so first and foremost, you have to read Karen's post for the last entry because it's hilarious! (Ok for all you lazy people, it says "I LOVE U of M BASEBALL!) Of course, they did lose really bad to Minnesota last night, but they're not going home just yet. They play Ohio State and hopefully Minnesota again. We'll see how that goes.

So, now for the fun part. So me and Karen went out last night to cause some trouble. First, we almost go North on 1-75...oops! But luckily we figured it out and headed south. Then, Karen took the Bridge instead of the tunnel, although I didn't know she wanted to take the tunnel. I just figured she wanted to take the bridge. That was my fault. So we get there and walk around the casino for a while but we were too scared to gamble any money. Even though Karen said her palms were itching today and that meant she was going to win money.
After walking around a little bit, we decide to visit Dave at the Treehouse. So we did and the place is pretty crowded. But! Dave saw us and he was so happy to see Karen. (soo exciting) and of course he bought us something to drink because he's nice like that. And he told the bartender, Tracey, to take good care of us. Ok, so then this one guy comes up to us and introduces himself as Scott. Me and Karen look at each other and say "don't think so." Too many Scotts in her life right now. (you have to realize the name is very important.) Oh, and then this really creepy guy like takes Karen aside and tells her that they should hook up and he gives her his number and he's like "call me. Bring your girls. We'll hook up." Umm...I don't think so. We gracefully get away from him only to be approached by another set of guys from Cleveland. They were nice except the one guy looked like Meagan's ex-boyfriend Jeremy a LOT and that was really freaky. (especially after the last Canada trip!) Anyway, one of his friends was wearing a pink moose shirt so obviously we had to talk to him. They were fun but they left to go to a different bar, so we said goodbye. But we are grateful to them for saving us from these two really creepy guys who were, well, really creepy!!
Then we see this really cute guy walk in wearing a Tigers hat and I swear he looks like he plays baseball or something and me and Karen are in love. But then this witchy girl turns out to be with him and we decide it's better not to have some fun with him, even if he is really cute. But it's ok! In the meantime, we meet Jim (who was also wearing a Tigers hat) and he was soo nice. He goes to school at UMiss (and I have to say I was out of it, when he said he lived in Jackson, Mississippi I actually asked where he went to school and he looked at me like I was crazy. Sorry!) Anyway, he was so nice and then he walked away and we were by ourselves again (pretty much in the same place we always are...) and he comes back with his friend Tim. Tim plays hockey and me and Karen laughed and were excited. So we were talking to them and Jim says "we need to buy these two ladies a drink" but they don't take credit cards so they had to search for canadian money. When we offered to pay they got really mad and said "that's not how southerners do things. It's all about Southern Hospitality. Girls never buy guys drinks." So we had to back down but they were so cute!
So we talked to them for the rest of the evening, but then we had to get home (although I was about 5 minutes late, I didn't get yelled at...yet.) So we said goodbye and they were so sweet and we walked back to the car. Karen thought maybe Jim was her soulmate and she was mad that we didn't get phone numbers even though they live so far away. But then again, Karen and Jim? That doesn't really work too well. Even though he was a sweetie. Oh, and he doesn't play baseball. So we get to customs and the line is soo long, we're like what the hell? There's a lot of strange people, including the sunbird next to us with the guys who were un-friendly in the elevator at the casino. Anyway, it's almost our turn when this guy rolls down his window and starts yelling at me.
"Where you from?"
"Troy and Rochester Hills. Where are you from?"
"Chesterfield."
I turn to Karen. Who do we know in Chesterfield? (we know someone, I swear.) She says we had a cheerleading competition there.
So he tells us to go hang out with him and we're like "we have to get home." But he looks really familiar. I say, wait. remember that Nick kid? didn't he live in Chesterfield? so Karen says "What's your name?"
"Nick." We almost die laughing because that was Shannon's stalker friend who called her like EVERYDAY for two weeks! So we take down his number to see if it's him and say we'll call him when we get through customs.
Then we drive home.

What a successfully fun night! Can't wait for next week!

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 10:20 AM EDT
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Thursday, 27 May 2004
SUCCESS!!
Ok, so thanks to Ryan's wonderful advice, I didn't have to break down and do something I wasn't supposed to do. Instead, we used other means to get what we needed...and it worked! So now we're really excited and already planning Karen's huge birthday bash (which will hopefully be held next weekend) We'll give you more details once we figure out what's going on. But realize, it's gonna be HOTT! You're definitely going to want to go!

In other news...Badds has the week off so he won't be playing in the St. Jude's Classic. Tigers had an amazing victory today (Robertson pitched) 17-7 over Kansas City. Michigan baseball is currently killing OSU (10-1) and it's only the second inning. They had to pull their pitcher! Hilarious. Anyway, Pistons went to work last night and we're hoping for another win at the Palace, although I doubt Indiana will let them have three in a row. But you never know. Um, there are like 69 more days until Football season...World Cup hockey is at the end of August (rooting for Team Sweden, even if it is un-American) and that's about all I have to say at the moment.

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 5:19 PM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 29 May 2004 10:21 AM EDT
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Monday, 24 May 2004
Curious...
So I was at work today and they kept asking me why I wasn't very talkative today. I hadn't noticed that I wasn't. Then I realized that I wasn't in a very good mood. It was even hard for me to fake being nice to the customers. So I was thinking, why aren't I as chipper as usual? Especially since I finally got to see a michigan baseball game. You'd think I would have been overly estatic. I mean, I was literally bubbling yesterday to the point where my face hurt from smiling (and laughing) so much.

Then it hit me. I should never have gone to the game. Because when I got home, I got to thinking and you know when I get to thinking it always turns out bad. And it turned out bad this time, just as always. And to make matters worse, my mum says to me: "you know, you didn't have to leave early because of the rain. But since you didn't have anywhere to go, I told you you should. If you had had someplace to go, you could have stayed." HELLOO MOTHER! Do I not have friends who live in Ann Arbor all year round? That really made me mad. But of course, that wasn't what really got me down.

I just hate being confused because it throws off everything. I mean everything. Because then I have to wonder...how come? Why not? Then, I have to fix the reasons I come up with to answer those questions (even though most of the time, the reasons aren't true) so then I get into an even bigger mess that I was in before.

Why can't it be football season so I wouldn't have this problem?!?!

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 5:33 PM EDT
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Sunday, 23 May 2004
WHAT A DAY!
Well, it did rain. And because of the rain, we couldn't stay till the end of the second game, but we did see the first one and it was great! (aside from the scary guy who was trying to pick us up. We're sitting there, staring at the boys on our team...Michigan's got some hot baseball players, let me tell you!...and this guy sits down next to Karen and starts talking to her and he would not leave us alone!

Here's a little hint...Do not try to pick me up while I'm watching sports. did it work for the boys in Canada when I was watching the Pistons game at the Casino? NO! Did it work for the boy at Tiki Bob's when the Wings were on? No. Did it work for creepy Jesse when we were at the Treehouse and golf highlights were on? NO! (although, it could have worked for others in the hotel room when we watched sportscenter...) But in general, you will not get my attention, you will only make me mad! Yes, I'm a girl but that doesn't mean I don't want to know what's going on! And PLEASE don't try to talk sports with me if you don't know what the hell you are talking about!! It's so annoying to have people think I'm an idiot and don't know anything because I'm a girl when really, you're the idiot because you don't know what the hell you're talking about (especially about hockey or football...) Ok, enough of that.

Anyway, We're trying so hard to get him to go away, and finally he leaves. Oh it was bad! But we survived that escapade. The game ended and Michigan won, 5-1. We left between the games to get some food (Mr. Greeks) and then I stopped in the old store to say hi. Oh how I miss it right now! Then we went back to the game (scared we missed it but it was only the second inning) But we get back and we go into the stands, only to see the scary stalker guy so Karen is like "we have to go. NOW!" so we leave the stands and stand by the fence for a while...(bad position. VERY bad place to be standing) but then we decide, you know what? We just won't talk to him. So we go back to the stands, hoping he's not looking at us and sit to watch the rest of the game. That's when we notice fan club #2 and fan club #3. One on the left side and one on the right. Now, we could be totally wrong. They could have been looking at something else and not us, but I'm pretty sure it was us. There was nothing else around us to look at. Anyway, we had to some fun with that, although at times we didn't know where to look. Then, to make me happy (not really but a girl can dream) they put in a LEFT-HANDED PITCHER! I was so excited. And he did great too. I think all left handed pitchers are great. Not all of them are really hot, but they're all great. But, despite having to leave early because bad weather was threatening and I had to listen to mum for a change, we definitely enjoyed the game. And I'm so glad we went. Only regrets? Not talking to fan clubs. But that couldn't be helped because due to threatening weather and an hour drive, we couldn't stay. It wasn't safe.

Driving home in the rain was an adventure. Especially when the lightning practically hit the car. that was really scary. But we survived and Karen is the BEST for coming with me because I never would have gone alone. And it was so much fun, definitely worth it. But it was the last one till next year, so that's pretty sad. But you know I'll be there next year. I've become a serious fan. (who knew? I'm hooked!)

Some memorable quotes:

"See? His hands would fit perfectly with mine!" ~Karen commenting on her boyfriend

"I'm very observant. I noticed the things on his arms."~Karen, again commenting on her boyfriend because she recognized his hands from the dugout.

"You can sit here" ~fan club #1 when we were trying to find a place out of the rain. (we would have just gotten wet but we were both in white shirts...)

"Where's his girlfriend?"
"Karen, I think that's his mom."
"But where's his girlfriend?"
"Maybe she isn't supportive of his baseball talent."
"Ooo, I'll be supportive!"
~discussing her boyfriend in between at-bats.

"They're not staring at me. they're not staring at you! They're staring at your boobs!"
"But you can't see them unless I lean forward! Maybe they're staring at your boobs. You're the one in the special cleavage bra."
"No, you can't see them unless you look down. I like to look down at my cleavage. It makes me proud."
~discussing why the two fan clubs (#2, #3) kept staring at us.

"Ooo, that one is married! Oh wait, that's the manager, nevermind."~Karen checking out the hands peeking over the dugout.

"Foul ball. Go run and get it kids! Wow, if I miraculously had kids, that would be a great way to get rid of them."~ Me watching some kids chase after a foul ball while we were trying to be unseen by the scary stalker guy.

"My arm is numb."~ Karen after I was squeezing her arm really hard because Clayton Richard came back...with hockey boys in tow. But no, not the ones we wanted to see.

"What's that thing they have on the bat?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's so they know where to hit the ball."
~trying to figure out why the boys practicing before batting had the rubber thing on their bats. Thanks to Walter's profound baseball knowledge, we know what it is and why it's there.

"Ok, so I know there's two foul balls that equal strikes. But I don't think you can strike out on foul balls. But can you just keep going?"
"I think there's like a seven foul ball limit."
~trying to figure out baseball without the help of a baseball player. Again, thanks to Walter, we know the answer.

"That would be a cool slip and slide. Look at all the water!"
~The boys were taking the tarp off the field after the heavy downpour.

"Don't be stupid! Just because you want to go to a stupid baseball game. You're too far away from home with this bad weather."
~My mum yelling at me as we're driving to the game.

"Maybe that's the reason why he hasn't called."~ Me and Karen watching two boys be buddy buddy, yet again.

"What would they do if you said, Excuse me, could you sign my thong?"~ Me commenting after a mob of kids ran to the dugout to get autographs.

"Are they pouring beer onto their grill?"
"That's why they call it beer-battered."
~Walking down State Street and watching two frat boys grill on their porch.

that's all for now! I think this day lived up to all it's built up excitement. Oh, except we couldn't find Mike's number and Tim's number so we couldn't call them. That was kind of a bummer, but we're still working on that.

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 8:18 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, 24 May 2004 12:04 AM EDT
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Saturday, 22 May 2004
Oh No
Am I being punished for something? I swear, I had his number when I packed from school! It was with my pictures of Winston and Klaus! It was taped to the wall, complete with the words "DO NOT CALL EVER" underneath. I know I took it down and put it with the pictures, but where did I put the pictures? I looked everywhere! (even the fridge!) and I can't find the number or the pictures anywhere! It's not with my Zetterberg articles (the ones that Nicholas wrote) or my picture of Badds or my photos from our girls' nights. So where is it?
How can I lose a hot guy's number?!? This is HORRIBLE! Especially because we may need it to get in touch with the other hot guy who we want to come to the game with us tomorrow! Please tell me someone doesn't hate me and everything will work out because I'm flipping out!

And I can't check the phone bills because #1) we called him the beginning of April, and #2) mum said she threw them all away. And the website doesn't have numbers on it so I really don't see a way that I can get his number unless I miraculously find it!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Not that I like him or anything. Remember, I'm not supposed to call him. I can't give him the satisfaction of thinking I'm just another one of his "victims" because I am so obviously not. Try as he might (and he's given out some pretty good lines, I have to say) he hasn't gotten anywhere with me. But still. I kept his number in case of emergencies, like this one! I'm so awful, how could I lose it? Because if Karen doesn't have the number anywhere, we can't call him and then he can't come to the game with us and he can't meet Karen and I know he'll just love her because she's great and he's such a sweet guy (except for his drunken pick up lines...Oh, and that one time but we're not going to go into that...) So you can see why this is so important. Again, it's not because I like him or anything. Because I don't. Really, I swear. Remember?

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 11:34 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 22 May 2004 12:41 PM EDT
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Thursday, 20 May 2004
What Can I Say?
We went to work! Let's hope we don't make a fool of ourselves against Indiana. In fact, let's show Rick Carlisle we didn't need him anyway! We got a Tar Heel leading the way and (he's not Roy Williams :) as much as I love Roy, I even know the sayings are true) And with Larry Brown dressing like Mr. Amaker, we can't do poorly, can we? HAha, we'll see...

But sadly, there's always the problem you run into everytime a Detroit team does good. I scroll down my buddy list and everyone is watching the game because they are such Die Hard Pistons fans! (tell me, do any of you even know who Rick Carlisle is? Or was? My point exactly.) It's so sad because you people could have cared less about them during the season. When we were going to work, you people thought that meant actually going to a job or something. So please, bare with me if I'm not all enthusiastic about the Pistons doing well. I'm excited, I love them; they're my team (remember, Brendan is my favorite player. But the Pistons are the team I watch on tv...) But I'm sick of these people, oh especially the girls! Who think they are all about NBA when they're only watching it because the boys are. Because honestly, I bet if you ask them who Ron Artest is, they'll look at you with a blank expression. UGH!

Ok, enough of that. I was wrong! Hockey is NOT over. Joe Pearce was drafted to Tampa Bay in 2002 and look! They're fighting to play the flames in the Stanley Cup Finals! They lost in overtime tonight to the Flyers so game 7 will be in Tampa. Hopefully, they can pull it off because I hate Calgary and I like Joe Pearce!

Good news...Badds is 13th at the colonial! True, it's only day one, but I'm excited! He's not last!

Tigers lost today, they aren't above .500 anymore. (two wins away from that, sadly) Roberston pitches tomorrow against Seattle. Should be interesting (as I love my lefties!)

Baseball game on Sunday with Karen! VERY excited for so many reasons. This is my first college baseball game. Hopefully we'll win. And hopefully...Well, I won't press my luck on that one. Karen will just have to get gutsy or it's just the two of us.

Football news...still too far away for me to be talking about it. Oh, but come August, I'll be in heaven. Or insane. Haven't figured out which! Which reminds me...My parents are soo insensitive! SO I come home from a really long day of work, and what do they have on the TV? The Recruit. And who is on the screen as we speak? That's right. Bridget Moynahan. How mean is that? And then they couldn't figure out why I was mad at them!

Ok, that's all for now! and if you can actually follow my rambling, good for you!

Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 11:02 PM EDT
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Monday, 17 May 2004
Exciting news?
Well, we're planning Karen's birthday celebration so if you're interested in attending, I'll keep you posted about what's going on. But let me just say...it's gonna be hot. (as our adventures always are)

In other news...the boy from Friday night actually called me today! I didn't think he was actually going to, since no one who I give my number to ever actually calls. I was really surprised! But he said he wants to do something possibly this weekend, so we shall see. But not on sunday because that is baseball day.


Posted by journal2/jsk2319 at 10:37 PM EDT
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