The Ill-Fated Filling Station Fiasco...
I almost forgot! As I was getting expensive gasoline for my vehicle yesterday, something sort of bizarre happened. As I'm putting the nozzle back in its proper place, the top of the gas pump comes open. So this large chunk of the machine is just lying open. It opens from the top down, and there's kind of a clanging sound, like I opened a vending machine or something. Anyway, I immediately try to close it, but it won't latch, and it keeps falling back open. It won't stay shut, because it opens vertically, and the part that opens is pretty heavy, and whatever is supposed to be catching isn't catching it. So I look inside, and it looks like a highly complex plastic explosives detonation system in there. There's numbers and wires and circuitry and stuff. I don't dare try to diffuse it. lol What? I shouldn't even be telling you this, in case someone investigating the case reads my blog. Anyway, I'm at one of these huge 16 pump stations you know, and pretty far away from the front of the store, and I paid with my ATM card. So I look around to see if anyone is looking. There's only a couple of people around. One guy isn't looking, and another lady has looked at me a couple of times, but what can I do? So then after I tried to close it up a few more times without success, I grabbed my ATM receipt and got out of there. Whew!

Stuff like this can only happen to me. lol

"Do you remember there was a time, when people on street were walking hand in hand in hand? They used to talk about the weather, making plans together. Days would last forever. Come to me, cover me, hold me. Together we'll break these chains of love..."

Whatever happened to the Joystick?
Uneventful day so far at the compound, which is good. Thinking about starting on a couple of hobby-type projects. I need to catalog all my SEINFELD tapes and see which episodes I lack. My best guess is that I am probably missing 10 or 15, but that could be off. I need to do some major cleanup around the servant's quarters as well. There's stuff I need to file away from like ages ago. "What's this? Watergate deposition? Hmmm... file under 'to be shredded'. Info linking Reagan to Iran/Contra scandal. Again, to be shredded." What? ROFL

KYLE and I were talking about video games the other night, oddly enough. ROFL I really miss that ATARI joystick. You know, once NINTENDO came out, they went to that game pad and pretty much every video game system has come with the gamepad standard after that. Yes, I know, you can buy some souped-up deluxe custom joysticks, but they're too complex. I don't want buttons on the stick. Plus they're too big. It's like trying to play a saxophone or something. I miss that simple, smooth, thin stick, with buttons on the side, not on the shaft.

Funny excerpt from last night...

D: "What's your kitty's name?"
K: "Beatrice."
D: "That's a weird name for a cat."
Me: "What's your kitty's name?"
D: "I don't have a kitty."

Yes, I definitely need to get the SEINFELD project underway. I need some new labels, too. Otherwise, I can foresee a nap this afternoon. I need to go RUNNING. Of course, I always need to do that. And maybe watch a little MNF--Chiefs/Raiders--I'm not real excited about that though.

"Been around the world and I, I, I... I can't find my baby. I don't know when. I don't know why, why he's gone away..."

Weekend's over :-(
Sittin' here watchin' the WORLD SERIES. YANKEES are up 6-0 in the 8th inning. PETTITTE has pitched great.

After church tonight, I headed up to, you guessed it, APPLEBEES. Sat with BETH. Had the appetizer sampler. JADE came and talked for a bit, as did KELLY. Then KYLE showed up. DAVINA stopped by to chat for a bit. BETH was all tired, cos she had just gotten back from her trip. A fun time was had by all. Afterwards, we headed to GOODYS, cos I wanted to look for a belt. KYLE sat in the car and talked to BUNNY and I got a couple of belts and a couple of winter shirts. Got home around 8:45.

I'm sort of interested in seeing this new NORM MACDONALD show. I always enjoyed watching "NORM," but it didn't last very long. lol Had a nice conversation with JESS tonight online. Haven't talked to her in weeks.

OK, the YANKEES just won, 6-1. It's tied up a game apiece. That's about it I guess. Gotta get in the bed. Back to work tomorrow. Rock on...

"Her hat is hanging by the door, the one she bought in Mexico. It blocked the wind, it stopped the rain. She'd never leave that one. So she can't be really gone..."

I been hangin' around this ol' town for way too long...
Just a lazy day. Watched the TITANS game. They killed the PANTHERS. Watched much of the NASCAR race. GORDON won just his second race of the year. He dominated pretty much all day, led something like 300 out of 500 laps. BUNNY called. Hadn't heard from her in awhile, and it was good to know she was still representin' up thar in VA... whatever that means. DALLAS won today too, 38-7. I can't believe they are 5-1.

I stunk on my picks this week, looks like. I was 2-5, missing by a half point on UCLA. Oh well. Good thing I don't really gamble. lol

I suspect I'll end up at APPLEBEES sometime tonight, for like the 4th day in a row. That's gotta be some kind of record. Oh wait, it's not even close. Maybe BETH will be back from her trip. I may do a little shopping after that, and watch the WORLD SERIES, of course. For now, I'm about to get ready to go to church.

"So tell me one more time, how you're sorry about the way this all went down. You needed to find your space. You needed to still be friends..."

Weekend Recap
Well, lots has been going on this weekend, thus the small number of posts. Sorry. Met KYLE and JON tonight to play BILLIARDS. Play was better than last night. Afterwards, JON and I played an intense game of MS. PAC MAN. lol I ended up winning by like 800 pts., which is minute. That was pretty fun. KYLE and I went to APPLEBEES after that, while JON was going to watch a band he knows, SISTER LUCK. We sat with DONNA at AB's. This made the third night in a row I've been up there, oddly enough. lol Had a salad and chicken fingers. CHARITY came by and talked to us for awhile. She said some friends of hers were going to be in town Tuesday and so I'll probably end up back up there. We watched the end of Game One of the World Series while we were there. MARLINS won 3-2. It was pretty exciting. Got home about 11:45.

Otherwise, watched football today. Last night, I ran by the mall to pick up some winter clothes. Also played pool last night. KYLE and I split six games. But the quality of play was horrible. I think KYLE was too excited because BISHOP BLACK was playing last night. lol BELLE, NICHOLE, and WES were working. Also went to APPLEBEES last night. BIZARRO "US" was up there. And they started talking to us. That was weird. I don't think I've ever actually talked to them, more than saying a sentence or two. They were talking about some HALLOWEEN party they were going to. The guy was asking KYLE what he was drinking. KYLE was like "fruit punch." And the girl was like "What else is in it?" He was like, "Nothing." I said, "It's kool-aid, basically." ROFL That was great, somehow. DAVINA also came over to chat for a minute. Saw CAROLYN up at the mall. We talked for a couple of minutes. Also went to SEARS and the girl who had helped me when I was picking out a suit was up there and she remembered me, so that was cool.

Well, it's late. If I remember anymore, I'll post it lata...

"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell. I know, right now you can't tell. But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see, a different side of me..."

I'm in a New York state of mind...
"Dig if you will a picture, of you and I engaged in a kiss..."

Oh man, the 80's station just played "Heart and Soul" and "When Doves Cry" back-to-back on my way home from work.

Back to the YANKEES/RED SOX series... Did anyone else notice the similarities between this game and GAME SIX of the CUBS/MARLINS series? Both the YANKEES and MARLINS were down 3 runs, with one out in the 8th inning when their rally started. Both managers of the losing teams, Baker and Little, elected to leave their starting pitcher in until the other team had tied the game. PEDRO left with it 5-5 and a man on second. PRIOR left the other night with the game tied 3-3 and runners on second and third. What is up with that? I can understand the Cubs not trusting their bullpen, but Boston's had pitched great this series, AND they had LOWE and WAKEFIELD they could use.

RIVERA got the MVP, and it was well-deserved. There were so many heroes for the YANKEES though. Obviously, BOONE, who has struggled since coming over, and was even benched for this game, comes off the bench to hit the game-winning homer. GIAMBI, who has also been struggling and playing a bit injured I think, was moved down to seventh in the lineup, and he kept the YANKEES alive with 2 solo homers early on. He was the only YANKEE that could do anything the first six innings against PEDRO. If they come into that 8th inning down 5-0 instad of 5-2, I don't think they win. But that's what great players do... they respond when they are challenged.
Anyway... Go Yankees!

"I let her take advantage of me, you see. She gets what she wants, cos she's heart and soul. She's hot and cold. She's got it all, hot lovin' every night. Oh-oh. Ohhhohhhohhohhh..."

Picks and Prose
Man, people are lurking here today like I'm carrying around a plate of free Chick-Fil-A samples or somethin'.. don't you people have work to do?!?! It's Friday. Now get away, so I can surf and blog. lol

Here are my picks for this week. I have been 5-2 the last two weeks, but feel a little more shaky on these:

Texas A&M (+11) @ Nebraska
UCLA (-3.5) vs. Cal
Texas Tech (+3) @ Oklahoma State
Iowa (+3.5) @ Ohio State
TCU (-10.5) vs. UAB
Colorado (+18) @ Kansas State
Texas (-16.5) @ Iowa State

Ok, there is no prose.. that was just a tease. lol Well, unless you count the lyrics always included at the end of my entries. On the old age front, my shoulder was killing me (it's killing me Jerry! it's killing me!) yesterday. I don't know if I slept on it wrong, or hurt it during work Wednesday night, but there were only a couple of positions I could hold it without excruciating pain. I took a couple of ADVIL before going to bed last night and that seemed to help a bit. It feels some better today. The thing is, it's my right arm, my stroking arm, for billiards! So hopefully, it won't hurt my game any. It's also the shoulder I hurt last year during softball, when I forgot to warm up before the game and flung one in from the outfield. So something is probably still torn from that, and is just flaring up. lol

Oh I forgot to mention, during our coversation last night, I asked JESSICA if they had taken the Staten Island Ferry while they were up there. She was like, "Yep, we were on it Saturday!" Pretty freaky.

Snippet from a conversation I had this morning with J-MO:

Me: So you don't have like a network-monitor that you have to worry about?
Him:I am worrying about it as we speak

PFS (pretty funny stuff) my friends. Blog on. I'm gathering some more thoughts about the game last night to post in a bit. I'm sure you're waiting in anticipation of that. Doesn't look like BILLIARDS is going to happen tonight. KYLE doesn't seem to be up for it. I think he's depressed again, but seeing BISHOP BLACK should cheer him right up... I guess. ROFL

"Dear Joan, I wanted to say I'm sorry for the screamin' last night, and the nights before. I wanted more from this, than anything I've ever known... dear Joan..."

Sometimes you wanna go where (most) everybody knows your name
Wow, what a night... I wrote out some bills while watching the first few innings of the game last night. AMBER called and we chatted for a few. I ran to the POST OFFICE, and then decided to head to APPLEBEES to watch the rest of the game. SHANE called on my way up there. He was like "Is KYLE with you?" I said, "Oddly enough, he's not." ROFL We had a nice laugh about that, although I'm not sure what that even means. He was like "Well have fun, then come home and do your blog." I was like, "Oh, don't worry."

I guess I got to APPLEBEES around 9:15. No one was really working. DAVINA was up there, but had been cut. JESSICA and BETH were up there hanging out. I sat with NATALIE. SHIRLEY mistook me for KYLE, like always. She was like, "Is JEFF coming?" I was like, "JEFF'S here." lol Good grief. I had the buffalo chicken sandwich. DAVINA came over and chatted for about ten minutes. She was going to order some food and eat with me, then she remembered that her mother had cooked, so she went home to eat some home-cooked food. I hadn't spoken to BETH or JESSICA because their backs were turned to where I was sitting, plus they had some guys over there hitting on them, I think. I finished up and paid my check. I guess it was about 10:00. Right about that time the YANKEES tied up the game, so I couldn't leave then. I seemed to be one of the few YANKEES fans in the whole place. But it was great when POSADA tied it up with his double in the 8th, off of PEDRO. Poetic justice, I must say, after the way PEDRO was mouthing to him in GAME 3. So I decided to stay and watch some more of the game, even though it was getting late for me. lol

JESSICA finally saw me and came over and sat for a bit. Apparently, the guys that were sitting with them were getting on their nerves. She just got back from NEW YORK, and we talked about that for a bit. Her feelings were exactly like mine. She loved it, and would love to move there. I told her how I was saying the exact same thing almost as soon as I got there. Her hair looks soooo much better straight. She was lookin' really cute. After a few minutes, MIKE came and sat down and joined us. Then BETH came over. I told MIKE, "I guess this proves that if you sit here long enough, eventually chicks will show up and join you." lol He was like, "Yeah man, you just gotta dig in." BETH and JESSICA were waiting on MAGGIE to get there. BETH was like, "It's waaay past your bedtime isn't it?" I was like, "Yeah." So we talked for awhile. JESSICA said, "I left my purse over there (at the other table)." But neither of them wanted to go get it. lol MIKE had to go escort some homeless guy out of the restaurant. Then BETH went back over to the table. JESSICA and I talked a few more minutes. I finally got up to leave. It was nearly 11:00. Told everyone bye and came on home. It was a good night. I got home around 11:15.

On a sidebar, JESSICA was like, "Where's KYLE?" I was like, "I don't know." And she was like, "That other guy.. what's his name?" I was like, "Who?" She was like, "You know, he always talks to BETH." I was like, "Oh.. JON!!!" ROFL She was like, "Yeah, he was in here the other night." APPLEBEES fever is catching on apparently. lol

I gotta find a new sanctuary. ROFL

Sidebar #2... BETH was like, "We were talking about basketball the other night, and I said something about a rebound. And KEVIN was like, 'What's a rebound?'" ROFL WOooooooooo!! So they all started saying stuff like, "What's a basketball? Is that what those hockey guys hit?" lol That was great, although I don't really know what any of that means.

Sidebar #3... JESSICA commented to BETH about some girl that walked in, "Look at her shoes." I told MIKE, "There's something you don't hear guys say very much... look at his shoes." ROFL

Not sure what's going on tonight. Hopefully, I can fit some BILLIARDS in at some point.

"I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life. Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone. I never said you had to offer me a second chance. I never said I was a victim of circumstance..."

The Yankees Win The Pennant!!!
AARON BOONE just hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 11th inning on the first pitch he saw. The Yankees beat Boston 6-5. Wooohoooo!!! Wouldn't ya know a former RED would be the hero. Wow! What a fantastic game. I don't get into baseball nearly as much as I do football, but that game was a classic. And it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.. Aaron Boone. JETER got it started in the 8th. MARIANO was lights out for 3 big innings.

I had a lovely call from an ex when the Sox were up 4-0 early in the game, to rub it in my face. I pretty much just kept silent, like whatever. Oddly enough, my phone ain't ringin' now babee! lol Yankees-Marlins in the World Series. The Red Sox and Cubs... losers again.

A random pet peeve... if YOU call someone, why are you gonna hang up on them? Ugggghhh! That is soooo high school.

It was an eventful night. I'll post more about it in the morning. It's late, and this white boy's gotta get in da bed.

"She was the one to hold me, the night the sky fell down. And what was I thinking when, the world didn't end. Why didn't I know what I know now? You look at her as she looks at me. She's got me thinkin' about her constantly, but she don't know how I feel. She carries on without a doubt. I wonder if she's figured out, I'm crazy for this girl..."