Moonlit Jazz

Baltimore 4, Oakland 3 at McAfee Coliseum

Winning pitcher – Bruce Chen (10-6)
Losing pitcher – Jay WitasickJr. (1-5)

SV – B.J. Ryan (27)

Baltimore Runs: 4, Hits: 10, Errors 0
Oakland Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors 1

HR: BAL: OAK: M. Kotsay (11)

Oakland Record:(67-52)

Their 3rd loss in a row. There was a HORRIBLE call in the 7th, but what can you do?

The Teen Choice Awards 2005 show was on last night. I only mention it because Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, and The Notebook won awards in various categories. Once again, Ryan didn’t have much to say as he accepted his surfboard award (now there’s a unique thing). I think it was “Thank you very much.” He seems to have McAdams do all the talking. They make such a cute couple! 😉

Actors Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams arrive together at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, California, August 14, 2005. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello

pitcher and fanchick circa 2004

Best wishes to Mr. Mark Mulder, who celebrates his 28th birthday today. Have a great one! And here’s to a good game against the Braves! 😀

“You Are” – Emma Bunton

Oakland 10, Chi. White Sox 1
at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher – Barry Zito (6-8)
Losing pitcher – Mark Buehrle (10-3)

Oakland Runs: 10, Hits: 11, Errors 0
Chi. White Sox Runs: 1, Hits: 3, Errors 2

HR: OAK: E. Chavez (12) M. Kotsay (7) CWS:
Oakland Record:(43-43)

Yeehaw, the A’s won! 😀 I love love love when they win. Even better is that they are once again at .500. Groovay!

Someone totally cool (and anonymous) dropped a link at my Ryan site for a WMA file of Ryan and his co-star from The Notebook accepting their Best Kiss award at the MTV Movie Awards. If you didn’t catch it and your computer can handle a HUGE download, click here. HOTNESS, especially if you’re a Ryan fan.

And I was checking my email and I got an update for Kevin Rose‘s Textamerica site. Because I’m a total geek, I posted a comments to his images. And I’m the first one for a couple of them. Such is me. They’re probably thinking I have no life or something. 😆 Of course, he doesn’t actually know anyone is commenting, right? Unless he gets emails sent to his phone. Bah! Okay, I’ll stop being a stalker and not comment. Even if he does post another picture. 😛

The Coke bottle & glove, my ticket for the game, pitching match up, me after game’s end…

St. Louis 3, San Francisco 1
at SBC Park

Winning pitcher – Mark Mulder (10-5)
Losing pitcher – Jason Schmidt (6-5)

SV – Jason Isringhausen (24)

St. Louis Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors 1
San Francisco Runs: 1, Hits: 8, Errors 0

HR: STL: R. Sanders (18) L. Walker (10) SF: P. Feliz (11)
St. Louis Record:(55-31)

GREAT GAME! Of course, I say that because I WAS THERE. 😀 Dressed in my red Cardinals jersey, Mulder style, we attended the first game of series between the Giants and the visiting Cardinals.

Musings and photos and such… (more…)

The Cardinals are in Arizona tonight and the game is on DirecTV, of course. 😉 The broadcasters were talking about the athletes on the team and mentioned Mark Mulder. Then they showed him and said that he would be pitching tomorrow against the Giants in his return to the Bay Area. I have I told you all that I’m going to be there? I’M GOING TO BE THERE!!! 😆

Oh, and I just had to take shots of the tv. Sucker, eh?

Oh yeah, and the A’s dropped their series against Toronto. DARN IT! (more…)

…with Mr. Bruce Campbell

I didn’t take too many pictures. In fact, most of the pictures in the gallery were not taken by me. 😆 Oh yes, pictures are up from my moment with Bruce Campbell. Go look, if you’re curious…

We arrived in Sacramento at about 1:30pm or so and found the Borders on Fair Oaks Boulevard. I got my number, post-it, and the flyer explaining the rules of the signing. We ventured out into the rather posh-ish shopping area and found a French restaurant. We both had sandwiches, then it was back to Borders.

The people waiting for their Bruce moment were pretty laid back and not too outlandish. But hey, if you like Bruce, you’ve got a little freak in you, right? I know most of the people were probably Evil Dead fans, although the hubby saw a woman getting her Xena DVD set signed. 😉 Cool. Since it was a book signing, I got my book signed. Doy!

I was number 134 and after standing for awhile with the 150s or so, the hubby convinced me to move up to near the front, where I found 132/133 (she had two things to sign) and 131 was behind me while we waited. I was thoroughly amused by some of the people who came up to meet Bruce. There was the couple who had the crying baby (“Everyone knows the crying baby rule, right?” The guy next to Bruce said. We all agreed and didn’t mind that the little family probably had number 299 or whatever. 😉 ) When the guy next to Bruce held up Denise’s book (aka number 132) and explained where to put the post-it, the hubby said something funny that made 132 laugh. Good times. (Oh, and we were supposed to put the post-it in the inside of the book so that Bruce would be happy and not say mean things to us.)

Let’s see, there was the young lady with the SHORT skirt and fishnet nylons. Ye gods! She told Bruce that she has loved him since the 3rd grade and he said something like, “Awww, now you’re making me feel like an old man!” She kept gushing on and didn’t want to sit down at first. Probably because her skirt was so short, the hubby noted.

Soon it was 132/133’s turn. While we stood in line she seemed like an enthusiastic but mostly normal gal. But wow, when she finally got near Bruce, she started gushing too! And she was quite close to him. I’m not sure what they were talking about, but it looked like a good conversation.

Bruce was great, of course, chatting with everyone and asking questions and all of that. When it was finally my turn, I sat down next to him with a hello or something and I handed him my book. He opened it, then closed it and said, “Wait, let me guess your name.” He paused, then said, “Valerie.” I laughed, of course and said it was. “Like my little system?” He asked, referring to the post-it, and I’m sure I said yes. He asked me if I was from the area and I said no. He asked if I worked in Sacramento, I said no, I work in Concord. He asked where that is and I said it was about an hour and half away. The guy next to Bruce told him it was near Lafayette and Bruce said that he’d just been in Coalinga and the guy said that his grandfather helped build the prison there.

Bruce and I posed for our picture and I got up and we shook hands. And onward to the next person. 🙂

PHOTOS FROM THE BOOK SIGNING

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I read my first bit of CSI fan fiction. Thankfully it was a well done piece. I can’t believe I joined a Nick Stokes LJ community. Ye gods!

Of course, it just makes me miss the days of Hercules/Xena and Dark Angel. I loved loving a show so much that I just had to write fan fiction for it. Or read its fan fic. Or do screencaps. Or just talk about the episodes. As much as I really enjoy CSI, I don’t think I’ll ever write fan fic for it. I just don’t see it. 😛

We watched Meet the Fockers before the baseball game. Funny movie! But perhaps not as funny as the first? I thought Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand were HILARIOUS! And Blythe Danner is a lovely woman…

Oh yes, there was baseball today… (more…)