I’m waiting for my friends to meet me here in Dublin for lunch. I’m sitting in front of the Regal Cinemas theatre, which is also in front of Fuddruckers. I’m a bit early, so I write.
The sun is rather bright, but there’s a cool breeze too, so it isn’t so bad. It’s pretty out here.
Lots of people going to the movies. I wonder what they’re going to watch. I’d go see Shrek 2 or Troy. Oh, or the Chronicles of Riddick.
Time to look alive!
Oakland 2, St. Louis 6 at Busch Stadium
Winning Pitcher – Jason Marquis (6-4)
Losing Pitcher – Rich Harden (3-4)
SV – Kiko Calero(1)
OAK Runs: 2, Hits: 6, Errors: 0
STL Runs: 6, Hits: 10, Errors: 0
Oakland Record: (37-26)
Another loss for my boys. 🙁
At this very moment, I cannot access this domain and my main walelia.com. Alas! So even if I wanted to give some love to my commenters and taggers, I can’t. Sucks!
So instead, I will write until it’s time for me to go offline. Hopefully by the time I get to the house, it’ll be back up and you’ll get to read my babblings. 😉
A few people have taken me up on my Gmail offer. My offer still stands for those of you who might want a Gmail account before Google rolls it out to the public. 🙂
Rangers fan showered by others’ good will – We saw this on ESPN the night it happened. What startled me was that the guy showed absolutely no remorse for what he did. He didn’t care that he jostled the kid. And he didn’t care that he got into the lady’s personal space. All for a baseball that didn’t land in his row. He had to dive into the row in front of him to get it. And now the little boy is getting all kinds of attention. Good for him! And boo to the jerkguy! Shame on him.
Oakland 4, St. Louis 8 at Busch Stadium
Winning Pitcher – Matt Morris (7-5)
Losing Pitcher – Chad Bradford (3-3)
SV – Jason Isringhausen(14)
OAK Runs: 4, Hits: 8, Errors: 1
STL Runs: 8, Hits: 12, Errors: 0
Oakland Record: (37-25)
Well, if they had to lose, it might as well be to the St. Louis Cardinals. But ALAS!!! 😛
Gmail – So Yahoo made that change with their web based email. And what does Gmail do? They add more invites to existing accounts. I can send more Gmail invites! But I’m not sure if anyone I know wants one. Most of my family and friends aren’t as geeky as me and probably don’t even care about web based email. They’re probably all quite satisfied with their Yahoo or Hotmail accounts. (Speaking of which, when is Hotmail going to join the party and add to their measly 2MB of space? Get with the times, MSN!) But I’m never satisfied with my email stuff. And I want cool email addys! 😉
Anyone here want a Gmail account? I might be in the mood to give one away. 😀 But probably only if I know you somehow.
Zire72 – The husband figued out how to send emails with his Zire72! Bluetooth, what a joy indeed! His phone is bluetooth enabled, as is the Zire72. With a little bit of this and that, he send an email off. Now he can email images taken by his Zire72 (it has a camera) anytime he wants! This also means that I can do the same. And so I have. If you’re reading this today, you might see my moblog’s picture is of some hot sauce bottles. That was sent with the Zire72. Groovy, eh? Well, I think it’s groovy. It’s the closest to a camera phone I’m going to get! LOL!
Yahoo mail – Looks like it’s working a bit faster now. But I still don’t like the taglines at the bottom. I’m still on the Gmail thing. 😛 But it’s very cool that Yahoo is offering 100MB now. Doesn’t compare to 1GB, but hey, it’s nice that they’re trying to hold on to their users. 🙂
Blogger – I don’t think I say it enough, I LOVE BLOGGER!!! I love it, even though sometimes I’ve wanted to try other blogging programs. But I just love Blogger too much. I learned how to do something new today. I’ve added the “previously posted here” to the sidebar. I’m thinking that maybe I’ll archive daily or something, but I dunno. We’ll see.
My A’s are battling it out, but I can’t watch it! Blah!!! Looks like Zito flied out in his first at-bat. They let him swing the bat? LOL! Wish I could see that one. Oh well!
I was reading Leo’s blog and happened upon the following:
Thanks Illiad (an actual post at TLR)
Yahoo increases email capacity – an article at PCWorld.com. After I read this, the first thing I did was log into my yahoo accounts. Yup, 100MB of space! And a spiffy looking new interface. But at this moment, it’s very SLOW. I’m getting error messages when I click on different links on the site. I’m sending a test message out to see if that annoying tagline is still present.
Ah, and it is:
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail – Send 10MB messages!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
And here is the reason why I will probably embrace Gmail wholeheartedly. I HATE the stupid taglines at the bottom of each and every email sent out of Yahoo and Hotmail and whatever. I know that I could pay for the service and those annoying taglines will disappear. But why would I do that if I could just use my gmail account and not have those taglines appended to each and every message I send out?
I’ve already started pointing my spammed email accounts to one of my gmail accounts. And gmail catches most of the spam. Hooray! The big thing will be to change my website to my new addys. I so dread that. Blah!
Now of course I need to test Yahoo Mail on whether or not it works on Safari. Hmmm…
Got these from Luz.
[Series 1 – Your Info]
Name: Valerie
Birthday: 3 May
Current Location: Salida, CA
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Dark brown/black
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Font: Arial
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[ Series 2 – Your Favorite ]
Music: jazz, country, latin, pop
Cartoon: Superfriends, South Park
Color: GREEN
Car: Lexus SC430
Slushy Flavor: cherry
Magazine: The Week
TV Show: Coupling
Song at the Moment: “Dancing in the Rain” by Robi Draco Rosa
Language: English
Spice Girl: Posh
Food & Beverage: Italian, Mountain Dew Code Red
Subject in School: English
Weekend Activities: baseball games, movies, shopping
Frozen Yogurt: strawberry
Roller Coaster: umm, nah!
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[ Series 3 – What Is? ]
Your most overused phrase: Groovay!
First thing you thought when you woke up: I want to sleep more!
Last image/thought you go to sleep with: What are my characters doing?
First feature you notice of opposite sex: Lips, then eyes
Best name for a Butler: Bentley
Wussiest Sport: Hmmm, don’t know
Your best feature: my smile?
Your greatest fear: being forgotten
Your greatest accomplishment: so far, my marriage
Your most missed memory: those fun conventions
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[ Series 4 – You Prefer ]
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King: McDonald’s
Single or Group Dates: single
Adidas or Nike: Nike
Chicken nuggets or Chicken fingers: Fingers
Dogs or Cats: Doggies!
Rugrats or Doug: Rugrats!
Single or Taken: Taken
Monica or Brandy: Brandy
Tupac or Jay-Z: Tupac
Shania Twain or LeAnn Rimes: Shania, but LeAnn is the better singer
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea
One pillow or Two: One
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate!
Hot chocolate or Hot cocoa: Ummm, is this a trick? Hot chocolate
Cappucino or Coffee: Neither!
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[ Series 5 – Do You? ]
Shower everyday: Yes
Have a crush: Do celebrity crushes count?
Think you’ve been in love: I know I’m in love
Want to go to college: Been there, done that
Like high school: I only liked junior year
Want to get married: Already there
Type correctly: Yups!
Believe in yourself: Yes
Have any tattoos? Yes
Have any piercings? Yes
Get motion sickness: Yes
Think you’re a health freak: No way!
Get along with your parents: Sure
Like thunderstorms: Freaky exciting!
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[ Series 6 – The Future ]
Age your plan to be married: I was 22 on the Big Day
Number and names of children: I’d like three, but at this point I’d just like to have that first one now. Names? I like Isabel, Colby, Jack, Kalena.
Where will you be at age 30: I was at an A’s game when I turned 30, then I went to Southern California for a Xena convention. Yah!
Dream wedding: If I could do it again, I’d have a SMALL wedding in Hawaii, like my friend just had. Twas perfect!
How do you want to die: In my sleep, dreaming of the moonlight
Dream job: Writer
Country you’d like to visit: New Zealand
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[ Series 7 – Opposite Sex ]
Best eye color: I seem to like blue eyes, but green or hazel are groovy too.
Best hair color: Brown
Short or long hair: short!
Best height: at least 5’10”
Best weight: 200 lbs or so
Best clothes: jeans and t-shirts are fine with me
Best first date location: movies or baseball game
Best first kiss location: beneath the stars
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[ Series 8 – Other ]
Last time you slept with a stuffed animal: Probably a decade or more
Rings before you answer the phone: 3 or so
What’s on your mousepad: “The Gondola at Heavenly”
How many houses you’ve lived in: three
How many schools you’ve gone to: four
Bedroom carpet color: gray
Shave your head for $5,000?: Sure! My hair grows fast and I can always wear hats or wigs.
Stranded on a desert island. Take three things. No people: pot, blanket, knife
Best time of your life so far: Hawaii and the Xena conventions 😀
