Moonlit Jazz

Six-week recovery expected…

I’m still rather upset about the whole thing. Totally SUCKS!

The good thing is that the A’s won today. Woohoo! Postgame numbers when I get the email. 😉

Star third baseman to miss ‘at least’ three weeks – OH MY GOODNESS.

NOOOOOOOO!!!

Fine, I know that things can happen. But because the game went into extra innings, Eric Chavez broke his hand. Stay with me here. If the game had not gone to extra innings, Chavez would have gone home with a healthy hand and been in today’s game and probably tomorrow’s and so it goes.

If I were the one who gave up that homerun in the ninth inning, I’d be feeling mighty guilty right now. MIGHTY GUILTY!!!

Chi White Sox 4, Oakland 6 at Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Justin Duchscherer (3-1)
Losing Pitcher – Neal Cotts (0-3)

CWS Runs: 4, Hits: 10, Errors: 0
OAK Runs: 6, Hits: 11, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (27-23)

Of course, the line doesn’t say that going into the top of the ninth, the A’s had the lead at 4-3. Guess who came in to close out the game? That’s right, my nemesis, Jim Mecir. He had TWO outs before he gave up a homerun to the White Sox. I had to endure three more innings of WGN morons before Kielty smacked a two run homer in the bottom of the 12th to win the game. Oh, but in the 11th, Chavez got hit in the hand by a pitch. So because of Mecir I was tortured by the clowns calling the game and Chavez left the game injured and Redman’s performance was wasted.

Nice going, Jimmy.

The WGN Sox Dudes – What have I called them so far? Ah, morons and clowns. I watch many sports events on tv and I so detest the Chicago broadcasters. Can we just stop with the whole “good guys” and “bad guys” thing? They are so freakin’ biased when they call the games. And then there’s the whole mispronoucing of the players names. They couldn’t get Kielty or Chavez right. I can ALMOST understand not getting Duchscherer’s name right, but come on, the stadium announcer is freakin’ right there when the relievers are announced. Why can’t they just LISTEN?

Grrrrr!

But hey, GO DUCHSCHERER! I never dread when you’re called to the mound. 😉

Oakland aces prefer to go long – I like this article. I like most of Mychael Urban’s articles. He’s fun to read. 😉

And today was a HOT day…

It’s not even officially summer yet, but it was blazing hot today. Ye gods! I went into work with the Hubby today, which was rather nice. Got to get out of the house and interact with other human beings. I had to wear shorts though. There was no way I was going to try and wear pants today. Even at 0900 hrs, it was starting to simmer outside.

I got to eat at Fuddruckers for lunch. YUM!

See, almost cleaned my plate!

I actually worked a bit on my story too! Amazing, really…

I’m now reading…

I started reading the Harry Potter books over the weekend. I finished up the third one this evening and I’m on the second page of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I’m already confused, but it’s probably because I stopped reading to watch the game. 😛 It’s a bigger book, this fourth one. Maybe I’ll have it finished by the weekend. 😉

See, I wasn’t being ignored…

When I chat with my friends, I never want to bother them. So if I don’t receive replies to my hellos, I rightly figure that they are busy or in some cases not even there. So of course, I was most pleasantly surprised to get an IM from a friend of mine who just got back into town after doing a project in the Caribbean. Ye gods, gone for a month or so! Anyhoo, I’ve been promised more details later. I hope it’s good news for my friend. 😀

(Don’t you just love the way I’m vague? LOL!)

And in parting…

I was going to give some love to my commenters, but alas, I can’t get to my comments! Oh well, what can you do?

Until tomorrow then!

But first, yesterday’s game.

Oakland 3, Cleveland 4 at Jacobs Field
(Sunday’s game)

Winning Pitcher – Rick White (2-0)
Losing Pitcher – Arthur Rhodes (1-3)

OAK Runs: 3, Hits: 10, Errors: 0
CLE Runs: 4, Hits: 13, Errors: 3

Oakland Record: (26-23)

I think it’s HORRIBLE that they lost. Two outs in the ninth inning and Arthur Rhodes BLEW IT. Aaaaack!!!

If the rotation stays the same (and it might not), Mark Mulder will be pitching on Photo Day. What are the freakin’ chances that he would pitch all the Photo Days I’ve gone to? This will be my third Photo Day and if he’s pitching, I’ll know that it’s just not meant to be for me to take his picture on Photo Day. Alas!

Swimming and sunshine…

Yesterday we headed out to Livermore for an afternoon of swimming in sunshine. I think I got a little sunburnt. Dinner was delicious! Filet mignon, baked potato, salad, corn on the cob, sausage. Oh, and for desert we had Boston Cream Pie. Yes, I was quite content later as we watched tv. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a cool show! Hmm, that Ty guy. 😉

And then a weird dream

I had the weirdest freakin’ dream. I dreamt that I went back in time. First I was at a wedding for one of my cousins. I had my “future” memory and for some reason I knew I had my PDA and such with me (which of course I shouldn’t if I truly went back in time). Somewhere along the way, I was in a mall (?) and caught sight of Ryan Gosling! He had also gone back in time, but he didn’t know it and I was trying to tell him. WEIRD!

Timewise, it wasn’t that long ago. I was twenty-six in the dream, but Ryan was older somehow. It was so strange. The dream shifted again and I was somewhere watching TechTV and they were talking about the craziest things.

I can’t remember how the dream ended. And really, I have no idea why I dreamt such crazy things…

And in parting…

I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend! Oh, love to the ones who comment:

Wah – Mulder most definitely ROCKS. 😉 And I love taking the tv shots. Sometimes they turn out quite unique. LOL!

Shishi – Yes, the new channel is G4TechTV. I’m hearing some sad things about my TechTV shows. 🙁 I’m not a gamer in any sense of the word, so everytime we check out the new channel, I tune it out unless it’s a TechTV show. Alas! I hope they try to keep the non-gaming shows around. I love The Screen Savers and Call for Help. It gives the viewers a chance to talk and interact. Fresh Gear was a lot more fun when it was Sumi though. It’s changed a lot since I first started watching…

Luz – I still love soulDecision. I think it has something to do with meeting Trevor Guthrie and shaking his hand. LOL!

I had these snacks on Friday. I just kept eating and eating them. They were so good!

Oakland 6, Cleveland 8 at Jacobs Field

Winning Pitcher – David Riske (1-2)
Losing Pitcher – Arthur Rhodes (1-2)
SV – Jose Jimenez(1)

OAK Runs: 6, Hits: 9, Errors: 3
CLE Runs: 8, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (26-22)

I so hate when they lose. 🙁

A’s 0, Indians 1

I didn’t get my postgame email, so that’s all you get on the score of the game. Poor Zito. He pitches well and his boys can’t score. Blah! And then who gives up the game winning homer? Jim Mecir. Aaaaaack!

Sushi with the cousins

Today I drove into the Tri-Valley area. It was like driving to my old work! Except I took a different exit and headed in the opposite direction. Picked up my cousin at the BART station and we headed out to her house. (Rat freakin’ bastards! I just realized that I forgot my bridesmaid dress at her house. I totally suck!!! Ugh!)

Our other cousin soon arrived and we headed out to Sozo’s for some sushi! Yum!!! I took a picture of my sushi. Maybe I’ll share later. 😉

It was nice getting out and having conversations. I really do miss interacting with other people besides the Husband and the dogs. 😉 The sushi was good and the conversation was great. I love going out with my cousins. We need to do it more often. At least every month or something…

“Cadillac Dress” by soulDecision on my iPod…

soulDecision is currently offering their new single for free as a download on their official site. Go, download! It’s so nice hearing Trevor. Ahhh. 😉 Do not resist the free music! I didn’t. LOL!

A tv shot, hence the quality. Looks a little artsy, eh? 😛

Last day for TechTV

I’m sad. I watched a little bit of Call for Help. It was a repeat (the last new show episode aired last Friday). I felt a bit melancholy seeing Leo there and knowing it would be the last time I would see the set and all of that. Alas.

I am excited about The Screen Savers on June 10th! I haven’t gotten my email confirmation, which worries me just a bit, but since it’s still a couple of weeks away, I’ll set the worry aside. For now.

I will miss TechTV but I have hope that the new network will be just as fun and informative. And perhaps Call for Help will rise again on another network. 🙂