Moonlit Jazz

Dollar Wednesday: A’s over the Blue Jays, 4-2. Tim Hudson is now 9-9. 😀 Just before I turned my car off at work, I got to hear Eric Chavez’s 26th home run in the 1st inning. Made for a good day…

Work was a little weird Wednesday night. It wasn’t super busy, but the vibe was different. I don’t know what it was. But I actually did all my work without help. How odd is that?

I want someone to beta read my baseball story so far. I think I’ve got too much dialogue, but maybe for the first part that’s okay? I don’t know. I’m so out of practice with the whole fiction writing thing. Alas.

Taco Tuesday: A’s over the Blue Jays, 5-4. Barry Zito got his 16th win. 😉 Eric Chavez had a clutch hit to give the A’s the lead in the 7th. Yeehaw!

Monday: A’s fall to the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, 1-2. 😛

Always take a positive spin after a loss. The A’s lost today, but they come home after a good road trip, having won both series against the Red Sox and the Yankees.

Mulder didn’t have his stuff, taking his seventh loss of the season. Alas! But here’s something that made me smile:

Mulder was fairly casual as he spoke, and his mood mirrored that of his teammates as they straightened their ties. Barry Zito’s was Prince-purple, laid against a maroon dress shirt under a brilliant aqua suit that stopped smiling general manager Billy Beane in his tracks on the way out of the clubhouse.
from A’s satisfied with East Coast swing

Leave it to Zito to give me a laugh. Not that I’m laughing at his choice of attire! He’s always just so interesting! 😉

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEILAH!!! The very end of your 20s. 😉 And a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to SHIANNE too! Oh, and ye gods, a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to KRISTEN, who celebrated her day yesterday. All these Leos! LOL!

The A’s just lost to the Yankees, 5-8. 🙁

I keep collecting more and more Harem cards. And it’s not like I’m totally in love with the guys I get. But I just want more! VAL’S HAREM COLLECTION – check it out!

It’s a little weird “watching” a baseball game online. It’s more like this chart that changes whenever a pitch is thrown. Kinda cool, but you know it’s delayed. Still, if you can’t get to a radio that plays AM, MLB.com’s Day Game thing is the next best thing. 😉

And the A’s win! Woohoo! 8-0 over the Yankees. Ever sweet. 😀 The Spankees (as the hubbs likes to call them) got 10 hits and couldn’t score a run. Too bad for them. 😛 Tomorrow, Mark Mulder against Mike Mussina. Both have identical records at 13-6. Mulder’s ERA is the better at 3.57 against Mussina’s 4.9. Sounds like a good match. I must get up early to watch it! 😀

While I was “watching” the game online, I was also working on my baseball story. It’s funny how when you start writing, the outlines you made suddenly fly out the window. LOL! I hadn’t planned on my two main characters getting close until at least the second chapter or whatever, but here they are, holding hands already! Okay, it’s to fight off a “sponser seeker,” but still. :)~

Oops, forgot to mention that Barry Bonds hit his 600th home run yesterday. (Hey, he’s a Giants player and I’m an A’s fan…) Good for him and lucky fans at Pac Bell who got to witness the momentous event. 😀

Sometimes I wonder if I will ever get over the melancholy of memories when I think of Kevin Smith. It’s such a mix of emotions. The cheerful, sunny side of me is ever grateful to have been in his presence, to have heard him say my name, to have etched a memory I will never forget. But the sadder, darker side of me cries out how unfair life can be to take away such a man of good spirit and presence.

Yes, I still think about him. And I’m glad. But I still want to cry. And I don’t…