Trick or Treat?

My roommate and I are dog sitting while the dogs owners have a baby. I am more of a morning person, so I am fine with getting up early and taking the dog for a nice long walk. As I was falling asleep last night, I thought, "Maybe I'll do the 3-mile loop in reverse tomorrow morning." Thank goodness that is what I did and that I tend to be observant.

I found not ONE,

but TWO

ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS on the sidewalk. In my path.

They are so real with their watermarks and plastic strips and fancy ink. No one was around. It was not in front of a house. There was no wallet. They were a few feet apart. Is there a maximum amount of money that if you find over that, you have to report it? Someone mentioned there might be when I came in to work all excited this morning.

Happy Halloween!

Twice in a lifetime...so far

Last night was amazing.

I stayed up and awake for the whole game...and the Red Sox did great too.

Danielle is keeping me on the ball with the whole Red Sox thing! :) I went to a couple of the Pats celebratory parades when I was working in the city. Unfortunately, just like in 2004, I am supposed to be TAing tomorrow, so the timing of the Rolling Rally does not work out for me. Sad!

In 2004, I was home alone grading lab reports when they won (the ex said he did not 'feel like' coming over that night). This year I guilted my roommate in to staying up with me by telling her she could not go to bed halfway through the final game of the World Series. It is a good thing I was right or she would have killed me. I do not really know what to say. I love that my grandmother has now seen the Sox win two World Series in the past few years. I love that my parents brought us to games when we were little (and the tickets were still affordable), because I know that although I have not had to be as patient as my Gramma, I have still been a fan through the bad as well as the good. I love watching the bullpen drumming away during the games, the looks on the batters' faces when they realize their hit is over the fence, and seeing the team be so happy after their wins.

However, I do not respect their choice in beer for the celebrations. Bud light? Really? :)

Now for the off-season trading.

Enough with the sports posts

I mean, I am enjoying the fall sports season, but it is tiring. I usually multitask during Patriots games, because they tend to win and I can find plenty of things to do. The whole World Series thing has me exhausted. How 'bout a dating update instead?

There's not much to say, really.

I have quickly observed that the online service I use is more of a way for men to find women, and not necessarily the other way around. Any of the guys with whom I initiated contact, I have not ended up meeting for various reasons. All of the guys I have met initiated contact with me. What is the point of me paying for a chance for guys to send me messages? Along these lines, one guy and I were sending messages back and forth and at the end of the last one I gave him my phone number and said to feel free to call. No phone call yet. That was three weeks ago.

The only guy I am in touch with in person is Right-on guy. We've been seeing each other for maybe 4 weeks now. I really need to figure out what to say to him to not see him anymore. He is a nice guy and his cats love me, but I am a little bored and less than impressed with the number of times he uses not-nice language. Do not get me wrong, I swear. A lot if I am in a bad mood. I do not really know how to "break-up with" someone, even though I have always done the breaking up. I guess it is different if you are seeing each other but have not proclaimed yourselves boyfriend/girlfriend? Oiy.

There are three guys with whom I have exchanged communications - the guys who has not responded in three weeks, a guy who owns a couple of restaurants, and a guy whose grandfather was from Spain.

I went to a beer festival yesterday. That is the type of place where I am afraid I will see someone who looks familiar, not be able to place them, and then realize they were a match online. It did not happen yesterday, but it could have.

Closed matches: 370

Lyrics #11

I have my favorite people/bands that I listen to. This is a new song by one of them and I like it. :) It doesn't really resonate, per se, but I like the tune and the lyrics together.

I knew a guy
I thought he was my first love
But he had to decide
Between me and the one before
And she stacked it all up, like a house of cards
Said if he didn't come back, he'd find her flattened on the floor
And though I went and lived in my own hell,
Thought that I would die as well,
I let him go where he thought had to go.

And I never took heavy words for granted
And I never took an undeserved advantage
And I never took the easy way
So why don't you take it a little easy on me now

I am a lame fan.

Now that the Sox are up 13 to 1, I feel it is safe to go to bed even though there are still four full innings left. Is that wrong?

The life of a Boston sports fan in 2007

Not that I usually like to read sports stuff online, but I have my brother and my dad to send me things. :)

The Onion is hilarious in general. I should really start reading their sports section though. Check out these bits on the the Red Sox and Pats

This was in the Globe a few days ago. It's about a man who has been in a coma and wakes up from a 7-year coma and starts asking about sports. This is the advice the doctor ultimately gives the man after mentioning that Curt Schilling has a blog:

"Here's what you do next week. You go to the seventh game of the World Series at Fenway Park on Thursday, Nov. 1. On Friday, you go to the New Garden to see Garnett make his regular-season debut with the Celtics. The Red Sox Duck Boat parade should be Saturday afternoon, which will allow you to see second-ranked BC play host to Florida State later in the day.

"Then on Sunday, you fly to Indianapolis where the unbeaten Patriots will play the unbeaten Colts in a rematch of last year's AFC Championship game. That ought to just about get you caught up. Any questions?"

"Just one," said the patient.

"What's a blog?"