Wednesday, July 27, 2005

D@*n Yankees!

Baseball season is now in full swing and the divisions are shaping up in a way that they will probably remain the rest of the season barring any miraculous winning or losing streaks. At the beginning of the season I was quite pleased with the way the New York Yankees were playing (or not playing). They were sitting nicely in 4th place with a losing record and I could not have been happier. For some reason, I have an ingrown hatred of the New York Yankees that I think came with me from the date of my birth. I was feeling pretty good about the Yankees so-called predicament until just recently when they somehow climbed into 2nd place in the American League East. Much to my chagrin, the imbeciles known as the New York Yankees were back in the playoff hunt. Just recently however, I was reflecting on this situation and realizing that I enjoy seeing the Yankees make it to the playoffs especially in recent years because I enjoy watching the torture on their faces as they choke yet again in the playoffs. It gives me great joy to watch them think they're going to win it all and then lose horribly as was the case last year. There's something about that situation that just gets my baseball blood flowing. I have nothing personal against the players themselves except that they chose to play for the New York Yankees and should therefore suffer the consequences. By choosing to play for the devil they put themselves beyond any reach of my respect. I often wished I could be a high-priced baseball player purely so I could be offered a contract from George (Satan) Steinbrenner and shove it back in his face and tell him to eat it. Unfortunately, that will never happen so I just end up venting my frustrations to my wife, who could care less unless it involved the Cubs, and on this blog. And now that I've finished writing this, I think I need counseling.

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Long time, no blog everyone. It's been almost a month since I have last graced the forum known as the blogging community, and I honestly haven't even had much time to even think about missing it. The life of a shoe salesman is hardly the most illustrious life, especially when you are working three or four nights a week and weekends. But, at least they pay me decently. We still have yet to get internet at our apartment, mainly because we're entirely sure who we would go with and whether we can afford it or not. This leaves me at the mercy of the occasional trip to Panera. And I don't want to make that a too common habit because the little expenses of bagels and drinks eventually add up when you go there multiple times a week. For now, I think it's down to about one trip to Panera a week max. I just don't have the time to be sitting in Panera for hours on end surfing the internet. It seems life is constantly busy with no letting up. Every weekend in July except for the first one has a wedding of either a close friend or family for me or Melissa. That makes it hard to relax on the weekends or anytime for that matter. I honestly am looking forward to the start of school again because it will mean a normal schedule and a little bit of predictability (something I lack in my work schedule). Plus, I'm just a geek and I like to learn. Who wouldn't be excited about reading Homer in the original Greek?! It really is amazing how much the internet kind of fades out of your life if you don't have immediate access to it. For a while, I thought the world was going to end because I couldn't check my email every day, but I soon figured out that life is more than sitting at a computer for hours in a day (unless your job requires it, of course). Life is going well otherwise. Melissa and I are doing great and loving married life as well as living in the Chicago area. There's just so much to do and not enough time to do it! So, for all of you frequent bloggers there's a little update on my life in case you were wondering if I completely disappeared into the oblivion known as obscurity. Hopefully, this can become a weekly deal. But who knows, you never who's going to up and decided to get married with two weeks notice! And with that, I sign off.