Sunday, August 31, 2008

CAN YOU DIG IT!

Ahhhhhh, yes. It's sunday and I'm home from work. The first two days of tech weren't too bad. I must say that the day goes by pretty quickly. Yesterday it flew by and today was pretty good. I do have to work tomorrow, but that's okay it's just a half day and I get time and a half for it. But, I'm still going to look for a new job because I would like to have my weekends off.

Mike, thanks for agreeing with me. Like I said, A-rod is the new Dan Marino. The player with the best stats to never win when it matters the most, he he. Malone, we need bullpen help. There's nothing else to say. Our pitching is the exact opposite of the 2006 team. Well, let's say good bye to August and hello to September.

Friday, August 29, 2008

I guess i missed it

But my last post was my 100th post. Pretty cool. Once again, I have to make this short cause my lunch break was cut in half(at least I go home earlier!) Anywho, Rob brought up an interesting post idea. My thoughts on the election. Honestly, I really don't care who gets elected. As long as George Bush is not president, I'm happy. Both candidates are pretty good candidates but neither of them really pull me in either direction. Plus, what people tend to forget, it doesn't really matter who the president is, he doesn't have the last say in what laws are passed or what's going to go on, he needs the aid of congress. Also, what people forget is the fact that even if a congressperson is a democrat or republican doesn't mean that they'll always vote that way when laws come up because people are always making deals with the other side. Also, I personally got burned out on politics in college and I don't really care. I know, I'm a bad person but I'm spent arguing politics. This will probably be the last time I write about politics until the next election, which I will say the same thing. Now, if Obama was to end one of his speaches by yelling, "CAN YOU DIG IT!" I think I would vote for him solely on that. It's not a good reason, but at least it's a reason, ha ha.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Hump Day

So, I guess it is Wednesday. I've kinda just lost track of what day it is since my schedule is changing and I'm going through training before I get my new schedule, uggghhh. My interview yesterday was nothing special. Went to a temp agency to see if they had any temp-to-hire positions. They did but didn't pay that much so I'll move on and wait and see if they get anything better. I'm going to go to an open interview today for a call center that deals with lawyers. Not sure what exactly they do, but it seems kinda interesting. I'll keep you posted. i'm going to keep this short because my lunch is cut in half now and i have to go back in 5 minutes. Ha ha.

Two things about the Mets. First thing is not to worry about last night. It sucked but it's not the end of the world. If this was late September and we were playing a four game series in Philly and we didn't have Johan then I'd be crapping myself right now. But it's not and I'm not. It's only a 2 game series and when we win today we'll be back in first. The second thing is I'm wondering if the Mets will make an offer for Brian Fuentes. The Rockies have put him on waivers. The Mets would have to do a trade and I've read that the asking price is high. Also, Fuentes is a free agent at the end of the season. Now, I think it would be a good idea to go after him, I just don't know if we could get him. We need bullpen help, like everyone knows and he would be a great opion. Also, Wagner is getting old. Fuentes is not as old. We could replace Billy with Brian and then we won't have to worry the next time Wagner breaks down. We have our replacement already. Plus, in the offseason we can offer more money. But, I doubt it'll happen. We also need another starter now that Maine is on the DL. I wonder if El Duke is going to come back? Now would be a great time to get him back.

Monday, August 25, 2008

The Olympics

Okay Rob, here you go. I actually enjoyed the olympics this year, which is surprising because I don't usually care to much about them. I watched swimming, diving, volleyball(both outdoor and indoor) soccer, and basketball. I was disappointed in our men's soccer & baseball teams. I can't believe we didn't even get past the opening round for soccer. I thought we had a pretty decent young team(considering we won the bronze medal in the U-20 world cup) but we sucked. Oh well. Did we win the bronze medal in baseball? I can't remember. But we didn't win the gold and that sucks. I got to watch a bunch of the men's basketball games because at work we had the tv's on the basketball channel that just played the b-ball games. I was glad we won the gold medal but I think the Dream Team would rip the Redeam team. I really liked watching the men's and women's outdoor volleyball teams, the ones that won the gold medals. The matches were usually really entertaining, plus the chick with the dark hair is cute. But, she's married to a Marlin, so that's bad, ha ha. What I liked about the diving is when NBC would show the camera angle where the camera follows the diver into the pool. That was pretty sweet. And of course, just like almost everyone else I liked watching Michael Phelps. Even if he is from Michigan. Overall, I thought the Olympics went really well and was pretty fun to watch. I'm waiting for skateboarding to be an olympic sport so brazil can win a couple more gold medals. One thing that was crazy was the fact that China won 51 gold medals! Also, nothing will be better than Tiki Barber getting slammed for being a horrible announcer and calling his partner a not so nice word during a live broadcast. I think his career as an anchor will be over really soon.

Also, I'm really psyched for college football to start up. I'll have my college football preview coming up in a little bit. It'll be fun, ha ha.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

My last day of freedom

Well, tomorrow I start my training to become a dishnetwork tech support agent. I'm not looking forward to it at all. Ha ha. I still haven't heard back from toys r us, I'm thinking I'm not getting offered the job. Oh well, no biggie. I do have an interview setup for Tuesday with a temp agency. We'll see what happens with this one. I'll still keep a look out for other jobs and hope something nice comes up. It's going to take some adjusting getting used to getting up so early to get to work. It'll be nice to get home early, but still. I liked the getting up later part. Oh well, can't have your cake and eat it too.

Hey Perrotti, I sent you a trade, I think it was our original trade, but I'm not sure. I guess I need another pitcher now that marcum went down to AAA. It says he should be back soon, so hopefully it won't be too long. Also Perrotti, doesn't Connecticut have 3 of the top 10 most violent cities in America? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Yup, I'm lazy

So, sorry for the lack of posts this week. I'm actually in the middle of a five day vacation. I start my training for tech support on Monday at 7am. Bright and early. Ugghhh. I really have no idea how I'm going to make it. Hopefully something will happen soon where I won't have to go! That would be great. Onto a couple other things, the bank by my gf's place was robbed today. I was eating lunch there and I heard this helicopter going around and I was thinking it was a student flying(the osu training airport is near) and then I left to a little while later and there were two tv stations there and a cop car and the entrance was blocked off. I've never been near a bank that's been robbed. So, in the past year I've had someone shot at a fast food place two blocks from where I live and now a bank got robbed 20 feet from where my gf lives. That's why I live here, ha ha.

Still haven't gotten any offers yet for a new job so the search continues. I'm suppose to hear soon from tru so hopefully that'll be good news. My dad suggested looking at a recruiter so I'm going to call a couple tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks for the job advise. Kinda funny coming from a guy who said he majored in gay sex. Ha ha.

I finally saw American Gangster, the uncut version. I was really surprised how good it was. I really enjoyed it. It's not as good as Scarface but still a very good movie. Plus, it's based on a true story. I'm going to watch Street Kings next and see if that's any good. You've got to love Red Box. I'm completely addicted to it.

Perrotti, I remember you saying that. I'm just surprised how good everything has turned out. I've had 3 guys go on the dl, one guy start the season with a 50 game suspension so you can't say I've been totally clean. I'd be even farther up if Cameron didn't do 'roids. Oh well. Plus, no one thought Rollins would be this bad this year.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Ohhhhh, my first u2 influenced post title. Anywho, it's sunday. I'm at work. I'm thinking to myself that with my new schedule I'd be getting ready to leave. Kinda weird. I'm looking forward to work being done because I'm going to go out after work and meet up with some friends to watch the summer slam. I don't ever watch wrestling during the regular shows but I'm always up to watching any of the ppv's. They're usually pretty bad because wrestling has become bad in the past 10 years, but whatever. Anywho, Malone, I think it's safe for you to send me the money for the home run league. No one is going to catch me. It's over. I think the closest person is like 21-22 home runs behind me. You can just send the money. No one will mind. Everyone knows it's over. I've actually been meaning to write that in a post a while ago but I keep on forgetting, ha ha. I am awesome.

Friday, August 15, 2008

A Whole Bunch of Stuff

So, it's Friday, which is my Sunday. Tomorrow I start my last week of the type of job I have at Dishnetwork. I'll then have a 5 day weekend and next Monday the 25th(Where has the summer gone?) I start my training for Tech Support. I'm really really not looking forward to this, but oh well. I need a new job before I can leave this one. I was told that by mid-day today I'd find out my new shift. I called and was told we won't know until Close of business today, which is between 5-6pm. Way to go work. Once again another delay. That's all they do, tell you something will be ready by a certain day/time and always delay it. It makes me wonder how this company can survive? How we haven't gone under yet? Who knows. What? Me bitter? Maybe just a little, ha ha. Anyways, onto other things.

In the past couple days I've watched three movies so here are my reviews of them.
Into The Wild: I didn't really want to see this in the theater so I decided to wait til it was out on dvd. Of course it came out a while ago, but whatever. I read a review in entertainment weekly which the first line of the review said what happens in the end, so that was great. But, other than that this was a great movie. It's amazing what some people will do to escape and change what's around them. The journey this guy went on was incredible and it was really easy to get into the movie. I would recommend this to anyone who's looking for a good movie to watch. I give this one an A-. Also ,the soundtrack is awesome.

In The Name Of The King - A Dungeon Siege Tale: I'll watch any movie that has Jason Statham in it, and this movie has him in it, ha ha. It does have a really good cast that includes the chick who played the terminator in terminator III, Ron Pearlman(Hellboy), Ray Liota, Burt Reynolds, Leelee Sobieski and Claire Forlani(Green Street Hooligans). It's sort of a Lord of the Rings meets the Matrix with the storyline and the fighting scenes. It was enjoyable and I would recommend this for anyone who's looking for an action movie where they don't really need to pay attention too much. I give it a B.

Star Wars - The Clone Wars: Ahhh yes, this is the movie I went to last night at midnight and believe me, it was worth it. Now, let me not get ahead of myself, it's definitely not as good as the original three, and honestly we all know nothing will ever be, but it's definitely better than episode I & II. It's close with episode III. What I like about this one was it had more action than the other movies. In fact, you start off the movie in the middle of a bunch of battles. It was pretty sweet. The story revolves around Jabba the Hutt's son was kidnapped and the Jedi are asked to track them down. If they do then Jabba will open up the trade roots to the Jedi and the Republic in the outer rim. Also, Anakin is given a padawan learner(if you're unsure what this is, just asked Ayo. Ha ha, I'm funny). At this point you're told that Anakin said he'd never want one but Obi-Wan convinces Yoda that one would be perfect for him. So, they go on a mission to find Jabba's son. What I like about this movie compared to episodes 1-3, and it's something you also got in the animated series that came out in 2002-2003 was it was actually pretty funny. I was surprised how often I laughed during the movie. So, anyways at the end of the movie you're setup for the tv show that's going to be on I think later this year. I have really high hopes for it and I think it'll come through. Rob, definitely see it. I think you'll like it.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Thursday

Well, it's Thursday. I have one more day of my weekend, tomorrow. Tonight I'm going to see the Star Wars movie at midnight. It's going to be awesome. I always liked the cartoon clone wars better than any of the new 3 movies so this one should be awesome. I can't wait for it! It's nice that the Mets are doing better. I don't want to say too much for fear that I jinx them. I think it's tooo late at this point, ha ha. Anyone think Cashman's regretting not trading for Johan now?? I think he is. I think it's great that Hank forced Jaba the Hutt into the rotation and ruined his shoulder. The rest of the league would like to think Hank for being an idiot once again. Keep it coming. Besides that, I think it's time to put a stake into the Yankees. They're d-u-n, done. If Jeter goes on the dl for any significant amount of time then they're really gone. I think it's time to play for next year and try and get a better draft pick by losing games. Just a thought. Lastly, I interviewed for Toys 'R' Us today. It was for a management position at a new store they're opening over here. It went okay and I should know in about a week if I get it. That won't stop me from looking at other places, though. I worked at TRU before and I liked it. Of course I was in high school and college when I did that and worked with some friends so we'll see what happens. Hopefully I can get a job before I go to tech, which is 8/30. I find out on Friday what my new shift is. If I get a bad one I'm really contemplating quiting. I'll have an update tomorrow on what's going on.

Monday, August 11, 2008

I thought of a creative title for this... then I forgot it

Also, I came up with a funny name for Rob's blog so we could be "sister" blogs but I forgot it. Dang it! It had least in the title but I can't remember for the life of me. Hopefully I'll be able to remember, ha ha. I saw Pineapple Express on Friday so maybe that's why I can't remember anything. J/k. Pineapple Express is now my favorite comedy movie of the year. Forgetting Sarah Marshall gets moved down to the #2 spot. Everyone needs to go see it because you will laugh throughout the whole movie. I think the funniest part for me is where Seth Rogen and the other guy are loading up on guns and the one guy pumps a shotgun and says, "Thug Life." It makes me laugh whenever I think about it. That's how you know a movie is good. ha ha. I'm actually looking forward to see that Ben Stiller movie, Tropic Thunder. It looks pretty funny. Plus, on Thursday night I'm going to see a midnight showing of the Star Wars movie. I won't dress up but I'm definitely going to wear my star wars t-shirt. Oh yeah.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Here we go again

So, just a quick post today. I've got a job interview today. I hope it goes okay. I've been feeling a little dizzy. It started last night, actually I was really really dizzy last night and now I'm still feeling it now. It seems to be getting better, though so hopefully by the time I get to the job interview it'll be gone. Hopefully. Tonight I'm going to see Pineapple Express. I've been looking forward to it for a while. It looks really really funny. Plus, I like the song that plays during the trailer. He he. Well, the Mets had an exciting win yesterday. David Wright's first game winning home run ever. I always like watching walk off home runs because it's always funny to see the other guys crowd around home plate. It makes me laugh. Too bad we blew the game for Santana. That's the 6th win we've blown for him. That's just horrible. He should have 15 wins now and be in the running for the Cy Young. Now, what I don't get is we brought up this guy Kunz from the minors. He's was a closer in the minors and they don't have him as it in the Majors? He's the only one on the team besides Wagner who has the mentality to close. Please, someone make him the closer.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Rob's Idea

Sooooo, it's late on Wednesday night. The Mets just lost. Just great. I kinda like that Dan Murphy guy who just got called up. Going 3-5 will do that, ha. Now, it's just seeing if he can keep things up. Who knows. I went to a job fair today. Nothing really good but I did stop by this one company and the lady who was there looked over my resume and gave me some pointers and gave me a website to look at hr positions. I think I'd really like doing HR so maybe something will happen. I have been doing HR type stuff for like 4.5 years now. It could be fun and it's not customer service. I do have an interview tomorrow with another company. They're hiring a bunch of positions so I'll see what happens. Hopefully the job won't suck and there'll be decent benefits. I'll keep you posted.

Top 5 fast food places:
#1. Steak & Shake: I don't believe there are any of these in Connecticut. In fact, I had their food for the first time in March. Also I've only gotten one thing off of the menu but it is by far the best burger/sandwich ever. It's called the frisco melt and I've gotten it everytime I've gone there. Plus they have really good milkshakes. They do have a split milkshake where one side is one flavor and the other side is another flavor. It's pretty good.


#2. Wendy's: I have to give props to the fast food restaurant that was started in C-bus. I like the menu and the baconator, even though it will kill me in about 5 years. But, what's really nice about Wendy's is that when you get one of the value menu items you can get something else besides fries with it. I usually get a potato with brocolli. It's pretty good. Plus, it reminds me of playing poker at Perrotti's place because I used to get it before beating everyone in poker.

#3. Rally Burger: Once again I don't think this place is in Connecticut. Rally isn't like the other fast food places, it's just a drive thru place, which is nice. I think they make the best burgers out of all the places. On a down note, my gf did have to take care of a girl who worked at a Rally's by my old apartment.

#4. Burger King: I think the only reason it's this high on the list is because of the BK Stacker. That's by far my favorite thing on the menu. Plus, the commercials are wicked funny. I loved the football ones with the Burger King. They still make me laugh.

#5. McDonald's: Ummm... I guess McD's is here because I don't really care that much for Taco Bell or Long John Silver and I can't think of any other ones. Ha ha. Sad but true. Plus, I really like the McNuggets. By far the best chicken nuggets out there. And I like their fries. So there.

What do you guys think?

Monday, August 4, 2008

The Dark Knight

Soooo, it's time. I've given everyone enough time to see the movie, so now I'm going to talk about it, spoilers and all. Ha ha. First thing's first. Way for the Mets to start faiding. Just great. Now with Maine on the DL and who knows when Wagner's going to be back. We brought some guy up who has 27 saves in the minors or something like that. Should be interesting. Can someone please make Ryan Church better? Please???

Now, onto the Dark Knight. I loved the movie. I thought it was great. Like I said before, this movie was going to be huge and it looks like it has a good chance of beating out Titanic as the movie that's made the most money. It'll be close, but I think it'll do it. Now the one thing I didn't like about the movie was that Two Face died. I always hate when comic book movies kill of the bad guy. Really, can't you just throw him in jail? Is that too much to ask? They do it in the comics, you can do it in the movies. Blah. I'm not upset about that Rachel Dawes(I think that's her name, oh well) kicking the bucket. I was surprised but it's okay. But I hate two face kicking it because he was never really a bad guy. No one knew him as a bad guy. That would have been sweet if he had been.

This is what we know now, Sandman & Joker are in jail so they can return in the next movie. There will probably be another villian in the next movie. We're going to have to find another person to play the Joker. I believe Christian Bale is signed for the next movie and the director is not, so they better sign him up.

Now, that just leaves us at what storyline they're going to go with. I'm thinking that they'll follow the Robin storyline and add him into the mix. But, they might save that til later because Batman hasn't been around for that long. I like the Robin storyline so it would be pretty cool if he's in the next movie and they get someone good to play him. I also wouldn't mind to see either Catwoman or the Penguin to be in the next one and bring back either Sandman or Joker. It'll be hard, but they could do it. What I would love to happen in the next movie is to have the character who's Robin leave at the end of the movie and then have Batman find someone else to take his place and then in the fourth movie go with Death in the Family storyline and kill Robin. I'm just saying that it would be really really sweet and something they wouldn't have done with the other movies. Sooo, we'll see what happens. I just can't wait for them to announce when they'll start filming the new movie, to see who's going to acting in it and to see what characters will be in it. Let's hope it's as good as the first two!

Friday, August 1, 2008

The Playoffs

Rob, I really hope you don't have to go. Sorry, but I don't really want any of my friends to go over there because I don't want any of them to be killed. I understand the duty that you have, but still, I'm selfish. So yes, if you go and start a blog over there, let me know and I'm up for doing the sister blogs or whatever you want to call it. I'm not sure what a cool name would be. I like my least of the east name. We'll have to think of something.

The yankees made some good moves, but you killed your bullpen for it. I don't know why you traded Farnsworth for pudge? That trade made no sense to me. I do like Bay in Boston, though. They have the whitest outfield ever with Bay, Drew & Ellsbury. I think the second most signifant trade at the deadline besides Manny was Teixeria going to the Angels. There lineup just got a lot better. It'll be interesting to see if the Angels can get over the hump again. They always seem to get taken out by some team from the East. But, I do think the Angels are the front runner to represent the AL in the World Series, but I wouldn't rule out the White Sox or the Rays. Even though knowing me they'll both fold like Koho in poker. We shall see.

But, I don't think the Angels are going to run away with it. In fact there are some pretty good teams in the NL that I think have a really good chance of winning it all. So, here's my list of the teams I think can win it all in the NL:

#1. Chicago Cubs - Yes, yes, yes, they're jinxed but whatever. That team is put together. They could easily in a seven game series have Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster & Rich Harden pitch twice. You don't think they can win it with that staff? Plus their bullpen is nasty. They have Carlos Marmel and will soon have Kerry Wood back, two flame throwers. Plus, they just called up Jeff Samardzija, one of my favorite football players of all time. And yes, he can throw 99. Just sick. The shark is hungry and the hitters are his food. Oh yeah, and their lineup is pretty sick with Alfsonso Soriano, Derek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Fukudome, Soto, Theroit, and DeRosa. You either have guys who hit for power, guys who hit for average, or guys who can run. That's just a nasty lineup.

#2. Milwaukee Brewers - The Brew Crew are loaded with studs all around. There aren't really too many teams with a better 1-2 starting pitching like the Brewers with CC Sabathia & Ben Sheets. After that they also have Manny Parra, who's 9-4 on the year. Plus they can finish off the rotation with Jeff Suppan(remember him from his playoff run in 2004?) and Dave Bush, who had been pitching a lot better until last night. Plus, look at that lineup. Braun, Cameron, and Hart in the OF. Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, JJ Hardy(who's been really strong the last month), and Bill Hall/Russell Branyan at 3rd. Just nasty. Yes, they just got swept by the Cubs at home, but so what. Every team struggles at some point. I think this team is built for September/October.

#3. Florida Marlins - You know what, I don't know what it is about this team. They just seem to just want to win. I can't really put my finger on it. They just have guys that seem to get hits in crucial times and can also pound the crap out of the ball. I'm not sure if they're still leading the league, but they're probably close to the tops in HR's(the Phillies might have passed them). They have a lineup that can crush the ball and they have decent pitching. Plus, they're young, which I think will help them on their part because they don't care what people think, they just want to win. Plus, they have the best all around player in Hanley Ramirez. Take a look at his stats(25hrs, 49 rbi's, 25 sb, .297 ba, .379 obp, .538 slug, 23 doubles, 86 runs) this guys does it all as a leadoff hitter. He should really be batting 3rd, but I don't think the Marlins have anyone who could do that. Plus, he's probably the best SS defensivly in the majors. (On a side note, I think one of the funniest things is when Jorge Cantu hits a homerun and someone says, "Jore Can not, Cantu!" I'm not sure why I find this funny, but I do.)

#4. New York Mets - There's one thing about a streaky team is that when they're on, they're on. I can see the same spark that this team had in 2006 and I'm hoping they can keep it up and make it too the playoffs. If they can, I think the Mets can be a very surprising team. They definitely have the starting pitching to get them to the World Series. With Johan Santana being Johan and Mike Pelfrey emerging finally, you have to like their chances. Plus, I'll never, ever forget what Oliver Perez and John Maine can do. I still remember Maine's last start last year, in a clutch situation with the season on the line and he pitches a shutout with 13 k's. Plus, he pitched well enough in 2006 playoffs for me to have faith in him with a couple more seasons under his belt. Plus Oliver Perez seems to have turned into a big game pitcher for some reason. He's like one of those pitchers that either pitches up to the quality of his opponent or down to the quality of his opponent. Oh yeah, and our fifth pitcher is Pedro Martinez. Not too shabby. Plus, the offense is pretty set. With Jose Reyes setting the tone for this team and then having David Wright be David Wright and getting Carlos Delgado to come out of his year and a half funk this team is pretty solid. We just need Beltran to be consistent and with Fernando Tatis taking 'roids again and hitting the poo out of the ball we've got a nice offense. Plus we'll have Church coming back for the stretch run. We also seem to get clutch hits from our bench. The one concern is the bullpen. Billy Wagner has been pretty good except for that little bump for a week. I like Duaner and Feliciano and Schoeneweis has pitched a lot better this year, but I don't trust Heilman and I'm still not completely sold on Joe Smith, so we'll see what happens. I think the worst decision Omar made was not to re-sign Sad Bradford and Darren Oliver. Both were key in 2006. The one wild card that the Mets have is El Duke, if he can come off the DL this year. He is probably the best big game pitcher the Mets have, even if he hasn't pitched in a big game in like 5 years. He could be the one Dark Horse that the Mets have.

#5. Philadelphia Phillies - We all know this about the Phillies, they can hit. And they can hit home runs. And they're passionate about everything. But there are two things that hurt them, big time. The first is Jimmy Rollins. I think Phillies fans have put out a missing person's notice for him. He's not the same guy he was last year. It's safe to say we'll have a new player of the year this year. Also, their starting pitching is horrible. Except for Cole Hamels the Phillies don't have good starting pitching. In fact, if you look at their website, they only have 4 starters! And #2 is Joe Blanton, who is D-U-N, DONE. This team is all hitting, but as they say, good pitching will beat good hitting. It's safe to say we'll have a great stretch run and I can't wait to see what happens.