"What the hell is this? And whose goddamn *blood* is on that window?"

[ayrdaomei]

Ramadan Mubarak, [Bad username or site: oakchick75 / @ livejournal.com]!

The Killers were in Baltimore today with the Virgin Music Festival. As were the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Thievery Corporation, and The Flaming Lips, among others. Tickets were $97.50, and I still really wanted to go, so I'm glad my mom gave me a reason to get out of the state.

I am in crazy love with the video for When You Were Young; just 'cause. Another remix for the taking: The Killers - When You Were Young (The Lindbergh Palace Mix)

'Galactica': the best tv drama you've never seen. The first paragraph contains minor spoilers for the third season, as does the second paragraph on the 5th page. "We approach season 3 with nothing but terror, insecurity, and sheer liquid horror that we're going to screw it up if we're not really, really careful. . . .That's our mantra: Don't screw it up."

I find that comforting. I'm glad they worry.

The A's failed to clinch today. [Bad username or site: rickenbacker / @ livejournal.com] says Dan better pitch a 90 minute shutout or she'll have to miss her flight. I've got $5 that says Bri's sleeping in the airport ^_~

The Cardinals apparently cannot win a game to save their lives. Should be an interesting night of Sunday Night Baseball...a game I actually want to see, for the first time in months.

Today's Marlins/Phillies game was...not fun. Scotty pitches tomorrow, but I think I'm gonna be driving and won't get to watch. Btw, I'm glad Joe's saying he won't quit, because I want Loria to have to fire him. Not that Loria seems at all averse to bad press.

The pumpkin pie ripple ice cream at Bruster's? A biiiiiiit much.

eta: Also, that whole Nick Johnson thing? :( How awful. Totally had me flashing back to B-Rob's injury in New York last season.

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[maggiesox.livejournal.com]

Today's Marlins/Phillies game was...not fun.

I disagree.

But then, I have playoff tickets and I want to use them.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

DS, or were you feeling good enough to put down $$ for CS? ^_~

[maggiesox.livejournal.com]

The package they offer the season ticket holders includes both DS and CS, so we have tickets for both. The money paid for any games that aren't played is applied to our season tickets for next year.

This is nice, as the last two years, our season tickets have been pretty much paid for well in advance of the season.

However, I'd like to actually go to a playoff game, for once. I'm a little tired of paying for next year's tickets in advance in lieu of an actual berth.

...They changed the package this year- previous packages have had to include WS tickets, and I think we all know that won't happen. This year it's just DS and CS and then another set for WS if needed.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

I'd like to actually go to a playoff game, for once. I'm a little tired of paying for next year's tickets in advance in lieu of an actual berth.

Understandable :/ But I can't say I'd like to see the Fish drop the four remaining games they have to play against y'all. I'll settle for hoping someone out west stops winning every damn night.

[maggiesox.livejournal.com]

I'll be okay with dropping a game for your sake if it means the Friars or Dodgers are leaving, too.

Last year broke my goddamn heart, as they played their asses off and lost out on a berth because Houston WOULD NOT FUCKING LOSE, so I would really, really appreciate it if one of the California teams went into a tailspin.

I've got nothing against the Fish- hell, half of them are Sox products, so I'm somewhat beholden to root for them. Right now? They're in my way.

[spluckle.livejournal.com]

i know this girl who looks likes the girl in the killer's video. now every time i think of the song i think of her and not the song itself. ahhasjfgajsfasf.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Ha; she reminds me of my old roommate Joanne! I think she's got one of those faces. I'm sorry the song has been ruined for you though :P

[lovingthecubs.livejournal.com]

My mom told me about Johnson. At first she was like, "Who's Kearns? Because he ran into someone & they fractured their leg. Johnson someone?" I was in shock. Poor Nick- that's horrible. :[


The Cardinals apparently cannot win a game to save their lives.

>_<
Nothing against Bri, but WHY can't they struggle like this in a year when the Cubs have a chance?

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

It really was. The reaction of his teammates was almost as hard to watch. Vidro, I think? The way he jumped in the air and started gesturing immediately, you knew it was bad. And you could tell Wright was shaken, too. It's pretty sobering when something like that happens.

Nothing against Bri, but WHY can't they struggle like this in a year when the Cubs have a chance?

lol, I don't know! It's been a very strange year over in Cardinal land.

[owllover711.livejournal.com]

It's Ramadan already? Wow...I thought it wasn't till at least after the beginning of October. How do they calculate its occurrence?

I can't believe Loria. I can't believe him. Does he have any idea how his behavior comes off to others at ALL??

;_; Poor Nick. That almost sounds worse than B-Rob's injury to me...I taped that game and now I'm afraid to watch it.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

It shifts every year, on account of the lunar calendar. It's the ninth month. The fasts are preeetty long right now.

Does he have any idea how his behavior comes off to others at ALL??

Sure he does, but he's got that "it's my team, I'll do what the fuck I want" attitude. SOUND FAMILIAR? :/ I cannot believe it's gotten this bad. It's such a shame that this is the story now, and not what an amazing year the kids have had. I love the players though, for being more than happy to tell the media how much they love playing for Joe.

That almost sounds worse than B-Rob's injury to me...

I saw the footage, and it was pretty rough. I found it a little easier to watch than when B-Rob was hurt, because Johnson's face remained hidden from view most of the time (at first he seemed to be screaming into the grass, and then later he had his hands over his face), but you could tell he was in pain. B-Rob dislocated his elbow, but Johnson actually broke/fractured the femur. Definitely worse, I think :( You get a sense of it from the article, but watching it and seeing the looks on everyone's faces, you know he did not sound good.

[owllover711.livejournal.com]

It shifts every year, on account of the lunar calendar. It's the ninth month. The fasts are preeetty long right now.

*facepalm* I keep forgetting about the lunar calendar Islam follows, WHY I don't know. Is there a general range of Gregorian dates Ramadan can be said to safely fall between? (just for my curiosity and edification)

I can't imagine having to go all day without anything though; much respect to you. Even the Lenten Friday fasting I've done in past years allowed us to eat two meals a day.

Sure he does, but he's got that "it's my team, I'll do what the fuck I want" attitude. SOUND FAMILIAR? :/ I cannot believe it's gotten this bad. It's such a shame that this is the story now, and not what an amazing year the kids have had. I love the players though, for being more than happy to tell the media how much they love playing for Joe.

Far too familiar. ;__;

I don't know what I would do were I one of those players. What a dreadful thing, to know your own owner is capable of being so horrid. The Marlins deserve better than that. (not to mention South Floridians should fucking ROOT for them, the idiots.)

I finally watched the game and saw the footage. I think it was just about as awful as watching B-Rob, even if you didn't see Nick's being in pain as much as you did B-Rob's. There was plenty of other badness to make up for it (such as watching poor Austin Kearns struggle not to cry too much).

I suspect if Nick's fracture was compound and not simple, it will take him longer to recover at least than it did B-Rob. I don't have the slightest idea whether it's worse to have soft tissue damage or a bone fracture; I suspect it might be a wash in the end. All I know is I feel awful for the guy; even when he was a Yankee I kind of liked him. Poor Nick...:-(

[mokulen.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed to say this but I'm completely out of touch with today's music scene so I know noone ... but the other night I was channel surfing and came across that Killers video and it's one of those few songs that's made me stop what I'm doin' so I can it look up ... And you gotta love that whole Mexican soap opera thing.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

There's just something about The Killers, man ^_^ I was in a small used records store when I first heard them a couple years ago. It was only the second time I've ever bought something just from hearing a song played in-store.

And you gotta love that whole Mexican soap opera thing.

I do! I've always loved videos that tell a story, and visually, it's a great looking clip. There are two versions - one where she jumps and one where she doesn't. I can't decide which one I like better.

[soupypictures.livejournal.com]

The Cards are waiting until tomorrow. Or rather, today. The deck is stacked against Clemens, you know. Sunday Night Baseball, last home game, yadda yadda. And don't worry about Lidge blowing another save, boy's been relegated to middle relief and Mr. Wheeler has taken kindly to giving up the tying run.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

And don't worry about Lidge blowing another save, boy's been relegated to middle relief and Mr. Wheeler has taken kindly to giving up the tying run.

Well, nice to know I can root for the Cards in semi-good conscience ^_~

[oakchick75.livejournal.com]

Thanks Myr, ramadan mubarak to you too, ramadan Karim....

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Hope you're handling these first few days okay. My goodness, they've been long!

[johnnybvo.livejournal.com]

Just awful. Yup.

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

:X

[schnaucl.livejournal.com]

I find that comforting. I'm glad they worry.

That is comforting, actually. Would that more of TPTB felt that way. (Nick and Cheryl I'm looking at you).

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Them the Numb3rs folks who have been MESSING WITH YOUR SHOW? :P It's certainly frustrating when you feel like TPTB don't have a clue.

[schnaucl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. They hang out on the Internet in places where fans like their boots and ignore the rest of us. Except to complain that people write fanfic sometimes with graphic things that their characters would never do.

To which I say when they have consistent characterization we can talk, until then, shut up.

Hey, did you see this (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/09/26/nationals.train.ap/index.html)?

[ayrdaomei.livejournal.com]

Oh. They sound obnoxious.

I hadn't! lol, poor Nats. If it's not one thing, it's another.