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And then there were none:
May/June 2003 - Barry Zito wants to be the man
August 2003 - Hudson keeps his cool
June 2004 - The Talented Mr. Mulder
Just the cover stories so far. I'll throw out a heads up when the issues have been fully scanned. And hopefully I'll remember how to get rid of that graininess.
So after my initial euphoria over Barry staying in the Bay Area, I confess, I'm kinda bummed now. He's not an A! I like the A's. I like slashing the A's. You've thrown off my groove, Barry William. **tosses him out of window**
I've realized I don't really care about Zito all that much, in and of himself. He was of interest to me in the context of his relationships and nonrelationships with his teammates. I got into Barry, because Barry was an integral part of Z/Chavvy, and Zito/Haren, and Zito/Harden, and Zito/Huddy, and Zito/Mulder. And now he's off to the Giants, where he could be an integral part of...Zito/Morris? **shudders** I'll pass. I fear if not for the enthusiasm of certain others on my f-list, Zito would go the way of Huddy for me, and I'd just occasionally be like oh hey, I remember that guy when I come across a story on him or there's a highlight on ESPN or something. And yes, there's still the potential for cross-bridge fun times, but. You know. It's not the saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame. **emos**
I'm not following the Giants for him, is all I'm saying, and that makes me a little sad, because the Z has been good to me in the overthinking fic department. I said yesterday I'd check them out every fifth day, but that's probably ambitious. Unless [Bad username or site: rickenbacker / @ livejournal.com] picks them up when she moves out west, and colonizes me with caring about the Giants as she has already infected me with remotely caring about the fucking Cardinals. But I have this well-developed abhorrence to teams that wear orange and black. Childhood trauma, you see. Bad associations.
I plan on pulling a Barry and not reading the coverage of this whole hullabaloo, but [Bad username or site: nicole2075 / @ livejournal.com] brought this to my attention, which kind of made me laugh: A source from inside the Yankees organization says Joe Zito so wanted his boy in the NYC, he personally called the Yankees to let them know they could have Barry at a tremendous discount of $119 million for 7 years. Controlling much? The Yanks balked at giving Zito seven years, so he's Giant. Which is all by way of saying one of you writerly types has got to have a DaddyIssues!Zito/DaddyIssues!Huston in you. Just think about it ^_~
Mulder's back from his longass honeymoon today. You have to imagine he'll make a decision in the next week. If Mark Alan Mulder would just announce he plans to return to St. Louis (pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease), I would BE SO FREAKING HAPPY and I could stick my head in the sand and not have to check MLB.com or ESPN for the next two months and that might actually be kinda great. I'm tired of this offseason.
One of the Lebanese channels is carrying a Saudi broadcast of Waquofat Arafat. On the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage, the pilgrims swarm Mt. Arafat and the surrounding plain to pray at the Mount of Mercy and ask God for forgiveness. Muslims who aren't there are supposed to fast, in solidarity. Me and organized religion have been on the outs for a few years now, though I go through the motions, but part of me can't help but be moved by the visual of so many people, all dressed in white, all holding on to an idea and a hope bigger than themselves. The camera scans the crowd and you see all shades of skin, standing and sitting next to each other, all ages, men and women, arms outstretched, mouths moving in prayer or private communion with God. I suppose it's an image that scares a lot of people now, but it's amazing, really.
Going to see Dreamgirls with my 'rents in a couple hours. I'm looking forward to it. I hope I like it. I've had a bad run of movie luck as of late.
Eta: Okay, I lied - Danny is too cute: "I'm very content to see Barry just once or twice a year. It would be hard to go head-to-head against him for the next however many years. This is perfect -- we can still hang out during spring training." - Choice thrills ex-mates. And because I'm a dork, I am amused to no end that the story quotes Billy and Chavvy as well, on how very nice it is that Barry will be so close. I BET.
May/June 2003 - Barry Zito wants to be the man
August 2003 - Hudson keeps his cool
June 2004 - The Talented Mr. Mulder
Just the cover stories so far. I'll throw out a heads up when the issues have been fully scanned. And hopefully I'll remember how to get rid of that graininess.
So after my initial euphoria over Barry staying in the Bay Area, I confess, I'm kinda bummed now. He's not an A! I like the A's. I like slashing the A's. You've thrown off my groove, Barry William. **tosses him out of window**
I've realized I don't really care about Zito all that much, in and of himself. He was of interest to me in the context of his relationships and nonrelationships with his teammates. I got into Barry, because Barry was an integral part of Z/Chavvy, and Zito/Haren, and Zito/Harden, and Zito/Huddy, and Zito/Mulder. And now he's off to the Giants, where he could be an integral part of...Zito/Morris? **shudders** I'll pass. I fear if not for the enthusiasm of certain others on my f-list, Zito would go the way of Huddy for me, and I'd just occasionally be like oh hey, I remember that guy when I come across a story on him or there's a highlight on ESPN or something. And yes, there's still the potential for cross-bridge fun times, but. You know. It's not the saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame. **emos**
I'm not following the Giants for him, is all I'm saying, and that makes me a little sad, because the Z has been good to me in the overthinking fic department. I said yesterday I'd check them out every fifth day, but that's probably ambitious. Unless [Bad username or site: rickenbacker / @ livejournal.com] picks them up when she moves out west, and colonizes me with caring about the Giants as she has already infected me with remotely caring about the fucking Cardinals. But I have this well-developed abhorrence to teams that wear orange and black. Childhood trauma, you see. Bad associations.
I plan on pulling a Barry and not reading the coverage of this whole hullabaloo, but [Bad username or site: nicole2075 / @ livejournal.com] brought this to my attention, which kind of made me laugh: A source from inside the Yankees organization says Joe Zito so wanted his boy in the NYC, he personally called the Yankees to let them know they could have Barry at a tremendous discount of $119 million for 7 years. Controlling much? The Yanks balked at giving Zito seven years, so he's Giant. Which is all by way of saying one of you writerly types has got to have a DaddyIssues!Zito/DaddyIssues!Huston in you. Just think about it ^_~
Mulder's back from his longass honeymoon today. You have to imagine he'll make a decision in the next week. If Mark Alan Mulder would just announce he plans to return to St. Louis (pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease), I would BE SO FREAKING HAPPY and I could stick my head in the sand and not have to check MLB.com or ESPN for the next two months and that might actually be kinda great. I'm tired of this offseason.
One of the Lebanese channels is carrying a Saudi broadcast of Waquofat Arafat. On the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage, the pilgrims swarm Mt. Arafat and the surrounding plain to pray at the Mount of Mercy and ask God for forgiveness. Muslims who aren't there are supposed to fast, in solidarity. Me and organized religion have been on the outs for a few years now, though I go through the motions, but part of me can't help but be moved by the visual of so many people, all dressed in white, all holding on to an idea and a hope bigger than themselves. The camera scans the crowd and you see all shades of skin, standing and sitting next to each other, all ages, men and women, arms outstretched, mouths moving in prayer or private communion with God. I suppose it's an image that scares a lot of people now, but it's amazing, really.
Going to see Dreamgirls with my 'rents in a couple hours. I'm looking forward to it. I hope I like it. I've had a bad run of movie luck as of late.
Eta: Okay, I lied - Danny is too cute: "I'm very content to see Barry just once or twice a year. It would be hard to go head-to-head against him for the next however many years. This is perfect -- we can still hang out during spring training." - Choice thrills ex-mates. And because I'm a dork, I am amused to no end that the story quotes Billy and Chavvy as well, on how very nice it is that Barry will be so close. I BET.
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Rest assured, I am so not jumping on the Giants fanbase. Just, no.
Also, I was interested in Barry for so long, but now I've convinced myself he's a dick so if I do creep back I think it'll just be a little bit. Stay interested in his curveball and his slash potential, and keep the relationship professional.
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I'm glad you won't be crossing over to the dark side o' the bay.