it's days like these that keep me on my winning streak

So...that teaser in the L&O:CI ads is Nicole Wallace, right? They wouldn't tease her and then not produce, would they? They couldn't be so mean!

Argh. Okay, I totally just spoiled myself for the episode on Wikipedia. But now I have my answer.

I've pretty much done nothing productive since I left work this afternoon. And I'm okay with that. This is my first day of nothingness in a long time.

I leave you with this, from last night's Twins game against the Angels:

*snicker*

TRAIN.

Tonight seimaisin and I became real Minnesotans and went to our first ever St. Paul Saints baseball game. Outside. Where baseball should be played. There were awesome things, like Super Fan leading us in riding a rollercoaster. And free cookies! And cheap booze! There were weird things, like being molested by a pig in a hula skirt and hearing the "Chicken Dance" about 50 times in a row. And there were bad things, like the pasty old guy in the speedo sitting in the hot tub who was quite frightening, even from the other side of the stadium.

All in all though, it was fantastic! We'll definitely go again!

Tomorrow is Serenity!!! *squee*

Know what starts today? Grapefruit league baseball! Don't get me wrong, I love the Wild and they're going to the playoffs and it's going to be awesome! But it's still not as great as the Twinkies starting up again. Yay!

Seriously. This is NAIL BITING!!! Twins won their game. Tigers are now down 10-8 to the Royals in the bottom of the 12th with ONE OUT TO GO!! WE'RE ALMOST THE DIVISION CHAMPS!!!

Let's go Royals!! *g*

ETA: THEY DID IT!! The Royals swept the Tigers and the Twins are now the Central Division champs. HOLY SHIT!! Game one of the playoffs is now Tuesday night at home!!

Memories from bowling tonight:

• Mauer hit a home run!
• The Twins won!!!  They're tied for first place!!!!  There was much cheering
• Playing "Fernando" on the jukebox
• We all actually bowled very well
• AND
• The guy wearing a belt buckle the size of my head

Dude, and the Wild won tonight!  Sweet.

Flavor of Love: Whatever Flav & New York were doing in that hotel room was seriously grossing me out. How anyone can kiss and...whatever...that trollish man is beyond me. And yes, I'm referring to both Flav and New York with that statement.

But of course I keep watching, because it is dramatastic! I'll be sad when it's done.

The Office: OMG!!!11!!!eleventy! How much did the premier rock?? This show just gets better and better.

London Bridge: Quite possibly the stupidest song ever made. And I CANNOT STOP listening to it!

Pirates: taylorea's birthday/pirate party was Saturday night and it was lovely. I did indeed dress up, but I didn't get a photo of my whole costume. I did take a couple head shots though, so maybe I'll post one when I get home. The party was fun, the food was good, and the company was great. We listened to random piratey music and watched The Pirate Movie, while playing party games. Unfortunately, one of the side-effects of kicking my caffeine addiction is that I now tire easily and ended up leaving rather early.

Speaking of the caffeine thing: I'm doing pretty well with the whole not drinking soda. All last week I managed to only have a can of soda every other day, which I'm trying to continue this week. Which also means that I am trying to get through a Monday without any caffeine. Ugh! I have an emergency Dr. Pepper sitting on my desk, but so far I've been able to resist opening it. It's about 1pm now and that's a good sign that I should be able to make it through the rest of the day. I barely got any sleep last night though and I'm yawning something awful and will probably end up taking a nap when I get home.

Other healthy things: I haven't really mentioned it, but I kinda started a diet. Well, more like a plan to be aware of what I'm eating and to encourage myself to get up off my ass and do something, rather than sit in front of the computer/TV all night. Anyhow, thanks to seimaisin, I joined SparkPeople and so far it's going pretty well. I lost five pounds last week, which is more than they encourage, but I'm sure it's mostly because of the not drinking soda and not eating kettle chips. (man, I MISS kettle chips) Once my body gets more used to not eating stuff like that, I'm sure it'll get harder to shed pounds. I'll admit I'm still eating some junk, but much less. That's the whole SparkPeople idea. Ease into things so it's not such a shock to yourself and you quit in disgust.

Taco Bell: Damn you and your TV commercials! I was so hungry for a tostada last night! To the point where I was prepared to get in my car and drive there at 11:30 last night. But I told myself that it was a bad idea and went to read a book instead. I've planned my eating today so that I will actually be able to go to TB for dinner tonight and eat a couple things. It'll make my tummy happy!

Minnesota Twins: GO TWINS!! The magic number is 2 to get into the playoffs and that should get demolished tonight. YAY!! Time to dig out the Homer Hankies. We're still in a race for the division title though, and that probably won't be decided until the last few games. Stupid Tigers. *grumbles*

Minnesota Wild: WHY ARE THE PRESEASON GAMES NOT ON TV?? So stupid. I need my hockey!!

scottielovers: So adorable! I WANT A SCOTTIE PUPPY!

Okay, so I realize that this is like really early and all, but a few people have asked me about what might be going on, so I thought I'd post this. As some of you may know, my 30th birthday is coming up. Just to get it out of the way, I am perfectly fine with it. I have no turning 30 blues or anything. It's just another birthday. But, since it is kind of a milestone, I figure it should be celebrated.

But. As it often happens, my bday falls on Labor Day weekend this year. (Sat, to be exact) And this is a sucktastic time for a bday, as everyone is usually trying to have a last hurrah before fall starts and no one is in town. In fact, I doubt that I'll be in town for my bday. So, we'll be celebrating it a little early so that everyone can attend. And what's going on a couple weeks before Sept 2nd???

That's right! Motherfucking Snakes on a Plane!!! =) My official 30th birthday celebration will be on August 18th, to coincide with the greatest movie ever made. It's a little early for actual plans, but I'm thinking dinner, a late showing and maybe cocktails afterwards. Be there or be square.

I'm also thinking though, that one birthday night is not enough. So, I offer up the suggestion of a Saints baseball game on Aug 24th. It's VHS Demolition Night! First 2500 get a hard hat. What's better than baseball and blowing stuff up? Nothing!!! There are still plenty of tickets available, but if we're going to do this we should decide soon so we can get seats and all.

Today was halfway crappy. I went down to Mankato with my parents to watch my brother's baseball team. I was cold and windy, they lost both games and DJ didn't play anyways. Plus, my back has been bothering me all week, so sitting on metal bleachers didn't help any. The night ended very well though, as my parents took us out to TimberLodge Steakhouse. I still feel incredibly full.

Even though I could barely feel my fingers, I did complete some of the drabbles from the drabble meme. Writing true drabbles is hard! So much description just gets thrown out the window because of the word count restraint. I don't like that much. And I'm not sure if I like these much. But here they are anyways.

For: vedakai
Pairing: Bug/Jordan
Comments: I have no idea if this was what you're looking for.
( I know )

For: butterbuns
Pairings: Renee/Garret, natch
Comments: I honestly have no idea where this one was going. I don't think I can really write either one of them.
( Garret hesitated as he raised his hand. )

For: amazonqueenkate
Pairing: Bug/Nigel
Comments: Obviously, I got the inspiration for this while watching TV last night. This is screaming at me to be turned into an actual story.
( Bug had no idea how Nigel had talked him into this. )

Hope you guys liked these! I still have two more drabbles that I should hopefully complete tomorrow.

I really do love "Deja Past." Nigel in a short-sleeved shirt always makes for a good episode! Plus, the scene of Jordan singing "Got to Be Real" and dancing through the crypt is one of my favorite show openings ever. Ack! I can't wait for the new ep tomorrow!

I need shiny kilt Steve icons like yesterday. I know what I'll be doing tomorrow. :p

I wrote this whole journal entry and lj seems to have eaten it. Hmph.

( How I spent my Saturday )

I got a letter from B&N today. It seems I had some retirement account there (???) and they need to send me $123. I'm not going to argue about it.

Also, I saw the most adorable gay boy when we ran to Target, wearing an "I ♥ Dick" T-shirt, and I wanted to bring him home with me. But I didn't think my parents would understand why I stuffed a boy in the trunk of their car.

Not only did they win the World Series, but they swept the series AND shut out the Cards in Game 4. Can't complain about that! I know Mientkiewicz hated it when it he was traded, but I bet he's thanking his lucky stars now.

Still, I miss hockey more than anything right now.