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All that crouching didn't make Martin grouchy http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodrep1may01,1,1180786.story Here's some of my favorite lines: He must have felt something as the innings kept coming. "I was getting hungry toward the end of the game," he said. "Then I got grumpy." "He could probably catch 162 games," Lieberthal said. "He has youth. He has a great body. He's Robocop. He can just keep going."

... with an extra ticket. Russell isn't playing tonight! I heard it on KFWB's pregame show. While I was at work. Hehe. I got lucky again. My assistant manager wanted me to work on shipment once the night associate came in. SO, I have a FM/AM radio in my purse. I bought a small one at WalGreens on Saturday with the intention of listening to the game on Sunday and at the Dodger games. It's more interesting to watch the game when you hear what's going on. Anyway, I kept it in my purse from yesterday. Plus, the game started after I got off work. I intended to turn it on as I was making my way to the car. Well, since I was in the stock room, I pulled it out and listened to the Dodger pre-game show. Hehe I even got to hear A. Martinez talk to Russell. He was supposed to have one of the next two days off anyway. Here's Russell's standings as of yesterday: Among Dodgers: Batting Walks: Leads with 13 Strike outs: unfortunately, leads with 13 Stolen bases: second behind P...

This should give you a good laugh. Anyway, this morning, I was lying in bed, half-awake, half-asleep. And I hear someone saying, "SEVENTEEN innings! Against the PADRES!" So, what do I do? I get out of bed and run out the door, looking like a mess cause I just got of out of bed. It was a man talking to our mail-lady. I get my mail, wave to the guy. He asks me, "Is that your car?" My mom moved my car so it was parked across the street from my house. I say, yeah. He's like, "awesome. Are you going to the game tonight? It's free blanket night." I told him no, I switched shifts so my friend could go (Sherisse). But I was going to tomorrow and Wednesday's game. He said, "aww! It's free blanket night. It's okay, I'll drop off one for you." How cool was that? I don't think he'll follow through, but I still think it's cool. Still no takers on tha fourth ticket. Maybe I should've offered it to that guy.

So, I may have possibly found a fourth person to go to the game on Tuesday ... just to have one of the original three drop out. Now I'm back to either have one ticket or two. HMMM. Anyway... did anyone get to watch the game today? At San Diego? On TV? AMAZING!!! Seventeen innings?

Okay, so Russell didn't get a hit today. But he did get a DOUBLE PLAY! !! What's the big deal? As far as Vin knew, that was the first time he's ever seen that happened. Anyone else can think of something like that? Sure, there was LoDuca tagging out Kent and Drew at home plate, which happened another time before. BUT... was there anything like this? Runner at third gets caught between home and third in a pickle. Pitcher throws the ball to third baseman, third baseman throws the ball to the catcher, who tags out the runner. THEN he proceeds to go after the runner who was in between second and third to TAG him out as well because he couldn't go back to second. There was already another runner there. Giving the catcher a DOUBLE PLAY. Ok, so I haven't been following baseball very long. Anyone else can think of a) an unassisted double play, b) a catcher doing the unassisted double play, c) a catcher doing the unassisted double play in the infield away from homeplate? LOL...

First ... I got lost. Not terribly lost. I wasn't lost like I didn't know where I was lost. I was lost because I was going the wrong direction. In the end, with Angelina's help, I got to where I was going. Where as that? Walgreens. Why? To pick up pictures I sent to print. Good thing I didn't try to go before class this morning. I would've missed most of class. Then, since I was in Pasadena, I wanted to look for a new sketchbook journal. Sounds easy right? Not when you're as persnickety as I am. What kind was I looking for? Well... it had to be at least 8 x 10, hard cover, and blank pages. No lines. No binding. Why? Because it's for me to tape/paste my newspaper articles in. And after awhile, the book gets fatter from all the articles. It expands and a spiral notebook works better than a bound notebook. No lines because it's just for scrapbooking. And why didn't I want a scrapbook? Too expensive and not enough pages. Three stops later, I settled for ...

Here I am, sitting in my library class ... getting annoyed at the guy sitting next to me. I'm sitting here behind the computer, minding my own business ... and he looks over at my screen and goes: how do you get to that screen? And then as I'm trying to get this blog done, he keeps peeking over at my screen to see what I'm doing! Excuse me? Can you please keep your eyes to your own screen? I liked it when they had the monitors with the screen on them so no one could see what you were doing on your computer screen unless they were looking at it at the same angle you are. Sherisse called me. Tanzania called and asked if we would like to come in at six tomorrow morning. I said, sure. Why not? LOL I can sleep in on Monday. Sherisse and I switched schedules so she could go to a Dodger game. That's okay. I'm going to Tuesday and Wednesday's Dodger games. I'm so excited! Also, Nina called. She wanted to know if I wanted to go with her and her parents to Costco to p...

Remember how on that morning where the lack of food and sleep caused me to buy four tickets? Well, two of the five people I asked to go with me said yes. Now I just need to find that fourth person!

Kevin texted me this: "Did you get today's love is? It's a reflection of him when you look at a mirror. Did that happen? When yo usaw Russell in the mirror when you looked? LOL"

Cuz then you get a very cranky person who goes and spends $120 to four tickets to a Dodger game. LOL You can't start a blog entry without mentioning the Dodgers, now can you? First of all, I didn't get to bed till about four AM. I got off work around 10:20, picked up food, and didn't get home till about 10:45. Naturally, having just ate fast food, I didn't want to go to bed. So I stayed up, uploading pictures onto bebo and flickr. Went to bed. My mom woke up up at seven to tell me to let the service guy in when he shows up. He shows up at ten and wakes me up, considering I probably fell asleep around 8. Not in a good mood. There's nothing to make in the fridge that's quick and filling. So here I am, waiting for the service guy to finish up so I can go get some MORE fast food. And my parents wonder where does my paycheck go. It goes to keeping me alive by feeding me. Not only that ... I just spent $120 on four Field Box tickets for the May 1st game. I CAN'T W...

I had the day off! So, after a bit of shopping, getting plenty of stares, and wasting time waiting for my mom ... we went to the Dodgers' game! We left Nina's after six and got to the Stadium about 6:30. We got to our seats about ten minutes before first pitch. Russell was warming up with Lowe in left field, in front of us. Mind you, we were in the reserve level seating. But hey, they were free tickets. Anyway, there weren't too many people around at the time. Russell and Lowe went into the bullpen and so I started taking pictures of the other players warming up. Then it was time for the Star-Spangled Banner. When the Dodgers took the field, a bunch of little kids got to run out there and get an autograph from the players. It was so cute. I saw that on a televised game once, and didn't know what was going on! While Angelina, Nina and I were making a food run, Russell missed throwing a ball and Lowe fell trying to get it. And Roberts hit a home run. That might've bee...

No, my love has not come along (Ella Fitzgerald song I think). At last! We fixed our internet connection. The house phone is disconnected for now, but that's what cell phones are for, right? So, we moved the modem and the new router I bought today to my brother's room. We had something to split our one phone jack from one line to two. We discovered that if the phone line is plugged into the jack, our internet works fine. Before, the following websites wouldn't work: myspace, one of my credit cards, mycheckfree, and other sites. And, I couldn't upload pictures on Bebo or make any changes to my profile or stuff like that. Plus, lately, the Dodgers' website hasn't been working either. My Windows Messenger / MSN messenger stopped working too! Ta-da! Everything works now! Man, I wish I had done this years ago. Ever since we got DSL and the router, our internet has been weird. I am so glad I got fed up with it. The Dodgers' website not working was the last straw! ...

I was right. No pictures in the newspaper. There was an article in the LA times. Still, I was hoping for a picture! Anyway, that's what the internet is for. Also ... wow! I'm up to 88 visitors! How cool is that. LOL. Can't wait to hit that 100 mark! And finally... the most visitors I've received on a day was six ... now it's up to eight! I'm excited. Sorta. Even though no one leaves comments, at least I know people are "looking" at my blog. Makes it sorta feel... worthwhile? So, I know I'm a crazy lady. Oh well. Guess I'm just looking for ... I dunno... justification? Personally, as a writer, I need to know that I am writing for something. I guess. Or maybe I just write to write. Who knows. Certainly not me.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Russell Martin follows through on a grand slam in the ... - MLB - Yahoo! Sports GRAND SLAM BABY! LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 21: Russell Martin #55 of the Los Angeles Dodgers ... - MLB - Yahoo! Sports I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!! "Oh, hey, that's my man right there." Andre Ethier, Living Spaces (La Mirada). April 21, 2007

August 2 - Free Russell Martin Bobblehead! I AM SO THERE!!! Who's with me? You can also go to dodgers.com/martinsong to pick the song that will play when Russell goes on the plate. My computer is being lame and hasn't been opening the Dodger website lately. If you haven't seen it yet, go to latimes.com, search for Russell Martin, and look at the picture captioned "Dodgers martin slam." LOVE IT! If it wasn't copyrighted, I'd post it right here. LOVE THE PICTURE!!!! LOL ... another quote, "I want to talk a little bit about Russell Martin." LOL that came from a caller from Long Beach I think. Who doesn't want to talk a little bit about Russell Martin. Dude! This guy doesn't think Russell is going to be a super-star. He thinks it's too early to say that.

FIRST GRAND SLAM OF HIS CAREER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those of you who missed it... RUSSELL MARTIN (!!!!!!!!!!!!) hit his first grand slam of his career, winning the Dodgers game, 7-3 in the bottom of the tenth inning!!! I missed all but the last inning of the game. Well, okay, last half! I got off work and was wondering why I didn't get my Dodger update yet. The game was still going on at 10! That's why! They were tied, 3-3, at the top of the tenth inning. Since it wasn't broadcasted on any channel that I may have at home, I raced over to Nina's to watch the last inning. Things weren't looking too good with one out in the bottom of the tenth inning. With one man on base, I was like, please don't hit into a double play. Nomar gets out. Pierre almost gets tagged out. Phew. Kent gets on base. Two men. No double plays, okay, boys? Gonzo gets walked. Here comes my man. I told my friends, bases loaded, here's his chance to hit a grand slam. And what does my baby do? H...

This morning, I got up at 6:15 AM just to meet Andre Ethier! By the time I left the house, the first person was already at Living Spaces. First things first, since it was so early, Starbucks run! Thank goodness I filled up my tank last night ... as cold as it was. Anyway, picked up the LADs (L.A. Dodgeraholics, as I will be calling the group for short) and we were off at seven. Well, just a little bit before. Anyway, we got there about 7:25 and there was hardly anyone there! Okay, so the thing didn't open till ten. There were about ten people in front of us (one of them being an Angels fan). We chatted with them. They brought out some free coffee around nine. By then, the line had grown and started to wrap around the building. We were the first 15, so we couldn't see how long the line was. And a catering truck arrived for a little bit and sold food. They opened the doors and led us through a bunch of recliners and made us wait about fifteen minutes before Andre showed up. They...

Well, in this case ... the sky's bluer on the other side. While I was driving home, on the Downtown side of Dodger Stadium, the clouds are dark and gloomy. On the other hand, on the L.A. River side of Dodger Stadium, the clouds are not as heavy. You can actually see the blue sky! So, today has been quite a day. I picked up Sarah (after stopping to pick up an umbrella at Walgreens) and then we went Angelina in Pasadena. She got to the parking structure just before we did. So, she waited in her car for us. We all had blue umbrellas. Quite a coincidence. It was raining, drizzling, as we walked around Pasadena. It lightened up enough at one point that we didn't need our umbrellas. But started again so we did need them. On the way to Barnes and Noble, we had to step over some running water. I guess Sarah misjudged the depth, because she stepped in it, and the water went over her left foot! We went to Barnes and Noble, got some coffee, shopped around. We left, but then had to go back...

Well, it's about six o'clock and the game starts in another hour and forty minutes. So far, the rain as let up. How do I know? Well... I do live in Elysian Valley in the shadows of Elysian Hills, where, guess what? Dodgers' Stadium is located. LOL. I live probably less than ten minutes away from Dodger Stadium. In fact, if fans haven't started packing the freeway yet, I may attempt to get on the 110 to get to Chinatown to pick up my mom in a few minutes. Anyway, when I got up this morning around 9:30 (thank you mr. man at the door), it was drizzling. Since it was supposed to rain today, I ran out and took down my Dodger flag from my car. The "Think Blue" and "Go Russell" I wrote on my car last night is still on my windows. Though, they appear more white than blue. So, if you see a silver/gray/green looking car driving back with (or without) the Dodger flag, and writings on the car, that's a me! On the driver's side, if you look closely enough...

The All-Star ballot is up! And who's on it this year from the Dodgers? First off, RUSSELL MARTIN!!! Then there's Nomar Garciaparra, Rafael Furcal, Jeff Kent, Juan Pierre, Andre Ethier Who did I vote for? Catcher: Duh, my very own Dodger husband - Russell Martin 1st Base: Again, duh, Angelina's very own Dodger husband - Nomar Garciaparra 2nd Base: well, I decided to stick with our Dodgers, and voted for the old man, Jeff Kent 3rd Base: David Wright. Okay, I know he's a Met, but I like him. If I could have a Mets' husband, it would be DAVID WRIGHT. Short-stop: Nina's Dodger husband (for now, until she trades him in for Brady Clark), Rafael Furcal Outfielders: Andre Ethier (another Dodger), Shawn Green (I know, a Mets, but he was a Dodger once upon a time), and I wrote in Brady Clark. Let's see who ends up on this year's All-Star team. As for today's game, after last night's humiliating loss (2-7) against the Rockies, I had absolute confidence that ...

It's another Juan! Since I didn't see a copy of the L.A. times on my lawn this morning, I needed to get another newspaper. I went to the little mini-mart in the mall. 54 cents! Are you kidding me? Why do you feel the need to charge and extra 4 cents for tax? Anyway, I went to Gloria Jean's to get this week's mocha. Coffee boy saw the newspaper I was holding and asked me if I was going to use the rest of it. I had already pulled out the sports section and found Russie's picture! I asked him if he would like the crossword puzzle. He took the calendar section before I could grab my favorite comics. I asked the other lady what was his name, and she told me, Juan. Yay! After a year and half, I finally learn his name!

Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks Final score : 5 -1, Dodgers record : 9 -4, Diamondbacks: 9-5, putting the Dodgers ahead of the D-backs by half a game, again. Play-by-play Top of 2nd - Martin doubles, Ethier singles. Martin scores on Betemit's sacrifice fly. Bottom of 3rd - great diving catch by Ethier Bottom of 4th - great play by the Dodgers - Gonzo to Furcal to Martin, who blocks the plate and tags out the runner! Top of 5th - Nomar hits his first home run of the season! Bottom of 5th - Russ catches a foul ball. Vin Scully (?) makes a comment about the first thing a catcher learns is not to take off his mask so quickly because it then becomes a liability. In the replay, he comments on how Russ drops the mask behind him and is aware of where it is. That's my R-Mart! Bottom of 6th - Russ almost throws out a runner attempting to steal third. At first, it looked like he did. He looks like he thought he should have. Grady Little goes out to talk with the ump about the call. I guess Betem...

Russell is leading the team in average, stolen bases, and runs. Out of the first five stats, those are the ones that apply to him. The last four apply only to pitchers. As far as home runs go, he only has one. But RBIs... he's got seven. So, he's not far from leading the team in RBIs as well! Whoo! Go RUSSELL!!! On last night's Dodger talk, they were saying that Russell could wear a C on his jersey if they did that kind of thing. He's a team leader in every possible way. They talked about how rare it is to find a five-tool cacher, and Russell can be considered a SIX-tool catcher. How cool is that? I added some more categories to the stats. Russ leading in two of them, second in one. He could possibly be a leader overall!!! STAT PLAYER TOTAL AVERGAGE R. Martin .366 HOME RUNS L. González, R. Martin, J. Kent, A. Ethier 3, 1, 1, 1 RUNS BATTED IN N. Garciaparra, R. Martin, J. Kent 8, 7, 7 RUNS R. Martin 11 STOLEN BASES R. Martin 4 HITS WALKS ON BASE PERCENTAGE...

LOL I didn't know what else to title the blog besides... I MET THE MAN OF MY DREAMS.... *Takes deep breath, lets it out* Where do I begin? LOL I didn't know what else to title the blog besides... As soon as I got out of class, I bolted to my car and sped down the freeway to get to Hollywood. When I got there, I drove past Earl Scheib's once, didn't find any parking on the streets, drove back the other way, found parking, and walked over to Earl Scheib's. Who knows how many times I squealed with joy! LOL When I got there, I found Angelina and them quite easily. There was over a hundred people already there. The lady in front of us was very friendly. Melissa came with her husband, and her son. Her favorite player is Andre Ethier and her son, David's, favorite player is Nomar Garciaparra. We chatted, I showed them my pictures from Wednesday night's game. The group of guys in front of them were peeking, so I let them browse the pictures too. Both groups commente...

... stayed home today and just go see Russ... As soon as I left, I was already running late. But this clss is pretty hard and I need to be in every class. As tradition holds, I went to get STarubcksbefore class. Trust me ... Saturday mornings I'm dead tired. First of all, I'm not a morning person. Second of all, I am a night person. Last night, I didn't get to bed till about two. Anyway, first thing I did was grab a copy of the Daily News. When I can, I will get a subscription so I don't have to do this. I already subscribed to the L.A. Times. OOhhh I gotta finish this later. My teacher just announced she's leaving early cuz she's sick. And we can stay and practice on Voyager ... but as soon as I'm done with one record, I'm outta here! Watch out Russ... here I COME!!!

TILL I MEET THE MAN OF MY DREAMS!!!!! Being RUSSELL NATHAN COLTRANE JEANSON MARTIN, JR.!!!!!!! I have been looking forward to this for two weeks. Unfortunately... I have class from 9:00 -12:30. He's going to be at an autograph signing from noon to two. The first one hundred people get a free t-shirt. Everyone else gets an autograph and a Dodger Dog. It's probably going to be a big turn out. The one at PCC definitely had more than a hundred people there. They were limited to only one hundred, so I hope the case isn't the same. Because I won't get there till like one. Guess what I'm going to have him sign? A picture of him that I took at Wednesday night's baseball game. I'll be back with what happens.

Hooray! I've got a two for two record going on. I've only been to two games and they've won them both! On my way to the stadium, I was like, "man, I'm gonna go stupid-crazy tonight." That's what a sports reporter said when he interviewed Russ. He used that phrase when they were talking about the MAGICAL night when Russ hit the third of the four consecutive home runs. He said, after Russ hit the third home run, the crowd went "stupid-crazy." Which, is the perfect term for me. I got off work at 7, got to my car about 7:03, got off the freeway at 7:18, and got in the stadium just in time for Russ' first at-bat. Crazy, i know. Juan and Shelley couldn't believe I've only been to one game. And it was only one game that it took to create a monster out of me. Yup. One game. Why? I have no clue. I drove like crazy to get to Dodger Stadium, which is only ten minutes from work or so. When I got there, got a parking spot real quick in Lot 4. Spen...

The MVP of today's game! Rightly deserved. The Dodgers barely won today's game, 2-1. The first run was scored by Russ. The second one scored when Russ hit a sacrifice fly. Ooh don't forget about the base he stole, which helped put him in scoring position on Nomar's single! In the bottom of the fourth inning, he got another hit and was in scoring position. The bases were loaded and they were left stranded. At Martin's last at bat, he hit a sacrifice fly that let Betemit score, putting the Dodgers ahead. Now, defensively... there was the double play with the bases loaded. Oooh I think it was Holliday... he wasn't too happy about that. He shredded his batting glove and then put the remains in his pocket. There was another play during the fifth inning, but I wasn't home yet to watch it. Basically, he threw out the last out for the inning. But according to the person's blog I was reading, it was a good play. Top of the eighth inning was when the double play ...

So, because our new assistant manager was watching the training videos in the stock room, I decided to go out for my break today. I went to Gloria Jean's and he was working today. He wore a beanie to cover his head. He dyed his hair orange last week. MINUS FIVE POINTS. Doesn't look good at all. While I was waiting for my drink, he came over and was cutting the cross word puzzle (for himself) and Sudoku (for his coworker) out of the newspaper. He said it was to pass time. (Add a point - he likes crossword puzzles - don't ask me why he gets points for that). After I got my drink, I sat down at a table. He walked past me to go on his break. MINUS FIFTEEN POINTS. He was going to take a smoke. He smokes???? oooh boy ... he lost a lot of points for that. But who's counting? Let's see... Russ lost points for having a tattoo. Coffee Boy lost points for smoking... not doing too well are we here. That's okay. Guys. Who needs them? SIGH. DON'T ANSWER THAT! Just leave a...

Touch of green: During Monday's Opening Day at Dodger Stadium, 12 of the green jerseys worn by the Dodgers on St. Patrick's Day will be auctioned off to benefit the Dodgers Dream Foundation. The silent auction, which will take place during the game on the Club Level, will include the jerseys of Kent, Saito, Nomar Garciaparra, Russell Martin, Juan Pierre and several others. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT WOULDN'T I GIVE TO HAVE RUSS' JERSEY? Okay, I know. Obsessed much. On top of that, Russell Martin is signing autographs this Saturday in Hollywood. He's going to be there from noon to two, and guess what? The first 100 people will get a free Russell Martin t-shirt. AAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!! Why couldn't it have been the following Saturday? I have class this Saturday, but not next Saturday. I wont' get out of class till about 12:30 and then I probably won't get there till about 1:00. Will they have a cut-off for autographs? Like after a certa...

First inning - Pierre bunts, out. Russ gets a base hit. Nomar gets thrown out at first, Russ gets to second. Kent gets walked. Gonzalez out. End of first - Dodgers 0, Giants 1 Second inning - Martinez picks up a run, tying the game. End of second - Dodgers 1, Giants 1 Third inning - Russ first to bat. Another base hit for Russie. Two for two. End of third - Dodgers 1, Giants 1 Fourth inning - Homerun for Gonzo! End of fourth- Dodgers 2, Giants 1 Fifth inning - Russ was hit! :-( But since he swung, the empire called it a strike and he's out. End of fifth - Dodgers 2, Giants 1 Sixth inning - Kent's up to bat. The announcer called said, the kumbaya love fest between giants' fans and Kent was going on, and you'd think the statute of limitations would be up by now. It's been five years since kent played for the giants. Dodgers score! Kent scores! Kemp scores, Gonzo scores! The lead is now up to 5-1! Martinez makes a sacrifice fly down the center, Valdez scores the fourt...

You be the judge of that. Work - two one thousand dollar sales (one was a little over 1000, and the other was about 1300) Dodgers won against the Giants, score 2-1. Russie threw out two players in the first two innings. The Giants stopped running after that. LOL that's what they said on the radio when I was listening post-game. So, why am I still feeling so bummy? It all started last night I think. And carried over to today. And then something happened that made me feel even worse. And now as I'm trying to do all the quizzes for my library class, I realize I don't know the material as well as I thought I did. Then again, who does? :'(

Not really. You can't break something you've never had, right? I was looking Russ up on L.A. Times to see if there were any new images or articles and lo and behold... he was in today's Times. Funny thing was, I had considered picking up a copy this morning when I was at Walgreens. Somehow, I missed the article in italics: Dodgers' Young Catcher is Catching On. WHAT? I didn't see it? Anyway, I ran out to find a copy (mind you, it's about 11:20PM when I discovered this). There was only one place I could go... Starbucks. But then, I knew they'd be closed already. But that's ok. There was also a CVS there and a Ralphs. I didn't even have to go in to either of them. They had a newspaper machine outside that still has some in them. Grabbed two quarters, stuck them in, got my paper and went home. Did I read the article in the paper? Yeah, but online. Why is my heart broken? Russ just lost TEN points. What for? Getting a tattoo. No big deal, right? Still......

Three games down. So far the Dodgers are 1-2. Russ is leading the team with the most at-bats. He's just one at-bat above Juan Pierre. I wish I could've watched/taped/listened to today's game. Our TV isn't hooked up to the VCR, so I can't tape it. Wish we had TiVo. My lunch break was at five, so I got to listen to the first fifteen minutes or so of the game. Enough to hear Russ get thrown out at first at his first at-bat. I'm looking at the game stats and the season stats right now. Too bad I don't know what all those abbreviations mean. I know most of them, just not all of them. Besides Brady Clark and Olmedo Saenz (they've only had two at-bats), Russ is leading the team in averages, at .308. Hey, it's only been three games. Anyone better at this than I am? I'm quite new to being a baseball/Dodger fan. So it goes: G- Games AB- At-bats R- Runs H - Hits 2B - Doubles 3B - Triples HR - Home-runs RBI- Runs batted in And here's where I run into tro...

First Inning: Score 0-0 Dodgers at bat - Pierre thrown out at first. Russ makes it to first. Nomar flies out. Kent makes it to first. Brewers at bat - Wolf hits Weeks. Russ and Nomar go for a pop fly, Nomar taking it, nearly colliding into Russ, with Wolf near by. You can sorta hear him yelling, to warn them from colliding. The announcer said Wolf needs to yell louder. Third out - Russ grabs the grounder and throws it to Nomar. Second Inning: Dodgers at bat - when Wolf is up at the plate, you hear a fan yelling "No wonder the Phillies traded you." Brewers at bat - first run of the game. Announcer: "Maybe that's why Ned Yosh doesn't like the bunt. The Breweres aren't very good at it." After Capuano strikes out, bunting. Third Inning: Dodgers at bat - Pierre walked. Martin doubles, Pierre scores (1 RBI for Russ), turns around, falls, and goes back to second. Nomar doubles, sending Martin home (1 RBI for Nomar). The Dodgers take a one point lead, with back-...

That's the sound a small pile of stuff made as it landslided off my desk! It was mostly receipts, my checkbook, and some CDs. What caused this landslide? I moved my leg and the desk moved. And the movement therefore caused a sudden landslide. It almost happened last night too! My phone was on my desk and it was on vibrate. The phone started vibrating and set off another landslide - this time was mostly papers and stuff, which I was able to catch. Now here is a picture update of the state of my room. Maybe Mayor Villaragoisa will declare it a state of national disaster and send in some rescue team to clear it up. Who knows, maybe my future husband is part of that recovery team. As you can tell, it's not that bad right now. All the clothes have either been hung up or put away in storage containers. Want to guess how many of those I've purchased within this last week? SIX. There's two in my brother's room, two in my closet, and two in my room. THE HORROR, THE HORROR!

What's with automated systems these days? Yes, most of the time it's convenient just to listen to one and punch in the number you need. But what if you actually need to talk to a person? What then? For example, when I call cingular or t-mobile to make a payment, then yeah, i don't want to talk to a representative. However, when I have a question about something, then, yes, I would like to speak to a representative. Like, in this instance today. I tried to call the DMV to ask about renewing my vehicle registration. Because I never got my renewal slip in the mail. It probably arrived while I was in North Carolina and my parents just never gave it to me. Here comes April, and my registration is about to expire. Now, I don't want to repeat last year's mistake where I got pulled over because my tags were expired. Fortunately, it was because I hadn't put my new one on yet. Unfortunately, that isn't the case here. Looks like I'll have to go over to the DMV tomo...

... and put me out of my misery. LOL, okay, so I'm not that miserable. Actually, if you shoot our lead sales associate, you'd put me and Sherisse out of our misery. The last couple times I have had to work with her on Sunday, I don't get any sales. She hogs them and takes sales away from the house. Now, if she distributed house sales like the other managers do, then fine. Because, like today, we are busy with something and unable to fully assist customers. We do what we can to help them, but not like if we weren't occupied with something else. Today, I came in at three and already the store was a mess. Sundays are pretty busy. Today was definitely no exception. Poor Joyce (she's our 63-year-old assistant manager) was marking down things in missy. Mariam was standing at the cashwrap (where else would she be?), marking down the jewelry. Now. If it was me marking down jewelry, or anyone else, we'd be standing at the jewelry fixture marking them down. Not taking the...