there was a span that ended last night, where i didn't get home from work until well past 9 for five days out of six. the missing day was sunday. so, you know, it's been a little busy. and i'm more than a little fried, and probably rather more goofy than normal, which is only going to get worse; i ain't done yet.
on the other hand, my order from amazon arrived the other day, which means that when i get some free time, i'm going to waste plenty of it playing 'guitar hero'. in my case, it's a self-limiting addiction, since my left hand gets tired after a while. i think one of my roommates might already be hooked on it. it's like brightly colored, noisy crack, which has the bonus feature of allowing you to look totally ridiculous with a toy guitar in the privacy of your own home. i'll be honest. i left work 'early' (read:830pm) one night 'cause i wanted to go home and play.
and then, last night, garrett convinced me that i should probably go to the baseball game, so i finally broke the streak of working wicked late, and made it there for the fourth inning. it was nice to be back, even though i'm clearly bad luck. there is a theory that i need to burn my 'damon is my homeboy' shirt before i can be good luck again. we'll have to give that a try, perhaps soon. standing-room only tickets are awfully nice when you're 6'4", even if last night, the frosty wind doing its best to freeze us in our spots. matsuzaka wasn't as impressive as he was in kansas city, but on the other hand, if he pitched like that every night, he'd win most of his games and not a soul would complain. hernandez, well, flirted with a no-hitter; it's hard to compete with that. nevertheless, at the start of the eighth inning, the crowd essentially seemed to take it upon itself to put that to an end, roaring as one for j.d. drew to get something started, and he almost instantaneously responded with a hit up the middle. sure, it was just as quickly followed by a double-play, but it saved them the indignity of being no-hit. no one wanted to see that. as i went to go get some coffee, there was a large group of japanese tourists, wearing matching red sox jackets, embroidered with their names, piling in through gate d. i really hope they made it up the ramp to see matsuzaka throw a pitch or two; this was in the top of the 7th, and he was done after that. it would really suck to come all the way from japan to see him and miss it completely.
I'm guessing by the subject line that you purchased the sequel and not the original. I've been hooked on it since its release date for the 360. My limiting factor is not my hands as much as my wrists. Hard difficulty destroys them. Who's the addict?
I watched nearly all of last week's Matsuzaka-Hernandez duel. It's games like that that make the Extra Innings package so tempting - that particular game may have been on ESPN, but not every gem will be.
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at avril 16, 2007 9:45 AMyep, it was the sequel, though i'd played the original. as for the title, i was shocked to see freezepop on there, 'cause i'd heard dan talk about them for years. apparently the company that made the game is local, thus there's a ton of boston bands on there. it's awesome. for me, it's my left wrist and pinky finger, which has a tendency to lock itself up with the second knuckle bent. if only i had robot hands.
i sadly don't have much time to watch baseball these days. i've been to more red sox games than i've watched on tv. 'course i listen on the web, but the random games on espn, et. al. are enough to sate me. and the braves telecasts, as ever, are as powerful a sleep aid as law & order reruns.
so, has your team signed clemens yet?
at avril 17, 2007 7:54 AM