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Well, the pedestrian who was run over died. And it gets worse – it was a 15-year-old student at the Missouri School for the Blind nearby. Stupid St. Louis drivers! THIS IS WHY YOU PAY SOME FRIGGIN’ ATTENTION!
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Sunday’s little shindig at the ballpark was actually kind of cool. Most of the stadium was open to eventgoers, so R* and I ran all over – in the box seats, in the super-nice box seats, on the loge level, in some club seats in the outfield, in the bleachers watching some hot grounds crew boys playing catch, in the dugout (but, alas, not the locker room), and in the pressbox. As we walked we’d go past different players autographing stuff and having their pictures taken with somebody’s kid; we’ve decided that Bo Hart is really cute (although he’d be cuter if he’d shave off that ‘racing stripe’ on his chin), J.D. Drew a lot better-looking than R* expected, and Mike Matheny very handsome (although that pic doesn’t do him justice).
After we’d walked around a bit, and after R* had taken a bajillion pictures, we grabbed some $1 hot dogs (special price, huzzah!) and sodas and found the seats my family had during the 1998 season – Section 228, Row 9, Seats 14 and 15 – where I regaled him with stories of that storied season. (Especially noteworthy was how Ed and I are still pissed at our younger brothers for wanting to leave early after McGwire hit his 62nd home run.)
But the best part of the thingy at the stadium – $2 BEER. Fawkin’ A!
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My workouts were going so well that I decided to alter them! HA! The biggest change so far has been the transition from leg presses to squats, which I started a while back but which are still killing my quads for a good while afterwards. Other developments include preacher curls instead of dumbbell curls, and major abdominal ennui (I have to find something different to do for the midsection).
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On the phone now with a user who can’t seem to comprehend that when I ask about the cable with the clear plastic jack on the end, I’m not talking about a clear plastic cable. And earlier today I had to explain yet again that, when entering trouble tickets, people need to specify which computer is broken (because there are only 6 in that immediate area). d’oh!
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