Yep. Me who doesn't follow sports, who glares at TV screens in restaurants broadcasting games.
And you know something? I had fun. And I want to go to more.
One of my favorite coworkers asked if I would take his two tickets for that evening's game against the San Diego Padres (a pathetic lot, those Padres). Funnily enough, I've never (or at least rarely) been asked to go to a particular baseball game, and really had only ever watched Little League. The seats were on the view deck of San Francisco's Giants Stadium (oh, sorry, "AT&T Park"), which is, as far as stadiums go, beautiful. How many baseball stadiums have a few of the beautiful bay, bridges, and barges?
I could see the entire game play beautifully from where I was.
It was a zippy game, running through all nine innings in just two and a half hours.
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funcrunch with me, who saw my Facebook plea for a baseball date and sped-walked over two miles across hilly SF to meet me at the Caltrain station. I'd only met her in passing previously, but we got along like gangbusters, constantly and energetically bantering and sharing and observing. And she knew baseball. Not useless things like player stats I wouldn't really care about yet, but the rules and oddities and quirks of the game, and how stadium games work. She tirelessly explained things.
And we both enjoyed salivating over the quirkily cute 25-year-old star pitcher, Tim Lincecum.
The park serves some terrific nachos, and sells some overpriced thermals to us underprepared South Bayers (but I was able to finagle a discount), and the ride on Caltrain was actually pretty fun and relaxing. I'd forgotten that I can enjoy a train ride if I have a well-charged iPhone.
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Not content to be all the way behind the massive gathered crowd for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I snuck into the splash zone of the Diet Coke and Mentos show at the Maker Faire and took pictures with my iPhone while standing just under one of the speakers. The stage came up to my neck.
It was incredible. Seeing it up close like that is spectacular. And I did get sprayed (just on one arm) with minty-fresh soda!
The original video, for nostalgia:
MSN article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096744
Could be a genetic mutation or something, but the cat pictured above is apparently quite healthy and normal otherwise.
IS THAT NOT ADORABLE??
So far, I've learned that the highest-maintenance plant of all is one's lawn.
I've also learned that when you have tendonitis, container gardening is the dig-free way to go.
In addition, I'm learning that I love vines, showy flowers, ferns, and red Japanese maples the most so far.
Gardening engages my whole body and opens my mind in unexpected ways.
My house is feeling more and more complete with an abundance of flora around it.
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With kitty for scale.
I'm convinced that before long, this TV will start emitting voices, then Thus Spake Zarathustra will kick in, and finally one cat will beat the hell out of the other one with a sun-bleached tapir bone.
Current Dow at close: 7,350.94
S&P: 773.14
klrmn at the Thai restaurant I went to for lunch was pleasant.
I made these outrageously amazing cookies from a very easy recipe I spotted on allrecipes.com.
For some reason when I take pictures from my iPhone under the halogen lamps above my stove, I get these weird ghost patterns on my picture.
But anyway, try that recipe! These are soooo decadent and buttery. I bet you can even make them gluten-free with almond flour.
If you use Facebook, has it replaced a lot of what Livejournal used to do for you, or do they serve very different purposes?
I'd like to stay connected to people without another timesink. If FB is low-maintenace, I might consider giving it a try, as I do have old friends I'd like to find.
Of course, I'm still dubious about its potential effects not covered by this table, but I'm glad I have something this detailed to go over.
The one stock I bought a week ago has already lost 20% of its value, half of that today alone. No reason to panic. Perhaps I should buy a bit more.
- Mood:
curious
After a healthy dinner alone, I finally set up my first 401(k), after exhaustively researching the limited selection of mutual and index funds it offered. I'm nicely diversified. Mostly domestic stocks, some foreign, some bonds, and a small amount of short-term investments.
Yesterday I bought my very first shares of individual stock-- not from a bank, but from a diamond mining and retail company. Just as an experiment in owning luxury stock (bought quite cheaply) and watching how it fares in a recession and afterwards. And yes, I scanned its annual report first.
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You must use the code 3XQW3BK2SCTG4Q. Shipping is $5 (free if you buy two drives).
- Mood:
thrifty
