Blowing Steam: What Are You Looking Forward to the Rest of the Year...
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 6:48 PM PDT
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... and the beginning of the next?
I think with the baseball season over and some of us already suffering withdrawl from San Francisco Giants baseball, we've been blowing off most of our steam by using one of the great McCC pastimes: sarcasm. And don't get me wrong. I mean, I'm totally down with that.
I just think it's time for an honest off-topic FanPost. Just, kind of, get away from the Giants a little, since they're not playing anymore. Get away from baseball a little, since it's not being played by any worthwhile teams anymore (okay, you can still pay attention to the Rays, and always the "team playing the Dodgers").
But at a time (often referred to as Winter, though much of it actually happens during Autumn) when that one thing that sustains so many for so much of the year - Giants baseball - is gone, I want to turn our attention to the things that will make "Winter" sustainable. The things worth looking forward to that will make it okay that baseball is, for all intentsive purplesons, gone.
I'm actually looking forward to a lot these days. Among the list:, in no particular order
Las Vegas: My brother is turning 21 this month and we're all going to Las Vegas to celebrate. We're going to Bobby Flay's restaurant and we'll be seeing Penn and Teller. And we'll be drinking. I'm looking way the hell forward to that.
Apartment Hunting: I hope I can move out on my own by the end of the year. Total financial independence for the first time in my entire life is looming. It's a pretty thrilling prospect.
Quantum of Solace: Come oooon, man. It's going to be cool.
World of Goo: Comes out on the WiiWare on October 13th. Fantastic art style, challenging, straightforward gameplay, cheap. Give me some of that!
Halloween: I'm not even completely sure what I'm doing yet, but it looks like it will involve a Mad Hatter costume and some volume of alcohol.
Weddings: One of my very best friends is getting married, and I'm the best man. Yes, he's a Dodgers fan, but that's okay this time. I'll just wear my Giants socks during the event.
The Election: NON PARTISAN DISCUSSION ONLY - I'm voting one way or the other in what has become the most significant election of my voting years. I'm excited about that.
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World: When I get this game and get some time, I'm going to cannonball the two Symphonia games, since I have yet to play the GC game.
Birthdays: I turn 24 in very late March. Baseball will be just about to start again, and I'll be Willy Mays' number for an entire year. And the year after, well, you all know me.
You?
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Banned for making me think of Ralph Barbieri.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But fair.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Halloween in Vegas
My first true ‘vacation’ that does not involve work in any form (including following baseball).
SFDugout.com is BACK! See the Top 50 Giants Prospects!
by BruteSentiment on Oct 6, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ll be in Vega the first week of December for a conference. Work during the days, Vegas during the nights.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vegas is a popular spot out here!
You guys have anything you know you’re doing there, or just playing (gambling) it by ear?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gamble then wander from club to club.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So are you gonna go with a mullet or something?
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Oct 6, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think with the baseball season over and some of us already suffering withdrawl from San Francisco Giants baseball, we’ve been blowing off most of our steam by using one of the great McCC pastimes: sarcasm
Oh, is that what you think? You must be real smart.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 7:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHAHA
SARCASM/11!!!/11
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!
by WalrusMan on Oct 6, 2008 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, Ulnar Maws!
You’re jealous because I did it first.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More ridiculous shenanigans on Heroes (this show has become pure crack this season and it’s beautiful.) Also: The Office, Pushing Daisies, Life, House.
My dad is flying out to visit me in two weeks.
Election.
The new Grinderman album might leak before the end of the year.
Several trips to New York, probably, plus maybe one to Toronto.
I need to go to some concerts.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Oct 6, 2008 7:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dude, you are a traveling machine!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just go to New York a lot! Hey, it’s cheap and I have a place to stay there for free.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Oct 6, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I eagerly anticipate the further adventures of Disgusting Spider-Mohinder
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
by groug on Oct 6, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the future, he was a cockroach wearing a hoodie.
HE SCUTTLED WHEN HE MOVED.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Oct 6, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was actually really close to giving up on Heroes until this week because I was frustrated that Hiro was so ridiculously stupid, but it was more fun.
Though I’m not sure why Claire and Peter can survive a nuclear bomb going off right next to them. I mean, that’s got to be just as brain-killing as a bullet, right? Oh well. I guess the future is just crazy.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
by groug on Oct 6, 2008 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m kinda tired of time traveling angles now, but I guess they just can’t help themselves.
by Natto on Oct 6, 2008 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty tired of most of the show, really. I could probably stop watching at any point and not really miss it.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
by groug on Oct 7, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fringe
Sort of “X-File” ish, with humor, good gadgets, and sarcasm galore. Been watching since the premier ( gotta love DVR’s ).
My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.
by nvsfg on Oct 7, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fringe is probably a better show, but I only watch it because it’s on at 9, and I watch things at 8 and 10. It’s okay, but I don’t think it’s really anything special (and this is coming from someone who’s been watching JJ Abrams shows since the first season of Alias).
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
by groug on Oct 7, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still watching Heroes
only because I am kind of hooked. It seems like it is starting to go a similar direction as Lost unfortunately. Plot twists and scripts that make you go “OK, WTF is going on now ?”)
I do like a good “Government Conspiracy” in my TV, Movies and Books , so Fringe has that going for it :-)
My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.
by nvsfg on Oct 7, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, they’re definitely making it up as they go along.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Oct 7, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m only watching it still because it’s so ridiculously over the top. I’m watching it as a comedy now, basically.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Oct 7, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right now
I’m orienting all of my attention on Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. This first year teacher stuff, having been hired a day before the school year started in a district with significant poverty and a 41% drop out rate and working seven days a week (that ended this week, now I just work six days a week!), is kicking my butt.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Oct 6, 2008 7:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t it weird being a full grown adult scheduling all your fun around school vacations?
(At least, as an office drone, I feel like it would be)
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well as a teacher, when you are at work you are always performing. You basically have to be perfect. No profanity, little sarcasm … I know with the younger grades you are expected to always be sweetness and light. One false step, one slip of the tongue and someone’s off to the principal.
Someone got upset with me one year because I told a child “I’ll be right there! Hold your horses!”
Thank goodness for those vacations, when you can be human 7 days a week again.
That’s why I liked our “year round” 3 months on / 1 month “off” schedule where the destress / catch up on paperwork periods were more evenly distributed… damn budget crisis.
So no, it doesn’t feel weird, you’re so damn tired by the time they roll around, you’re just thankful.
by Merope on Oct 7, 2008 5:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
Considering I hadn’t had a full-time job since early 2003 because I went back to school, I’m quite used to it.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
by thehavenot on Oct 7, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big life changes coming up
Applying to San Jose State and Stanford in the next few weeks.
Taking SAT subject tests (French language, English literature, and US history) for Stanford admissions and waiting on the scores from the SAT reasoning test I took over the weekend.
Moving to the South Bay at the end of December/beginning of January. Also moving out on my own, though I’ll have roommates.
Taking a Spanish course at De Anza College in Cupertino over winter quarter.
I want to do something fun for Halloween. I love Halloween. I dress up every year. The test date for the SAT subject tests is November 1, which sort of rules out partying the night before. I have my costume (slutty nun) so I’m hoping the rest of the details come together soon.
And I got laid off on Friday so I have to look for work here too.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good luck on everything, by the way.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Before the end of the year, I’m looking forward to:
- The election (if our candidate wins, we’re going to DC for the inauguration)
- Ski season
- A trip to either Maui, Jamaica or The Keys (still deciding)
- Halloween (we might go to the EEB)
Zooperstars, they quack me up!
by Goofus on Oct 6, 2008 7:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t you go to EEB last year, too? I seem to recall you mentioning having a great time.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We should have a Halloween costume Fanpost.
by Natto on Oct 6, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmmm
well, I’m pretty much starting a new life in college and that whole thing is rather consuming.
so, let’s see.
School? I actually thoroughly enjoy my classes.
possible p/t internship in DC at Lois Capps’ office. We’ll see how that goes.
Theater! I’m starting an improv troupe and hopefully that will be off the ground soon. I’m also probably going to be in a stage show, The Pillowman by Martin Mcdonagh.
East coast winters. I’ve never been through one and am thoroughly unprepared for it. but i’m pretty excited for it regardless.
halloween! the first time i’ve ever been excited. I’m going trick or treating at the embassies with AU kids and then partying until god knows when.
I’m going to new york this weekend and the DC music scene is bumping until winter break.
-MOST EXCITING!-
Beard Growing! I’ve been growing my beard since february and it’s nearing mountain man status. I’m keeping it until i go back home for the holidays.
from january to pitchers and catchers i’ll be curled up in a ball in the corner of my room watching archived games on mlb.tv and crying endlessly.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 6, 2008 7:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t even begin to imagine how long it would take me to get a beard that even approached mountain man.
I think by the time I’m 25, though, it’ll be coming in full!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well..
I’m taking classes in college again, so that takes up some time. Work takes up more time. Other than that, I’ve started to enjoy the CBS Monday sitcoms, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, and Worst Week. I’m always off that night, and if I’m not doing anything else then I’ll watch these shows. it’s just about the only TV I watch, besides Letterman every night.
Otherwise I’m really just doing whatever comes up, which is mainly schoolwork.
This winter though, I am hoping to get up to the slopes here this winter, I missed snowboarding last year, although I can’t think that the boarding will be as good as in CA here.
I may also be able to take a trip home for the holidays, I did last year a bit after new years.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!
by WalrusMan on Oct 6, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
how i met your mother:
hugely underrated show.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 6, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is really great. It’s just too bad that Chuck is on at the same time, because Chuck is one of my favorite shows.
And spare your “ZOMG GET TIVO” comments. I know. I’ve heard it. Currently it’s not feasible.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
might i suggest:
cbs.com
you can watch full episodes, i do believe. if not, sidereel has them for sure.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 6, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TV on the internets?!
Good thing I no longer have a job.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just got into it..
I have to say yea it’s pretty good.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!
by WalrusMan on Oct 6, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Forgot to add..
Letterman then the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. I’ve gotten to like that show quite a bit.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!
by WalrusMan on Oct 6, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Craig more than Conan.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
by groug on Oct 6, 2008 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!
by WalrusMan on Oct 7, 2008 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Martinis.
And voting. At the same time.
Disfrute Los Gigantes every day at www.leftymalo.com
by leftymalo on Oct 6, 2008 8:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I see you watch Dancing With the Stars.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
New TV: The Office, How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock
- Election.
-My favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. Possible going to Boston.
-Christmas break at home: family, friends, girlfriend. Also, I’m really looking forward to going to the new Academy of Sciences.
-Thing I’m looking forward to most in May: Graduation and moving back to the Bay Area!
Adopted Son: Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 6, 2008 8:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Me
I finished with school a couple weeks ago and have started looking for work. In the past few days, I’ve been scouring craigslist’s art/media postings for any applicable jobs. I’m starting to get restless having nothing to do just after a week, so I hope I can get something soon. I also want money because you can buy things with it. I might have an opportunity to draw some comics for VIZ, so I’m trying to get some stuff together for that.
Beyond that, I’m looking forward to some movies like Quantam of Solace and…. uh… I dunno. Also I’m going to be playing games like Sonic Chronicles, which hopefully will be here soon. There was some sort of mixup with GameStop because they claimed that my billing address didn’t match the one for my card. *shrug * I hope I still get my Sonic stylus they promised with pre-orders. In the meantime, I’ve been playing Astro Boy: Omega Factor made by the fine folks at Treasure. It’s majorly kicking my butt, but it’s awesome.
by Natto on Oct 6, 2008 8:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
-The rest of enior year of high school, pretty cool so far
-College hunting
-Warriors basketball
-Basketball tournament in Orlando
-And of course the Gaints off season shenanigans
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Oct 6, 2008 9:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
even without Monta?
I think our season’s lookin kinda iffy without him. And of course, when he recovers from his low-speed moped injury and re-injures himself in a maypole accident, it’ll look really really iffy. Stupid Baron… I love how he’s now the only good player on his team…
by boonitez on Oct 6, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blind alligence to bay area sports
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Oct 6, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
-College Applications (UC Davis, Stanford, maybe Berkeley? I dunno much about it but I’ve heard varying things)
-Rock Band 2 (I’m a huge music videya game junkie but never played a RB before. Probably getting it for Wii)
- The prospect of the inevitable offseason huge waste of money from Sabean lurks at the back of my mind
- Jeez, I don’t have much planned at all, actually.
by Sammy Danger on Oct 6, 2008 9:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Berkeley depends on what you’re looking for in a college (and looking to study), as well as what kind of college atmosphere you’re capable of tolerating (or, on the flip side, interested in participating in).
Davis ia great school, and you can’t do better than the Aggs for certain things.
What are you hoping to get out of / learn / find in college? Those things really make a big difference.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Howie is correct. You’ll do better at a school that feels right to you in ways beyond one factor; academia, the social scene, school activities including and not limited to sports, and all the other experiences a person can get from a school. Everyone’s criteria is different of course, but I have to say you’d do well to find a school that teaches you how to tell your ass from a hole in the ground. Far too many schools turn out fine students, but a lot of these fine students are dumb as rocks once they get out of school.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+109 on that. I grew up a diehard Bears fan(dad works for Housing and Student Services, grandpa was one of Pappy’s Boys) and when it came to college, I had pretty much decided I was gonna pursue music. Cal has one general music major. Oregon has an entire school of music and much better players and faculty to learn from. It also is as kickass, if not more kickass, a sports and campus life school than Cal. In summation, yadda yadda yadda college is gonna be great if you listen to the McCoven.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Oct 6, 2008 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of contingencies.
I’ll go to the Winter Meetings if I don’t have a job
by rotorueter on Oct 6, 2008 9:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
...Spring Training 09'
I have nothing to look forward to during the offseason because I hibernate until the season starts again.
by boonitez on Oct 6, 2008 9:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cowboys football/Sharks hockey/Kings basketball
Start playing guitar again. I picked it up last offseason and should probably get back to it.
Work on the rally car.
Play some video games or something.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 10:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ducks football/going to my fourth bowl game with marching band in four years.
Ducks basketball and the beginning of the Michael Dunigan era.
Getting one step closer to a degree.
The rebirth of Ducks baseball.
Hoping my girlfriend graduates early and finds a job in Eugene.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Oct 6, 2008 10:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Apartments/independence , games , TV , jobs , college.
Wot a busy lot.
Since being booted from my third private school in three years I’ve been on my own and working since I was 19.
(Reagan was prez.)
Video games are (Is , since Vic Jr. is fixated on Halo3 and nothing else) someting I grind my teeth at in parental frustration.
When I was carless the last few years I swore once I was driving again I’d take classes – but for what? Christ , I’ll be 49 this year…a two + four year program – education? – puts me out in the market at 55 , and how much is a starting teacher’s salary? And if you’re at all principled about the amount of support you get from the administration for funding or the parental support at home you’re frustrated both financially and mentally.
“Screw it” , the $60k/yr plumber thought to himself. “Go ride your bike.”"Ain't got a hope in Hell - that's my belief." - Bon Scott
by victor frankenstein on Oct 6, 2008 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know what area of education you are interested in; however, if you are into speech/language type stuff, you might want to look into being a speech language assistant. It’s a 2 year degree, in a lot of places SLPA’s earn about the same as a teacher. It’s a relatively new thing in northern california, pretty well established in the south. I’m in the first wave going through ARC right now. [I won’t be able to retire young, but I can’t keep chasing munchkins when I’m 50]
And to those of you young whippersnappers trying to figure out what to do… there is a desperate shortage of Speech Language Pathologists, probably because to be employable you need a master’s degree. The money is decent – because there’s a shortage I suppose.
by Merope on Oct 7, 2008 6:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Getting a job, hopefully.
Then getting an apartment.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
by groug on Oct 6, 2008 10:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
-49ers….ugh
-Lots and lots of MTBing
-Air show this weekend
-Finishing up school (hopefully done by end of Winter quarter)
-Find a job to support my MTB addiction
Bill Mueller? I expect at least A-Rod type numbers from my son, Conor Gillaspie
by Gamer101 on Oct 6, 2008 10:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, my wife and I are having a daughter in December, so there’s that!
Beyond that, there’s a not a lot I’m specifically looking forward to. With the election, to be appropriately vague: a candidate I actually like is running for higher office as something other than a sacrificial lamb, and that never happens.
What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC
by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 11:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Finally purchased a new home on Capitol Hill
Once the gargantuan pain of moving out and moving in is finally completed, including repainting, selling furniture that doesn’t fit, buying stuff that does, figuring out what goes where, etc. I’m looking forward to months of doing virtually nothing but sitting in my chair in front of my new fireplace looking out my 20 ft. high picture window, while reading (currently seem to be on a Philip Roth retrospective jag). And hopefully urging our two cats to come out of psycho freak out mode (not fans of moving at all).
Also looking forward to walking down Pennsylvania to the viewing stands in front of the capital and watching history take place.
Otherwise, let’s see, tix to Magnetic Fields, the Decemberists, Horton Heat and Matthew Sweet, and enthusiastically critiqued versions of Frost/Nixon, the Way of the World, Alice in Wonderland, and the geniuses as Signature Theatre’s reimagining of Les Mis.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
by Roger on Oct 7, 2008 10:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Frost/NIxon
Really looking forward to that as well.
The Examined Life
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 9, 2008 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who is Steam?
I am looking forward to the winter meetings.
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2008 10:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know who she is, but I hear she’s not displeased with this thread.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speculating in the stock market
As well as trying to afford getting married. Kinda just generally fucking around.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Oct 7, 2008 12:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Try the fucking around before the marriage, just a suggestion.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Oct 7, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but not just immediately before it. I’ve seen that kind of thing go badly.
Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!
by Roger on Oct 7, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like jumping across a gap in Ninja Gaiden NES, you have to time it just right, and 13 out of 14 times it goes horribly wrong because some enemy conveniently spawns exactly where you want to land.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the short list
1) more nature photography
2) more bike riding (now is the best time o year for SF cyclists)
3)reviewing the entire Black Sabbath catalogue (or at least the Ozzie years… man, paranoid is a great record)
4) more music gigs
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by The Gene Hackman on Oct 7, 2008 4:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I tell you to end your life
I wish I could but it’s too late.
"Ain't got a hope in Hell - that's my belief." - Bon Scott
by victor frankenstein on Oct 7, 2008 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"en-joy life"
not end yo life
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by The Gene Hackman on Oct 8, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh...
It’s a crappy song either way.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
also from wiki
The album’s lead-off single “Paranoid” was written in the studio at the last minute. As Bill Ward explains: “We didn’t have enough songs for the album, and Tony just played the (Paranoid) guitar lick and that was it. It took twenty, twenty-five minutes from top to bottom.”
i guess you could say they were in a rush
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by The Gene Hackman on Oct 8, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Finished with my woman…
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Oct 8, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it a problem that I originally read this:
1) more mature pornography
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
You are our resident BeaArthurphile after all.
by Natto on Oct 7, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
war pigs:
from wiki:
The new album was initially set to be named “War Pigs” after the track of the same name, which was critical of the Vietnam War. However Warner changed the title of the album to Paranoid, fearing backlash by supporters of the Vietnam War.
The corporate music industry really does deserve the slow painful death it is suffering.
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by The Gene Hackman on Oct 8, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The music industry can chew on my laundry as well.
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 8, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were they Paranoid about calling the album War Pigs?
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How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!
by WalrusMan on Oct 8, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2008 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn..
I think your simpleton one word answer was funnier than my sophisticated well thought through question.
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Giant Whiteout I wouldn't go there if I were you.
by WalrusMan on Oct 9, 2008 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey
You throw the pitches, I just knock ’em out of the park.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 9, 2008 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My pitches are Barry Zito’s magnificent curve coming in from a trajectory towards the on deck circle, and you are [Insert Power Hitter Here]’s swings identifying that pitch when it makes a curve near the 1st base coache’s box and comes towards the plate.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
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Giant Whiteout I wouldn't go there if I were you.
by WalrusMan on Oct 9, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The highest on my list of priorities: Spending time with my wife and two daughters, especially the newborn (she’s one month old now).
Also looking forward to a slate of upcoming trips.
1. Flying to Vegas for a work trip in less than two weeks, seeing an old college buddy in LA before and after the trip.
2. Scuba diving trip to Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, in November. (Best of all, I don’t have to write an article about it.)
3. In December a big family vacation to Perth, Australia, with the in-laws, wife, and two daughters. It will be my youngest daughter’s first plane trip.
…and the BIG ONE:
4. In March we’re moving back to Menlo Park for good (we want our daughters to go to school in MP and I miss the variety of outdoorsy activities in the Bay Area), in time to catch Opening Day and a new season of Giants baseball.
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Oct 7, 2008 8:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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