It’s raining…still! April 30, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball, hockey.Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Hot Guy Pic, Indianapolis Indians, Sports
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There have been few breaks in the “heavy rain” we’re supposed to get for the next two days. This sort of sucks, because I’m supposed to be going to the Indians’ game tonight with a friend. With as wet as it’s been lately, and all the rain we’re getting today, I have a feeling this one will be rescheduled.
(swiped from the Weather Channel) |
The game is scheduled to start at 7pm. Should the table above be anywhere close to correct, I don’t see this one happening. I know the guys will play in the rain, but this might border on ridiculous. That, and I forgot my big umbrella, ella, ella. I don’t even know if my broken one is still in the trunk of the car. I could make it work if I had to.
In other sports-type stuff, the Chicago White Sox won last night, defeating the Mariners. This win pushes them 1 game over the .500 mark, which is where the DH’s Cubs currently sit. He also chooses to disparage my team in favor of the Tigers, who, amazingly enough, are also at 11-10. The Boys in Black poured on the homers to keep from sucking it up in another series – AJ, Dye, and Quentin all had solo HRs. In bad news, Thome is hurt and may not play in Texas, but in good news, Chris Getz is back in with his fractured finger. With all the injuries, I am curious to see who Ozzie pulls up from Charlotte.
The Detroit Red Wings are back in action tomorrow at the Joe against the Anaheim Rubber Duckies. (HT to Games Mistress over at the Ladies… for the great name idea – she also posted several pics of yummers Patrick Sharp, therefore, also deserving of the proverbial HT.) The Blackhawks play the Canucks and the Bruins are looking to defeat the Hurricans, but the big story is the Ovie-Sid the Kid matchup in the Caps vs Pens battle. Meh.
…yep, still raining.
Anyway, I’ll leave you with the usual cherry-on-top goodness: your Hot Guy Pic!
Mmm...goalie Ty Conklin...(Photo: Detroit Free Press)
Going about it the wrong way April 29, 2009
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There are some things that I will never understand: quantum physics, statistics, and how weathermen (weatherpersons??) still have jobs; but I have to tell you that one of the biggest things I don’t get is the decision to get rid of teachers. Follow me on this one:
Cupcakes for breakfast April 27, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Uncategorized.Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Joe Mauer, Random, Sports, Work, Working Out
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Homemade, but out of a box, cupcakes for breakfast. I mixed these little dollops of strawberry goodness with cream cheese frosting up late last night to share with the group. Originally, it was to celebrate my boss hitting her 50-mile mark in her quest to run 100 miles in one attempt. Well, with the heat (an amazing 88-degree day in late April) and some other snafu-age, it didn’t happen. I didn’t know about it until this morning, after I had already baked. Oh well. So, now the office is having cupcakes for breakfast.
I’m not a runner. I don’t enjoy it like some do. It pounds the crap out of my joints and gives me an immense headache when I try. Maybe I don’t have the proper form or whatever, but I guess I don’t care to learn any different. We’ve been working out on our program since early November, and I haven’t had to run once. I like the elliptical, and we have these nifty CrossRamp machines, but I avoid the treadmills. We’re coming up on six months and the trainers like what they see out of me. It’s harder for me to see the results, but I do feel better overall. I just need to keep pushing myself so I can be feeling good about myself when we’re on the beach this Labor Day.
Let’s see: Sports – the NFL draft happened. Woo! The DH and I made fun of it while we were at the gym. People really go and sit to watch this? Hmm. There was a big wreck at Talledega (well, duh. I think there’s a big wreck there every time.), and Jacoby Ellsbury stole home in the Red Sox’s sweep of the Yanks. Kewl.
Better – on Saturday that there’s hope that Joe Mauer may return to the Twins earlier than Friday’s anticipated return. Not that I want any skill back with the Twins, I don’t like to see such hotness wasting away in the minors (where there aren’t a lot of photos taken).
Worse – the ChiSox lost to Toronto. They still have a team? Oh, yeah, they have Roy Halladay.
Meh. I have a lot of work to do today. But first, I might go snag one of those cupcakes…
I went outside and lost my will to work April 24, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball.Tags: Baseball, Cubicle Life, Good Bad Ugly and Funny, Hot Guy Pic, Indianapolis Indians, Joe Mauer, Sports, Work
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It is so freaking nice outside. I went out with my sammitch and enjoyed the beautiful weather for lunch along the Canal. It was hard to drag myself back in here. Only 1:45 left to go in this day…
Good: The Indians won again last night over the Columbus Clippers. The Ladies… have some new arrivals and one hates the Manning Family. She may be my new best friend. I can handle her retro Packer hate for that one. The weekend is supposed to be beautiful and I get to try out my new upside-down tomato planter. Hottie Joe Mauer should be coming back to the Twins soon.
Bad: I have to at least look at stuff for the Twins to find out about Joe Mauer’s status. I have to spend the majority of Saturday inside. I need to weed the flowerbeds already. The ChiSox lost yesterday to the Orioles – that’s no way to end a road trip! 1:38 left to work today.
Ugly: I really wish Nick Swisher was hitting like this for the White Sox last year. My fucking credit card company and their “well, it just costs us more to issue credit” excuse for jacking up my rate.
Funny: I told my uber-dramatic friend that I got a hot date to the Indians’ game on 4/30, and she thought I was stepping out on the DH. I had to explain that I was taking another friend since the DH will be MIA for work.
Hot Guy Pic: Did you know this one was coming?
Sigh. So delish. (Photo: Getty via www.minnesotatwins.com)
1:21 left to work.
PC Load Letter April 23, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball.Tags: Baseball, Cubicle Life, Hot Guy Pic, Indianapolis Indians, Matt Kata, Sports, Work
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I think we have the official Printer’O'Doom in our department’s area. Since it’s located just outside the Cube’O'Doom, it should be expected, I suppose, but this thing gets louder and clunkier every day. It’s left over from the previous group that resided in these cubes, and I think they left it on purpose. Oddly enough, it works okay, but it is SO LOUD I can hear it plainly over my headphones. I think we may have to shoot it.
Ah, let’s see…it is beautiful outside, and this may be the drawback to sitting by the windows. I want to be out there instead of in here, and so does everyone else. I can’t speak for everyone, but very little has gotten done in the Cube’O'Doom today because people keep trekking over to gaze longingly outside. There is seriously not a cloud in sight.
The Indianapolis Indians actually have won two in a row now, holding leads built over Toledo in some high-scoring games. They move on to Columbus for a 4-game stint before coming back home. Perhaps a groove has been located? I’ll not hold my breath.
In related news, the Indians advertise in some of the mailings that go to every home in the area – this magazine happens to have coupons and ads for local places. I go through these because I am a coupon queen, and, after last night, I’m glad that I do. The Indians’ ad in this one consisted of an action shot of none other than Super Hottie Matt Kata. I know, he doesn’t play for us anymore, but most people wouldn’t know that. In fact, most people wouldn’t be able to tell you who it is other than “an Indians player”. Fortunately, the #6 is shown on his jersey, and, because I ogled him all last season, I know the man when I see him.
It's not quite the photo from the ad, but it's still him, and he's still hot. (Photo: Bill Gentry via www.indyindians.com)
“It was…” April 21, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Football, Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball.Tags: Baseball, Firefighters, Football, Hot Guy Pic, Hotties, Indianapolis Indians, NFL, Sports
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"...soap poisoning!"
Actually, I think it was food poisoning of a mild variety, but it was unpleasant to say the least. Now I have a pile of work to do and no desire to get to it. If I must, I must, so I’ll make this brief:
The NFL draft is this coming weekend, and I’m not really into it. I guess it’s a good thing I won’t be tempted to watch for hours on end since it is airing all weekend on the NFL Network. Yes, I love football, and I like all of my particular favorites, but who they choose in drafts matters very little to me until they make some impact for the team. So, uh, we’ll see all about this come September.
Other fun football news, sorta, my “BFF” is mad at me for going to see the Chiefs-Cowboys game as part of my anniversary trip with the DH. She luuurves Tony Romo, and I’m going to do my very best to get a picture taken with him, just so I can rub it in. So mean! 
The Indianapolis Indians are sitting decidedly un-pretty at 3-7. The most recently scheduled game at Louisville was postponed due to the massive amounts of rain falling in the Ohio River Valley over the past few days. Perhaps it was a mercy ruling from a higher power. I hate it when we suck. I do have to tell you that Scott McCauley, the radio announcer for the Indians, totally nailed it on his assessment of Indians’ hitting in this blog post. Perhaps, Scott, you can explain why Pearce is sucking so bad right now? Is it perhaps his attitude? Maybe I’m just being mean again…
One final thing, and it’s a good one: I must have been a bit psychic (no, not psycho) when I drooled over firefighters last week. The FDIC (Fire Department Instructors Conference) is back in Indy. That means about 30K firefighters are in town. Too bad it’s fucking raining so they won’t be out like they were last year, but the weather is supposed to both clear up and warm up for the end of the week. That could mean great ogling opportunities…and your Hot Guy Pics!
[Photos: www.fireengineering.com]
I love it when they play with their hoses.
Hello, #22!
It’ll turn around and bite’cha! April 16, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Uncategorized.Tags: Good Bad Ugly and Funny, Hot Guy Pic, Hotties, Procrastinating
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So, I might be the High Priestess of Procrastination, but I hateto put off the really important things. Like doing my taxes. I don’t know, but I think it’s because there’s actually a penalty ($$$) if you’re late, and I’m not paying the government one more penny than I absolutely have to. (Un)Fortunately, I am not the accountant in the house. The DH takes care of the money stuff, mostly because he’s totally anal-retentive and hates the way I do it. It’s fine with me.
Of course, he waits until last night to submit our state taxes. He’s already had it calculated, and since we owe about $100, they aren’t getting our money any earlier than necessary. Normally, I’m okay with that. Last night, though, it was 6.5 hours of pure hell listening/watching him wrestle with the e-file system that was bogged down from everyone else trying to submit at the last minute. Then, because Murphy’s Law works, the DSL went down and he couldn’t get the confirmation that it actually went through. He was pissed and I was pissed at him for the tantrum he decided to throw. Not a good night.
However, in an ‘all’s well that ends well’ theme, he was able to get in this morning with the repaired DSL and confirm that it was sucessfully submitted last night – at 11:59pm. Really. He swears next year that he’ll be doing the paper forms again.
In way less gripe-y things, Spring has re-sprung here in the Circle City. It’s a beautiful day outside, and that brings out the folks. In my lovely walk to get lunch, several opportunities for ogling behind sunglasses presented themselves, notably two firefighters, a cop, and a man in a 3-piece suit (yum!). Even better was the super cutie working behind the counter at Subway…I’ve scoped him out before, but I will not refuse repeat opportunities to check out hot guys.
Since I haven’t done one in a while, here’s a Good, Bad, Ugly, and Funny:
Good: I have a short day today and tomorrow off, and I plan on enjoying them for all they’re worth. Ogleworthy guys and sunglasses to hide behind. 
Bad: Just as the weekend arrives, so does the rain.
Ugly: I just spent 30 minutes listening to the RFAC go on and on about how her boyfriend wasn’t allowed to pick out an engagement ring for her and now the one that she wants is on layaway because she just knows that they’re going to get married and they’re going to live by her mom and they’re blah blah blah blah blah blah…
Funny: I walked around all morning with a big, fat grin – more than one person asked what I was up to. I love that game.
Hot Guy Pic!
I was inspired by a couple of guys (from the fire station across the street) I saw running earlier…
Because heroism and turnout gear are HOT. (Photo: hooversbiz.com)
Researching law schools, football schedule, etc., etc. April 15, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Football, Hot Guy Pic, Sports, Uncategorized.Tags: Football, Hot Guy Pic, Law School, NFL, Random, shameless plug, Sports
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Yep, that’s what I’m doing. Well, sorta. I’m working on it, and I need to get it in gear so I can figure out my top five schools and sign up for the LSAT. I’m thinking a December test date is in order…I don’t want to put it off too long. They’ll probably change the test again and I just dropped some decent coin to buy a study guide for THIS year’s test.
The NFL announced the 2009 football schedule last night. I’m already scouting it to see what game(s) the DH and I will try to attend this year to further The Quest. Hey, some people go to all the baseball stadiums, we’re going to the football fields. We’re taking a long vacation at the beginning of September, so that kind of kills the early games this year. Starting in November, though, the possibilities are there for a good long weekend trip. I’m thinking maybe Hotlanta, Charlotte, or Seattle. We’ll have to see where we can get good tickets – both plane and game – on the cheap.
Totally cool thing: I own two pairs of Skullcandy earbuds – an Ink’d pair and a pair of Smokin’ Buds. I LOVE THEM. You may have read earlier that I somehow jacked mine up and got a new pair after sending the defective ones in. No questions asked. Anyway, I see this article/video/blog on MSN today about SC. It’s a pretty cool concept they have going. It’s odd to me, however, that they didn’t discuss that one aspect that totally sold me on the brand – the return policy. Yeah, the buds sound amazing (even the cheaper Ink’d ones – wearing them now), but, when a company has a rocking return policy, it’s like whipped cream and cherries on the sundae. I guess I’m more of a mainstream user – since I don’t fall into the skater/snowboarder group – but give me a company with a cool design, a great product, and sweet customer service, and I’m going to be loyal to it. There’s another set of buds I’d love to have, but I can’t justify dropping the dosh for a third set…hey, Skullcandy – send me some and I’ll keep recommending your products to my “mainstream” pals!
Hot Guy Pic!
Mmm...football... (photo: Mlive.com)
Something shiny moved…. April 14, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball.Tags: Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Hot Guy Pic, Indianapolis Indians, Random, Sports
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I have a totally short attention span today, so here’s hoping I make it through this quickly before I lose focus.
‘Kay – I’m crazy hyper for some reason. The song that just cycled onto the mp3 player is “Baby Got Back”, and I’m fighting the urge to dance around in the Cube’O'Doom. This random energy burst began around 9 and has waxed and waned since.
“…and you want a triple-X throwdown…”
The ChiSox beat up on the Tigers yesterday with some majoro hitting, including back-to-back homers from Dye and Konerko. Those HRs were number 300 for each of them, but there was no big heads in that dugout. From Jermaine Dye on ESPNChicago:
“I think we’re just good hitters with power,” Dye said. “I think we both hit a lot of line drives that are able to get out of the ballpark. You look at Jim [teammate Jim Thome] and he’s 250 ahead of us. So I don’t know if you can call us home-run hitters.”
Totally freaking awesome.
The Indianapolis Indians are 1-4, already in the hole this season. It’s been raining here in the Circle City for almost two straight days and they’re playing through it. Slippy grass makes for injuries, so here’s hoping the guys are careful. Immediately to mind is potential hottie Garrett Jones, who currently plays RF. I mentioned him before when the Indians faced off against him and his former team, Rochester, last season…I’ll have to do a better job of checking him out at my next game – April 30. Until then, here’s what I have:
(Photo: AP)
and this from rnews.com:
Delayed reaction April 13, 2009
Posted by gretchenarchangel in Hot Guy Pic, Sports, baseball.Tags: Baseball, Hot Guy Pic, Indianapolis Indians, Matt Kata, Sports
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from the gods. It’s currently raining, and it’s supposed to all day today and most of the day tomorrow. These cloud-delivered tears are for many things: the team, friends, and family of Nick Adenhart; the super crappy Opening Night loss plus two more for the Indianapolis Indians; and the fact that this week just might suck. That last one is preemptive, not delayed, but you get my point.
It was a SU-UCK for Opening Night. We met all the players in the roster introductions…14 new guys to get to know over the summer. This first game was not a good first impression. However, there are at least two – yes, two – possibly ogleworthy guys on the team. None match the eye-searing hotness of Matt Kata, but a girl’s gotta have something to watch when the game’s gone to shit. I’ll, uh, let you know what develops from future ogling.
After the opening triples for the Tribe, shit is the exact place the game went…pitching was not so great, as usual, and the batting wasn’t hot either – well, after those first two triples, I guess.
I’m just guessing, but the guys weren’t really into it on Thursday night anyway. I saw/heard Steve Pearce tell his mom (I think that’s who that was) that he was “real excited” for another season of Indians baseball. If you can’t read the level of dripping sarcasm in that, you should have seen the way he tried to play it off when another nearby fan called him on it. Bad, bad, bad. Neil Walker – someone who should be just kicking ass to try and get into the majors – was a total slacker on the defense at third, letting at least two hits get by him, prompting me to use some lines from Major League (“none of this ‘ole’ bullshit” for one) in his direction. It’s a bad thing when you want to heckle your own team.
In other unpleasant news, Adam Boeve wasn’t a part of the Opening Night roster. It appears that he has been released and is an unsigned free agent floating about in the MiLB system. Here’s hoping he finds a good home.
Last but not least, Super Hottie Matt Kata is not faring so well either, with a .111 AVG. Granted, this is after four whole games, and he was only a pinch hitter in one, but, still. I’m impatient and want to see results, damn it! 
While I don’t want anyone to be injured, the Astros have a tendency toward them, and, if Matt does well in Round Rock, he could be called up. I’m not holding my breath, but it could happen. Yeah, it could happen.
The rain is pelting the windows here at the Cube’O'Doom, so I guess I’ll try and do some work. Here’s a ray of sun-like hotness for you, if nothing else but to brighten the day:
It's sunny in Arizona, no?
