This and that

This one's going to be a whole lot of everything. Stuff I keep thinking of telling you guys, but forget about when I start blogging.

First off, if you sent me an email and I didn't respond, send it again. I've lost a couple lately. I'm not ignoring you. I try to keep up with it, but sometimes when someone new emails me it goes to my spam folder, and I rarely look at those. Especially if the sender is listed as "me".

I finally got Jeff's Mexico playlist put on it's own link. I couldn't bring myself to bump his stuff down to put new stuff on, so I figured if he took the time to do that, it should always stay in it's "pristine" form. Over on the right side of the blog in "my favorite places" there's a link to that playlist. I need to free up some room on mine anyway, so if his has it's own little place, I can start adding to mine again. Let me know if you have any trouble with it. I'll check occasionally to see if any of the ones I couldn't find popped up and I'll add them to it if they do.

Cubs convention tickets went on sale today. I highly recommend going, especially if you live in the Chicago area and don't have to worry about blizzard conditions cancelling travel plans (we all remember the trip to Valpo last year). If you do decide to go, take a camera. You won't be sorry.

Just wondering what those of you who use AIM think of the new version. Personally, I think it sucks. I haven't been able to get that stupid "Lifestream" thing to work yet. I think they are trying to be Twitter. If I want Twitter, I'll use Twitter. When I want to talk to people, I don't want to have to spend 10 minutes figuring out a whole new AIM program. That's my rant for today.

The new Call of Duty comes out Tuesday. How do I know this? Because the men in my life have reminded me every hour, on the hour, for about 2 weeks. In the meantime, the big screen has been turned into World War II (or whatever war that is on the last version of COD) nonstop for the last 72 hours. I guess they have to sharpen up the skills before the new one comes out. Nothing better than coming home to bombs going off in my living room and guys in headsets dropping F-bombs and screaming at each other like crazed maniacs. It's always a good time.

I scrounged up as many pictures as I could find from Mexicali. Unfortunately, they aren't the greatest. Better than nothing I guess. That's about all I've got for now...

Wheeeeee! 2 new ones!!

Oh, Jeffrey!!!

I'm posting this one on my lunch hour at work....so it's gonna be short. I can't wait to tell you guys about this one though, 'cause it's so fabulous! Jeff pitched last night (sorry if you didn't see my update) and got his 2nd win. Check out these numbers:

6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 7 sexy K's, 1 BB, 2.25 ERA.

Hello, Chicago!!! That's just awesome. I'm pretty sure that's his last start down there. Sounds like it was a very productive and successful couple of weeks. Now it's time for him to come back home and hopefully get some good R&R in, so he can grab a starting spot at Spring Training. I'm totally stoked.

FYI...for those of you interested, Cubs Convention tickets go on sale Nov. 4. If you remember what went on there last year, you know it's a good time.

Congrats to our favorite "North American" stud on kicking some ass down in Mexico. You go baby! Too bad pitchers don't get to bat in that league. Bet he would've had some sweet homers to talk about too. We'll just save those conversations for next season. You've all seen it once, I guarantee you we'll see a lot more of it if they give him the chance.

Boo!!!

Edit: Sorry guys...looks like he's pitching tonight instead of tomorrow.


I'm so freakin' creative! Can you read that? It says "Boo from Samardzijapalooza". Yeah, I know, it's a little rough. Kinda hard to carve a pumpkin with a computer mouse. Hope you all enjoy Halloween. I'll be suffering through what is generally one of the worst nights of the year to be working in the E.R. Think about me while you're out partying it up Saturday night.

I'm pretty sure Jeff's pitching Saturday also. Keep the positive energy flowing for what may be his last game down there. I'm still struggling with that Mexicali website. Trying to keep up with that thing is impossible. They update about twice a week. So if things change, I'll try to keep you guys posted.

Pictures are a hodge podge today. This first one is a real blast from the past. I'm not sure anybody but me gets excited about these old pictures, but I love them. Back in the day....ah, memories. He's bulked up a little since this one, ya think?
This one's pretty sweet too. I showed this one to Kimmie and she said "that's one lucky water bottle". I hadn't even noticed there was a water bottle in the picture. Now that it's been brought to my attention...I have to agree with her. And these next two are just two of my all time faves. I hadn't seen this first one for awhile. It's just as good this time as it was the first time I saw it. There's just something amazingly adorable about the fact that these two are so serious in this picture. I'd love to know what exactly was said in this conversation. What did he tell her that's got her looking at that picture so intently? And what's with Sam Fuld looking all "Chris Kattan" in the background? Hilarious. And last, but not least... One of those pictures that makes me forget my name. Dear God... that's gorgeous.
Woof ;)

Things look a little different

First things first. Jeff pitched last night. 5 IP, 5 H 4 R, 4 BB, 3 sexy K's, and the ERA is sitting at 3.0. As usual, no video for the game, so I can't tell you anything other than that.


Anybody watch the WGN news at noon today? If you did you got to see a super close up of Jeff pitching in Mesa for the story about the Cubs looking at a new spring training site. That's always a fun little surprise...turn on the news, and there's Mr. Sexy. One more reason to love Chicago.

If you watched the whole newscast, you also got to hear the story on the study done about Chicago residents that said that the people with "neurotic tendencies" tend to live on the North side, closer to the lakefront. This cracks me up. I can't wait to tell Skittles.

I'm not going to mention the Bears game, because I'm still too pissed off to discuss it. When did the Bengals get good? They're supposed to be a perpetually horrible team. Why do I feel like my Bears are starting to fall into that category...new QB, same old crap. Ugh.

Phillies/Yankees in the world series. Yawn. Probably won't even watch it. In other "Minx watches too many sports on TV during the weekend" news...yay for the Irish kicking BC's ass. Gotta give a shout out to Robby Parris for showing how tough wide receivers are and playing Saturday. I love seeing him looking all Samardzijarific out there. I'm starting to really love John Goodman too, not for his play on the field, but for his interview skills. Any guy who can't get through an interview without mentioning Jeff's name and how much he "looks up to" him is a-ok by me. Crazy UFC stuff Saturday night too...never ceases to amaze me how some of those fights end up. Almost as much as it amazes me how much food a bunch of guys can put away while they're watching them. Honestly. Rabbit metabolisms...wish I had one.

Some of you may have noticed that the blog has suddenly decreased in size as far as the number of posts that are currently available for public consumption. There's a couple of reasons for this. I'm not going to go into them. The posts are still there, they're just in a different location. In order to read the older stuff, you're going to have to have an invite from me...and that is only coming if you ask for it. I have my reasons. I'll give anyone who wants to read the old stuff and see all the old pictures the password to those posts, but you'll have to email me and ask for it. I'll give you the details in a return email. It gives me a little bit more control over things. Sorry for the inconvenience.

No pictures today because I spent too much time messing with the old stuff and didn't have time to find some. I promise I'll do a double dose in the next post.

Hey guys...Jeff's pitching tonight. I wasn't sure I'd get a chance to update before the game so I'm mobile blogging. Get the positive energy flowing!

Game 3, another good one

Sorry I didn't get around to updating you guys on last night's game. I'll do my best here, cause that website just keeps getting more confusing every time. Sounds like Jeff had a pretty good night. 3 complete innings, 4 runs scored, I doubt they were all earned (there were a bunch of errors that inning), 1 walk, and 6 or 7 sexy K's...depending on what recap you're reading. (I don't always take Muskat's word on these things...I seem to remember her being wrong once before). The ERA is at 1.38, which is ridiculous awesome. Obviously Mexico agrees with Mr. Studly. So nice to see him doing well out there. I can't wait till he comes back here and continues that success.

I've decided to add the Mexicali link to the sidebar on the blog. It makes it easier than looking for the link in Jeff's thank you post. I'm also working on separating my playlist from Jeff's Mexico playlist. Once I get it done, I'll put a link to his playlist on the sidebar also. That way you can hear his any time you want to listen to it, and I won't be junking it up with the music I add to the playlist in the future.

I haven't done a post for awhile where I ask you guys to participate and I think it's time for one. Our little trip home this weekend resulted in some interesting conversations. One of those centered around the way certain songs make us remember certain moments in our lives. I could probably do a whole post on this subject, but I'll force myself to only give you a few examples. Then I want you guys to tell me your stories in the comments. If you're one of those comment "phobes" but still want to share a story, you can email me. The link is on my profile. I love hearing your stories.

Just as an example, I looked through my iPod and came up with a few... Hot Fun in the Summertime reminds me of the summer after high school graduation, I was life guarding at an apartment complex at the time, and my friends would all come over and lay out every day. It was a blast and probably one of the most carefree times of my life. Clocks by Coldplay will forever remind me of Drummer's Circle my Senior year, because the Xylo's played the most awesome version ever of that song there. Every time I hear it...I'm right back there on God Quad, freezing my ass off, drinking hot chocolate (ok maybe there was more than cocoa in there), and then heading over to the Huddle for quarter dogs. Slow Ride by Foghat reminds me of cruising down the Toll Road on Friday nights, heading to high school football games. Jump Around by House of Pain reminds me of every party I ever went to over in the dorms at ND. I know you guys have some good ones, let's hear them.

Pictures, pictures, pictures. How often do I post pictures I took myself? Today you get to see the last pictures I got before my camera bit the dust forever. Oh, the ivy never looked so good...Hello, Hot Legs ;)

A jackass and a sexy stud

Another great trip back to ND. The only thing that would have made it better is if the Irish had won. Tons of alumni came back for this game, and it was fun to see everybody again. As usual, USC gave me plenty more reasons to hate them. Here's a perfect example right here. Check out this jackass in the background. Classy. Just what you'de expect from one of Pete Carroll's thugs. Just thought he'd turn around and get in this guy's picture, with the two fingered salute. Probably the equivalent of his GPA also. Jackass.

On a better note...Jeff's pitching tonight. Sure would be nice if they'de bring some video of these games. Keep the positive energy heading out to him. I'll try to decipher the box score again tomorrow.

I'm busting out some old pictures today, just because I was in the mood to see them. I don't think you guys will mind.

Can't ever see enough of skin tight under armor shirts and shorts.
Sweet.

And one of my all time favorites. Does it get any sexier than this? Maybe a little...but this is pretty hot.

Let's hope for another W tonight.