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the familiar flavor of fall

It may be a million degrees in LA right now, but I can say for sure that fall is here! Starbucks says so . . . the pumpkin spice latte is back! hazaa! :) Certainly one of my favorite yearly events. I enjoyed my first psl of the season tonight & many others will surely follow. mmm :)

I hope to never see Brad Penny in a Red Sox uniform again. What a pathetic excuse for a pitcher. There's absolutely no excuse for having a starter who can almost always guarantee a loss. So glad to be getting Tim Wakefield back this week. If you know me well, you know that's saying A LOT as I'm not particularly a Wake fan. That just goes to show you how absolutely terrible Penny is. Now let's just hope Penny is the one ousted from the rotation.

In other Red Sox news, we took Yankee pitcher Burnett for a ride this afternoon! Few things delight me more than my boys beating up on Burnett. Not sure why, just really dislike him. And our baby starter--Tazawa who's 23 & was pitching in only his 3rd major league start--shut out the Yankees for 6 innings!

This was a fantastic turn of events after losing all of our last 5 matches against the Yanks including last night's horrendous (hopefully last) outing from Penny. Let's hope that was our last loss to the Yankees for 2009...

Nearly 4 years ago I had a dream about the frustrating dance that can be male/female interactions. A friend on whom I had a crush at the time and I were the starring players in this dream. At this point I don't remember many specific details save for the following as I had made note of it at the time.

I was startled awake from the dream just as my friend shouted, "I'm in love with you and I'm terrified!" Quite a thing to try to wrap your mind around upon waking. Of course not having transpired in reality there's no particular need to parse out the meaning of such an exclamation. But now so many years later having run across what I had jotted down about the dream at the time, I do have thoughts on it. And guess what, you get to hear them! I know, you're feeling very lucky right now. ;)

I genuinely desire that kind of love. A love that is so strong and amazing that it can also be completely frightening. And not in a bad or immobilizing sort of way, but in a way that you are so filled with it that you daren't screw it up. A love that is willing to take on the responsibility of what it really means to be a provider for a wife & eventual family. A love that says I will work for you, fight for you no matter what it takes--blood, sweat, & tears when necessary. A love that recognizes sometimes all 3 will be necessary & stands up mightily regardless. A love that reflects agape as much as is humanly possible. And it is a love I greatly desire to return.

Being the one inside my subconscious I can tell you that is how it was meant in the dream, even though it never did & never will translate into real life with that particular man. I hope that God will not take too much longer to bring me to the man He does have in mind for me.

Dear football, please go away!

In a perfect world football season would only be 2 months long and would not overlap baseball season. Actually in a perfect world football would not exist, but I'm being kind(ish) to my football loving friends. Is it just me or does football keep starting earlier & earlier every year? All I know is that it's not even September yet and we've got plenty of good baseball left, so football can just shut it & go away for awhile (or forever). Thanks.

If heaven had a flavor it would be Red Velvet Cheesecake. Wow. Get thee to a Cheesecake Factory & try some today!

to blank with love

As promised!

To Shark Week with love, I have a sick fascination with you despite the fact that you FREAK ME OUT! eek! I'm pretty sure any nerves I had built up to consider trying surfing are now completely shot. d'oh! Still, I will continue to watch all week. It's messed up, I know.

To MLB Network with love, you offer me a delightful daily dose of baseball. You wrap me in your arms when I arrive home from work & guide me around America's ballparks. If you were a man I'm pretty sure I'd have to marry you.

To Twitter with love, okay I give in, I admit it, I love you. I tried to fight it, but I truly enjoy you.

To 30 Seconds to Mars with love, your new album is tantalizingly close to releasing. It is long awaited & I'm excited to hear the final product as well as finally see you on tour again! I am giddy as I think about it. :)

To chipotle peppers/flavored foods with love, you are yummy! My current favorite use for you is chipotle marinade on salmon. mmm :)



I am going to try to post here more frequently. Things are getting dicey with the government & I honestly believe it will take a miracle to prevent this administration from starting to arrest dissenters. I wish I were joking. I have no intentions of backing down from my opinions or outspokenness (most of which are exercised on Twitter) so I fully expect that if there are lists being made, I am on them or soon will be. I don't mean to be an alarmist or to sound paranoid, but if there is another significant hiatus here, please do check on me. If things get as bad as I anticipate, we will have to watch each others' backs. Even if our ideologies differ, I pray that we can stand together as Americans & look out for one another. We cannot allow tyranny, fascism, despotism, or anything similar to gain a foothold & tear this great country apart.