I am Your Sunshine

B+
It's a beautiful movie. Not a fairy tale. It just flew naturally. Love it. :)
Pro: Young Michelle Pfeiffer, genuine pace

Game 2. Haren v Verlander, again.
No offense. Haren given up a couple of homers, but still...
The "L" made Inge's funny "fielder's choice"* not funny at all.
Just Gargh!!!!!!!

*With 2 away, Suzuki grounded to third, Inge had it, stepped on the bag, thought it was a force play while it wasn't and trotted away. Donnie [...]

Game 1 against the Tigers. Blanton v Tata, or rather, A's pen v Tigers' pen.
It was a crazy afternoon. The game started with Buck's triple and Buck rubbing off someone's homer. We were looking good. A couple of doubles and a Donnie Murphy homer, we were up by 7-1 and I was getting bored... [...]

I've been looking forward to getting Ellis bobblehead for a LONG LONG time. I didn't realize that it's the same day we're going to watch Avenue Q in SF.
Why the hell didn't I realize it?
Ellis~~~~~~~ ><

by chance, I found out that Joe DiMaggio, the person who Michey Mantle blames for a lot of things, was born on Nov 25, 1914. I felt weird.
so here we go.
1904 巴金
1914 Joe DiMaggio
1960 Amy Grant
1971 Christina Applegate
1978 椎名林檎
1979 Ethan
1980 Nick Swisher, Alix
1981 Xabi Alonso, anarchy

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What a coincidence. I didn't notice it until now. This is the 61st movie I watched this year and the movie is about a great player who broke the single-season home run record in 1961. In the very last game of the season, he hit his 61th homer.
Roger Maris is the name should be [...]

A very entertaining read. Though the focus was economics, the inefficiency in major league baseball market and how the Oakland A's, Billy Beane, exploited that inefficiency, my main interest to the book lay in the people. Beane's big league career as a player, the 2002 draft, Fucking A trade, Scott Hatteberg and all that. I [...]

今天下午忽然安靜的彷彿外面天又陰了下來, 除了空氣中殷殷的機器運轉聲, 極偶爾從隔壁傳來滑鼠按鍵聲. 我跳起來 (其實只需要微微後仰就可以看到了), 外面的陽光透過百頁窗灑近了影印室, 原來還是晴天啊.
陰涼的天氣已經遲續兩三天了. 早上出門天空總像欲語還休委屈地就要嗚咽落淚一樣, 中午卻又放晴, 讓午飯後散步的人群能享受陽光與微風, 晚上則冷得像深秋, 鑽進厚厚的被子裡, 總是一夜好眠. 北加不若東岸四季分明, 紐約的夏天熱得幾乎可與台北媲美. 不過比起北加正統的夏季天氣, 我還比較喜歡最近的陰涼... 反正都不能穿短袖, 晚上假裝是冬天窩在被子裡好舒服啊!

It's been more than 7 months since the last time I went there. Jas missed me, Greg wants to meet me and a Blues v Reds game bantering gathering awaits, looks like it's time to head south again. So Cal, here I come.
And there's even more to be added on. Just received Lisa Loeb's [...]

上班的途中一直聞到不名香氣, 以為是 L'Occitane 的綠茶茉莉, 因為香氣很熟悉. 可是我明明已經很久沒有打開過綠茶茉莉, 家裡也沒有這個香氣啊.
直到剛剛我才恍然大悟, 原來這不是綠茶茉莉, 而且 B&BW 的白茶薑 (White Tea & Ginger). 會認得這個味道是因為這是貓最愛用的沐浴乳口味. 我前幾天換了白茶薑的洗手乳, 還沒有在記憶裡註冊.
不過之前用的木棉花 (Cotton Blossom) 都沒有這麼重的香氣耶.

20070729 Projekt Revolution @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Julien-K, Placebo, HIM, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park
(above is the main stage lineup. I didn't go to Revolution stage cos I decided to dedicate my afternoon to A's.)
We got to Shoreline around 1pm (parked and all) and found out (too late) that Main Stage wouldn't start [...]

今天的比賽我這裡看一點那裡看一點.
賽前聽到 Ken Korach 訪問 Dan Johnson, 他們在討論 DJ 的綽號 "crabber" 是怎麼來的. (他們不是前一陣子才問過嗎?)
運動完後, 我驚訝地發現比賽才進行到二局上半, 一人出局而已. 更令人驚訝的 - A's 已經 6-0 領先!
洗完澡之後, 比賽竟然還在第二局, 然後很快地進入第三局. 今天 Club Sport 的衛星收訊很差, 所以我沒看到 A's 是怎樣再拿下一分, 但很不幸地卻見證了條子後來追上的三分.
然後去書店. 因為我決定回家再看重播 (至少會看拿了六分的第一局), 所以我沒帶隨身聽進去. 當我準備回家, 打開車上收音機, 卻發現比賽陷入第九局, A's 的領先被縮小到 7-6. 我在車裡不可置信地鬼叫, "你們怎麼連 7-0 領先的球賽都可以搞砸啊!!!" 不過公平地說來, 他們還沒有真正搞砸比賽, 最後的一擊是 Embree 在九局下半投出的第一球, 跟 Michael Young 看對眼, 被打出了牆外... [...]

繼續講昨天的比賽. (看我的blog的人應該越來越少了... orz)
因為比賽很長所以很多東西可以講 (?) XD
昨天在第十三局, Piazza 安打上一壘之後, A's 派上 Furmaniak 小朋友代跑. 新鮮剛從河喵 (Sacramento Rivercats) 叫上來的 J.J. Furmaniak 前幾天臨時接到通知, 開了五小時的車來到 Oakland, 被送上來代跑, 然後瘋狂地跑回本來將比分追平. 好, 重點是, 昨天 J.J. 接手 Piazza 的位子站到一壘包上時, 與 Rangers 一壘手 Saltalamacchia 形成 "可能是一個壘包在歷史上站了最多字母" 的一次. Ken Korach 一直覺得這很好玩, 還說 "光這兩個人的名字就可以來玩一局 scrabble 耶! 你說這些字母可以造出哪些字?" 可是 Vince 都不理他... XD
* 剛剛查了一下, J.J. 其實不是小朋友耶... orz

Usually, I hate the announcers of an opposing team. I have the fortune of listening to Ken Korach most of the time and doesn't find Kuiper and Fosse all that irritating as some A's fans do (when Kuiper acts as if he's a supporter of the other team and Fosse refuses to let go his [...]

I'm growing to NOT like my Borders (in Milpitas.)
Before I went, I checked if they have Hit List in store. They claimed they did but when I got there, I was not able to find it, yet again. And there's not even one football related magazine available. It's only the first week of Aug! They [...]

I caught the game by pieces here and there. Heard a little bit of pre-game interview when KenKo talked to DJ about his nickname "crabber" (didn't they cover that in an interview a while back?)
After working out, surprisingly I found the game was still in the top of the 2nd with one away and guess [...]

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Fuel-Shimmer
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She calls me from the cold
Just when I was low, feeling short of stable
And all that she intends
And all she keeps inside, isnt on the label
She says shes ashamed
And can she take me for awhile
And can I be a friend, well forget the past
But maybe I'm not able
And I break at the bend
Were here [...]

Work out, 吹頭髮時看 A's 比賽, 把 Hit List 看完 (有可能嗎? 如果運動過後不像現在那麼想睡就可以吧!) 買Joe Blanton (心) 封面的 Athletics 雜誌!

之前在官網下載的 07/08 Fixture word doc 日期是錯的, 害我日曆也畫錯, 還好唯一造成的傷害是... 8/18那個周末我本來可以星期六早上再飛 LA 的, 因為以為對利記的比賽是星期六早上, 而買了比較貴的星期五晚上機票.
但我仍舊搞不懂美國這邊的轉播究竟是怎樣. 英國 SkySports 明明會轉播 Chelsea v Birmingham, 美國這邊卻是 Setanta 轉播 (我沒有訂 Setanta 啊!)

比賽前一天 FSC 有 Community Shield Preview 的節目, 雖然回到家已經很想睡還是把他看完. 它先播了大量的 FA Cup final 精華, 畢竟這場社區盾就像是重演上季 FA Cup Final 一樣, 可惜球員大換血, 結果也不盡相同. 切爾西自 2005 年11月後十場不敗曼聯的記錄 (W:6, D:4) 也告一段落.
另外節目中也播了十大社區盾進球, 曼聯很變態地佔了五個以上 (進球或被進), 不愧是英超豪門 (嘖). 也報導了 Chelsea 與 Man U 今夏的轉會狀況.
整場比賽我唯一想提的是馬路達的進球, 他跟費迪南纏鬥了好一陣子, 最後背後拖著這位英超最貴後衛(其實我還蠻喜歡 Rio 的說... orz) 又彆扭又漂亮地進一球將比分追平. 這個進球讓我想到在家抱著膝蓋的獸巴, 身體強度之外, 堅韌以及企圖心都十分令人喜歡, 真是里昂精品店的好物.
最後的點球實在是很可悲. 一個又一個虛弱無力的試圖射門, 加上困惑而挫敗的切赫, 跟看起來就對點球很有自信的曼聯形成強烈的對比, 我實在很討厭稱讚曼聯, 也很不喜歡講我們家球員的壞話. [...]

Bella Martha is one of my favorite German movies.
When I saw the preview of No Reservations, I knew it's an adaptation of Bella Martha. Too bad that not many people will acknowledge the original film and script while praising this new work of Zeta-Jones, if it were to be praised at all. That's why [...]

社區盾就要開始了還不好 ~"~
這樣怎麼跟大家一起看比賽啦~~~
(有人要在這裡推文嗎? XD 歡迎歡迎)
ps. JT out for a week 的樣子

I was at the game today but I didn't attend AN day. Cos I didn't know what exactly it is for. If it's just fans gathering together, I know I'd feel like an outsider even though ANers seem all intelligent and nice. I'd just sit there all alone, didn't know what to say and feel [...]

不要太熱心 -_-

It's a good ball game today. At least, for the three innings I've watched it was. But apparently, the A's brought us more than just three innings of splendor. A's split the series tonight, 8-4.
In the first inning, Suzuki threw out Friggins while he tried to stole, and a beautiful (close) 6-4-3 double play [...]

I know Sabermetrics is crucial in the game of baseball and Bill James once said that in 1985 Baseball Abstract
I didn't care about the statistics in anything else. I didn't, and don't pay attention to statistics on the stock market, the weather, the crime rate, the gross national product, the circulation of magazine, the ebb [...]

前陣子官網宣佈 Chelsea 跟 Armani 合作, 簽了三年的約. Armani 將為 Chelsea 官方制服. 全隊將在社區盾賽前穿制服出現. 今天宣傳照(!?)出現, 大家都看起來很僵硬... XD
我期待是像醬子帥氣的照片啊~~~

[updated]
Burger 在 CIA 貼了這張圖, 你看得出誰是誰嗎? XD

The song is written by Trent Reznor and released in 1994, but it was Johnny Cash' cover in 2002 received critical acclaim.
This is NIN's original MV. check out Johnny Cash' version though. It's very touching and emotionally intense. Especially so, if you know his story.

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Nine Inch Nails Hurt
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I hurt myself today
To see [...]

太慘烈, I can't watch.
Turn to Fox Soccer Channel, Chelsea v Blackburn (FA Cup) is on!
剛好踢到延長賽!

三周內生病兩次, 真是夠了.
昨天整個人很虛弱, 本想說大概是失血過多的關係, 今早起來喉嚨沙沙感覺就是感冒. 應該是因為星期二失血身體本來就比較冷, 看球賽沒帶夠外套 (平常情況下兩件外套是夠的...) 結果就又著涼了. 真無奈.
昨晚紮實地睡了將近十二個小時, 還是有點不舒服.

I wrote a paragraph before the game and decided to delete it.
In short, Dallas Braden had a fine outing and Embree had a magnificent save. DJ was back to the lineup after being benched for a while; Ellis finally got a hit and he didn't just hit it, he jack it; some hits, few [...]

This is my 5th A's game! Now my home-team-winning-when-i'm-at-the-stadium ratio is back to 5 for 6 (counted in the Giants v NYY one.)
The game started with Cust failing to catch a routine fly ball and the runner got onto third while he should have been out. I was buried by disbelief for a good 5 [...]