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Amusing and/or interesting
Stuff I find other people might find funny or just plain interesting.
Diamondbacks vs. Rockies
Sep 19th
Are the Rockies a proper environment for Diamondbacks? Whatever.
I rode the lite rail into downtown Phoenix to Chase Field. Though going Northward the rail splits up around downtown so I had to walk a city block to the stadium it wasn’t bad. There was a crowd of people going to the game so I wasn’t alone. After a quick search of my little purse I was politely directed to the Diamond Club where are group was meeting up.
Is there any concrete left anywhere in the world? This stadium is ALL concrete. I met up with my friends and promptly found a bar stool overlooking the field. It was my first ever real MLB game so I figured I should at least watch part of the game. Hearing the $12 beer was crappy (and the food in that club even worse) I opted for water and visiting.
Yup, it was a baseball game. If I’m ever forced to watch a sport I prefer baseball, but that’s about as much of a fan I am. Right after I got there the Rockies got a home run with bases loaded, so the score was at 4-4. And stayed there until I left. The most interesting thing about the whole thing was the acoustics. The club was directly across center field and about 3 stories up from the field and the whole stadium was I would say 75% full of yelling, talking, moving fans. Yet I could hear the ball hit the catcher’s mitt almost every time. Amazing. It must be really loud down on the field. I’d figured you could hear the ring of the bat when someone hit, and you could but I didn’t think about the thump of the pitch hitting the mitt. Cool.
By the 7th (tied) inning some of us had to leave to ride the rail back to Tempe for the Rocky Horror thing. I think I’d like to go again, and maybe sit in the regular stands and watch a game. Once.
All the single ladies my ass
Sep 16th
So just for shits and giggles I decided to watch the five nominated Best Female Videos to see if Kanye West had a point. I mean, I had to go look for them HERE because I don’t see a lot of videos in my life. Didn’t there used to be a whole cable channel devoted to music videos?
- Taylor Swift’s “You Belong To Me.” Won? It’s a cute little video where nerd girl wants boy, boy has cheerleader, cheerleader shits on boy, boy sees nerd girl, love. Wasn’t that a movie a few years ago?
- Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” makes no fucking sense at all. She’s singing a song to the single ladies to get a ring on it before… what? Can’t understand half the words and I ain’t looking them up. The point is, she’s singing to the ladies yet dancing half naked to entice all the single men. Or boys rather. Mixed message anyone? Female empowerment my sweet patootie.
- Katy Perry’s “Hot and Cold” is an amusing video. At least the story goes with the song and it looked like fun, but it seemed kind of ’80s to me.
- Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” may have had a story to it, but it was more close-ups of her face. Why bother trying to make a story video if you’re not going to show the story?
- Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” was at least visually stimulating. Lots of sparkles and costumes and interesting camera shots.
- Pink’s “So What” actually had a real story to it, and seemed completely in character to what little I know of Pink’s actual life. I could see her having this kind of a meltdown and that made it fun.
Kanye should stop talking with/as his dick. Sure Beyonce is beautiful and talented, but that video was a waste. She looks like a jerking Barbie Doll and shakes her ass. That’s it. Nothing to do with the actual song as demonstrated here with someone’s edited version (thanks Iain).
I would have picked Pink’s as the best of that bunch, hands down. She’s kicking ass and chainsawing down trees. Now that’s female empowerment!
Or vice-versa!
Sep 15th
I chuckled at a post on How Not to Act Old regarding stalking your adult children on social media sites.
What if you’re more worried about what they’ll learn about you by your posts?
Ginnie’s been my friend on MySpace (I have a lame page there just to keep track of her and her friends back when they were all in High School) for some time. So has Max. I’m pretty sure the only time I was at all parental was when I suggested to my niece that she remove the photos of her using a bong. Ginnie’s also been a friend on Facebook for a while and Max just signed up. It’s fun to look at pictures and some of their comments, but I seldom (if ever) post anything to their sites.
But what do they see from my feed?
Snark about children’s programming, where and what I’m drinking, how horny I am, et.
My twitter feed also posts to Facebook so there are odd comments like this:
I think he said he’ll be leaving there tomorrow and should be back in Hawaii in a week. I think. Or he’s pregnant with cows. I’m not sure.
http://twitpic.com/hno0h – Pool supplies. 1 inch vodka, fill with cherry 7-up.
GirlChild is going with me to friend’s *ahem* party. This is going to be fun.
This weekend someone showed me the ASL sign for horny. I feel empowered to a whole new bunch of menfolk.
I battle with the urge to be discrete considering my audience. I seldom do censor, but I have this whole mental argument before some of my posts. Fuck it, I’m me.
In the immortal and always appropriate words of Bon Jovi,
It’s my life
It’s now or never
I ain’t gonna live forever
I just want to live while I’m alive
(It’s my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I’m alive
It’s my life
