I bought a skateboard. It’s a Girl Mike Carroll. It’s 8.375″, and I got Indy trucks for it. I wanted to try skating around again except I find it very unstable.
Perhaps I need a wider deck? Or less hard wheels? Maybe I need a cruiser?
I stopped reading books when I started reading blogs, yet I pick them up now and then. Since I started obsessing about baseball I thought I should read some stories about the game. It’s a way of easing back into reading and learning more about the game. I’ve finished four so far. Here’s a little summary of them.
First up is Money Ball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. It’s an attempt to understand how certain teams are still winning in this age of high-priced free agency. They do it all through looking for players who are cheap and who can get on base most of the time. To be on base means to not be out, and the outs are highly valuable for winning teams. The fewer at bats that results in an out the better for the team. If you can find young cheap players that could contribute a better on base percentage then you have a chance to compete.
This is similar to Earl Weaver’s philosophy.
Who is this guy? Says he wrote the “Lemon of Troy” Simpsons episode from back in the day. Sounds good. Best. Episode. Ever.
I saw Obsession with my mom. She said she wanted to watch a scary movie and Obsession was the only one I hadn’t seen that was playing. It was in its third week and it still was being played. It is going very, very strong at the box office. Anyhow, my mom wasn’t scared by it, but I was scarred.
Obsession is a very disturbing movie. I don’t want to dwell on it because that could be me. I’ve thought to myself, “they never fall in love with me,” and “if only.” Selfish thoughts when it comes to romance. Never love.
It was frightening because that could be me. I guess that why it is a horror film.
I’m writing this several weeks after seeing the movie. I was obsessed with it for weeks after because of its horrifying. I guess it is an obssession.
3 of 5 stars.
At the end of Backrooms as we were leaving, the couple in front of me turned to me and shrugged — a shrug that said, “What the fuck did we just watch?” It was a horror film — a bit scary, a bit shocking, and a ton of unreal.
Absurd? Surreal? Sure. Unnerving? No Unsettling? Yes.
It’s the backrooms. A place you don’t want to find yourself.
It’s just freaky thing. I was perplexed but enjoyed myself. At least for the most part I wasn’t hiding behind the brim of my cap.
3 of 5 stars.
I figure that this song sums up this July 4th for me.
Happy 4th, everyone. Don’t lose any fingers.
It’s 30 years since they released this album. It is my favorite De La. While I don’t remember where I was hearing “Stakes is High” for the first time, I know that I listened to it all that summer. It was the summer before turning 25 — my popular time. It was the time when I had my green Jetta and a ten disc CD changer in the trunk. It was also the time when I was a drunk, fun loving person.
I think the most vivid memory for me from listening to the album at the time is when Lacy invited me to meet up with her friends in Little Italy for a late, late dinner. We had just closed Ruby Tuesday. She said let’s go. While not really into her except for her being female, I went. Driving into Baltimore and it was “Itsowezee” bumping on the radio after midnight. Who the fuck were her friends but just other servers just like us…
Steven Spielberg came up with the story of Disclosure Day, perhaps, after watching an X-Files episode. He needed to tell this tale to save humanity from itself. The underlying message is that we are all along for the ride so why don’t we act better towards each other. Yes. Agreed. I doubt you’ll get through to the audience. Okay, boomer…
I guess it’s alright. It’s been a while since I have seen a Spielberg film. I haven’t seen his last few films. So I was ready for seeing the master at the twilight of his career. Does he still have it in him?
I am not going to doubt Spielberg, but the film was a bit cliched. The two factions of a shadow government group who want to keep alien contact secret. One faction has decided to expose it all. The other trying to stop it at all costs. Caught between are two people who were abducted as youths and who were imbued with the power to communicate with the aliens. They were being recruited by the faction who want to expose it.
It could’ve been better.
3 of 5 stars.
The other day I was thinking about Spain and it got me to think about my favorite paella. I was wanting to cook it again, but didn’t know what kind. I don’t have rabbit so the traditional Paella de Valencia is out of the question. Maybe I’ll just cook up rice in a paella pan and throw whatever in it?
So I went looking for recipes and suggestions when I stumbled upon salmoretta. It’s a traditional sofrito found in the Alicante region used for all types of rice dishes and soups. Knowing the area, I wanted to try it out.
It has five basic ingredients: tomato, olive oil, garlic, parsley, and ñoya peppers. Ñoya pepper is a regional pepper found in Alicante. I bought some dried online.
Everything pretty much goes into the pot until the tomatoes are broken down. Then you blend.
I put some in a mason jar and some I froze for later.
I have yet to make the paella!
