sunday -- baseball an' applebees an' trailer park boys an'...

Today was pretty cool. Fuj and I went to the Mariners - Devil Rays game. Due to my intricate knowledge of Safeco we managed to score some pretty awesome tickets in Field seating. It was a good game, too. Hideo Nomo was going for his 200th career win (counting his Japan and America professional games) and Jamie Moyer was going for his 198th career win. Moyer and Borders as a battery are the oldest pair in recent baseball history. It was Little League day and they had a giveaway of an adorable poster of current Mariners with pictures of what they looked like in little league. (It was for kids 14 and under, but I managed to find a stray one.) The stadium was reasonably packed. Pat Borders beat out a bunt for a single. Aubrey Huff pretend to be Ichiro, failed, and dropped a ball which led to the tying run. Moyer struck out 6 guys in 6 innings.

The game see-sawed a lot, with it tied 5-5 coming into the 9th. Adrian Beltre got his 1000th career hit, with a single to right -- and a minute later Richie Sexson hit a double, driving him in for the game-winning RBI. Good stuff. Well, except where Ronnie The Bear got the win totally randomly.

( Don't come around here Nomo )

After the game, Fuj and I came back to Northgate and bummed around the mall a bit. We went to Toys'R'Us and looked through their baseball card sets and bought a few, then looked around the mall for other stuff. Came home, he went to Safeway to get junk food, sort of like how I always raid Zellers for junk food when I'm in Canadia. Then we opened baseball card packs like the dorks we are, like "woo! I got a Hideki Matsui rookie card!" and whatnot. The Topps Cracker Jack cards really annoy me.

Went to Applebee's for dinner with Tanya, Charlie, and Keevon, which was neat because I haven't seen them in ages (well, before yesterday at least). Then we watched all of season 4 of Trailer Park Boys, which Fuj brought down on DVD. Goddamn that show is hiiiiiiiilarious, especially the "Ricky-isms" feature on the first disc.

for firesplace and megami - furry 5k

and anyone else --

At the Race For The Cure on Saturday, we saw people handing out fliers for the Furry 5k race. No, it has nothing to do with the furry fandom, it's actually for an animal shelter. I'm feeling so ambitious about doing more long walks. It looks like you're allowed to walk or run this one. If there's anyone who will commit to walking this with me, I'll do it. It's next Sunday at 10am (registration is at 8, and it's like $15 per person if you don't care whether you get a t-shirt). It sounds like a lot of people will do the race with their dogs, which could either be super-cool or super-annoying, I'm not sure which.

So yeah. I have no idea if Megan or Heidi would want to do this one too, or if Rumi or Fire were serious about it, or if anyone else would want to. I've never been to Seward Park and I like the idea of walking for a cause, even if I don't go all gung-ho and get sponsors and whatnot.

Let me know :)