The bad sex in fiction awards are out!
These are almost too embarrassing to read!
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Paul-ee Paul-ee!!
Whoo-hoo!!!
CHICAGO (AP) -- Paul
Konerko decided to stay with the World Series champion Chicago White Sox, agreeing
Wednesday to a $60 million, five-year contract.
The first baseman led the White Sox with 40 homers and 100 RBIs last
season, hitting .283. He was MVP of the AL championship series win over the Los Angeles Angels after
hitting two homers and seven RBIs. He had a go-ahead grand slam in Game 2 of the
World Series sweep over Houston, the first Series title for the White Sox since
1917.
A two-time All-Star, Konerko had an $8.75 million base salary last
season, then became a free agent after the Series. Last offseason, Chicago
decided not to discuss an extension.
His new deal calls for him to
receive $12 million annually. Chicago agreed to a limited no-trade clause that
states he can't be dealt to six specified teams without his permission.
Konerko also was courted by the Angels and the Baltimore Orioles.
He ad five homers and 15 RBIs in the postseason as the White Sox swept
Boston in the opening round, closed out the Angels in five games as he hit
first-inning homers in Games 3 and 4 and then beat the Astros.
Konerko was acquired by the White Sox from Cincinnati in a 1998 trade
for Mike Cameron. In
seven seasons with the White Sox, Konerko has averaged .283 with 29 home runs
and 95 RBI.
Konerko returned just a week after the White Sox acquired Jim Thome from Philadelphia
for Aaron Rowand.
Now the White Sox project to have a strong middle of the order, with
the right-handed Konerko batting cleanup ahead of the left-handed-swinging
Thome. Also a first baseman, Thome is coming off an injury-filled shortened
season with the Phillies and figures to be the designated hitter.
Konerko said before the team's World Series victory parade that his
preference was to stay in Chicago but that he would make a thorough search of
the market.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving!
Something special for today...
My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather George Soule came over on the Mayflower. And, that is the correct number of greats because I've done the research!
A weird anniversary of sorts...
I seem to have many of those life's crossroadish events - not sure why this is the case. Actually, last year was full of them. Last year I believe was the crossroads of my whole entire life. I'm so not kidding about that. Anyway ... one year ago today ... this will just be a brief synopsis - it was actually quite a horrible day...
I had been dating this guy for actually like around 3 months - I had met his entire family, I had even gone to Florida with him and stayed at his uncle's and met his grandmother from Lithuania. So at that point I'm thinking so far so good. Looking back on it now I have no idea what I was thinking cause the boy really was sort of a piece of work. Who knows. Like I've said many many times in this blog, I was a little crazy last year and had some fun so maybe it was just part of that whole mess.
So anyway... dating this guy and I'd say maybe a around hmmm... like a year from last week things started getting weird. He seemed to be avoiding me or ignoring me or whatever. Looking at it now I think he just thought I was along for the ride and he didn't have to try or whatever with me anymore - yeah, right. So we had ... shall we say ... one rather "eventful" night out where we ended up having a huge fight (lets just say in these fights that we had, a huge amount of alcohol was involved which was also part of his problem) and I was thinking it was like over but I wanted to give it a little more time and see what evolved.
So a week later a whole group of us goes out - you know, the big night before Thanksgiving drinkfest! I can't even begin to tell you how horrible it was. It started out as a great night - a whole group of us just having fun and going from place to place... but then ... UGH! I'm not sure I have ever embarrassed myself more in public than I did that night and it was in this total WT bar which made it all the worse. I cringe thinking about it now. He was treating me like crap and I let him have it. Lets just say... lots of yelling, lots of cursing... on and on and on... I even tried to pitch a beer in his face but a dear friend stopped me from doing so and the dear friend got soaked. It was SO NOT ME! I was all upset and crying and the dear friend dragged my butt out of there and drove me home. What was I thinking?
(I kind of laugh at the "What was I thinking?" statement cause another dear friend makes fun of me and the way I was during this time and he will imitate me over and over in the same manner and always says "What was I thinking?" LOL!)
So anyway ... in the next few days this guy I was dating made several desperate pleas to get me back and it was really rather sad how he was about it but ... there was no way.
I think of myself in that moment and how horrible it was and how upset I was and how I had just made the biggest idiot of myself quite possibly in my whole entire life... but then ... in almost the next moment... my life totally changed... but thats a whole other story.
The word of the day today, children, is "crossroads".
Love to all!
- Melissa
I had been dating this guy for actually like around 3 months - I had met his entire family, I had even gone to Florida with him and stayed at his uncle's and met his grandmother from Lithuania. So at that point I'm thinking so far so good. Looking back on it now I have no idea what I was thinking cause the boy really was sort of a piece of work. Who knows. Like I've said many many times in this blog, I was a little crazy last year and had some fun so maybe it was just part of that whole mess.
So anyway... dating this guy and I'd say maybe a around hmmm... like a year from last week things started getting weird. He seemed to be avoiding me or ignoring me or whatever. Looking at it now I think he just thought I was along for the ride and he didn't have to try or whatever with me anymore - yeah, right. So we had ... shall we say ... one rather "eventful" night out where we ended up having a huge fight (lets just say in these fights that we had, a huge amount of alcohol was involved which was also part of his problem) and I was thinking it was like over but I wanted to give it a little more time and see what evolved.
So a week later a whole group of us goes out - you know, the big night before Thanksgiving drinkfest! I can't even begin to tell you how horrible it was. It started out as a great night - a whole group of us just having fun and going from place to place... but then ... UGH! I'm not sure I have ever embarrassed myself more in public than I did that night and it was in this total WT bar which made it all the worse. I cringe thinking about it now. He was treating me like crap and I let him have it. Lets just say... lots of yelling, lots of cursing... on and on and on... I even tried to pitch a beer in his face but a dear friend stopped me from doing so and the dear friend got soaked. It was SO NOT ME! I was all upset and crying and the dear friend dragged my butt out of there and drove me home. What was I thinking?
(I kind of laugh at the "What was I thinking?" statement cause another dear friend makes fun of me and the way I was during this time and he will imitate me over and over in the same manner and always says "What was I thinking?" LOL!)
So anyway ... in the next few days this guy I was dating made several desperate pleas to get me back and it was really rather sad how he was about it but ... there was no way.
I think of myself in that moment and how horrible it was and how upset I was and how I had just made the biggest idiot of myself quite possibly in my whole entire life... but then ... in almost the next moment... my life totally changed... but thats a whole other story.
The word of the day today, children, is "crossroads".
Love to all!
- Melissa
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Go Hoosiers!
We have officially reached the point in the year where this blog ceases from being a Chicago White Sox baseball blog to being an Indiana Hoosiers basketball blog.
All I'm going to say about 'em now is ... Yikes ... I didn't even know they were RANKED?! I never even expected them to be ranked - never crossed my mind! So... 2-0 in pre-season. We'll see where it goes from here. Dad has to be a wee bit happier at the moment than he was last year!
All I'm going to say about 'em now is ... Yikes ... I didn't even know they were RANKED?! I never even expected them to be ranked - never crossed my mind! So... 2-0 in pre-season. We'll see where it goes from here. Dad has to be a wee bit happier at the moment than he was last year!
Monday, November 21, 2005
The weirdness continues
So yeah its one of those days, you know ... sort of good and sort of bad...
I think it must be cause I'm so looking forward to my two days off this week. My mind is completely elsewhere at the moment. Around 3-ish I just sort of declared the day off and just started emailing back and forth with various people. Also came down with my afternoon blahness or sickness or whatever the heck it is that sometimes hits me after lunch - not fun.
Got momentarily PO'd by a coworker but then decided I didn't give a crap cause I've been here five more years than him and I've only been here five years so you can figure that one out.
And other than that, nothing...
So I'm just hanging here deciding on whether I will duck out of here a half hour early tonight or not. I'm guessing no but you never know. No idea what is up for dinner tonight. Guess I'll play that one by ear!
I think it must be cause I'm so looking forward to my two days off this week. My mind is completely elsewhere at the moment. Around 3-ish I just sort of declared the day off and just started emailing back and forth with various people. Also came down with my afternoon blahness or sickness or whatever the heck it is that sometimes hits me after lunch - not fun.
Got momentarily PO'd by a coworker but then decided I didn't give a crap cause I've been here five more years than him and I've only been here five years so you can figure that one out.
And other than that, nothing...
So I'm just hanging here deciding on whether I will duck out of here a half hour early tonight or not. I'm guessing no but you never know. No idea what is up for dinner tonight. Guess I'll play that one by ear!
Friday, November 18, 2005
Life is really weird right now...
And I mean everything... Sigh... I don't know I just feel all nervous and shaky and stuff. I don't like it. Doesn't help that its that time of the month and that makes me think and re-think about stuff so much more than normal. Blah... The joys of being a girl. What I need is a nice strong drink of something and to just chill out!!!!!
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Things that are bothering me today
1) Unreturned phone calls and text messages
2) My mom and uncle forwarding emails about how Bill Gates is giving his fortune away - forward this to as many people as you can and the check is in the mail. How many years has that one been going around? Check out snopes.com people!
3) The weather in the Chicago area is utter hell. I can't even begin to tell you. You know, its not all that cold but the wind is just nuts. It all started back on Sunday (if you saw the Bears game on TV, you'd know about it) and has just continued. This morning I was running late so I fortunately had time to grab my winter coat - brand new, first day I'm wearing it - but not enough time to grab (search for) my gloves, etc. So I get out to the car and this is when I first realize that it has snowed/sleeted a bit over night and there is a ton of frozen ice on my windshield. Normally I don't drive to the train but its starting to get cold so that may happen more and more. So anyway, I finally got most of the ice melted - had the defroster going in overdrive and kept spraying my windshield. I still have the windshield stuff from my original purchase of the car and I'm thinking it does not have the ice melting stuff in it. Then I drive to my friend's and basically sprint to the train. I was one of the last two people on before the conductor hopped back on to go. So sitting there on the train sweating my butt off, heart pounding, take off my coat and try and relax. So then we get downtown and if it was bad in the burbs it was 100 times worse downtown. I think the temp was showing 32 but the wind was horrible! It was almost to that point where its blowing so hard that you can't take a step. The woman walking in front of me was holding onto this chain rope out in front of the building to help herself walk. I mean, its bad! It gets like that in Chicago a lot. I remember one time it being so windy that I actually had to stop and hold on to a fence cause if I didn't, I was going to blow down the street - not kidding. So finally get to work and the thought that crosses my mind is that I can totally see myself moving away - I mean away away someday! LOL! (Do any of my Alabama readers know of any jobs down there?)
So anyway, I sit here eating my lunch today (its snowing pretty hard right now) and am like 3 times more starved than normal. Didn't know a 5 minute run could do that to ya!
I keep thinking there was something else that I wanted to write about but can't think now of what it would be...
Oh... tornado in my home county in Indiana yesterday. I'm not sure if it touched down but no real damage but pretty scary. All kinds of scary weather in southern Indiana lately!!
2) My mom and uncle forwarding emails about how Bill Gates is giving his fortune away - forward this to as many people as you can and the check is in the mail. How many years has that one been going around? Check out snopes.com people!
3) The weather in the Chicago area is utter hell. I can't even begin to tell you. You know, its not all that cold but the wind is just nuts. It all started back on Sunday (if you saw the Bears game on TV, you'd know about it) and has just continued. This morning I was running late so I fortunately had time to grab my winter coat - brand new, first day I'm wearing it - but not enough time to grab (search for) my gloves, etc. So I get out to the car and this is when I first realize that it has snowed/sleeted a bit over night and there is a ton of frozen ice on my windshield. Normally I don't drive to the train but its starting to get cold so that may happen more and more. So anyway, I finally got most of the ice melted - had the defroster going in overdrive and kept spraying my windshield. I still have the windshield stuff from my original purchase of the car and I'm thinking it does not have the ice melting stuff in it. Then I drive to my friend's and basically sprint to the train. I was one of the last two people on before the conductor hopped back on to go. So sitting there on the train sweating my butt off, heart pounding, take off my coat and try and relax. So then we get downtown and if it was bad in the burbs it was 100 times worse downtown. I think the temp was showing 32 but the wind was horrible! It was almost to that point where its blowing so hard that you can't take a step. The woman walking in front of me was holding onto this chain rope out in front of the building to help herself walk. I mean, its bad! It gets like that in Chicago a lot. I remember one time it being so windy that I actually had to stop and hold on to a fence cause if I didn't, I was going to blow down the street - not kidding. So finally get to work and the thought that crosses my mind is that I can totally see myself moving away - I mean away away someday! LOL! (Do any of my Alabama readers know of any jobs down there?)
So anyway, I sit here eating my lunch today (its snowing pretty hard right now) and am like 3 times more starved than normal. Didn't know a 5 minute run could do that to ya!
I keep thinking there was something else that I wanted to write about but can't think now of what it would be...
Oh... tornado in my home county in Indiana yesterday. I'm not sure if it touched down but no real damage but pretty scary. All kinds of scary weather in southern Indiana lately!!
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Errr...
I just want to lose 5 pounds so I'm trying really hard to not have an afternoon snack and just not eat anything extra during the day. Also trying to get some more activity in. Have been working out, walking and trying to go bowling one night a week. And its working, you know? But the thing is, its driving me crazy right at this moment. I so want to go downstairs and get something yummy from Starbucks but I'm stopping myself right now!! Auugghh!!! I hate dieting. I'm planning on trying to go back hard core after the holidays too. I used to be a South Beach Diet junkie. It works, it works, it works! But I've been off of it the last year and have gained some back. I just need to get back in the groove!
What? There are only three coins the fountain?!
I don't believe this is the first time this has happened.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Ewww...
I don't know what is up with my skin - it must be the weather or something cause it isn't even all that close to it being that time of the month - it is just gross. I'm not usually like this - I have great skin! Blah ... I need a facial or something but I don't even want to go in there when I look how I look now - LOL! Maybe before Thanksgiving or something (which I cannot believe is next week!). I need to get my eyebrows done too so perhaps I could do it all at once. Hmmm...
Friday, November 11, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Blah...
Absolutely nothing interesting to write about ... I mean I can't think of anything. I was looking at that post from yesterday and YIKES! Why did it take me til Wednesday to write about Saturday. That makes no sense. On the other hand, this week has gone super fast even if this day has gone slow. So thats always a good thing! : )
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Saturday night's Karaoke song list
Karaoke:
1. Crazy - Patsy Cline
2. Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
3. Let's Go To Vegas - Faith Hill
4. Life #9 - Martina McBride
1. Crazy - Patsy Cline
2. Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
3. Let's Go To Vegas - Faith Hill
4. Life #9 - Martina McBride
Monday, November 07, 2005
My life quiz...
Yeah, I did pretty well... I think I scored low on the Friends/Family section because I do only have 1-2 people that I would consider "close" friends. When they asked about "close", I meant "close" and there are very few people - friends that is - that I truly feel I can say I am "close" to today. Not that that is a bad thing. I actually think its a good thing. I value friendship and for me to consider you a true friend well, then you must be!
| This Is My Life, Rated | |
| Life: |  8.2 |
| Mind: | 7.9 |
| Body: | 8.2 |
| Spirit: | 7.9 |
| Friends/Family: |  6 |
| Love: | 7.7 |
| Finance: | 8.1 |
| Take the Rate My Life Quiz | |
Headache...
I swear, it was one thing after another today and I ended up today with a gushing headache! Well, whatcha gonna do, right??
Only about 50 minutes left in the day and believe me, I'm looking forward to getting out of here. Spaghetti for dinner tonight you know cause ... I think spaghetti is ALWAYS a great choice for dinner!!
; )
Only about 50 minutes left in the day and believe me, I'm looking forward to getting out of here. Spaghetti for dinner tonight you know cause ... I think spaghetti is ALWAYS a great choice for dinner!!
; )
Friday, November 04, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Bad bad bad bad bad...
Someone I know went out drinking with some friends last night AND
Someone I know drank a wee bit too much and ended up not making it to work today!!
NOPE- Not talking about me since I sit here typing this from work.
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!!
LOL!!
I issued my warning last night too - I think I had a feeling it was going to happen. I showed up there myself between 7:30-9:00 and drank one beer and kicked some ASS playing Texas Hold 'Em. I told those guys they really didn't want me to learn how to play. I'm the type of person that once I get the hang of something, I'm fairly awesome at it - ha ha! I'm not saying I'm awesome at Hold 'Em yet but I'm getting better and I've definitely at least become part of the competition!
So yeah ... I knew I had to work today so I was Little Miss Responsible. Really though, I don't drink that much at all anymore. I go thru phases on the whole drinking thing. Before, my "don't drink that much" phase was that I may still have 3-4 drinks - ha ha! Now, my "don't drink that much" phase is one or no drinks. Its not unheard of that I will go out and be out for hours and only drink Diet Coke. Its like I'm bored with booze or something or maybe its just that I've finally grown up and no I hate to wake up feeling like crap the next day. It sucks!
But yeah, so I guess someone was throwing down something called "Woofy Shots" around midnight last night and didn't think they would "live to see the 'morrow." Of course, I guess that technically was "the 'morrow" by then, but you know what I mean.
I find the whole thing sort of funny but I have been instructed that I cannot laugh about it today - but am allowed to laugh about it tomorrow. Thats too funny and believe me, it is also on the list of things to do tomorrow! ; )
Seems ages since my party days ... And let me tell you, last summer I was hitting it probably just as hard or harder than I was when I was in college - last summer and last fall that is. But during that time, I just didn't care, I just wanted to have fun and not think things thru and just be crazy and make friends and stuff like that. Great times, but definitely just a phase!
Someone I know drank a wee bit too much and ended up not making it to work today!!
NOPE- Not talking about me since I sit here typing this from work.
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!!
LOL!!
I issued my warning last night too - I think I had a feeling it was going to happen. I showed up there myself between 7:30-9:00 and drank one beer and kicked some ASS playing Texas Hold 'Em. I told those guys they really didn't want me to learn how to play. I'm the type of person that once I get the hang of something, I'm fairly awesome at it - ha ha! I'm not saying I'm awesome at Hold 'Em yet but I'm getting better and I've definitely at least become part of the competition!
So yeah ... I knew I had to work today so I was Little Miss Responsible. Really though, I don't drink that much at all anymore. I go thru phases on the whole drinking thing. Before, my "don't drink that much" phase was that I may still have 3-4 drinks - ha ha! Now, my "don't drink that much" phase is one or no drinks. Its not unheard of that I will go out and be out for hours and only drink Diet Coke. Its like I'm bored with booze or something or maybe its just that I've finally grown up and no I hate to wake up feeling like crap the next day. It sucks!
But yeah, so I guess someone was throwing down something called "Woofy Shots" around midnight last night and didn't think they would "live to see the 'morrow." Of course, I guess that technically was "the 'morrow" by then, but you know what I mean.
I find the whole thing sort of funny but I have been instructed that I cannot laugh about it today - but am allowed to laugh about it tomorrow. Thats too funny and believe me, it is also on the list of things to do tomorrow! ; )
Seems ages since my party days ... And let me tell you, last summer I was hitting it probably just as hard or harder than I was when I was in college - last summer and last fall that is. But during that time, I just didn't care, I just wanted to have fun and not think things thru and just be crazy and make friends and stuff like that. Great times, but definitely just a phase!
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Mushy love songs for your afternoon enjoyment ... ; )
Songs:
1. Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart - Shenandoah
2. Angel - Aerosmith
3. Heaven - Bryan Adams
4. Straight From The Heart - Bryan Adams
5. Anymore - Travis Tritt
6. I Cross My Heart - George Strait
7. Bless The Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
1. Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart - Shenandoah
2. Angel - Aerosmith
3. Heaven - Bryan Adams
4. Straight From The Heart - Bryan Adams
5. Anymore - Travis Tritt
6. I Cross My Heart - George Strait
7. Bless The Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
Charles and Camilla
What is the big deal about them coming here and why do I care if she brought 50 dresses with her?? The thing is, regardless of whatever she wears, it ain't going to make a bit of difference for her!
Anyway, I shouldn't be so mean ... And you know I've actually thought about the whole Charles and Camilla thing. I mean ... 30 year affair? What is that all about? Why didn't he just marry her in the first place? Even if she was already married or whatever you would think - hey, heir to the throne, although I'm not the cutest, I could pretty much get any chick that I want! The thing is, I do think its true love with the two of them. 30 years?? Wouldn't it have been so much easier to end of up with the love of your life the first time around? Wouldn't it have made everything just a wee bit more simple?
The thing is, I know about three real-life Charles/Camilla couples (several couples in their 50s) - not that they had 30 year affairs - but they went their separate ways, ended up with others and now ... somehow made it back to eachother. Maybe some things really are just meant to be - fate, destiny, "the one", "love of your life" and all of that crap ...
When does the last chapter of that book really get written?
I don't know ... just something to think about. Actually I have some real thoughts on the whole concept of "the one" but we'll leave that conversation for another day!
Anyway, I shouldn't be so mean ... And you know I've actually thought about the whole Charles and Camilla thing. I mean ... 30 year affair? What is that all about? Why didn't he just marry her in the first place? Even if she was already married or whatever you would think - hey, heir to the throne, although I'm not the cutest, I could pretty much get any chick that I want! The thing is, I do think its true love with the two of them. 30 years?? Wouldn't it have been so much easier to end of up with the love of your life the first time around? Wouldn't it have made everything just a wee bit more simple?
The thing is, I know about three real-life Charles/Camilla couples (several couples in their 50s) - not that they had 30 year affairs - but they went their separate ways, ended up with others and now ... somehow made it back to eachother. Maybe some things really are just meant to be - fate, destiny, "the one", "love of your life" and all of that crap ...
When does the last chapter of that book really get written?
I don't know ... just something to think about. Actually I have some real thoughts on the whole concept of "the one" but we'll leave that conversation for another day!
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
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