Kill Bill and the Marlins/Cubbies showdown.

October 13, 2003

So I’m sorry to all you Cubbies out there, but I watched the Cubs/Marlins game last night, and the Cubs were DESTROYED. Not destroyed like they took apart the Marlins by 9 points, but destroyed by great pitching and a fantastic infield. The Marlins pitcher only gave up a handful of hits in the entire game; only one made it to base. When the Cubs won by so many points in the last game, it was because the Marlins went through so many pitchers in one night and gave up so many runs in the first three innings. This game, however, was the first game in the series where the Marlins didn’t give up a run in the first inning. GREAT game. I just watched the end of tonight’s postponed Boston/New York game, and Boston won by one point, tying the series 2-2. Tomorrow night the Marlins get their chance to tie their own series. Here’s hoping.

Now, I want to reiterate, I’m not rooting against the Cubs because I don’t like them. As a matter of fact, I think they’re one of the best franchises in baseball.

They just aren’t allowed to win the World Series. Neither is Boston. Two of the oldest franchises in baseball, both with curses legendary in the world of baseball. A breaking of their respective curses not only breaks age old baseball traditions, but some of the fundamental roots of modern baseball. Sorry Cubbies. Can’t happen. Game seven of a Boston/Chicago World Series would basically user in the apocolypse if the score were tied in the bottom of the 9th inning. The riots in Chicago and Boston would make the LA Riots look like a garden party.
So as I’m lying here with an ice pack on my knee, I’m beginning to face the fact that I may have done more to my knee than just strain it. I may have done some serious damage, and if by the end of the week my knee isn’t feeling a bit better, I will definitely have to go see a doctor. Worst case scenario, I get some sort of surgery, but the prospect of that scares the hell out of me. I watch the TV show “Nip/Tuck” on FX about plastic surgeons, and whenever they show the actual surgery I get the willies. I just don’t like the idea of going under a knife, I don’t care how easy it is. If I don’t have to have surgery done, then I don’t want to know what I did wrong because I know it’s going to be something really simple and inane, like “lace your shoes tighter”.

I’m going to keep icing my knee. There is always hope.

Today I went down to Lloyd Center to see my friend Katie, and we had lunch and caught Kill Bill, Volume 1, the latest film by the illustrious Quentin Tarantino. Great film. Hands down, extremely good. Violent and bloody, though. The blood is so gratuitous, though, that you know it’s fake and it’s not uncomfortable. In fact, there’s so much blood that it’s so ridiculous and obviously fake–intentionally so. The move is made in the style of a 70’s cheesy samurai flick, but with big stars and Tarantino’s distinctive writing and directing style. I had a lot of fun, though. I want to go see it again, now.

Today’s completed links, courtesy of last night’s free time:

Outside Mom’s House Pictures
Beef Cubelets & Onion Rings Pictures

The beef cubelets and onion rings are some of my personal favorites. Not great pictures, but such an important part of my cooking heritage. Mmmm…fried beef.

I feel so scuzzy, sitting here in my sleep clothes at 8:35 PM while watching TV. I haven’t exercised since last Wednesday, and I feel sooooo lazy, even though it’s been done deliberately. I’m in my sleep clothes because I’m doing laundry, too. The two put together, though, really bring me down.

Time to switch from ice to compression. Enjoy the pictures, all.

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