It's Just a T-shirt!

Funny story from Saturday's game. In about the 6th inning, Nats people run onto the field and shoot t-shirts up into the stands. Cheap t-shirts that are probably all XXL. So cheap, they don't even sell them I bet.

A t-shirt flies through the air and lands somewhere behind me. I turn around to see a woman leaning over the railing from the walkway, while another white trash woman in the last row of my section is standing up. Apprarently the shirt hit the railing and they both went after it. They now both have their hands on the shirt and are pulling back and forth. The woman in my section GRABS the other woman's chest and shakes her, spilling beer all over. Awesome. About 10 minutes later, after stadium officials intervened, the lady in my section won though she was quite pissed about the whole ordeal. After all, she's entitled to a shirt since she bought a ticket, as her bf later yelled.

As one guy commented, "That's what happens when you put rednecks and free s%$* together. All hell breaks loose."

In My Place

Time for weekend update.
Friday - my new beautiful laptop came in the mail. When I checked the tracking, it was scheduled to arrive on Monday. However, the UPS man got some bonus points when he delivered Friday am. Since I was armed with so much stuff to carry, I called and asked B if he could come pick me up at work before we headed to Coldplay. I felt bad asking since it was in the opposite direction, but he kindly obliged. That was before he knew how bad traffic was. From Alexandria to Silver Spring, it took 1.75 hours. At 3:30 in the afternoon. Ridiculous. Then we had to hop back on the Beltway to get to Nissan. Never ever again will I go to Nissan. Thankfully we got there right at 7:30 before Rilo Kiley took the stage. I dug some of their lyrics. I’ve been meaning to look them up. Reminder to myself - Look up Rilo Kiley lyrics...

Next up, the band themselves. Guy Berryman and company. Okay, okay, so Chris is the focal point with his hop-on-one-leg dancing. But Guy’s the sexy bass player. I love them all - they are truly phenomenal together. Great show. Nice mix of all albums. Very worth the drive. At least for me anyway. B might be another story.

Getting out of the Nissan parking lot is another story in itself. Took us half an hour and several walks through the parking lot before we found the car. Finally traffic subsided a bit and we got out of the there.

Saturday I fed my Lost addiction. What I am going to do when I finish the first season and have to wait a week (or more - gasp!) For the next episode? We’re already going to plan a season finale party at work. We’re a bunch of Lost junkies. I just finished Disc 5 tonight. One more to go and I’ll be caught up. I hear the season finale is mouth-opening. Bring it on baby.

I hit up the Nationals/Phillies game on Saturday afternoon with Mark, whom I haven’t seen in several months. The season has come to an end. DC finally has baseball. How long with the newness last? Will the city be just as excited in 3 years? We’ll see what happens. As long as the free tickets keep floating around, count me in :-)

I rushed to the Georgetown waterfront to meet up with friends on Saturday night to see the ‘Tornado of Fireworks’ as part of the Chinese festival of the Kennedy Center. I guess I expected a little more, since I am from tornado alley. I didn’t see any spinning......it was pretty cool though. Even funnier, it caused a flurry of 911 calls around the city. Hah. We can’t do anything in this city anymore without people thinking the worst. What are we coming to?

Sunday was Gen Con. As usual, the roomies and I went to Robin’s to watch and hold a mini feast. I managed to stay awake through both sessions, despite people nodding off around me.

Where the Heck am I From?

I usually browse my hometown newspaper to catch up on all the Poteau happenings. My favorite section is actually the Courthouse News - I can find out who got pulled over, who got married/divorced, and who has a restraining order against them. Fasncinating, really.

But today - some WACK news. Why, oh why, does it have to be from my county in OK?! Not my town specifically, but close enough. Here are the latest news stories (emphasis added to the most ridiculous parts):

Octavia to host Bigfoot festival
By Ty Pierce, News Reporter

"I believe one day soon we will discover that Bigfoot is real, and then we will find something new to ridicule. That is the way we as humans work. Remember the earth was once flat, the moon was out of reach, even dinosaurs were discredited until we found bones! We search to know it all. Yet sometimes, apparent truths aren't enough," Christopher S. Fleming, Publisher/Editor of the Unknown. For those who believe or are just interested the First Annual Bigfoot Fall Festival in Honobia is just a day away and will last over the weekend.

Honobia is the hot spot for Bigfoot sightings and signs in LeFlore County.

What is a Bigfoot? It is classified as an ape-like creature reportedly sighted hundreds of times around the world since the mid-nineteenth century and variously described as standing 7-10 feet tall and weighing over 500 pounds. Many residents of Honobia believe in this mysterious creature.

Honobia is located on highway 144 in the Kiamichi Mountains. These mountains are filled with legends as well as natural wonders. The two day festival features, Bigfoot Prints, Bigfoot Tours, Bigfoot Stories and Bigfoot Shirts. You can even take you picture with Bigfoot! Also available at the festival is arts, crafts, games, food, antiques, music and entertainment.For more information email honobiabigfoot@yahoo.com.

Oh, and that's not all folks.

Service for Christian hunters
On Sat. Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. there will be a Hunter's Worship service held a Wister Pride Park in Wister. This will be an outdoor service for all Christian hunters men, women and youth. Join us as we worship God together and pray for a safe hunting season, clean shots and big deer.
There will be a free Chili Dinner after the service. All are welcome to this non-denominational worship service.

Gotta love it. Pure entertainment.