RTBTCKI ( The Quiet Before the Day Begins edition)

[puppetmaker]

This morning, so far, it is just the cats and me. The cats lodged a protest that both food dishes were empty. I knew it the moment I opened the bedroom door because all three of them were looking up at me and then proceeded to run downstairs. I followed them and they showed me their empty food bowls with that pitiful “can you do something about this” look on their faces. So I fed them and changed out their water. They are now various places around the living room catching an early cat nap.

I think I have said that I am very conflicted when the Mets play the Braves. I grew up in Atlanta so the Braves were my team even when they were really bad. My first team was the Baltimore Orioles and that has remained my AL team of choice.

Last night wasn’t about the Braves winning but about the Mets losing and how they are finding new and different ways to screw it up. Yes, a lot of the team is on the DL but I thought this was a professional ballclub not the AAA farm team come to play with the big boys. There is not a shining star among them. The pitching has been erratic at best. The fielding has been a joke. And I think they have hit into more double plays than any other team in the majors this year. The Mets are not going to post season play and I will be really interested in how they are going to try to “fix” the problem next but until then I think they should be charging minor league prices for those seats because we aren’t getting major league ball.

It is amazing to me that after exercising a little more consistently that my body’s recovery from pushing it is a little better than it was. I pushed my arms to failure yesterday and today I have a couple of twinges but no monumental body aches. I am a little more concerned about some joint pain I have this morning but I know I didn’t hyper-extend anything because I am very careful about using free weights. It was nice to “feel the burn” again while lifting. Now that Shoreleave is over, I plan to get there a little more consistently.

We watched the last episode of Eli Stone last night. I miss that series and I miss all the goofy dance numbers that they use to do before budget cuts. I miss the heck out of Pushing Daisies and Reaper too. At least there is still Better off Ted which is some brilliant comedy. Also am I the only one watching Royal Pains? It is a good show and not your usual medical show ala Hawthorne or Nurse Jackie which are both really good and worth watching but we have seen this sort of drama before.

Ariel is off to her first large MultiMusic festival since she is going to the Vans Warped Tour today. I will have to find her some sunblock that she can use because there is no shade in the parking lot where they are having this thing. She is going with some friends so we can divide the driving between families. I think I am driving to because Peter had a boatload of writing he wants to get done before leaving for San Diego.

I find it extremely creepy when a cat falls asleep with its eyes still open.

Well I guess I should use the rest of this quiet to get a few things done and drink some coffee.

I am so grateful for quiet moments before the day really winds up.

Comments

[kradical.livejournal.com]

Yes, a lot of the team is on the DL but I thought this was a professional ballclub not the AAA farm team come to play with the big boys.

I'm honestly stunned that Omar Minaya isn't catching more heat for the team he assembled. He traded away the team's entire depth and has done nothing to restock the farm -- and then built a depthless team that would be crippled by a few injuries. This is a 95-win team on paper, but only if everyone stayed healthy. By the time Delgado, Beltran, and Reyes come back, it may be too late for the Mets to vault past the teams ahead of them....

[kradical.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm adoring Royal Pains. I even gave it a positive reivew on The Chronic Rift (http://www.chronicrift.com)....

[wherdafux-d-cat.livejournal.com]

Royal Pains - The only reason I'm not watching it religiously is because it's on a fencing night, alas. Loved the first one and would be recording the show if it didn't mean wrestling with the goofy DVR setup in the spare room! (Yeah, we'll get Tivo or whatever one of these days. And a week after that the next super awesome recording method will debut.)

[scavgraphics.livejournal.com]

If you have Comcast Digital, it's in their On Demand section for viewing whenever.

[wherdafux-d-cat.livejournal.com]

Nope, DirecTV -- and they're old (seven-plus years) boxes. We'll upgrade to the HD/DVR/DYD* service eventually but TV's just not enough of a priority for us to bother with it just yet.


*DYD - Does Your Dishes (I wish!)

[scavgraphics.livejournal.com]

Loving Royal Pains...it's managing to mostly avoid the USA Network habit of giving the main character a useless and annoying relative (see: Notice, Burn; Sight, In Plain Of)

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Huh? Evan's right up there with Morgan in the first season of Chuck in terms of "Characters you figure have embarrassing pictures of the rest of the cast in a hidden location that will be released upon their death" to explain why anyone puts up with them.

I liked the first ep of Royal Pains, but subsequent eps have been going down hill. Hank's a bit too perfect and vanilla, and the MacGyver medical bits are starting to seem both forced and not as off the wall as one'd hope for such. At this point, I'd almost prefer they make Divya the lead character, as she's the most interesting of the bunch (although that could be because she's so relatively little used compared to other three leads). And Evan's coming across like nails on a chalkboard, to the point where they're having to do really obvious "look, he's really not such a bad guy" subplots to try to alleviate it. Which just don't work, as the rest of the time he's that annoying with no redeeming values.