inneu-tralinneu-tralLife stories, stray thoughts, and personal observations from a graduate student slash social recluse. 
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Opening Night
2007-10-31 04:54:00 You know what sucks? Going into a season knowing that your team isn’t going to do anything. That it’s still the same crappy mess it was last year, only messier and older, meaning the potential that’s been talked about is that much closer to being unfulfilled. Having essentially no one on the team that you ... More About: Sports , Night , Opening , Opening Night
Ain?t No Love
2007-10-31 04:14:00 I’m pretty sure that American Gangster will not be as good as I’m expecting it to be. That’s pretty much impossible at this point. But man, it’d be really nice if it was worth the hype. If it wasn’t an utter bore like Troy, or a display of bland mediocrity like Blood Diamond. If it ... More About: Movies , Love
October?s End
2007-10-29 09:58:00 What an enormous letdown. It turned out that the MLB playoffs pretty much peaked on the first of the month, with a game that was actually counted as a part of the regular season. There really wasn’t a competitive series among the lot, and, to top it off, the frigging Red Sox - with their ... More About: October
Andy Dufresne
2007-10-26 07:53:00 You know, hope is a pretty amazing feeling. I’ve kind of conditioned myself not to give in completely to it, to keep reality in mind - you know, as so not to get hurt. But it’s hard. It makes you feel on top of the world. Like, even though you’re mostly happy and satisfied and ... More About: Views , Andy
Not Funny
2007-10-21 08:57:00 Half the people who live around me belong in a “World’s Most Obnoxious Laughs” support group. The guy directly above my apartment, the guy in the building my window faces, and one more right down the hall. These are the people you hear on bad sitcoms. These are the people you hear opening weekend at ... More About: Funny , My Life
The Grind
2007-10-19 08:49:00 I have a list of maybe 20 movies that I’m looking forward to in the next two months. I can’t wait until the ticket plans for the 2008 Angels season go on sale. I’ve got the itineraries of my next two road trips pretty much sketched out. When I get the chance, I’ll start figuring ... More About: My Life , Grind , The G
Roger Clemens
2007-10-11 01:18:00 Remember the broken bat incident with Clemens and Piazza in the 2000 World Series? Clemens’ excuse was that he thought the bat was the ball, which is why he flung it at Piazza. Why hasn’t a bigger deal been made of the fact that that makes no fucking sense whatsoever? If it was the ball, ... More About: Roger Clemens , Mens
Maximum Force
2007-10-09 08:38:00 They have an Area 51 machine at the new Student Union. They’ve had Neo Geo Cup ‘98 (the sequel to Super Sidekicks 2) across the street at Ray’s Pizza. And if I could just find both Cruisin’ USA and the 40-lap version of the original Daytona USA somewhere, as well as Puzzle Fighter, I’m pretty ... More About: My Life , Force
Jesse James
2007-10-09 08:18:00 I liked the aftermath a lot more than I liked the buildup. I liked how they handled Robert Ford - for the most part - more than how they handled Jess e James . And even though I hate the expression (mostly because I’m not exactly sure what it means), I liked the separate parts of The ... More About: Movies
ALDS Game 3
2007-10-08 04:05:00 Game 4 was scheduled for tomorrow, if necessary. It won’t be, though. My tickets will remain in the e-mail they sent to me, soon to be discarded, never to be printed. I won’t have to worry about whether the Yankees and Indians will end tonight, shifting the first pitch Monday at the Big A to ... More About: Game
ALDS Game 2
2007-10-06 08:02:00 I feel like I’m going to throw up. All manner of spirit and life taken away. It might just be a game to most people, but when your heart is broken, your heart is broken, and the emptiness emanating from the results of a baseball game feels as real as the emptiness from anything else, ... More About: Game , Game 2
October
2007-10-02 07:30:00 It has run nearly five hours. For 13 innings, two teams I couldn’t care less about have gone toe to toe in an absolute thriller. Jake Peavy, the odds-on favorite for the Cy Young, battered and bruised, has managed to survive 6+ shaky innings and keep his team in the game. There’s a controversial call; ... More About: October
Season Five
2007-09-30 08:22:00 If my name were Frank, whenever somebody would say, “Hey, Frank,” I’d turn around and scream, “My name’s not Frank, it’s Jack Bauer!” More About: Quotes , Season
Into the Depths of Hell
2007-09-29 20:49:00 It’s set. It’s the one matchup I was dreading. If you had asked me six months ago, weeks ago, days ago, I would have told you that there’s no way we can pull it off. The Red Sox at Fenway. For some reason, we’ve never come close to being the team we are everywhere else ... More About: Hell , Depth
No Thanks
2007-09-29 07:00:00 After watching Into the Wild today (and The Science of Sleep last year), I’ve confirmed a fundamental truth in this world. Historical epics such as Schindler’s List and Amistad get somewhat of a reprieve, but even that’s kind of a stretch. No matter the context, no matter how brief, there’s never a need to show ... More About: Views , Hank
Why Not
2007-09-25 03:00:00 I’ve burned all my Mp3s onto three CDs for my car. Of course, the quality of the tracks vary, and as a result, so does the volume. I had the theme to Forrest Gump playing softly in the background today as I pulled into the Toyota dealership. And naturally, just as the guy is doing ... More About: My Life
156 of 162, 9 of 9
2007-09-24 08:21:00 Thoughts after Game 9 (Backstory) - Atmosphere’s definitely a little September or October-ish - Team photo giveaway… awww - The last bratwurst of the (regular) season… awww - Season highlight video… aww- okay, you get the point - Fuck you, Doug Eddings - Ginormous Happy Meal reappears in center - More beach balls than usual - Man, I hope post-break G.A. shows up ...
The B-List
2007-09-21 05:14:00 The previews for Sydney White look awful. I guess it’s supposed to be a quirky, modern-day take on Snow White, but they’re really not pushing that angle enough to make it apparent. Instead, it looks like yet another generic Amanda Bynes romantic comedy that’s more suited for direct-to-DVD release or The Disney Channel. Now, even ... More About: Movies , List
The Northeast Compact (Part 6)
2007-09-19 08:45:00 September 18. Day 6. Delta Airlines Flight DL574. Ten minutes. It’s kind of funny. The whole reason I wanted to go to New York was because of Yankee Stadium. The second to last year of of its existence, you know? The House that Ruth Built. DiMaggio, Mantle, Maris, Gehrig. You don’t have to be a Yankee ... More About: Part , Compact , Northeast , Thea
The Northeast Compact (Part 5)
2007-09-18 08:45:00 September 17. Day 5. Manhattan, NY. The travel is not so tough. Everyone’s got somewhere to be - especially in the Big Apple, it seems. I’m always looking at a map, checking my cell phone for the time, or just trying to blow by people like Secretariat at the Belmont in 1973. Oddly enough, it’s when ... More About: Part , Compact , Northeast , Thea
The Northeast Compact (Part 4)
2007-09-17 08:45:00 September 16. Day 4. Boston, MA. By all accounts (I guess that would just be this one), it’s been an amazing - though exhausting - day. The Chinatown bus, half empty, was smooth and efficient. The harbor was alive, the water shuttle scenic, the weather surprisingly beautiful. The long 3 mile Freedom Trail, through the heart ... More About: Part , Compact , Northeast , Thea
The Northeast Compact (Part 3)
2007-09-16 08:45:00 September 15. Day 3. Manhattan. The New York subway system really is a living stereotype. The pole I hold onto somehow smells like urine. I didn’t know that metal could even do that. I might as well be feeling up the homeless person no doubt responsible for this. Thea ter kids hop in excitedly, chattering amongst themselves ... More About: Part , Part 3 , Compact , Northeast
The Northeast Compact (Part 2)
2007-09-15 08:45:00 September 14. Day 2. The Brooklyn Q Train. The city seems to have moved on somewhat. At the very least, it seems to have come to terms with it. Maybe it’s had to. The streets around Ground Zero bustle without impediment - it’s still the financial center of the world, after all. The space itself is ... More About: Part , Compact , Northeast , Thea
The Northeast Compact (Part 1)
2007-09-14 08:45:00 September 13. Day 1. Somewhere over Ohio. I’m not a comfortable flier. I don’t sweat or shake or anything, but I stew. I stew and I think. I realize, of course, that the odds of anything ever happening are slim to none - what I imagine to be akin to winning the shittiest lottery in the ... More About: Part , Compact , Northeast , Thea
Summer Blockbuster
More articles from this author:2007-09-12 09:03:00 I’ve been running through the Blockbuster Total Access program the past couple of months. Yet, even in comparison to my Netflix foray a few years ago, I’ve made a more concerted effort to delve into movies I really should have seen by now… especially given the frequency with which I visit the cineplex. I’m proud ... More About: Movies , Summer 1, 2, 3 |
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