23 posts from 2007

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Hello Tiffy

Thanks for reading here.

Well I have many many excuses for not writing in my blog but here I will break it down for you in a few points:

• World Of Warcraft
• Work
• World Of Warcraft
• Work

That is all. By the way, Mr B, I am going to relocate this blog because there is not enough customization for me. I will keep you updated.

I attended my fist Meetup today and it was pretty cool! My main reason for joining a meetup is to try and get some new friends, and find people that like doing the same things I do. SAdly my boyfriend just isnt into seeing art, or going out very much for that matter. However we get along in other ways, and instead of being resentful to him for never wanting to do stuff why don't I find other people to do stuff with?

I joined a women's social meetup that tends to have mostly people my age. The group isn't that active, but they are trying. Three of us met at the meetup today. They were both really nice, and I look forward to hanging out with them again.

Here is a pic of some of the pumpkins. There were hundreds, and regret that I did not take pictures of my favorite ones, I actually forgot I had a camera until I was about to leave. My only problem with the pumpkins is they were very overpriced for decoarions (in my opinion) although they were all very beautiful. I could tell I would be addicted to collecting glass pumpkins if I bought one, so I didn't. I should probably pay bills before buying glass pumpkins. Ha, ha.

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Unfortunately, I am going to the Dr. soon to get a LEEP procedure done. It is not going to be fun at all. This has come as a shock, and I am very scared but I have done the research needed and at the same time I am just simply hopeful. Instead of explaining a lot of personal stuff, why don;t I re-direct you to this link, if you are so inlicned to find out what I am about to go though.

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0600/0642.asp?index=4711

Ok so we have seen that this really sucks. I, however, am determined to get through this episode in one piece. I am very in shock and disarray by the news but there is nothing that I can do about it other than trust the Dr. So, when my medical insurance from my new job kicks in, I will be *cleansed* of the nasties. A friend of mine stated that the insurance people may determine this a "Pre existing condition" and not cover me for the procedure.

In that case, I may shoot down into some rabbit hole somewhere.

I basically just got this job, considerably more money than I was making at my last job, finally able to get some paychecks and pay off long-standing debt and oh, joy, more debt.

My cell phone is about to be cancelled cause I wasted money on a laptop for this job, now I find out I am going to be in more debt. I just hope they don't tell me that I am not eligible. I don't really have a choice.

Tiff

Came home from work and the boyfriend is asleep, and I am bored.

I am a major, die-hard, over the top San Francisco Giants fan. It is a sickness, a disease that will never die. I was in 2nd grade trying to brag about how much I loved sports and the Giants, and being a tomboy was my goal in life. I eventually grew out of the tomboy part, but my love for the Giants never faded one bit. My dad promised he would take me to see the Giants games, but he never did. I always resented him but as I got older I took any chance that I could to go to a game. My first game (of many) was when I was 12 years old, with a friend named Aaron that I had met at the mall. His dad took us to Candlestick Park and Barry Bonds had only been on the team a few months, however he was already the up and coming superstar of the team. I regarded Barry as any average player, it was not until I got much older that I started really appreciating the sport and my team.

I went through a phase where I was all about football and Steve Young, not so much Giants. It was definitely a phase, at the time I didn't think so. I followed football and the 9ers, but after a while I just got so bored. I started watching the Giants again in about 2001. The Giants were doing awesome then and I started remembering how the sport worked. After a few weeks, you could find me at the same bar, drinking the same beer, watching the game night after night. One may call that a problem, I called it love! It was such a great release to watch my game every night (well, with baseball, your team plays almost every night) we just were doing so great I was having so much fun! I called Barry the hometown hero. That is what a lot of people called him, actually, not just me. He really was our hometown hero. If it was not for this man, we wouldn't have AT&T park, a lot of people will tell you that he not only built that stadium- he sold the food, filled the seats and made SF recognize wht a team we had. Any Giants fan will not want to even relive the devastating loss of the World Series from 2002 so let's not even go there.

The point was, we loved Barry. I know he has a bad reputation, and whether or not he is a prick in real life, I don't know, cause I have never met him. I remember watching the games and sometimes he would be happy, he would smile, really big. It made ME HAPPY when I would see him smile! I was in complete awe of this person. He doesn't even have any idea what he means to me, and so many people in the bay area. He made me a happy person, he made me feel joy on a lot of occasions. He is a great player. He always will be remembered, and while a lot of people do not feel the way I do, it is because they didn't grow up with him, they didn't have him there making them feel good almost half of their lives. This in my opinion is no different than watching someone you love grow up and move on. Barry Bonds is my friend. He has been there for me. I was 12 and he was there. Now I am 26 and I saw him leave last night.

I went to the game, thank god that my boyfriend got us tickets. He said last week that he would try, but I didn't think it would happen. It did.. he found tickets at the last minute, and we went. Watching Barry tip his hat and wave as he ducked out in the bottom of the 6th inning, making his final exit, sparked tears. A lot of tears, I hadn't prepared myself, because I was too busy watching and eating and having fun. Then suddenly it hit me, this is it. This is the last time I will see Bondsy in his uniform. All of the years came rushing back to me, the joy I felt, the heartbreak from the last world series. MY Bondsy is leaving, and the Giants as I have known them are going to be different. I cried for 10 minutes. The walk back to the train, I cried the whole way, and in the train station bathroom I cried. This was my life, a part of it anyway, and I witnessed my favorite player duck into my dugout for the last time ever.

The game wasn't a good one for us, we lost terribly. But seriously, it was the best game I have ever been to. I remember hating myself for not jumping on these tickets that we could have gotten to see him hit his 756th home run. I have to say this right now, that game would have been a nice memory. The game I went to last night means oh, so much more. I am so glad I was able to be there as he left. The emotion I felt seeing him leave would have been unparelled to that if I saw him hit the world record for home runs. Someone may break that record someday. No one can break the feeling I have for Bondsy. The emotion he has given me throughout my life will never be forgotten. Just a cute note to add to this story, my Chorkie (Chihuahua-Yorkie mix)'s name is Maysie. She was named after Willie Mays, Barry's Godfather. Barry is always with me somehow! 

MySims is a brand new game for the Wii the just released on September 18th. I have spent a good 5-6 hours playing it now and I wanted to give a mini review. For one thing, the game is CUTE. It will appeal to kids and women, but also everyone that loves cute cute things. I think it will be fun for a few hours for most people, but in my opinion, the real fan base will be super creative people. I always liked Sims and Sims 2, but after I could afford to make the house I wanted, I lost interest. This game cures all of my boredom with the Sims franchise. Mostly this is because the game is 99% building furniture and decorating other little Sims houses. Since that is my favorite aspect of the game, there is no doubt about why I love it so much. However, I could see this getting way too reptitive for most people. You don't really make "Best friends" with people or get to know them much at all. Once you have done all of the tasks for one sim, another will come along and you will make a whole line of products for them as well.

I feel the need to compare this game to a VERY similiar looking game produced by Nintendo, Animal Crossing for the game cube and DS. Animal Crossing also let you trade items with real people in the outside world by exchanging codes. You got a code, then gave that code to your friend by email for instance. As long as they have the game, they can talk to a town person and enter the code. They would get the item and even know who is was from. I like the Animal Crossing feel of MySims but I do kind of miss the friendship aspect. With Animal Crossing, I always had favorite neighbors in town, for example. In MySims, I don't really have a favorite, the neighbors are all nice to me, and I give them what they ask for. Then they are pretty much done with me. That's no fun. :(

I do like that you do not have to watch your hygiene, or go to the bathroom, etc (like in other Sikms games). I am very interested to see what happens once I reach a "5-Star town". I am now at 1 star, and you start off with 0 stars. The town used to be a great town, but over the years people moved out, so the point of the story is to make a 5-star town again and it's a fun idea. I highly recommend the game to creative people that love drawing, painting, and building new designs. There are a ton of possibilities and it is always fun to see how the finished product looks. At the end, you will see that you have pretty much created the whole town from scratch, from the buildings themselevs to almost every piece of furniture. How rewarding is that? Well, I say very!

If you are interested in how to build, and other options, please check out this review.

Thankfully, Maysie is healthy. She has a major flea problem but we got lots of advice from the vet, so soon they should be gone. And her fur will hopefully grow back :D Shes got yorkie hair from her head to her mid back, then she looks like a chihuahua from the waist down. It is cute, and funny, but she should be all curly. I am looking forward to her being herself again.

Oops I'm drunk

4 Hefeweizens and 1 Lemon Meringue Martini

It was fun

Taking Maysie to the vet in a few hours

Hope the little critter is ok

Tiff