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  1. This is a local Boston band called Rising Karma, the lead singer is a friend of one of my friends--they usually fill out their sets with some covers and I just loved this one when I saw it live. This is probably their most "singleish" song: And this is my writeup on the band for Bostonist.
  2. Just wanted to say that I made it back safely, and had an amazing time at the game on Sunday (makes sense, being a win!) Highlights: 1. Two of the people in my section left the game for good in the 5th inning when it was 6-1. Nice fans! 2. They came on the scoreboard to say that the kids' run around the bases was canceled because of the weather and the fans booed so loudly, I thought that there was going to be a riot. 3. I was standing in the concourse watching the 8th inning on the TV to stay out of the rain and clapped the nice grab from Cody, and some dude stopped leaving to yell at me, "Who the f*** are you? Get the f*** outta here!" I wasn't sure if he was talking to me or not so I kinda glanced back at him and he said, "Yeah, you. Get the f*** outta here!" It was all I could do to keep from cracking up as he walked away and headed to the exit. 4. Unfortunately, my sister and I saw no other Marlins fans the entire game. On the way out, we saw three guys in Marlins gear take the train before us back to Manhattan, but that was it. We did run into a Red Sox fan in a Lowell shirt though. That was the first time I have been able to see the Marlins since I moved away from Ft. Lauderdale so it was a great experience and uh...let's just say that if there are, oh, I don't know..."extra games" later on this year past when the season usually ends...I will try to fly back to Florida to see some of these games. :thumbup
  3. I voted for Anibal's because i was there in the stadium when it happened, lol. Voted for Leiter's for the same reason.
  4. And btw, who cares if you get killed? Take one for the team!!! =P You're right, Ashley, I'll suck it up. So if you hear of a Marlins fan getting stabbed or something on the 10th, just know that I did it cheering the Fish on to victory! :clapping
  5. Alright as I mentioned earlier, I am going to Shea for the game on the 10th of next month. So for anyone who's been there, is it alright to wear Marlins stuff? I mean, they don't really care about the Marlins up there, do they?
  6. Well, look at the bright side... everyone now knows his name :| I was thinking the same thing. :| When they told the story about his dad wanting to see him play in Yankee Stadium I said "be careful what you wish for..."
  7. Books. I want to have my own library. I've got a ton of books that are just in stacks/boxes right now, but I'm moving to a new apartment in a couple months and plan to make books an integral part of the decoration using weird storage techniques like invisible bookshelves. Should be fun.
  8. strandedx02

    Phobias...

    Not really a "phobia" necessarily, but I absolutely can't stand ketchup, the sight or smell of it is enough to keep me from eating anything.
  9. When are you going? Rabbethan and I are actually going up next month. Same thing. Going to both Yankee and Shea. But what I wonder is will I get killed if I wear a Red Sox jersey? We are actually seeing the Yankees play the Red Sox. Should be fun, huh? lol I think I'm gonna do the Yankee/Shea trip later on this summer with my sister, but we won't go to a Yanks/Sox game (unfortunately--though we went to one in Fenway in '04). We will, hopefully go to a Fish/Mets game though, wearing Marlins stuff. :thumbup
  10. Those pictures are so clear and look really good. what camera were you using Thanks! Glad you liked them. I have an Olympus E-410, I actually just bought it less than a month ago so I'm still working out some of the tricks etc, but so far I'm pretty pleased with it.
  11. I love visiting other parks. Great pics, thanks for posting em. Yeah I mean, Fenway is my home park now but this year I've been starting to plan some "local" trips, hopefully to Shea for a Marlins game and Yankee Stadium (not for a Sox game, too much $$$) before they close. Doubt I'll have enough for the classic Red Sox Nation pilgrimages to Baltimore and Toronto, but there's always next year. (Plus I may be holding onto a bit of cash just in case there's October baseball in Miami this year. :mischief )
  12. I was a Ron Paul supporter, but most likely won't vote in November.
  13. Went to the Red Sox game yesterday and ended up with some decent shots (including of Beckett warming up in the bullpen). Enjoy! Also went to Cask 'n Flagon afterwards...highly recommended if you're visiting Boston and going to a Red Sox game (be nice to the staff though, my sister works there! :thumbup )
  14. I've met and had brief conversations with a few people from various bands before and after concerts...off the top of my head, Adam and Mark from Taking Back Sunday, Andrew from Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin, William from The Academy Is... and Cyrus from New Found Glory. There are two graduates from my high school who are like "friends of friends" who are currently in supporting roles on TV shows: Josh Gad is on Back To You (FOX) and Seth Gabel--who went by Seth Cosentino in high school--is on Dirty Sexy Money (ABC), and he was also on Nip/Tuck. He's also married to Ron Howard's daughter. Both of them graduated like 3 or 4 years ahead of me.
  15. A couple good friends of mine from a few years back, and some other people: Bombadil Very different sounding...check em out. (If anyone lives in NC, or somewhere they're going on tour, their live show is awesome.) I see they are playing at Hideaway BBQ on the 18th. Hideaway BBQ is awesome. Really liked that sample song on their site too. May have to go see them next Friday. I've been looking for a good place to take this other couple out with my wife and I and this could be a good match. Thanks for the heads up. Hah, I almost directed that post at you because I know that you would have an opportunity to see them and I had a hunch you may like the band.
  16. A couple good friends of mine from a few years back, and some other people: Bombadil Very different sounding...check em out. (If anyone lives in NC, or somewhere they're going on tour, their live show is awesome.)
  17. I ordered a miller lite at dinner yesterday (dont ask why) and it was TERRIBLE. I cant believe how tasteless light beers are. Only useful for drinking games.
  18. Sam Adams, as far as like, easily available beer goes. Anyone a cider drinker (Strongbow, etc)? Or do we need an entirely new thread for that?
  19. Here's a few more... Boys Like Girls - "Hero/Heroine" (acoustic version especially) Dashboard Confessional - "Hands Down" (I prefer the one from So Impossible) and "Remember To Breathe" Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah" The Ataris - "Looking Back On Today" Rufio - "One Slowdance" Finch - "Letters To You" (acoustic)
  20. Trade down...they're beyond the help any one player can give them, and really need to stockpile some picks. I'll actually be pretty upset if they end up keeping it.
  21. Matchbook Romance - "Tiger Lily" Aqualung - "Brighter Than Sunshine" two that are a little unconventional, but I also like... Eisley - "A Sight To Behold" The Ataris - "IOU One Galaxy"
  22. I doubt he'd seen the finished report, but it appeared (and Bryant stated as much) that ESPN tried to track down as many team officials as they could find who had been interviewed by investigators and then talked to Mitchell himself for the last 3 weeks. Many of the officials were originally in favor of the report, but found that the people brought in to talk to them were a bit out of their depth. Maybe despite all this, the finished product will be illuminating and provide for a way forward. But when you see quotes like this, it doesn't fill you with much confidence. "They asked us how players could have had drugs in the clubhouse without our knowledge," one trainer said. "Some of the stuff was the stupidest stuff you'd ever heard. They'd just asked the wrong questions, and you'd walk out of that interview room with a smile on your face because you knew they didn't know what to ask. Somebody should have told them that a shipment of drugs doesn't have a sticker on top of it that says 'steroids.'"
  23. This is so pointless.. I can't wait for all this crap to end. We know some players were on steroids. Who cares?? Now that there's actual testing in MLB, let the new policies work. Why get into details of what we already know happened? Why suspend players now for something they did years ago and haven't done since... I can't believe how much time and money has been wasted on simply researching who may have been "cheating" in the past.. Let's just move forward... I agree totally. That article I linked earlier talked about how the report was supposed to analyze the culture of baseball and come up with recommendations for how future situations can be averted. But everyone talked to seemed to think the focus was purely on naming names--that was the point of the quote I pulled out there. They talked to a trainer and pressured him to guess people who had used steroids. They didn't ask him based on his experience how he thought steroid use could be eliminated, or what steps would move in that direction. It's not even so much the tactics used in the investigation, it's that the focus appears to have been wrong. If all they did was run around to all the teams and say "come up with guys you think were on steroids" and then investigate those people and see what turned up, it was a huge waste. And I'd be shocked if you could punish someone based on evidence contained in the report if it refers to events prior to steroids being banned in baseball.
  24. I'm skeptical of this report, even moreso after reading the long ESPN article about it today: "The problem was, what did they want us to say?" said a team trainer who was interviewed by Mitchell's investigators in 2006. "They wanted us to speculate. And I wouldn't do that. They wanted me to say who I thought was using steroids. And when I said, 'I don't know,' they would say, 'Well, you work most closely with these guys. You work on their bodies every day. You weren't the least bit suspicious when you saw their bodies change?' "This was the kind of stuff I was most afraid of, because they didn't ask me about specific people with specific information that they had. They asked me to guess. I said my guess was no guess at all, because what would happen to me if I said a guy was using steroids who wasn't? What if I guessed wrong? Then my name is out there, I get fired, and I'm easily replaceable." full article
  25. I'm 21 and I still would have gone for it 21-17 is fine in my book. Hell, 22-17 would be borderline. But 26-17 is outrageous. Yeah, that's too old. And Lefty's right, how could you not tell? I can understand like, at first glance, but the point of the story was you see this girl all the time, right?
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