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Yesterday, someone at work (who doesn't have any kids) saw me and said, "You look hot and uncomfortable." To which I wanted to reply, "So do you." However, being a superior to me and me being the nicer person, I just responded, "I still have a Red Sox hangover from Sunday." SERIOUSLY?!?! Would anyone say that a non-pregnant person looked hot and uncomfortable? Is that supposed to be a compliment? A sympathy greeting? Come on people - as one of the books I read says - the only thing a pregnant person wants to hear is, "You look great!" Or, if we really don't look great, just don't say anything about our looks, just ask us how we are doing or how our weekend was.

Sweet Setlist

Aerosmith isn't on tour this year so I live vicariously through their website and updates. Recently, Steven Tyler played with Billy Joel at Shea Stadium as a final farewell to Shea (it's the last year of this ballpark too). Check out the setlist:

July baby update

Clara Jean
Owen David
Sadie Eleanor

Congrats to all!

Belated and not so belated

Birthdays to my brother in law (ha, you are older than me!) and to my good friend LB. I hope you both had and have wonderful birthdays!

2008 All-Star game

I finally had a chance to watch what I had of the All-Star game (up to the 10th inning). I really enjoyed the pre-game ceremonies with all the Hall-of-Famers there and the tribute that was paid to Yankee Stadium. The unfortunate thing, was that the Yankee announcer, Bob Sheppard, was not able to do the announcing. He has been the voice of Y.S. for 56 years and is not in very good health right now. The even more unfortunate thing, was that Joe Buck filled in for Sheppard. You would think they would at least have another current ballpark announcer do the honors, possibly Vin Scully (since he's from the Bronx), or maybe share it with the Red Sox announcer and the Rockies announcer. But seriously, just because it was on Fox, we got stuck with Joe Buck. During the pre-game when he was introducing all the HOFers and the starting players for each team at each position, he did ok. Until he FORGOT to introduce the catchers. Who he then did introduce after the managers. Dumb ass.

A few thoughts on the pre-game:

I think Yogi, Whitey Ford and Willie Mays got the loudest cheers from the crowd.

Joe Buck is a dumb ass.

Sheryl Crowe is a good singer, but her rendition of the National Anthem was too slow and boring for the All-Star game - what about Bon Jovi who was in town the night before?

Wade Boggs is still an asshole - all the hall of famers wore the cap they were inducted into the hall with except Boggs. Yes, we all know you played for the Yanks and won your World Series there, but wear your Sox hat and bring your Yanks hat - that's what all the classy players did!

Rollie Fingers has the best mustache in baseball.

Yankee fans are mostly stupid. When Paplebon came in when the game was tied they started shouting for Rivera. First, wouldn't you want your guy to come in during a save situation? Paplebon shut up their "overrated" chant pretty quickly.

Yogi Berra is the most adorable ball player around.

The titty fairy cometh

I blogged a while ago about my new bra size. Currently, I am reading a book called the Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine. It's pretty funny and seems to have some good advice in it. One chapter talks about the physical changes your body undergoes while pregnant. One of these is the fact that your boobs get bigger to accommodate for the milk glands and to prepare to feed the child you are carrying. She writes that some of her girlfriend's SO's (significant others) call this time the visit from the titty fairy. I told this to my husband and he thought it was hysterical. It is pretty hilarious. Especially for those of us who didn't have anything to begin with, it's a new and exciting feature to have. All those push-up bras now have something to work with and cleavage is a possibility. During this time I will be taking some advice from one of my own girlfriends and buying a couple of low cut shirts. (Hey, even though they're maternity shirts, I still look cute!)

Pregnancy and emotion

One of the side effects of being pregnant is that you can be extremely emotional. I remember hearing stories from my friends who, when they were pregnant, couldn't watch a Hallmark commercial without a box of kleenex. I heard these stories and thought to myself, "Ha! That won't happen to me! I am in complete control of my senses." Stupid me. The All-Star game was on Tuesday night and since I had to work, I TiVoed it. Before I went to work last night, I started watching the pre-game show and practically fell apart when Yogi Berra came on the screen. That's right, I started getting teary when I saw a Yankee. I literally had to turn it off so I didn't show up to work all bleary-eyed. Stupid hormones. God forbid they decide to tear down Fenway and I decide to get pregnant again. I will be a wreck.

The All-Star game was ridiculous. I added an hour to the recording and still didn't get it all. It lasted 15 innings and finally the AL came out on top thanks the JD Drew and no thanks to Papelbon. The game was played in Yankee Stadium. As I blogged about before, this is the last year of The Cathedral. It was a fitting tribute to the grand old park, especially with the AL win.

Weekend trip

This weekend we traveled to VT to visit with some of Sean's family. It was fun and relaxing. They have a sailboat on Lake Champlain so we hung out on that for most of the day on Saturday. In my current state, I can't really reach my back to apply sunscreen and immediately forgot about it upon arrival at the boat. Needless to say, my back is VERY red - OUCH! But the weather and company were beautiful and Sean's little 2nd cousin is wicked cute at 3 years old and loves the beach.

Our trip back was not that much fun due to the traffic, but at least the Red Sox game lasted a long time and ended with a win, so that slightly helped pass the time. The evening ended with some wings and a viewing of the day's stage of the Tour-day-France. A grueling climb and fun descent. Luckily there were no crashes - which is good for the riders, but boring for the viewers.

If you haven't already, go to http://www.coldplayontour.com/wwdc/ and vote for my friend's band: Honor By August (their video is third from the bottom).

Wimbledon 2008

Nadal wins: 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7
The best tennis match ever was played yesterday in the men's finals at Wimbledon. Roger Federer (1) was going for his 6th straight Wimbledon record to try to beat Bjorn Borg's reign of 5 straight (which Federer tied last year). Rafael Nadal (2) was trying to beat Federer at Wimbledon, a feat he missed last year, barely, plus he was trying to become the first man to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year since Borg. Nadal has always had Federer's number on clay at the Roland Garros, but he never could quite outsmart Federer on grass. The match was the longest in Wimbledon history, 4 hours, 48 minutes, it survived two rain delays, numerous challenges and strong winds. Every type of swing was used, both players played strong, at net, at the baseline, with grace and athleticism. Both players were dressed in the required white, they survived shadows cast by the setting sun, exhaustion, and played the game of their lives. It was a clinic in perseverance, strength, determination and skill. It will be shown again tonight on ESPN Classic, as it was one of those matches that was one for the ages. If you like tennis, even just a little, watch the match. You'll be happy to have witnessed one of the great, if not the greatest, match in men's tennis history.

Update

Baby name born in June: Freya - Congrats!
Another born in June (who I thought was being born in July): Noah - a boy!
Ava Grace (also in June)

Congrats to everyone!

Lincoln and Darwin

I just read this article comparing Lincoln and Darwin. It was quite interesting. They were both born on the same day in the same year. They both changed the course of history - one for a nation, one for science. They shared personal issues: depression, loss of a mother at a young age. They were both magnificent writers. The article goes on to ask who was more important. The author brings up the point that it is like comparing apples and oranges - with which I agree. They were both extremely influential in their respective fields, but Darwin lived in England and was a scientist and Lincoln lived in the US and was a politician (to this day, politicians don't listen to scientists - at least not the ones that they haven't paid). However, he decides he must have a winner and decides that Lincoln was more important. His argument is that without Lincoln, who knows what the state of our union would be, but with Darwin, someone else was bound to come along and think up the theory of evolution (this is true as Alfred Wallace indeed did also come up with the idea); but who is to say that no one else would have come along to abolish slavery? Also, Darwin's idea influenced scientists world-wide, Lincoln preserved the nation, which eventually gained world-wide influence, but not until half a century later. I just say they were both extremely influential, intelligent men, without who, we would be ther poorer.

Baby count 2008

As I mentioned in a previous post, I know a lot of people who are having babies this year. here is the update so far (and yes, they are all girls!):

Jan: 1 (Caroline)
Feb: 2 (Grace and Katelyn)
April: 2 (Nell and Darciana)
June: 1 (waiting for confirmation)

Just wait for July - there are 4 coming!

Great trip!

A few weeks ago Sean and I took a trip to Paris. We figured it would be a good time to go before I couldn't walk or fly anymore. We left on a Tuesday evening from Portland to Newark then to Paris. It was a little tricky leaving from Portland because we were delayed about three hours so we were very nervous that we wouldn't make our connection in Newark. Luckily, we got into Newark just as our plane was boarding so we made it. After breathing a sigh of relief once on the plane, out flight was fairly uneventful and we arrived in Paris around 12:30 pm on Wednesday. We bought our train tickets to get into the city and got to our hotel around 3 or so. That afternoon we went to the Louvre since I knew it was open late on Wednesdays.
It was really cool. It is an amazingly huge museum with lots of stuff you've seen in movies and in books, but to see it in person is really cool. Even the Mona Lisa, which, even behind glass, has such a quality to it, you can't help but stare at it for a while. That night we had a crappy dinner as some bistro near our hotel.

Our hotel was great. It was near the Arc de Triomphe. It was nice to see the Arc every day on our way to the metro. The next day we went to Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower. It was a great day and we did lots of walking. Notre Dame was beautiful. I think it was my favorite thing we saw while we were there. It has such an amazing history and such beautiful architecture. Notre Dame has wonderful stained glass windows, cool gargoyles and a huge bell called "Emmanuel," (the one that Quasimodo rang in the story) and it weighs something ridiculous like 3 tons.

The Eiffel tower was also a cool building with amazing architecture. You get great views of the city from the tower and you get to be 900 feet high.








The next day we went to Versailles. It too was spectacular. The space of it is huge and the paintings and architecture of it are beautiful. We saw the Hall of Mirrors, the doors which Marie Antoinette escaped through to safety for one night, her Hamlet with a mill and farm. The gardens are extravagant, there are statues everywhere.

The next day we went up to Sacre-Coeur in Montmartre. Another beautiful church and area, although there were a lot of annoying street vendors. We also saw Moulin Rouge and ate at a nice little cafe for brunch.

All in all, we saw a lot of great stuff, walked a lot and had a nice relaxing trip (except for the start of the trip when we were delayed). The food, honestly, wasn't that great. We went out to one nice dinner, but mostly, we just ate bistro food. We also finally made it up to the top of the Arc de Triomphe - on the third try. Each other time we tried to go there, it was closed, and finally on the last night, we made it. I liked going up the top of the Eiffel tower, but going to the Arc at night, was really worth it. I would highly recommend it if you ever go. We had a great time!

Jerry Remy day at Fenway

Yesterday, the Red Sox organization and NESN celebrated Jerry Remy for his time playing with the team and his 20 years as a broadcaster. Remy is also the president of Red Sox Nation - a group of "citizens" (aka fans) of the Red Sox who pay a minimum (or maximum) fee to have a special entrance at Fenway, their own day at the park, discounts at the store and free MLB radio on the computer. A lot of people think that Remy and Orsillo don't pay enough attention to the game at times, but I think it's their entertaining broadcast that makes the Sox games more fun to watch. Especially when this happens:

Summer movies

There really haven't been very many blockbuster summer movies lately. Sure, there was the latest Indiana Jones - which was perfectly entertaining. But it seems they are either so stupid they're funny (Zohan), remakes of old TV shows (Get Smart), or horror (The Happening). However, on July 18, The Dark Knight will be released. I wasn't a huge fan of Batman Begins, but I am excited to see The Dark Knight. Just watch the trailer.

Today's trivia

What flavor is a mixture of wintergreen, peppermint, vanilla and cinnamon?


Answer: Bubblegum!

Go Green! (Another one for the ages)

Last night, the Celtics handily beat the Lakers 131-92 to win the NBA Championship. The largest point differential in a finals winning game. I only watched the third quarter, but it was ridiculous. The Celtics played amazing defense, and just in the few minutes I watched, had something like 6 steals. This is the Celtics 17th championship - the most won by any NBA franchise. This stat would normally make me wish they didn't win and give someone else a chance, but because of how poorly they did last year, the fact that they haven't won in 22 years, and that they are a Boston team, I am happy for them. Paul Pierce won the MVP, deservedly so - he had an average of something like 22 points per game in the finals and even though he got injured, he came back in the same game to play his heart out. Plus, he put any ego he had aside this year when the Celtics got Garnett and Allen and learned to play well with others to get this team to the championship. They won with Bill Russell and John Havlicek watching - two of the Celtics greats of all time. They won it with Doc Rivers as their coach and with Red Auerbach watching from somewhere smoking a cigar.

They f*$k you at the drive through....

Name that movie? Today I got up a little late so I went to DD for some breakfast. I had to wait forever and they got my order wrong - dammit!

Also I received a call from Anonymous today - I am pretty sure I know who it was, but they didn't leave a message. Leave a message people! How hard is that?

I think I am being tricked - today must be Monday all over again.

New Metallica

The new album (which was promised three years ago) is finally supposed to come out in September. I can't wait!

Bull Durham

Apparently, yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the release of Bull Durham. This is a great baseball movie. If you haven't seen it, see it - even if you don't like baseball. To see interviews with the actors and other movie memorabilia check out this article.