i've been far too lazy to update lately...so this is a few days late.

...and the birthday weekend comes to an end after 3 full days of baseball, cake, blackouts, hat tricks, rain delays, lost voices, peanuts, beer, and ....cake.

friday's sox/rangers game was rained out because the rangers organization has not learned how to read the doppler. we spent four hours at the ballpark hiding from hail the size of golf balls, drinking beer, and talking to sox fans from across the country. the game was rescheduled for saturday, which meant I got to enjoy my first ever double-header. (did I mention that our house lost power from friday at 9pm until saturday at 3pm? not fun.) Anyway, 6 straight hours at the ballpark...saturday was an amazing day, despite the fact that the sox somehow managed to lose both games. I had a blast watching the game with another sox fan...both of us screaming our asses off for all 6 hours. Sunday I enjoyed every second of the Flyers' 7-2 demolition of the Maple Leafs. It was a nice birthday present... However, the red sox didn't get the memo and they lost an extremely boring game to get swept by the rangers, of all teams. Not a huge deal...all teams suffer through losing streaks. especially when they're missing two of the best players. but you'd have thought the rangers just won a world series by the way their fans were reacting. when you play under .500 baseball for multiple seasons in a row, can you really act cocky? though i think they may need to work on their insults. this is a conversation that took place between one stupid rangers fan and a very drunk meredith and maureen:

rangers fan: "You suck Manny....your whole team sucks!"
us: "uh...at least we'll be playing in october..."
rangers fan: "sure, you'll be geting beat by the yankees!"
us: "but we'll be there...the rangers will have been golfing for a month..."
rangers fan: "because we can do that here..our weather doesn't suck!"

you're right. boston is a cold weather city. ranger fan 1, sox fans 0. commence heckling.

anyway, i didn't get to see a sox victory, but I did get my baseball signed by david ortiz, so that was kinda cool. i was hoping for varitek, but he was nowhere to be seen. I also got the rangers happy birthday message on the jumbotron, which made me feel like a kid again...pictures to come.

onto more important matters, the flyers disposed of the leafs last night in their first OT game of the playoffs. flyers vs lightening begins on saturday. commentary will be kept to a minimum because, like all philadelphians, i believe that if i let any form of positivity or optimism show, i'll be jinxing my team and forced to endure a lifetime of failure.

ben folds has a new song called Late that is apparently a tribute to elliott smith. download it...it's beautiful.

"Elliott, man, you played a fine guitar, and some dirty basketball
the songs you wrote got me through a lot, just want to tell you that.
but its too late."