Worthless and Weak

I'm in a fantasy baseball team. Its pretty fun. Last year, I watched a game where Casey Fossum struck out Yankee after Yankee after Yankee. And I thought to myself, "he is gonna be pretty good." I read a bit more to confirm this suspicion, that Casey Fossum is going to be great, so I ranked him relatively high in the draft. Of course, I got him, because nobody else on my fantasy team wanted him. Anyway, so he was the only Red Sox starting pitcher I had. And I actually had very bad pitchers, so I was able to trade Jason Giambi and Bernie Williams (who both suck) for Pedro Martinez and Adam Dunn. That was an awesome trade on my part. Anyway, so then I had both Pedro and Casey, and I also had Byung-Hyun Kim. And Greg Maddux, who hasn't been the hall of fame player he previously was. Anyway, so I have them and a bunch of crappy, injured players. So, I slowly roll over my pitching staff, getting better ones, dropping bad ones. Sometimes getting an offensive player for a pitcher, etc etc. A week or so ago, I notice in the transactions window that somebody dumped Derek Lowe. Now, this is because he hasn't been great. But he was great last year. And, if you follow the sox regularly, you'll notice that Lowe has been great at home, horrible on the road. So, I figure I grab him, figuring that I'll just play him during home games until he settles down. Anyway, so I had 3 of the 5 boston starters. Until today, when the Boston Red Sox traded third baseman Shea Hillenbrand for Byung-Hyun Kim. So, provided they don't send Fossum or Kim to the bullpen, (I can't possibly see Lowe in the bullpen ever again, and I there is no chance in hell that they would ever move Pedro to the bullpen) I now have 4 boston starters.

Anyway, have a good night. And sweet dreams to you all!!

I'm gonna get some sleep before my big presentation tomorrow. Can't wait for that to be over and done with.

Sleep, how wonderful it will be. I'm really too tired to be doing anything, so night all!

Today, I was watching a little bit of TV. And, there was a commercial for something. And it was the worst commercial that I have ever seen. Not annoying like a Bernie and Phyll's commercial. Or so many other commercials I've seen. It wasn't bad in that it annoyed you or angered you or really did anything to you. But in actually advertising the product, it failed completely. Let me describe it to you.

John Madden and Dale Jarrett are standing in the Australian Outback, making small talk. Then, Madden asks Jarrett what game they will be playing, to which Jarrett replies "boomerangs." They both get a boomarang, and then throw it. Then, they go sit down, and talk about something else. Then there is the actual ad for something, outback steakhouse, I think. Then, it shows the two of them eating and the boomerangs land at their feet.

There are times, for instance at sporting events when you know something is going to happen. Like, when Adam Vinetari kicked the game tying field goal in the famous Oakland New England snowbowl, you had that feeling that New England was going to go on to win the superbowl. There is magic in the air sometimes, and you can tell that certain things are going to happen, not because you have reasons to believe them, but because you feel them to be true. As I was watching this commercial, I knew, as soon as it was over, that it was the worst commercial I had ever seen.

And so I spent most of the day thinking about it. And sometime later, it struck me why it was so bad. John Madden, and Dale Jarrett are talking, they throw boomerangs, and then go eat. Thats not a commercial. Thats a dream. Seriously, I could easily see myself lying on a couch, being told in a thick German accent that "zee figur of John Madden represents zee relationship you had vit your father, und zee boomerang shows how in zee end, you must deal vit your relationship to your father." Honestly, the thing played out as a dream. You had completely random characters, no theme, no plot, no nothing. It was just a bunch of completely random stuff that happened for no reason whatsoever.

Anyway, good night to everyone, and I wish you all well on your various finals and projects, as they approach.

Ahh, the sweet embrace of sleep. Which I will be feeling in just a few moments. Anyway, sorry for the sporadic updates the past few days. This blog hasn't been the priority that it has been for me in the past. I will try to get back to updating daily, but, on the other hand, you don't actually want to read about my life anyway.

Well, the highlight of my day was seeing the yankees lose to the redsox. I'll always enjoy that. How impossibly cool would it be if the Yankees fell behind the Blue Jays in the standings. Anyway, I'm going to bed now. Night.

We had good weather today. That was very nice. So, about 8 or so, I went for a walk, and went all the way down to quincy market. That was really cool, I really enjoyed it. And I really have a lot of stuff to do tomorrow. Luckily, I have class late on Tuesday, so I can stay up late doing it. Anyway, see you all tomorrow, I hope we have nice weather again. Night!

Today, during my Industrial Organization class, the professor asked the question "what is the cost for an airline to add one more passenger to a flight." Of course, because its a class, the room was silent for a while. However, I just couldn't resist, so I blurted out "peanuts." I am truly sorry for that terrible pun.

Anyway, I saw the Matrix today. I don't think I'm giving away any spoilers or anything. But at the end, I was walking home with Jon, Melissa, and some other guy, who really isn't important. Anyway, Jon was talking about how Agent Smith is going to do something in the third movie. And I go "no, I don't think he'll be in there at all. I just think they'll ignore his character altogether." To which, Jon begins a whole spiel about why he will be in the third. About a minute and a half in or so, Melissa goes "Alright, Garrett was being sarcastic, you don't need to explain anything to him" I thought that was hilarious. Simply hilarious. Anyway, goodnight all. See you in the morning.

On march first, I spent several hours waiting in the cold outside fenway park in order to buy tickets. Not just any tickets mind you, but tickets to a sox/yankees game. And, eventually, I was able to buy two. Today, I went to the game. And I had one of the best times I've had in a while. It was a great game, and I had such an incredible time. I don't know when the last time I've ever had that much fun was.

So anyway, because I had such an incredible time, I'm really happy right now. So, if you were wondering how my day was, it was good.

Oh, and I got an A/A- on a test today, which makes me pretty happy. Well, I've got to get up for my 8 am, see you all later!!

Only one more day until the big game. That will be sooo much fun. And the weather is so nice. This promises to be incredible. Go PEDRO!!! Anyways, its getting late so I should get to bed, so I'll just say that I love you all. See you later!!! :)

Today, I had a crappy day, saved by Dave Csinsi. Horray for Dave Csinsi. Anyway, this coming week is gonna rock, because I say its gonna. It will be so incredibly cool that it will blow my mind. Anyway, I have been told that I need more rants. Maybe Garrett's View of the universe might be put in the rants section soon. And I'll start my sethblog soon too.

Well, maybe I'm finish watching escaflowne tomorrow. I think I'm gonna head to bed right now. See you guys later. Hope you sleep tight! :)

I don't know whats going to happen tomorrow. I can imagine a whole bunch of bad things that can happen tomorrow, or next week, or next month, or this year. A whole lot of them. And I can count a bunch of bad things that happened to me today, or this week, or this year. But I'm smiling right now. And I'm smiling because I'm happy. A feeling of peace came over me tonight, and it was one of the nicest things thats happened to me in a while. So I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow, but I'm smiling right now. And I'm gonna see how much I can smile tomorrow.

Anyway, good night, sweet dreams, and I love you all. I really do.

Well, ummm, something went on today that I don't want to talk about. So, ummm, I guess I won't talk about it.

However, I do have a thought for the day. That is this. If you spend a lot of time devising some sort of master evil plan, one of two things will happen. First, nothing will go as you plan, everything will fall apart, and none of your back up plans will do anything of what they're supposed to.

If that doesn't happen, success will just kind of miraculously appear even before you do anything. For instance, if you're robbing a bank, the president of the bank will walk up to you and hand you a bag filled with money, and wish you a good day. That's what happens. Its kinda nice when that happens, but you really don't get to see your evil scheme in action, and if you spent a large amount of time devising it, it is a little bit of a let down.

Oh, and if you're going to rob a bank, the first scenario is more likely to occur than the second.

I think I'm gonna head to bed early tonight, because I'm kind of tired. Anyway I've got two thoughts.

First thought, singing to music can be very theraputic, for you, not your roommate.

Second thought, talking to people is a great way to get your mind off stuff. Thats what people are there for.

Anyway, try to mkae somebody happy today. You'll fail, but it might look good on a resume sometime in the near future. Alright, goodnight.

I'm not really that sure what to say here, tonight. So, after several hours of deliberation of what I should put here, I'll simply say this, that I am available to talk to. if you want to talk to me, just call me up, or IM me (garylogn), e-mail me, or meet me in person, or whatever, and we'll talk.

And the only other thing is that having a fantasy baseball team kinda makes it hard to cheer for teams, if you've got players on both teams in a game. GO BRAVES!!!! Alright, goodnight.

Happy mothers day!!!!! I hope that every mother out there has had a great day today. My day could have been better, but oh well. Anyway, I really didn't do anything today, and I really don't have anything to write abou, so I think I'm just gonna finish this entry and say goodnight to everyone.

There are some people out there who make life better for everybody. Well, maybe not everybody, but at least me. And, to those people, I say thank you, because you make my life better. You are so nice, that when I want to scream "I HATE EVERYONE" to the world, I realize that I'd be saying that at you too, and I can't do that, now can I? So, to you nice people out there, you probably don't know who you are, but I had a crappy day today, and your very existance made it somewhat better. Thank you. And sweet dreams.

If there is one thing that I have learned from all the anthro, sociology, history and whatnot classes that I've taken, its that although nations may be superior to each other. I think that more people should realize all the huge concepts that the previous sentence don't even try to say. Anyway, I guess I'm just getting a better sense of the world, which is good. Although I'm not sure how valuable it is, if I can't compeltely describe it.

Anyway, dinner can be fun when everone shows up. Yay dinner.

Today's weather sucked. Booo weather!

Well, I thought of something really cool to talk about today. And I completely forgot what it was. Anyway.

Today, I went to lunch and stayed for over an hour. Talking with Sylvia and Luke about thousands of different things. You know those conversations, which go on forever, and are so so so so great. And so I had a really terrific day today. Great. Only one thing that I'd change. But who cares? Not me. Great day, and I loved it. If only every day could be as completely awesome as today. Then the world woudl be a great place. I love you world.

Luke, you're a really funny, special kid. You're tons of fun, and I just want to let ou know that I really enjoy being around you. You da man!

About a split second before I hit the "post" button, I remembered what it was that I was going to say!

You know how in HP lovecraft type novels, the character is discovering something, like an artifact, and there are a hundred different things that stop him, like the universe is screaming at him "you don't want to find out!! Some things are better left unknown, and this is one of them."

Anyway, me, being the little budding sabrmatrician that I am, have been working on a problem for a while now. Namely, how to convert a players stats in year xxxx to stats in year yyyy. Bill James does it a little bit. But he doens't do everything. Namely, Babe Ruth was a home run hitter in an era that wasn't as friendly to home runs as today is. So, when I first figured it out, I came out with some outrageous number, that Babe Ruth would have hit somethign like 180 homers a year had he played today. This is obviously a bad answer. So I figured it was impossible. But, a little while later, I figured out a method to do it.

And so, I've been trying it, and I kept on running into problems. Like, I added the wrong things or stuff. Anyway, today, I was working on it, was very close to figuring it out. And things kept on coming up. First, Luke IMed, and nearly forced me to go to lunch. Then, after I got back, and started working on it again, I got a call. That took me a while. Then, I got another call. Then, I figured out that maybe I wasn't supposed to figure it out. So I quit for a while, ya know, I figured I'd sleep on it. And maybe I will finish it. I mean, what possible evil can I unleash upon the world? Can't possibly be as bad as the evil Seth unleashes daily. :) See you all tomorrow.

I really don't have that much to say about anything right now. So I really won't say much. Only that I love my clean room. Yay cleanliness.

Anyway, see you all tomorrow. Oh, and this is the second consecutive day that I've mentioned Seth in my blog. Later!

I'm trying to become a better person. And the way I'm doing that is by doing things I think I should. Today, I cleaned. Because a clean room is a good thing. Its not the most important thing in the world, but it was something that I could improve, and therefore I did. So, therefore, my room is much cleaner today than it was yesterday. And I've already wowed lots of people. its still kinda messy, but I'm blaming Seth for that. Anyway, see you people tomorrow, and until then, may the alergens be confused on the way to your eyes!

While I was home, I used the family computer a bit. It doesn't have a chair for it. So, I decided that I was going to sit on the floor while using it. I can reach the keyboard fine and see the monitor and everything, so I figured why not sit on the floor. Anyway, to make a long story short, I bet the Japanese save a lot of money on chairs, because they don't use them. Ok, bye-bye!!

Hello from home!!

First of all, I want to wish Jon good luck with the walk for hunger tomorrow.

Second of all, I want to discourage anyone from ever taking a train that leaves at midnight. Its not a good idea.

Thirdly, I have made an observation. Hugs over the internet aren't as good as those in real life. Neither, for that matter, are hugs from men.

Anyway, if you're reading this, then have a great day. If you're not reading this, then read it! And sleep tight!!

Today's sox game was a treat. How many times do you see a team load the bases four innings in a row, and get a hit only in the last inning. Jayson Stark, I want to know!!!

Umm, I went to ultimate frisbee today, and played for a short while. Didn't want to push myself too vigarously.

I had a midterm today, that was fun. About two hours before the midterm, I had a dream where I slept through the midterm. I got soo pissed off that I tried to travel back in time. Now get this: the method I used in traveling back in time was convincing myself that I was dreaming, and then wake up before the midterm. Which actually happened!!!!!! That was pretty weird. But, I think it was a dream all along. But you never know....

Anyway, if I can really do that, I think I'll go back in time tonight, to erase some of the mistakes that I've made.

Anyway, I'm sleepy now, see you all tomorrow!!!