I have developed a strange obsession with this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxAXmMpEiMw

The video is a bit bizarre, but I can't get the song out of my head. I think the lyrics are wonderful and capture emotions quite well. I just do, ok?

We saw them perform as openers for the Decemberists on Tuesday night. I realized that this song came preloaded on my zune, so had heard it before. Though the auditory deja vu (deja entendu?) could have come from glam/Beatles references. Hitchcock's voice is an interesting blend.

The Decemberists themselves were fantastic. They played through all of Hazards of Love, which I'm warming up to, and had a fantastic and lengthy encore of some old excellence. I was particulary thrilled that they played "July July,""Eli the Barrowboy," and "O Valencia," among others. If they swapped out Summersong for "The Engine Driver," it might have been perfect.

To finish off the excellent evening, the Red Sox beat the Yankees 7-0! w00t.

Comparing Hamels, Kazmir and Lester

Cole Hamels, Scott Kazmir, and Jon Lester are three of the most promising left-handed pitchers in the game today. Lets compare.
















COLE HAMELS
Team: Philadelphia Phillies
Date of Birth: December 27, 1983 (age 25)
This year's salary: $4,350,000
Last year's stats: 14-10 with a 3.09ERA, 196 strikeouts
This year's stats: 0-2 with a 9.69ERA, 11 strikeouts
Why he's awesome: The Phillies won the World Series last year and he was the MVP of the series. Plus he's smokin' hot.





SCOTT KAZMIR
Team: Tampa Bay Rays
Date of Birth: January 24, 1984 (age 25)
This year's salary: $6,000,000
Last year's stats: 12-8 with a 3.49ERA, 166 strikeouts
This year's stats: 3-1 with a 3.97ERA, 17 strikeouts
Why he's awesome: Besides that picture? Well he's the ace on a very promising Tampa Bay Ray rotation, although they're in last place in the East right now.







JON LESTER
Team: Boston Red Sox
Date of Birth: January 7, 1984 (age 25)
This year's salary: $1,000,000 (thought he was making more, like $5mil a year)
Last year's stats: 16-6 with a 3.21ERA, 152 strikeouts
This year's stats: 1-2 with a 4.88ERA, 26 strikeouts
Why he's awesome: Uhm, where do I start? He beat cancer, got the win for the clinching game in the 2007 World Series, threw a no-hitter on May 19, 2008...





I'd still choose Jon Lester to be on my team. He is my favorite player on the Sox. All three have very comparable stats and we'll see who is the best of the 3 this season.

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So today I went to the Red Sox/Yankees game. Coming in, the two teams had played two 4 1/2 hr games, both very bizarre but both ending in Red Sox wins. I was assigned to the Cumberland Farms deck. We got there and there wasn't anyone sitting there, which was weird. Then the entire BU hockey team shows up in those stupid uniforms. The worst/best part? Only about 5 of them were there at a time.
Why this was good: I don't want to look at them that much. Also I had an excellent view without anyone in front of me. Since it was BU's "private section" they didn't let anyone else in. YESSSS.
Why this was bad: I don't even want to know how much those seats cost and they were frolicking about Fenway, wasting their opportunity to watch an amazing game. Pshhhh... losers.
Oh yeah, and during the game, JACOBY ELLSBURY STOLE HOME. Like...what? Fenway went absolutely nutso. If you get the chance, definitely find a video of that. It's fantastic. And against the Yankees, it's supersweet. Plus the Red Sox won 4-1. It was a good day at Fenway.

Sunday...

A few things happened today:
-I went to Panera to do work. My Concept Care Map took me forever and the Goals portion of it took me just as long. If I don't get an A on this one I'm quitting. Or I'll be all passive aggressive about the situation and I'll proclaim that I'm quitting.

-It's really awkward being at Panera for a long time. I was pressured into buying a coffee after lunch. Oh well. It was yummy. I also bought a Crepe at that Paris Crepe place. Mmmm.

-30 Rock is one of the smartest, wackiest shows on TV. The episode that premiered two weeks ago, "Generalissimo," was really amazing. Quote: "Have you ever tasted scotch? It’s terrible! And this thing they call 'box seats at the Rangers game'? It’s so cold! And what is Rohypnol?"

-The Red Sox are in Fort Myers for Spring Training! Apparently Pedroia has stopped eating ice cream. Uh... yeah. But the bffs are back!
-BC Men's Hockey tied last night 4-4. The captain got his 100th collegiate point and we didn't lose by 6 goals. Yay!

-BC Men's Basketball beat #5 Duke at home. I hate basketball, but this is actually a BIG DEAL.

-I went to Trader Joe's to get some stuff and the total came out to $6.66. Uh...

-Tomorrow I have my maternity clinical so I should probably go to sleep. G'night!

Seduction is ok

I look forward to the start of baseball season as well, however am sad I won't be able to see any until May. I suppose I will have to be content with watching Rugby players.

Uh, rugby. I mean rugby. I appreciate the sport. Just like baseball. Not the men.

Yeah.

In other news, because you wanted to know, I have some terrible blisters right now from too much dancing.

Yay Red Sox!

Jon Lester is the first player to report to Fort Myers for Spring Training. He is 8 days early (why?!) but you know what that means... the season is starting! And I love that we have Tek back.

Also Jon Lester apparently got married a few weeks ago, which puts a minor hiccup in my plans to seduce him. Oh well.

It's over.

Yup, the Red Sox lost last night against the Tampa Bay Rays, enabling the Rays to advance to the World Series and the Red Sox to advance to.. golf. Maybe it's all this school stuff I have to do, but I really didn't take it that hard.

Dan Shaugnessy, sports writer for the Boston Globe, said "It feels like Super Bowl XLII all over again. History derailed. Again." Yeah... no. It was nothing like this year's (last year's?) Super Bowl. People expected the Patriots to remain perfect, and they lost. The Super Bowl loss against the Giants was EMBARRASSING. Going into this post-season, I didn't really expect a World Series win. I expected good, entertaining baseball and that's what I got. After all the Red Sox had to deal with this season, with the multiple injuries, that Manny trade, and the slumping batters (why, Tek, why?), they were far from perfect. And history? We won last year and 2004. We can still have a "dynasty." There's always next season.

In some ways, I made my peace with the ending of the Red Sox season on Thursday. It was sort of like a near-death experience. We were losing by 7 runs! How could we win? But we did. We extended the series two more games and put up a good fight. It's admirable: the Rays are a very talented team. I was pleased to read that the sentiment around the clubhouse was that the Rays deserved it and that they were the better team. After we knocked the Angels out, John Lackey bitched about how the Angels were a better team than the Red Sox. Wrong. The better team advanced to the ALCS, and now the better team is advancing to the World Series. That's how it works.

There are some very memorable moments from this season:

• The ring ceremony
• Bill Buckner throwing out the first pitch of the season
• Jon Lester's no-hitter
• JD Drew's June
• The Rays/Sox fist fight
• Manny's 500th home run
• Manny to LA
• Bay to Boston
• Sellout #456
• Making the playoffs
• Game 4 walk-off win to clinch the ALDS
• Game 5 of ALCS down by 7 in the 7th with 7 outs to go comeback, walk-off double by #7
  
• Jon Lester = a beast
• Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis all the time

Remember all the good times!


I still have the Bruins, who have their home opener tonight against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins. You know I'll be watching. There's also BC hockey and football to blog about. I'm traveling to UNC with a pep ensemble for the football game on Saturday! And I'm also insanely busy with nursing, band, and Hillside. I think I'll be OK without the Sox. Will you?

Another season comes to an end.

Doubtless Molly will be able to give a better rundown than I. It's disappointing that we didn't win, but I think we played a fair game. If only we hadn't dicked around earlier in the series. Some of the TB fans (yeah, you guys have TB too, I bet) were really assholes, flashing loser signs and what not. I really wanted Kotsay to chuck a bat at one of them.

What are we going to do without baseball?

In other news, I made pumpkin muffins today. Mini-muffins, even. Oh yeah. However, I shouldn't have left them unprotected during my five-hour nap, as of the 21 that were there when last checked, 3 were left after I came back out of my room. I made pumpkin cookies too. They're less excellent than the muffins, but I blame the recipe and lack of icing.

OH MY GOD ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

Dear Red Sox,

I love you.

Thanks!
-Molly

Oh my God...

Seriously, Red Sox? Really?

We win!

That game was a nail-bitter. My facebook friend, Justin Masterson, squandered Lester's 2-0 lead by tying it in the 8th, but we won in walk-off fashion in the ninth. All's well that ends well, eh?

Thing that the announcers said about Lester last night that made me giggle the most:

"Lester is a boy becoming a man. His body is changing..."

I miss the NESN announcers.

OMG LOOK AT JASON BAY'S DAUGHTER

I'm studying for my competency exam. There are a few things that I'm not sure of. I don't wanna fail!
UPDATE: my competency was fairly easy! I'm competent!

Yeah!

I totally came up with a dirty evolution joke!!

And go Sox!

The Jo(h)ns Part 2

GAME 4, Series at 2-1 (Sox). They need one more game to clinch the series and move onto the American League Championship Series.
(See my previous post about the Jo(h)ns)

Lester was dominant for most of the last game and won. The score for Game 1 was 4-1.

Lackey is lacking, Lester is bester. 'Nuff said

Pedroi-droi needs a hit.

We did this Superfan photo shoot thing with the hockey players tonight. I kind of forgot how hockey players smell like dirty laundry. It was cool, but a little awkward. Also I thought someone was going to step on my foot with an ice skate... again.

The Jo(h)ns: Lester vs. Lackey

"I'm a fucking bad-ass."

Jon Lester is pitching for the Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Division Series against John Lackey of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Although Josh Beckett is the ace, he is injured (AH!) so the next best guy is rightfully getting the start. Let's see how Lester does against John Lackey.He already beats him in a few categories.
1. Looks!
2. Team (duh)
3. Ability to throw a no-hitter*
*(note: John Lackey had a no-hitter going into the ninth against the Red Sox...omg, but my other favorite Dustin Pedroia broke it up)

Also, I'm doing something that will be considered a "poor choice" and staying up to see this whole game. I have to wake up at 5 to go to Mass General for clinicals tomorrow. Just pitch your best, Lesty. Go Red Sox!

Sorry it's taken so long!

Lots of things have happened since I've written last!

My trumpet got destroyed. Not from the rain, however, but I'm assuming someone knocked it off a table because when I came to get it the mouthpiece was stuck and the bell was twisted and bent. Thanks, whoever you are. It'll probably cost at least a hundred dollars.

I probably failed a pharm exam because of band. I studied whenever I could, but 9 hours of band in one week certainly didn't help.

I like working at the hospital! I like knowing what I'm doing and it's becoming less awkward, always a plus.

This is amazing:


I was going to do that green team thing at the Sox/Yankees game today (I'm watching it now) but my grandmother came for mass and it was kinda nice.

It rained all weekend. Of course it had to be beautiful when I was in pharm hell.

Heroes.... eh...

The Red Sox retired Johnny Pesky's number! I met him. He is cute and nice. You know who's also cute?

Dustin Pedroia! Who apparently is also a baby goose murderer. Oh well. It made him the tiny baseball player he is today.

I'm going to watch the rest of the Red Sox game although I should be doing work. Later.
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What's up with...

...this week and having a shit ton of work. Seriously. It's not cool. At all. I have a quiz on Wednesday and a Pharmacology exam ( a HUGE one) on Friday. And tomorrow I'm working from 8:30 to 12:30, then going to lab from 1-3, then doing band from 4:15-10. We're playing the national anthem at Fenway tomorrow, which is really cool and I'm looking forward to it, but I'd be completely fine with it if the band didn't practice until 10. I mean, I know we need work on our Sargent Pepper show, but GAHHHHH. And they told us to bring our own food. FUCK THAT. Why the hell wouldn't they give us food if they're making us do all this stuff? Maybe the Red Sox will be nice and give us Fenway Franks. But they probably won't. And I have other shit to do, including redoing an assignment that I did wrong on Wednesday night. Also, this weekend is Parents' Weekend. Ew. And I was supposed to do laundry tonight, but I forgot because I have so much work to do. Basically my band shirt and socks are going to be very stinky tomorrow at Fenway. I feel like my daily activities are limited to nursing, marching, and making sandwiches. Sometimes I sleep and shower. Sometimes.

Jon Lester is officially my hero.

A few days ago, I signed up with BC's GreenTeam "to help Fenway recycle." I soon realized that:
1. The game was against the Rays, giving us a chance to get closer to them in the division race.
2. It was consecutive sellout #456 at Fenway, which passes the record for the most ever in the MLB.
3. BAMF Jon Lester was the probable starting pitcher.
I thought it would be fucking amazing, and it was.

I got to Fenway and waited with the other Greenteamers for instructions. Johnny Pesky, Tim Wakefield, Alex Cora, and Kevin Youkilis brushed past me while I was waiting (!). We got dinner, got to go around Fenway, then I was assigned to pick up recyclables in the Green Monster (!!) because I was one of the only upperclassmen (may this be a lesson to you all to check student government emails...). It was awesome, we couldn't pick up recyclables during play (because it was annoying) so we HAD TO WATCH THE GAME. For free. In the Green Monster. At the bottom of the 7th inning, we were relieved of our duties and allowed to sit wherever we wanted, so I sat myself in the Monster and enjoyed the win (3-0). And now we're only a half game behind the Rays Fuck yeah.

This is what I felt like afterwards:
Sort of.

It is so late.

Why the hell do I stay up this late all the time? All I do is dick around on the internet. It never accomplishes anything either.

I'm waking up at 7 tomorrow, having b-fast then going to work, then going to my Hebrew Bible class (yeah, I don't know why I picked it either, but hopefully I'll like it). Then I'm doing this Greenteam thing at Fenway which I totes signed up for. Gotta get there at 5, but I'm collecting recyclables throughout the game, which means I'll get watch the Sox game. They're playing Tampa Bay, and this series is going to be pivotal. Plus Jon Lester is pitching (and I want him):

Who wouldn't? Anyways, in the sports world I'm focusing on baseball a lot more because this weekend has been horrible for football. I'm mourning the loss of two #12's: Matt Ryan and Tom Brady, and my heart can't take it anymore. It sounds like Brady's ACL that was hurt, and this is bad. If he's out for the rest of the season... I don't even want to think about it. Don't even get me started on the Crane. I'll probably have to make him a sandwich tomorrow too. 'Night!