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camberville in the almost-spring
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chrisg! (and at the rate i'm posting these days, might as well say happy early birthday, noghri!)
it's finally gotten warm enough again here that i'm not minding walking. it's downright gorgeous out tonight, and i'm half-debating walking to choir, except i dislike the construction zone of lower mass ave. maybe i'll compromise; walk down to central and take the 1 across the river instead, then walk to choir from hynes. i forgot to get my t-pass this month, so for the most part, i've been trying to walk places where normally i would've been trying to figure out some complex route to maximize the use of my t-pass and minimize the freezing of my ears and fingers.
i keep forgetting that yes, davis and central squares really are within normal walking distance once the temperature's reasonably above freezing. so i end up at someday cafe with my laptop and live the cliche my way - nestled into a cozy corner, laptop open to IRC, peoplewatching the hipsters with my accomplice the mint italian soda. i cut corners and realize that the harvard bookstore is a 15-minute walk from my front door when there's no ice to slip on. i stroll down to the new branch of petsi pies to meet up withnolrak and alissa as they meander up mass ave.
my choir friend polina and i rarely see each other outside of choir, despite living mere blocks away from each other. (this happens withelements and berkman, too, and should change!) but in the past week, i've run into her three separate times just walking down the street. i like this community feel.
i'm counting down to the farmers' markets opening again in the last week of may. i'm looking at weekends to host that first summer barbecue to sort-of celebrate my half birthday (june 4 i have a concert; june 11 i'll either be singing in fenway park or driving up the california coast; june 18 is a little too close tohyounpark's birthday and our anniversary. so i'm debating either moving it back to memorial day weekend or forward to the fourth of july.)
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this year's lineup:
c: brian mccann; jason kendall as backup (still debating the wisdom of kendall :P )
1b: lance berkman, though he will be getting OF time when the astros play lefties. david ortiz can potentially slip in there, but as a DH he gets no POs, so i'd like to mostly leave him at util and get another 1b as backup.
2b: felipe lopez (who also plays SS); mark loretta as backup.
3b: david wright
ss: jimmy rollins; felipe lopez as alternate.
of: scott podsednik, matt holliday, milton bradley; jeff francoeur, shawn green, and lance berkman as alternates. i might have gone a little overboard on the of, but the tough bit is knowing who to let go.
sp: ben sheets (yes, i know he's missing opening day), brett myers, cc sabathia, jon lieber, matt clement, mike mussina, esteban loaiza. debating dropping one of these guys for an RP.
rp: bj ryan, eric gagne. is this enough to outweigh the hit my rate stats are taking with the overload of SPs?
chrisg! (and at the rate i'm posting these days, might as well say happy early birthday, noghri!)it's finally gotten warm enough again here that i'm not minding walking. it's downright gorgeous out tonight, and i'm half-debating walking to choir, except i dislike the construction zone of lower mass ave. maybe i'll compromise; walk down to central and take the 1 across the river instead, then walk to choir from hynes. i forgot to get my t-pass this month, so for the most part, i've been trying to walk places where normally i would've been trying to figure out some complex route to maximize the use of my t-pass and minimize the freezing of my ears and fingers.
i keep forgetting that yes, davis and central squares really are within normal walking distance once the temperature's reasonably above freezing. so i end up at someday cafe with my laptop and live the cliche my way - nestled into a cozy corner, laptop open to IRC, peoplewatching the hipsters with my accomplice the mint italian soda. i cut corners and realize that the harvard bookstore is a 15-minute walk from my front door when there's no ice to slip on. i stroll down to the new branch of petsi pies to meet up with
nolrak and alissa as they meander up mass ave.my choir friend polina and i rarely see each other outside of choir, despite living mere blocks away from each other. (this happens with
elements and berkman, too, and should change!) but in the past week, i've run into her three separate times just walking down the street. i like this community feel.i'm counting down to the farmers' markets opening again in the last week of may. i'm looking at weekends to host that first summer barbecue to sort-of celebrate my half birthday (june 4 i have a concert; june 11 i'll either be singing in fenway park or driving up the california coast; june 18 is a little too close to
hyounpark's birthday and our anniversary. so i'm debating either moving it back to memorial day weekend or forward to the fourth of july.)*
this year's lineup:
c: brian mccann; jason kendall as backup (still debating the wisdom of kendall :P )
1b: lance berkman, though he will be getting OF time when the astros play lefties. david ortiz can potentially slip in there, but as a DH he gets no POs, so i'd like to mostly leave him at util and get another 1b as backup.
2b: felipe lopez (who also plays SS); mark loretta as backup.
3b: david wright
ss: jimmy rollins; felipe lopez as alternate.
of: scott podsednik, matt holliday, milton bradley; jeff francoeur, shawn green, and lance berkman as alternates. i might have gone a little overboard on the of, but the tough bit is knowing who to let go.
sp: ben sheets (yes, i know he's missing opening day), brett myers, cc sabathia, jon lieber, matt clement, mike mussina, esteban loaiza. debating dropping one of these guys for an RP.
rp: bj ryan, eric gagne. is this enough to outweigh the hit my rate stats are taking with the overload of SPs?