ME: woke up dumb late. like...1:00. woke in the middle of the night, sweaty--the heat was too much and i was too bundled. i felt like an old hobo or something. stayed up way too late, despite being so tired, just listening to music and reading about the people making it. i wanted to watch a movie but never got around to it. it's embarrassing but i've had the same 3 netflix movies for over a month now. so lame. but i read a bit about this lady, barbara dickson, who was in a production in the 60's, in the UK, called "John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Bert"! she sings beatles songs in the show and takes them to another level. great stuff. sweet voice. she apparently was a well known brit folk singer in liverpool. i also read about robin peter smith, better known as crispian st. peters. he was a folk singer as well, also a brit. well, he played with a few groups before doing things on his own; recording. he received a lot of attention then got tired of it and annoyed that people were just finding out about him. he went on record as saying that he had about 80 songs better than lennon and mccartney and was a better singer than elvis. he became a bit of a recluse. but his songs are great and his voice is something unworldly really. went out tonight with some friends to a "secret" lounge in lower manhattan. it fronts as a hot dog place but there's a whole other world behind this phone booth! amazing. i'm pretty tired still. headed home, moved around a few things, fed the cats then came over to becky's mom's house to cat sit, watch tele and eat chicken! that sounds like a chill sunday to me!
METS: today, the Mets did it again! beating the Dodgers two straight--both times with reserves starting. the runs didn't come until late though. in the ninth, rookie Angel Pagan (you gotta love that name!) drove in two runs with a single; he had three hits on the day. word has it that the only batter to touch the Dodgers' Derek Lowe was Ruben Gotay, who is putting his bid in for a roster spot. on the other side, Torre's Dodgers, a mix of youth and old vets, all had a hit except for former Met, Jeff Kent. Andruw Jones is continuing to have a nice first week as a Dodger. Oliver Perez, who i am assuming worked things out with Mets brass regarding $$$ (reports were the Mets didn't offer what he was asking for earlier), gave up three runs in the first. Mike Pelfrey, who had a less than thrilling '07, has had a nice start already and is looking to make a mess of the Braves tomorrow. i can't stand the Braves...nor the Phillies for that matter. although, when i was growing up, i remember the Cards being the one to hate. rivalries, as Willie Randolph will tell ya, are healthy and missing from baseball. sure, you got the Yanks vs Red Sox, but there used to be a bunch of "dirty," trash-talking games. i think they tried to get more of that when they introduced interleague play (see Cubs fans vs White Sox fans! oy...). in other news, Delgado made a special appearance at the game and seems better than everyone had thought, though he may still miss a few games.
Valentin at First?
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