ME: woke up dumb early in effort to go to coney island to get medicaid to help with this outrageous hospital bill i have when i conked out and hit my head on Martin Luther King Jr., Day. god, what a terrible day. it wasn't supposed to be. it was, after all the beginning of a week vacation. i wound up spending my time recuperating. sucked. i can't say exactly why i passed out. i was with dan lubell. i hadn't eaten very much that day. i was stressed, or, just getting over being so stressed. i wound up in the ER of methodist hospital. they gave me a CATSCAN and a million other tests that i didn't want to pay for. when i first hit the ground, i asked dan to just help me get home, or something to the effect that i could get home and that i'd be okay. well, it just didn't turn out like that and i was completely incapable of standing, let alone, walking. so dan wanted me to get on the stretcher and that's what i did. didn't have much choice...although...i lived right around the corner. how frustrating. anyways, so the bill is out of this world. and i need medicaid. i have no insurance and i have to get medicaid soon, so they can help cover this bill. anyways, i missed going to the coney island location. they're 9-12 on saturdays. the only office opened on the weekend. but it didn't work out so well...so then the couch came, via "man with van"--ruddy got a very dope, sweetass couch from greg and zora, since they're moving to miami. so, i moved everything around. vacuumed and did other home things...like...all day...now, i have two parties to go to, both birthdays, and a friend's show at the knitting factory. i wish i were an amoeba. wound up going to the bay ridge birthday party where i drank too much and vomited all the way home...this nice gal, setfania drove me home and i felt terrible...i made no mess in her car, but i certainly had her pull over quite a bit. i guess i needed to let it all out...have a good smashing. well, i got it alright! damn!
METS: today the Mets played in the second annual Civil Rights Game. the game took place at AutoZone Park in Memphis, Tennessee. for the Mets, it was John Maine versus the White Sox and Jose Contreras, both of whom pitched well, Maine striking out a good number of batters before coming out. runs first came off Contreras, who served up a two run homer to Carlos Beltran. for the sox, Pablo Ozuna singled with the bases loaded and tied the game. White Sox wash-up, Scott Linebrink allowed two singles and an RBI groundout in the bottom of the seventh, to put the Mets ahead 3-2. that was all they'd need and they'd go on to win by that score. it was a cool game: televised on ESPN, they showed the mets and various ballplayers taking a tour of the Civil Rights Museum. Willie Randolph was touched and said his players got a lot from the visit. this game kicked off a full weekend of events, Memphis planned as a way to look back at the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated April 4, 1968. "To me, it's an honor to be involved in this game," White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye said. "I've got a chance to play this game because of other people like Dr. King and Rosa Parks, and it's just a great experience." my friend, dan myers feels the game is just a way for corporate entities to feel good about itself and that the game really doesn't mean anything. i disagreed and after watching this game, disagree a whole lot more. as i pointed out, it's a good way for young people and players alike to stop and take notice of society and historically, what civil rights has been through and what it means. it's taken for granted as far as i'm concerned. i taped the game and hope to show it to dan at some point...
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