In the Zone, Baby

Remember my post yesterday about my day from hell? Well it spilled over into this morning. We had a firm outing scheduled at work, a day-game at PGE Park, where the Padres AAA team, the Portland Beavers, were playing the Tacoma Rainiers. My boss was nice enough to rent a field box for us (holds 22 people, literally right on the field, it's way cool).

So, I have on a nice pair of jeans and a new pink t-shirt. When I get into work this morning, I took a can of soda, from a 12-pack I keep at my desk, upstairs to the firm's kitchen on the 2nd floor. I'm about to put it in the fridge when I accidentally dropped it. Normally you just have to not open it for a while, so it won't explode on you, right? Well, this is me we're talkin about here. So, as it falls to the floor, immediately on impact it EXPLODES like I've never seen a soda explode before. It was a Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper (yes, Sharron, I thought of you when this happened!!! :op) and it went EVERYWHERE -- all over the floor, all over the cabinets, the walls, the fridge.... and worst of all, ME. I was freaking drenched in soda. My outfit!!!!! I was not a happy camper.

Then my luck I suppose turned for the better, as I happened to bring my gym bag "just in case" I decided to stop at the gym today on my way home (this was supposed to be my one day off from going this week). I ran to the car and got some clothes to change into. We also have tenants on the very top floor and in the basement apartment, so there's a washer/dryer in the basement. In between meetings, rushes to get out, before we all left for the game, I was able to wash my clothes and put my outfit back on. Woooohhooooooo! It was a great time. There's this one guy on the Beavers who's totally hot - I think I'm in love. Check out this fine piece of man:

Yes, so he's married with 4 or 5 adorable kids, but a girl can dream, can't she? :op (I wonder if he has a brother ;o))

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What's with this stupid-ass school zone law, where in some school zones you have to do the requisite 20 miles per hour 24/7/365?? I mean, is that really necessary? WTF?? I just don't get why, now, during the summer WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED, I am still required to go 20 mph through the school zone? THERE ARE NO KIDS THERE! Someone, please explain how this is keeping kids safe. Is this a national thing, or are people here just a tad paranoid???

What's your take, does this do any good whatsofrickinever???

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I just called Comcast for the THIRD time to schedule the cable and internet transfer for my move to the new apartment later this month. I called for the third time because I kept forgetting to ask this or that, so I had to call back. Boy am I glad I did, third time's the charm!! This lady was AWESOME. She looked at everything I had schedule, all the services I had (which is pretty much EVERYTHING, you should see my bill each month), and said "Well, you don't have any deals here, and I can get you TONS OF DEALS, let me just see here... $10 off the cable for the rest of the year, $20 off the internet for 3 months, and something else off something else...." - I love it!!! I didn't have to upgrade or buy anything else, all she did was cut and cut and cut the price.... props to the lady at Comcast!

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Has anyone seen the show on Fox, Wednesday nights, called The Inside? This show is awesome. Well, if you like shows about murder, intrigue and serial killings :op It's kind of a cross between Silence of the Lambs, CSI and NYPD Blue. Really excellent show.

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Here are some pics from my hike at Multnomah Falls this weekend: