Breaking Away

For at least the third week in a row I shan’t be running the Wednesday night run at George’s. It’s not that I’ve quit running or have decided that I no longer wish to hang out with the George’s crowd, instead other opportunities (or work) have been popping up on Wednesdays. Se la vie.

Take Me Out To The Puck Game
I really want to go to see the Bruins play the Thrashers tonight. The only thing that is scaring me off is the price of goddamn hockey tickets. The cheapest nose-bleed seats are only $10 but they are so high I can imagine that the players look any larger than ants. If you can believe this, the rink-side seats go for $250 per ticket! At one time hockey was a blue-collar sport, no more.

Tonight is a two-for-one ticket night so if anyone wants to go, holler at me. Keep in mind that I am planning on trying to do some photography however.

Over Before It Began?
Can I retire from a sport that I officially never played? The knee injury I suffered ten days ago at the Australian Rules Football practice has still not completely healed. I feel an annoying twinge when I attempt to run, and sometimes when I walk. Perhaps with one of those blasts of wisdom that comes at my advancing age I have determined that it’s best to not attempt to play and avoid further damaging my knee; straight-line running with multiple pauses is one thing, running in everywhich direction in a sport with contact is something else.

ITP Flickr Pic
This was the cup in which my coffee was served last Friday at Joe’s coffee shop in East Atlanta.

Now That's A Cup Of Coffee!!!

Vegas baby, VEGAS! I wish I had a trip planned.

TV From The Web, Part 1
Last night I watched the first TV show I’ve purchased through iTunes. The episode purchased was Season Three, Episode One — “Gay Witch Hunt” of The Office. While I easily could have bittorrented the show for free I thought I’d take the moral high-road and purchase my copy legally. Besides, for $2 it was a great way to experiment with purchasing video via iTunes.

My experienced was mixed. The download occurred in a reasonable amount of time, especially since I don’t have the greatest of DSL speeds. When I launched the show I had high expectations because the video screen displayed nearly covered my entire 15″ widescreen laptop. However those hopes were quickly dashed when I saw the crazy amount of color-blocking that occurred on the screen. After shrinking the window down the display was more than acceptable. In the end I still think that $2 for a single twenty-two minute video is too expensive… especially at reduced video quality.

For those of you who recommended that I watch The Office I want to thank you. I am really enjoying catching up, even if some of the jokes and storylines hit a little to close to home sometimes.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood – out of it
Current Music – Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Pavement — “Summer Babe (Winter Version)”
Website Of The Day – As you are booking air travel you may want to reference Seat Guru to get a layout of the plane you will be in before choosing your seat.
Exercise (b)Log – running/walking, ~6 miles

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

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8 Responses to Breaking Away

  1. Barb says:

    If you can get there when they open the doors at Philips and figure out which portal to go in, you can buy the nosebleed seats and sit in the bar. They are great seats if you get in the front row. It is right behind some $70 or so seats. I haven’t done it yet (have friends that have), and you will probably spend more on beer because you are there so early, but at least the players don’t look like ants.

  2. Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

    Thanks Barb, maybe I’ll try that. I wouldn’t mind getting down there early since I hope to be able to bring in my camera gear.

  3. Barb says:

    If Allan wasn’t in “Advanced Structural Collapse” class this week, we would join you tonight. Let us know the next time you go. If you want to join us, we hopefully will be going to the New Jersey Devils game 12/23, haven’t seen my cousin (#15 Jamie Langenbrunner) play in a while. And in case you were wondering, no, he doesn’t get free tickets at away games.

  4. Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

    “Advance Structural Collapse” sounds like the story of my life. 🙂

    I’ll go down for any game. I’d sure like free tickets, but will be willing to pay — even to see the hated Devils. 😛

  5. Cory says:

    Totally off-topic here, but did you watch Survivor last week? Am I crazy or did they change the format of the show from the previous episode? Last week’s episode had the “last time on survivor” intro and then immediately went into the show for a few minutes, and then they showed the music intro with the cast. I could have sworn that all episodes of every season went: recap, music intro, commercial, show.

    I knew if anyone could appreciate the subtle intricacies of tv show formatting, it would be you.

    I found it kinda off-putting. It might have been a tivo issue, and I’ve just been ffwding past those first few minutes before the intro.

  6. Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

    I have noticed this (keep in mind that I also noticed that when the President of Pakistan was on The Daily Show there was a barrier placed in front of Jon Stewart’s desk).

    I am not sure that if it has changed very recently or they’ve been doing this all season however.

  7. Martha says:

    Over Before It Began?

    There is a question mark there, which means there is still a chance you will play!!

    Optimistic ’til the end!!

  8. Paulie [eatl/ga] says:

    Yep that’s me, Captain Optimism!

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