ryssee's world

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I have been sporting shorter hair all summer. It's easier to do, dries in place without much blow-drying action, and BONUS-TIME, Randy can't stand to wait for me to dry it when we've got cool places to see and better things to do. (Mind you, he's got less on top than I do. Plus, there's no Raisin eyeliner or black mascara or Bare Minerals to apply). I've rarely been loyal to hairdressers, have kinda been like a guy that way. Go in, get my hair cut, pay my $25-$35, and leave. The first and second haircuts are the best with most hairdressers anyway, I've found. Anyway, I'm going away with my best girlfriends next weekend to Nashville for a girly weekend. I wanna look nice, and fluff it up ('cause you CAN in Nashville) and have my girlies can see how good I look. I can feel good about myself, and I can go free and easy and ready to go in less than 15. So, I got my hair cut last week in anticipation of this event, by a very nice and smiley, stylish Chine...

9:23 PM, I'm out on the deck enjoying the last of tonight's gorgeous weather....and I hear raccoons chirrupping across the street. I think they're the big fat furry healthy 30-lb better-than-zoo specimens we saw on the telephone pole up by the wires, 4 ft from the bedroom window last month at 3am one Tuesday in July. The same ones we saw under the deck a couple weeks ago; the ones I worried were gonna beat up Emmie-kitty when we thought we lost her outside earlier this month. Ah well...post this one under Nature in Somerville. They better not eat my tomatoes or knock over the friggin' trash cans.

I hate it when I check my Yahoo email and have zero emails... No one has the address. It means I have no " best answers ." Darn it.

'Nuff said.

Well, the rest of this week was pretty low-key. Nice weather so lots of grillin' and chillin' after work. Oh yeah, the sale of the company that bought my company was completed Friday. So, on Monday there will be introductions and hopefully some free food, and over the next few months we'll see what they have in mind for all our divisions. Anyway, on Friday night Randy and I went into the Faneuil Hall area and watched the ballgame at the Bell in Hand. Stop by there sometime if you're in Boston-it's one of the oldest bars in town, and is especially nice when it's summer or fall and all the windows are opened up onto the street. So, we listened to the music and people watched and suffered another aggravating Red Sox loss caused by new reliever Eric Gagne. Won't be long till batters come up and the crowd starts yelling, "It's Gonnnnnnne-yeigh" when he comes in to pitch. I can't figure out if Theo Epstein or Brian Cashman is signing his pa...

Another great day at the ballpark. Randy got great seats from a co-worker and it turned out to be one of the most dramatic finishes of the year. We went with Jen (who works with Randy) and her boyfriend Dave. Very fun time. It was Jon Lester's return to Fenway Park after overcoming cancer. Sheesh, at 23 yrs old. Anyway, he pitched one of his best games since he's been with the Red Sox. Sox were down 1-0 until the 9th inning and had a very dramatic comeback. Oh yeah and we finally witnessed Eric Gagne being as good as he can be, for the first time in a red sox uniform. Excerpt from "Sox and Pinstripes" blog. (hope this is legal) Lowell dinger, Crisp's game-winning base hit key dramatic 2-1 win over Tampa Bay At long last, Red Sox Nation got what it has been waiting for - a dramatic, come-from-behind victory marked by clutch hitting in the ninth inning. With two outs, Coco Crisp lined a game-winning single that plated Jason Varitek moments af...

Among all that other stuff on my last post, sheesh, how could I forget! Allman Brothers Wednesday 8/8 at the Bank of America Pavilion in South Boston. So excited, my summertime favorite, and it's like 15 minutes from the house and no one pees on my feet there like they do on the lawn at the Tweeter Center. Not to mention the parking is sooo much better and the setting on the harbor rocks. Big tent with nice views and a nice breeze, lots of food and drink stands, and MANY stalls in the ladies roomS (plural). Anyway, I got tickets at the last minute online, 12th row, center section, yay! We thought we had to resort to Craig's List to buy them 'cause they were sold out, but I got lucky the day before the show when they must have just released members tickets and I happened to be checking one last time on ticketmaster.com. We had a blast. A blustery little storm blew through right before the show and we were treated to a double rainbow and some cool skies. And, of course...

So, it really is funny to take a few sentences and take them outta context and see the reaction. Rabbit on a Treadmill will from here on out remain a classic. To put it all BACK into context, we had houseguests for 6 out of 7 days, without any time off from work for either of us. First, Randy had his friend Charlie in town for their sales meeting Aug 1. They've been friends forEVER and they currently work for the same company. Charlie is great. Sleeps on the couch, eats whatever, mostly was at the company functions that week. Also, he lives in San Diego, and his financial adviser lives here in Boston, and the financial adviser offered to take Charlie and two friends to the baseball game. Yay, he picked us, the third time this year with FREE Red Sox! And great seats and great game. Sox beat the Orioles, Beckett wins. We get to see the weird JD Drew called-a-double-non-home-run-that-was-a-home-run and the Lugo grand slam (don't ever recall seeing a grand slam live, pret...

Don't ask me how this happened, but this morning I got dressed in a room in my house that contained a rabbit on a treadmill. For real. Oh yeah, and my bike went to Providence today, but I didn't. Tonight I saw it parked at the Wine and Cheese Cask, as I was riding by it in a Honda Accord. It's home now. Weird.