a whole lot of nothing

[chestnutcurls]

Everybody knows about the West Nile virus, right? Well, last night my neighborhood's status as the Zip Code of Death was confirmed. More dead birds have been found in our zip code than any other place in the Memphis area. It's gotten so bad that health department officials are going door to door making sure no one has any standing water. So if I suddenly drop off the face of the earth, send someone to the apartment to take me to the emergency room. :)

I'm so excited about Tiger football starting up on Saturday! I saw a news item yesterday, "Why the Tigers say they have something to prove this year." They have something to prove every year! They haven't had a winning season since- well, ever! And the main reason, in my uneducated opinion, is that every play of every game is the same. Hand it off, run it up the middle. Hand it off, run it up the middle. You'd think they'd see that passing the ball, or veering to one side, might be a good idea. But in spite of this, I love going to the games, and part of me wants to believe the new-season hype. All Tiger fans feel, irrationally, every August that this will be the year, much as Memphians in general feel every winter that The Long-Predicted Blizzard is imminent.

Well, that was a whole lot of talk about nothing. I'm going to go eat my tortellini. (FYI- a cheap five-pound bag of cheesy tortellini from Sam's is not as good as cheesy tortellini in small refrigerated packages. I guess it's better to spend more money, and get something that doesn't taste like paste.)

Comments

[pipermcgrupp.livejournal.com]

WOW! I've never seen the word "veering" used in football talk. That's so cool!!

:)

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[yakk0dotorg]

but THIS IS THE YEAR! :)

I have an extra ticket if you need one. It's for the staff section, but we were probably just going to use them to get in and sit in the student section. It's more fun there. :)

"Release the Tiger!"

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking I should have said something about "release the tiger!" :)

Thanks, but I too would rather sit in the student section, with the rest of the peasants. :) Kathy gets me tickets for 10 dollars.

Re:

[yakk0dotorg]

but what i was saying is that I can give you my extra ticket for free and you can sit in the student area.

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Oh! I see. That would be great! :) I guess I would have to come to your work or something and get it from you, or you and I and Lawson could go to lunch this week and I could get it then.

[yakk0dotorg]

If we make it Thursday I can see if Teresa can go. I should be paid by then and she doesn't have a class on Tuesday and Thursday. I don't know what Lawson's schedule is though.

take care

[greenhornet.livejournal.com]

I hope you are wearing repellant. preferably stuff with DEET