MCOQueen's Ramblings

Dad and I went to the hockey game Friday night.  The Canes were pretty much evenly matched in the first period against Toronto, but then, in the 2nd period the Officiating became incredibly biased in favor of Toronto.  There were so many blatant penalties against Toronto that the refs did not call.  The Canes aren't doing too well this year.  I've been to 3 games so far and they have lost each one. 

I started reading Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.  This is the same author who wrote "Starship Troopers" and many many other Sci-fi books.  The TV mini-series "Red Planet" was also by Robert A. Heinlein.  On the cover of  Stranger in a Strange Land   it says, "The Most Famous Science Fiction Novel Ever Written".  Of course, I bought this book to see whether or not it was really that good.  I am 3/4's of the way through the book, and I love it!  It is an awesome book.  What amazes me even more is that the copyright date for this book is 1961.  This book reads like a modern novel.  The basic concept of this book is that this human Valentine Michael Smith was born on Mars and was raised by Martians to think, act, and talk like a Martian.  He is then brought to Earth and has to learn to think and speak and act like a human.  Some concepts and ideas of Mars don't have a translation in English and vice versa.  Oh, he's also heir apparent to several large fortunes and many people want to be able to control him in order to get his money.  Of course, he has no concept of what money is and what it is used for.  My favorite word right now is the Martian word, "Grok" which means a great many things but in many uses it means "to understand".  Grok that?

Work yesterday was normal.  I managed to do some reading.  I am almost done with "Mistral's Kiss," the latest book in the Merry Gentry series.  The book is so short.  I think it's just a filler until the next book. 

There are two football games on network today.  Not only do I have a halftime rollover, I also have a GSK rollover.  Ugh! 

I got up this morning around 9:30. I got to the health fair around 11pm and was out about 15 minutes later. I did not do the Bone Density test this time, because it's really supposed to be for women 30 and over. I did it last year and my bone density was good. I then went to Regional and visited with my mom. I was starving at that time and decided to get some food from the Hospital's cafeteria. Their food isn't bad at all and they accept Visa and Mastercard now. Too cool! I ate in my mom's room and chatted with her and my dad.

Mom was in pain from being moved from hospital bed to a gurney and then into an ambulance and the ride to Regional was incredibly bumpy and painful for her. Then she had to be moved from the gurney onto her hospital bed at Regional. The Duke people didn't give her any medication before having her transferred. The Regional people couldn't give her medication until a physician checked her out and then ordered her meds through the pharmacy. It hurt her a lot every time she'd have to move in order to relieve herself. I just really don't like seeing my mom in pain. She finally got some medication this afternoon. I stayed with mom for almost two hours.

I stupidly left my cell phone in my car. As soon as I got to my car, I saw that I had a voice mail message from insignia_void. She had missed her health fair appointment and wanted to see what I was up to since she was in Durham and had to work at 4pm anyway. When I called her back, she was already in Cary. She did decide to stop by and stay until she had to go to work. I had her play "The Sims2: Pets" I'm pretty sure she liked it. She even created her own character and etc. I then cooked some before going to the hockey game with my brother. Yet, again, I had left my cell phone in my car and my brother had been trying to get in touch with me to see if I was going to be ready to go to the game on time. I was ready. The game was at 7pm. We got to the stadium around 7:10pm. By the time we got to our seats, :40 seconds had already passed in the first period. I thought we would have missed more than that. The Canes were doing really well in the first period and then fizzled out halfway during the 2nd period. Montreal scored two goals against them. We left before the 3rd period started. It was good that we did because the Canes lost 4-0. Yikes!

Well, I'm working 1st shift tomorrow. I haven't done that in probably 2 years. I haven't done a morning newscast for a few months now. I can't believe I'm going to have to get up early tomorrow morning. Oh well, it's just for tomorrow (supposed to be my day off, but my co-worker B.J. snapped his Achilles tendon and just had surgery to repair it. He's going to be gone for a few weeks). I have to sleep now. Later.

It's 11:10pm and still no rain. The announcers even said that there was a 100% chance of rain. It looks like we'll be able to get through all of Game 4 tonight. Yay! Whoops, I just heard them say that it's starting to mist now. I spoke to soon. Shoo Rain Shoo!

I didn't really have a lot to dub tonight. I did have a few shows that were left over from previous shifts off of pathfire. I'm doing as much as I can. I won hockey tickets to go see the Canes on November 2nd. I am actually off that day! Woo-hoo! I'm going to take Adib this time. I took Thomas last time.

Oh, wow, St. Louis has just tied Detroit. This game is going to get interesting and/or long. I hope there's no rain for tomorrow's game.

Yesterday, I was out and about even though it was raining. It's starting to get really cold. It's supposed to be cold all this weekend. I had to wear a jacket last night.

The first place I went was to work to pick up my hockey tickets for last night's game. I had called B on Thursday to let him know about the potential disaster this Sunday for football. He had forgotten to tell C.D. I saw C.D. and told him what my dad had told me: The pre-game show is in Philadelphia in the parking lot of the stadium. Terrell Owens is back for this game and Philadelphia hates T.O. and the Dallas Cowboys with a passion. The Network is a bit worried because more than likely there will be a lot of obscene language not only during the pre-game but also with the game itself which is the 2nd game on Sunday which I will be dealing with. C.D. said he'd alert D.S. about the pre-game before Sunday. C.D. also let both J.G.'s know. Sunday's going to be interesting, especially if there's going to be a baseball game afterwards. Right now, it's just an "If necessary". I'm not sure who has to win tonight's game in order for it to become necessary.

I saw Natalie. I hadn't seen her since I switched to 2nd shift. We talked for a few minutes. I then went to several stores to find a dress to wear for my cousin's wedding in Arizona. I finally found a dress at Marshall's. It's a bluish-gray dress and it accentuates all my assets. I feel very feminine in it. It's been years since I've actually worn a dress. Now, I just have to find shoes to match it. I saw this kid who was wearing tennis shoes with one wheel at the heel of both shoes. He kept rolling on his heels in the parking lot and would then walk on his tippy toes. When he got inside the store, his dad was pushing the shopping cart and the kid was on his heels holding onto the cart and was just skating along. How cool is that?

I went over to my brother Thomas' apartment yesterday. We watched "Fearless". The fight scenes were awesome though the story line was predictable and not all that attention grabbing. His kitties are so huge now! They're about 6 months old. I can't believe how big they've gotten. Both kitties slept on Thomas' lap. One partially sleeping on top of the other kitty. What's wrong with my lap, huh? My bro tried putting Calypso on my lap but she went right back to him. Then he put Cassius on my lap and he stayed. Cassius will sleep anywhere when he's sleepy. I threatened to Catnap him. Out of all our current cats, Thomas's cats are the only ones that are "lap" kitties.

After watching the movie, Thomas and I went to the hockey game. Carolina was playing the New Jersey Devils. The devils scored 3 goals in the first period. It just went downhill from there. The canes ended up losing 4-0. We left after the 2nd period. Our seats were great though. We were 14 rows from the glass.

I plan to relax and do some reading before going to work today. Oh, I can't wait for baseball to be over with. The newest episode of Grey's Anatomy was really good.