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Had my day off from the gym today. It was crappy weather too, so I went to the swimming arena to get me a bath and some warmth. Turned out to be a Really Good Thing.
At one point I had two guys almost competing over my attention, which was kind of cool/weird. And no Tim, I didn't go home with either of them, LOL... Neither of them were really my type, so no worries!  It seems my hours at the gym really are paying off. I am definitely getting noticed, yum!
Best thing of all though, by blind luck it happened that I ran into Asian Dreamboy as I was about to leave! Ooohhh...
We had a REALLY nice, long conversation about all sorts of stuff. I sometimes think he's a bit uncomfortable when we see each other at my regular gym, but that's just me being silly. He ISN'T. It was really relaxing, talking to him. He's so open and friendly and nice and easy to talk to, I really wish I could have him.  He's ssoo nice! (And cute too.)
He's 27 years old (which makes my guess of around 25 fairly accurate), and from China originally. I'll ask where next time we meet, it's a REALLY big country after all.
I told him some stuff I've carried inside myself for a while now, things I've wanted to say. Not ALL of it for sure, but that I did not tell I hinted at, and he didn't mind. Like I said, very open person, easy to talk to. Nice, pleasant... Cute. Engaged.
And, Tim was good to me and put up another part of "The First Son" the other day (Thanks!), just in case someone here didn't notice and is interested... (Shameless plug, sorry! )
-Lenny
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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Hey, Lennie! Very glad to hear that you're having good days like this one now. Plus keeping up writing your story. (Yay!).
And there I was the other day wondering about that cute asian guy...cool! He's engaged? Hmmm... Maybe that's just for conservative social conventions...(thinking positively for ya, there).
As for me, I continue to have nightmare headaches due to work problems, staff politics, budget deficits, and such. They keep me with dead low energy lots of the time when I'm not at work, so I sometimes don't post or read the MB as regularly as I'd like.
Plus I was going to be with my partner Man in Thailand next week (see our pic now on the "Irregulars" page, thanks to Tim) but I have had to postpone that due to the work stuff. Major bummer, as Man just started University (at age 32, going weekends, which we are very proud of) and I wanted to go to some of the opening ceremonies.
I'm trying to have good days, too, anyhow, and not be negative, tho. Friday night I went to the High School graduation of the son of very good friends of mine here. It was very interesting to see all the eye candy there. Wow. 180 graduating, 18 year olds for days, as they say...
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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I had one myself, though I really didn't do much. Just watched baseball (my two favorite teams both lost), read stories, and did a tiny little bit of writing. Pretty relaxing.
One of the stories I read was First Son, the first three chapters. Excellent work. I really enjoyed it. Don't feel bad about the 'shameless plug' I devoted a whole thread to mine.
Think good thoughts,
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Yeah, both my teams lost, but I enjoyed it anyways. What can I say? I just enjoy the game of baseball. Even if I don't like either team, I can sit down and watch a game and have fun.
Think good thoughts,
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Thanks, e. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only person in the world who could watch a baseball game, no matter who was playing, and get great enjoyment from it. One of my favorite memories is taking my kids to the AA team here and explaining the differnet plays, and why that fielder moved the way he did without a ball being hit, and why the manager picked the relieving pitcher he did, and so on. The possiblitites in strategy are endless. Woohoo. Going to see a Mariners game in two weeks.
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Well, I guess I can forgive you for being a Mariners fan, or is it that you watch them just because you've GOT to see a ballgame? I think it's a prerequisite that you must love the game if you are going to grow up to be an Indian's fan and especially if you are also an Angel's fan such as myself. I taught my wife to love the game as well. We go to see our local minor league team on a regular basis and visit Anaheim whenever the Indians are in town. I was surprised at how quickly she was able to pick up on the rules and some of the strategies. Just one more reason to love that woman. Now if I could just get her to stop counting the number of beers I drink...
Think good thoughts,
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Actually, my teams are the Giants and A's. Giants were the first major league team I saw live as a kid, and growing up in Monterey CA, just south of the Bay Area, kinda slanted me I think. Oh, also a big Orioles fan. Saw Cal Ripken's first major league game at Memorial Stadium. Introduced by his Dad.
Nothing beats going to a live baseball game, no matter who is playing. But I WILL root for the Mariners when we go to the game (unless they are playing Oakland or Baltimore, of course).
Usually don't drink beer at the games, makes me miss too much when I have to recycle, hehe.
Hugs, Charlie
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and the As are ok, I suppose. Aside from the Tribe, the Orioles were one of my favorite teams when I was a kid. Used to head to Cleveland every time the Birds came to town, especially if Palmer was pitching. In fact, it was Gene Autry's tendency to collect some of my favorite ex-Orioles that lead me to be an Angel's fan even before I moved to LA.
And yeah, it's never a very good idea to miss when you are in the recycle room. hehehe
Think good thoughts,
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I think we Americans are alienating our non-American comrades. Perhaps to get even, they can start a thread about non-American football (be it soccer, or rugby, or whatever); in the meantime, how about a true story which points up how difficult it really is to explain the game of baseball to somebody who knows absolutely nothing about it.
The French conductor Charles Munch started his career as an orchestral violinist; but even after he became a conductor, he still wanted to feel as if he were still "one of the boys" with the members of the orchestra. Munch was the Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1949-1962. During baseball season, he would always hear the players talking baseball (especially the Red Sox, of course!) before and after concerts. He always felt sort of left out when that happened; at at a post-concert supper one summer night, he asked if somebody could explain the game of baseball to him. There were three volunteers (one of whom was Leonard Bernstein); and for about the next half-hour, they tried to explain baseball to him (in French!). At one point, one of them said, "Le pitcher jete le ball, et vous le frappe et run like hell a first base." Naturally, this only served to confuse Munch more and more. Finally, they gave up, since none of them had the vocabulary necessary to properly explain a squeeze play in French.
A true story!
We do not remember days...we remember moments.
Cesare Pavese
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"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
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-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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A 'squeeze play' should never be explained in French! And since his was a musician, they probably should have started with 'chin music' and gone 'around the horn' from there.
Think good thoughts,
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And we were talking about good days, weren't we?
Think good thoughts,
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isn't a squeeze play a piano accordion? Ideal to explain in French! Ghastly instrument used much by that nation!
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I was forced to delete most of my archived responses to keep my hotmail account up and running.
Soon I will have to kill all of my saved replies, and then I'll have to start deleting the mails people have sent me... That's sad.
It's supposed to be possible to export hotmail stuff to outlook express, but I could not get that to work. I was down to less than 200k free space and a single klez email virus would make the account overflow so I had to act immediately.
That sucks!
-Lenny
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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Lenny,
If you don't want to, or can't afford a bigger hotmail "mailbox' like you mentioned in a recent email to me, simply start a second hotmail account and start using it as well. That way you'd have more free space. I have more than one yahoo account, and use them for different things!
Hi, by the way! hehehe
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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THANKS TIM!!!
I now got my hotmail account set up to work with Outlook Express, and IT WORKS...! I keep the most important mails in the hotmail account for safe-keeping and dump over everything else to my own computer.
Gotta remember to archive it all when it's re-install time or they'll all go down the bit-bucket and that would suck.
Buying a second harddrive soon (120GB unit) so that should make things easier. I'll move over the email database to the new harddrive so it's separate from the one with my windows installation.
And, Hi to you too of course!
-Lenny
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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baseball should not be discussed in French.
Think good thoughts,
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Today was a good day... 
It is good to have good days, isn't it. 
You're right about that, e! 
So it's all about baseball now is it? How did this happen?! 
I'm a little sad now! 
