Above Average

I feel like I should comment (and not leave Keiper by his lonesome taking taunts for the whole of Philly) about just how hot the Rockies were. If you listened to local talk in Philly, everyone who knew anything about baseball wanted nothing to do with them. I don't know what happens next year, but this was a fun ride and I'm just happy they fought so hard to get where they did. On a seperate note, I bet the Eagles are the saddest people in Philly, because now they don't have the Phils to dampen the wrath of their fans.

Are you enjoying this a little bit, Al? Just a little. I know it's making me laugh.

!!! I have just witnessed the best birthday gift ever for a Philly native. From now on when Jimmy speaks you better listen up bitches! J-Roll is public enemy number one in the NYC (part of it anyway) from now on...

After watching Cole Hamels pitch that jem, I jusut have this permanent smile on my face. 3:55 PM tomorrow can't come sooner for me. If the Phillies win the divison is Jimmy Rollins the MVP... even considering Holliday's numbers? And on a whim I feel like I should talk about how bad Yost looks after 'sticking up' for his players in the middle of a pennant race. Now the Cubs have clinched and he has to feel like a complete jackass. Oh well.

I'll be in section 428 or 429 myself. My dad's got our tickets so I don't know where we'll be, but it's a good bday present considering Sunday (my actual birthday) is sold out. Would have loved that J-Roll poster though... still nothing like a beer and a dog with dad.

PHILS IN FIRST PLACE?! Unbelievable... I don't think we'll be hearing any random EAGLES chants at Citizens Bank Park for a while. Can't wait to go to Saturday's game now.

Am I the only one who thinks it's still Kennedy? Unless I missed something, which is entirely possible, he STILL makes the most sense considering everything said during the ME promo. I mean, things are looking up could be a reasonable reference to him and in mystery/suspense situations isn't the easiest way to get rid of suspicion on a character to have them be the first choice eliminated. I wouldn't be surprised by a swerve as, speculation aside, we aren't even really sure if he's suspended or not.

I should rephrase. Albus was definitely a good one, but adding Severus seemed forced. Not that he doesn't deserve mention. James and Lily were reasonable considering. I'll be honest and say it felt predictable so I wasn't as into it as I could've been. Maybe on the second read.

Yeah, she is. And all is well. On a seperate note, those kids have some terrible names. Having finally finished it, I'll post about the book once I've absorbed it all.

Congratulations. Surprised that after 7+ years your girl wanted the small cermony but thats love for ya I guess.

After watching that Phils game all I can say is... surreal. 3 runs on what can only be called bullshit, then Barajas' blunder, then Myers going down was insane. Gary Matthews ripping into Rod was the only thing that lifted my spirits. I just stayed with watching LOST after that chalking one up to us being Philly and then I find out that they pulled it out. It was a rea rollercoaster ride.

I'm glad I went into this finale unspoiled. I really want to see that one again. For a second, I thought that the ending that would test everyone's patience was Charlie reactivating the jamming equipment before he drown. That would've been a tough one to swallow. I think they told an excellent story with how sure Jack was that he was making the right decision. Last season Locke made this huge mistake because he felt compelled to prove Eko wrong and this season Jack made the exact same mistake with Ben. It was really sad what his life had become because of one choice and if you couldn't feel sympathy for the Jack character then you never will. Heartbreaking. Locke not being able to pull the trigger and just walking off after saying he chose wrong was perfect. Add me to the group that really wonders whose funeral it was. Obviously the dialog was very vague, but hints wise people had been pushing Ben dying in the season finale and thats one way to have that spoiler be true... it could also be Locke (another very strong possiblity) but then why no pronoun usage. What woman would Kate know whose involved with their story enough to be mentioned in that context? Juliet? They could've had a falling out and Kate definitely doesn't care for her. Season 4 can't come soon enough for me.

I think thats kinda the point of the season. Vince is so obsessed with making the movie that he's going to go for broke on it and it alone. It's his and E's fall from grace while Drama and Turtle are rising up. Right now, I don't know if the writers should have Mediin be a bomb or box office success. It'd be a hell of a way to open next season though, with Vince/E finally missing on a gamble. About the episode... I'll just say what everyone else is. Drama's being so utterly defeated by the reviews, the funniest of which was the NY Post where they took away a star just for him being in it and then the payoff was great. Turtle hooking up with Lauren London was also pretty cool. That chick is hot and Rufus' reactions to Turtle gaming his daughter were classic.

If I can find some time to dedicate towards the public library, I'll turn something in. My match was all of like 2K, so it only job was to prove that taking an Inverted Atomic drop after some Icy/Hot can be made into a near fall.

Sorry about not turning in my match yet. It's finished, but with my internet going bye bye it's stuck in My documents for the time being. Verizon is the devil... I knew we should have used Comcast.

Great episode. Kate's whole rant to finally get a reaction out of Jack only to hear Jack/Juliet having some kind of side plan was interesting. Obviously Jack hasn't turned but planting the doubt makes for better tv. Sawyer being sick after getting his revenge was a nice little thing as well. And if anybody still thinks they're in Purgatory... Locke's dad buying it while pushing that theory should answer what the writers think about that. Can't wait for next week!

Don't run on Shane. Just Don't. Period.

Eh, I'm watching on Comcast Sportsnet, the Phils home network so we'd hear different calls. And actually, it'd be "Long drive. Way back. Watch this baby... Outta here!" but I missed the homer so I don't know if Harry Kalas made the call or not.

Who doesn't love Harry's call though? You can't be a baseball fan if you don't respect Harry. Oh, and go Phils! we're fine as long as Garcia doesn't throw any more high change-ups. ...Spoke to soon, base hit off a high off speed pitch and more coming!

Spoiler free is the way to be...

That's a hell of a swerve...

JR hits ANOTHER homer! I know he hit a lot last year but could anyone predict this... and Utley just went five for five.

As you should. Football sucks. It was dollar dog day again at Philly, and those nights tend to attract tons of college kids. They've had problems this year at other games already, for example a previous Phils/Astros game saw that fan run onto the field and make it to second base. As I am now out of college and officially had to become a respectable human being, I don't do that any more... but it was fun while it lasted. And even though we've had 'problems' at least we're making progress. The St Joes Prep kids didn't do anything stupid on opening day this year! We're evolving, slowly but surely.

You're right, OOTP is the longest by far. I think the issue should be more about does this movie get to the heart of the book. Tons of cuts for sure, but it'll be stuff like Quidditch and Ron and Hermione's subplots. I dug Ron's in the book, but they could intergrate that in with the whole love triangle in HBP and not lose a step. Harry's story is most important and it looks as though they understand that.

I think the good thing about a 2:30 time limit (thats around what the other ones were) is it'll cut out most of the overly long, but good for a print medium subplots. This movie should be Harry-centric considering it's called Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I'd prefer another fifteen minutes to be a little more faithful to its source, but I went into GOF positive and ended up enjoying it because they got the gist of the book IMO. I wouldn't want the movies to be the same word for word as the books because I've already read the books. These films should be adaptions first and foremost... which is why I liked what they did with POA and GOF. After watching that trailer, this look like the best adaption yet.