Dan "Diseased Cat" Starr
August 22, 2004
I got an interesting email from the captains of the softball team i was on. It included the top performers in each of the category so this post is basically just for recognition of my brother and lindy who are both in it for outstanding performances.
Number: 17 - In honor of his birthday (but to piss him off i'll just say it's in honor of Scott Rolen)
Positions: Right Field, Short Stop, Designated Hitter
Honors:
2nd [Tied] in Hits with 19
1st [Tied] in Runs with 13
4th in Batting Average with .576
1st in Doubles wtih 8
1st [Tied] wtih Triples with 2
3rd (could be 4th in a re-tally) [Tied] in Home Runs with 1
2nd in Slugging Percentage with 1.030
Number: 66 - He didn't pick it (but i'll say cause he's twice the size, thus twice the number of me)
Positions: Left Field, 3rd Base
Honors:
2nd in Runs Batted In with 17
3rd in Batting Average with .577
3rd in Doubles with 5
3rd (possibly by 2nd by re-tally) [Tied] in Home Runs with 1
3rd in Slugging Percentage with .961
Number: 33 - In honor of ex-Phillie Ricky Ledee (Numbers 21, Eric Milton, and 6, Doug Glanville, were both taken)I can't wait till next season because with statistics like this i bet the captains want me to come back.</sarcasm>
Positions: Left Field, Right Center Field, 2nd Base, 3rd Base, Catcher
Honors:
3rd in At Bats with 34 (Note: This is amazing because i batted at the bottom of the order)
1st in Reached Base on Error with 10 (Note: I call these 'Legit Hits')
1st in being out on Running Mistakes with 3
1st in amount of innings played in one game with 11 (Note: played catcher for both teams)
August 17, 2004
Well i was coming back from Temple University today after an agonizing day of work. Imagine me, of all people, trying to convince people to live in an apartment. Dispite the fact that i am socially inept, i am still going back tomorrow with a set of goals. Hopefully it will be much better. Anyway, on my way back from work i was thinking that there are 5 things that i absolutely hate but i should get use to for my sake.
#1: Romantic comedies. These comedies are the scourge of mankind, with the emphasis on 'man'. I really hate these for the fact that they are rarely a good combination. Comedy and Romance should be seperate, unless it involves that delightful Ben Stiller. Actually, i should note that almost every movie that Ben Stiller is in sucks except for Zoolander and Anchorman. Back to the point, I have turned off more Romantic Comedies than any other movie. And i have a killer attention span, so that means these movies are particularly bad. At this moment in time, i think i should avoid romantic comedies like herpes, but its a necessary evil if i ever want to be with a girl again, so i guess i should get use to it.
#2: People critizing baseball. Yeah i know it's boring. Yeah i know it's long. Yeah i know it's not exciting. I still like this sport more than any other including football. I guess i like it because its a gentlemen's sport; it has less excessive celebrations than golf, bigger paychecks then any other sport, and it doesn't matter if you are out of shape you can still be good at the game. It's the only affordable popular sport (and no, indoor soccer is not a popular sport). I'm sorry that you all have attention spans of a gnat's, this game is meant to be slow and relaxing (ulness you are watching the Phillies that is - then it's a stressor). The fact of the matter is that i should just control myself when people say they dont like it.
#3: Talking to people in person. Originally this was suppose to be seperate from 'stupid people' but that is one of the main reasons i dont like talking to people. I hate talking to people, i just hate it, i dont care about anything they say. There is of course a huge exception to this, and thats after i know someone long enough so i know where they are coming from with it. Otherwise though, i feel like you are wasting my time. Human interaction is so over rated anyway. What's really ironic about this is that i have been getting a lot of comments about how people would be able to respond via on page posting about each of my posts, and i am working on implementing on it. I guess that if i really hated human interaction so much i wouldnt even consider that, or even do this website for that matter. I guess i am starting to come out of the cacoon i have been living in for the past 20 years. Expect me to be normal in another 10-15 years at this pace.
#4: Berries. My family and a select others know this but i despise berries. I hate anything that rhymes with berry. There is a story behind this that goes back to 1st grade (i think, it was one of those years) when our teacher made us eat berries in class. Come to think of it i dont know why i ate the berry, its not like the teacher put a gun to my head and said "Eat the fucking berry!" Anyway i ate it, and after i had it (i think it was a boisenberry) i vowed never to eat another again. And i have stood tall over the past 14 years about it. I'm very proud of myself. I think i should probably cave in now though, considering i eat a lot of things that i didnt eat when i was younger. Time to give berries a second chance. Not mushrooms though, i refuse to eat fungus that isn't a part of a cheese.
#5: Pop culture. I dont even know what pop culture is anymore cause i am so out of it. I *think* that its some combination of metrosexuality, reality television and rap music. Oh and home improvement. Every single thing on tv, if its not a reality show, it's home improvement. I guess i could blame this all on Tim Allen with his popular (now canceled) TV show, Home Improvement, but its just so funny when he makes those grunting noises. Hahaha... but seriously, pop culture sucks. No wonder every other country hates us. We have shitty pop culture. Forget foreign policy, the real way people from other countries get an impression from us is from pop culture. Right now i think that we are mixed up as some sort of pretty-boy, hip hopster, who thinks that we can make something useful but we are too busy keeping it real to notice that we make inferior products. Fuck it, i'm not getting use to this, i'd rather move to a different country than be contaminated by this bullshit anymore.
August 10, 2004
Three words for ya: Tim Worrell SUCKS! I would go on about that but i am way too pissed off, 6 blown saves in 19 attempts is awful, we got rid of Mesa for less than that. Jesus.
Anyway, I have been just been driving golf balls lately with my brother and every time i go out there i seem to be getting worse at it. It's weird. Like one day i go out there and i'm driving 200 consistantly maybe 260-275 long. Now i'm hitting balls backwards (i have no idea how) and scaring the girls working at the food stand. Today was no exception, other than i hit the guy collecting the balls (you know the cart that picks the balls up), it was another mediocre attempt at playing golf. Oh well. School is starting soon and hopefully i'll have better posts than this.
August 3, 2004
Well i finished the otakon update. It can be found here. Now that Otakon is over, my softball season has ended, and summer classes are done with, i dont know what i'll be doing for the rest of the summer but hopefully it will be constructive. But right now i'm all typed out.
August 2, 2004
I am back from Otakon, this is just a post saying that i am currently summing up the convention on seperate pages. Nothing is uploaded right now so dont even bother trying to find it. It should be up at the earliest tomorrow night, most likely on wednesday though. In the mean time read this comic, its somewhat funny. If you dont like it blame my brother.
July 27, 2004
Consider this the pre-otakon post. On Thursday i am going to otakon, an anime/gaming expo in Baltimore. Frankly, i call it 'Self Esteem Booster 2004' because when you are there you realize how much nerdier, dorkier, idiotic, and stupid everyone else is. It's a great time though.
In other news, Lindy, Dan (my brother) and i had our last regular season softball game yesterday. I had a pretty good game, in my first hit, i had a stand up triple but as I was running to third i kept thinking 'you know what? you need to slide, just for the principle fact that you will be regarded as hardcore in slow pitch softball.' As i was approaching the bag Lindy, who was playing third base coach, kept yelling 'stay up, stay up.' But i knew wiser than him. I then executed the greatest slide i have ever done. I guess i miscalculated the friction factor of the hard ground though because i slid right past third base and brought the base with me. The throw comes in and i'm on my back holding onto the base and the umpire calls me out because i am about 5 feet away from where third base truly is. Oh well, i knocked in the go ahead runs, unfortunately we lost in the bottom of the 7th (last inning in slow pitch softball).
Well i dont think there is anything else to say, the next post will hopefully be when i get back with plenty of pictures that Tim took while we were in Baltimore.
July 19, 2004
I need a July update... so here is a random bunch of links with my comments:
Uhh, X-Rated movie with a rabbit and a stuffed rabbit - I dont know if i should laugh at this or be shocked to see this rabbit get it on with an inanimate object. I dont know why i find this so amazing but well, i do. I guess i am easily shockable
News Article - Man loses control and beats his wife to death in front of children - This is what happens when women speak their minds about their husbands drinking problems.
Moose vs Car - The scary thing with these series of pictures is that the moose attacked this sitting car. Thats the only way i can describe how the damage was done the way it was.
Doggles - eye wear for dogs - First of all, the dog in the middle of the bottom row stole my goggles. I was gonna wear them while riding around a moped. Second of all, who the hell would buy this crap? Third of all, if you were wondering about the title of the goggles (which i am sure you weren't) it's a pun.
The Lion King - a rip off - Evidently Disney is just as unoriginal as The Simpson's suggests (The Day the Violence Died), and all animation is stolen from another source.
What super villian are you? - I was Smith from The Matrix trilogy. I guess its cause of all those computer questions i said i would be a part of .
Kontraband - Great site full of all kinds of funny movies, pictures, commercials and what not.
On a side note, Lindy called me a hypocrite for my previous post on away messages, well lindy, i'm sorry i let you down again. Deal with it.