Some rants

How was Jason not even in the bottom two?! I don't think it's some grave injustice that Brooke is gone, but she at least had one good song. Jason stinks. He stinks, he stinks, he stinks. And he's not even in the bottom two!
Also, the Canton Siebers blog has now gone private, and I tried to get onto the site and it said I wasn't invited! Come on Paula (my aunt, not Abdul), invite me!

It's a brand new crib! (well, not technically brand new)

We had a busy Saturday, highlighted by our purchase of this one of a kind* used white crib for $40 on Craig's List. It needed a paint job and it's missing a screw, but that's okay because Lorein loves a project. She was so happy yesterday painting away. It was cute. No matter how cute it is, though, it doesn't overcome the weird factor of walking into the extra bedroom and seeing a crib. A crib?! Lorein also got some weird pillow thing called a "boppy" on Craig's List for $5. All of her internet scouring finally paid off.

And here it is with the side down!

* one of a kind: it's branded as a Lea crib, but Lorein can't find any Lea cribs anywhere on the internet. So, either it's super-old, a top-secret prototype, or a knock-off produced by some criminal gang who saw all their plans thwarted by the fact that Lea doesn't make cribs. I prefer the middle option.

I love packages

There's nothing that can brighten up the end of a work day like coming home to a package in the mail. I've had some great luck lately. Last week my wonderful mom sent me a package. Today, I got home and there was a completely unexpected package from my amazing friend Clare. She sent me this adorable quilt and onesie. I love baby presents. Thanks Clare!

American Idol

Okay, I've decided I needed to comment on this week's American Idol. Clearly Jason and Brooke did the worst, but I wasn't surprised that Carly got kicked off. I mean, she sang a song that belittles Jesus! When you offend your voting base, it's unlikely they'll vote for you! As soon as she started singing, I said it was a bad choice. The thing that makes me really mad, though, is that Syesha keeps ending up in the bottom vote-getter group. She kicked booty Tuesday night and has been one of the best for the last few weeks, and she can't get out of the bottom two? It's driven me to the point where I think I'm actually going to have to start voting.

Wise marital advice

I apologize for the lack of new posts, but there's been nothing going on! That's why I'm forced to share with you some of my law school reading. Here is some sound marital advice from Justice Owen Josephus Roberts (1875-1955), who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1930-1945, and who also, according to Wikipedia, chaired the fact-finding commission that investigated the attack on Pearl Harbor:

Public policy demands that in all ordinary circumstances, litigation between wife and husband during the life of the community should be discouraged. Law-suits between them would tend to subvert the marital relation. Poe v. Seaborn, 28 U.S. 101 (1930)

Thank you Supreme Court!

Dodgers at the Coliseum

My dad and I went to the Dodgers-Red Sox at the Coliseum along with 115,000 other people. It was a lot of fun walking around the stadium before the game with all the tailgaters and mariachi bands. Dodgers' fans are a diverse and wild bunch. The field itself was a fun novelty, but I could see how it would get frustrating playing more than a few games there. The left field fence was only 201 ft. away, with a 60 ft. high screen. So, guys would hit scorching line drives off the wall that only went for a single, while others would hit little fly balls that would be outs anywhere else but would clear the screen for a home run. The best part is the Dodgers didn't even play with a left fielder. They just had Andruw Jones play up the middle like a rover while Andre Ethier covered left-center. Unfortunately, nobody hit a ground ball up the middle for Jones to field, although he did tag somebody out at second on a steal attempt. And now I can say I was part of the biggest crowd ever to see a major league baseball game!