Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Swimsuit “Illusions”

Today, when we went in the pool, I looked at the brand name of my swimsuit and sadly discovered it was called Cole “Illusions”.  It’s very comfy and I’d like to get another one, but I’m not sure what kind of message they’re sending out with the name.  Right now, I’m thinking I should be wearing Delusions by Cole.  Blech, I’m tired of being fatty fat fat fat.  So, uh, dieting in September.  You know, when it cools down to maybe the 90’s.  I diet better in cooler weather.  And yes, 95 would be much cooler here.  In fact, 95 is about perfect.  I read on the Academic Coach’s site about setting goals and going public with them.  Sure, she was talking about important stuff, like writing your dissertation.  But, I don’t have a dissertation to write, I have dessert to lose.  Same thing.  Psychologically, I’m not ready to do it now, but soon, very very soon.

An 8/26 update!  Oddly, I’m ranked #1 for Mariana (Marianna - a misspelling for the search bots) Bichette in Google, so I’m going to tell you about one of my favorite baseball products, Bullpen Buddy.  Not only is it great for helping pitchers practice, it’s a cool thing to just have in your room.  Starting next month, they’ll even be making them in major league uniforms.  So, go order one now - tell ‘em Flippy sent you.  I can’t promise anything, but maybe they’ll give you a Little League World Series discount.  Oh heck, you know what?  Tell them Flippy sent you and I’ll make sure you get free FedEx Ground shipping.  But, you won’t get it unless you tell them I sent you.

Today, Maitland, Florida was eliminated in the Little League World Series.  Crud, there’s goes the hot mom in the stands *and* my favorite player, her son,  Dante Bichette, Jr. (he reminds me of my nephew, Kyle)  They interviewed his mom, Mariana Bichette, in the stands today.  She Googled the other teams’ players.  I was thinking, “Phew, I’m glad I didn’t mention her name when I was writing about her, because she could find it when she got home.”  But, what the heck, now I’m mentioning it on purpose.  They were robbed of a home run by the umpires, and even though they lost by more than those two runs, the momentum could’ve made a difference.  There was some stunningly great defense by both teams.  Actually, the best I’ve seen at any LLWS so far.  So, I’m sad to see my favorite team eliminated already.  I think I’ll root for Hawaii now.  I dislike the coaches of the California team, so if I’m choosing a team from the west, I’ll take Hawaii.  Plus, from the one game I saw of theirs, the kids were awesome.

Heh, I just looked up Mariana Bichette in Google.  I’m pretty sure now that she wouldn’t be thrilled to find her name here, being the devout Christians and all.  And hey look, it’s not just me who’s blogging about her - Barstool Sports.  I’m not calling her a MILF though.  Frankly, I don’t find her that interesting.  Oh wait, she has a blog too, for the Little League World Series.

Next entry: Book Reviews - Yes, They Have Stacked Up Again Previous entry: Being Bobby Brown?

1. I’m really enjoying the LLWS, esp. since the Blue-state teams keep beating the little rebels.

   I know, I know, they’re just kids.

   Mallo  on  08/25  at  09:50 AM

2. *sigh*  Now I feel bad for being an evil temptress with coffee treats.  I will send low carb/low sugar treats next.

   moonandsun03  on  08/25  at  09:50 AM

3. I think it’s very cute that you watch the Little League championship.  Much more interesting than if you were writing about college football.

   Nancy  on  08/25  at  12:48 PM

4. I don’t like football, college or otherwise, so I’ll stick with the little guys and their sluminum bats and their (I hope) non-steroid use.

   I like the Hawaii team, too.  Spunky little tykes.

   Mallo  on  08/25  at  01:45 PM

5. MoonandSun, no, no, no.  All of those treats can be made to fit into a reasonable diet.  Seriously.  I LOVE them.  In fact, we want to buy more Banana Frusia, but the bottle is so darned huge.  Does it require refrigeration after opening?

   Mallo, you would like football if you were playing fantasy football.  It makes it a completely different game to watch, I swear.  I never really cared about watching football until last season, when we started playing fantasy.  It’s SO much fun.  Plus, I’ve made our league extra points happy.  I’ve doubled all of the possible points…because Silent Leanne is a points cheapskate in her league.

   Flippy  on  08/25  at  02:20 PM

6. Nancy, not only have we been watching the LLWS games, but we’ve TiVo’d them too, so we can watch as many as possible.  Until yesterday, there wasn’t a single incident of bad sportsmanship.  I wanted to tell the CA coach to quit whining because he’d already been the benefactor of a huge umpire mistake on missing the home run and calling it a hit off the outfield wall.  But alas, my voice doesn’t carry all the way to Williamsport.

   Flippy  on  08/25  at  02:23 PM

7. I, being a sucker, purchased a “miraclesuit” on eBay last year as it promised to make me look “ten pounds thinner” and, alas, I have been wearing it all week and my sister says she loves it and it makes me look like a diva. Whatever that means.

   You’ve made me want to watch the LLWS, but all that’s on in our house is Mariners games - blurgh.

   jess  on  08/26  at  10:18 PM

8. There are two games on tomorrow (Saturday) and the final on Sunday.  The Mariners can’t be playing through all three games.

   Hmmm, a miraclesuit.  Right now, that’s really what it would have to be, a miracle.  I could pull off maybe Diva Blob.

   Flippy  on  08/26  at  10:33 PM

9. Yeah Hawaii!!!!

   Lassa  on  08/27  at  07:26 PM

10. Agree with everything about Maitland and hot mom.  My suggestion was they could just run tape of Mariana in the stands even when Saudi Arabia was playing Japan.

    jd  on  09/20  at  12:18 PM

Name (required):

Email (required):

Location:

URL:

Smileys

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?