Scatter-Brained Thoughts

…….meh. 

I still wub you, Tumblr. 

Just watched the video someone I know who was in New Orleans for the weekend posted.  Huge crowd on Bourbon Street was gathered.  Alexander Skarsgard and Stephen Moyer were working on a scene involving a cab.  Someone slap the girl in the crowd who asked Alexander Skarsgard “are you an actor?”

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Couldn’t it hear it over the sound of Kerry Wood retiring! 

themarkster09:

turn in your Baseball fan card 

I wish I could eloquently state how much I love Kerry Wood and how much I - sorry, we - will miss him.  I wish I could talk about the fact that I was just seven years old when Kerry Wood became a Cub and that I’m 21 now and he’s been the one constant through most of my life as a Cub fan.  He’s also been my favorite Cub.  I wish I could express how much it meant to see a player who truly wasn’t in it for the money or all the other crap - he really was in it for the love of the game, the team, and the fans. We all love you, Ernie Banks, but Kerry Wood was our generation’s Mr. Cub. He battled injury after injury to come back and play.  Not to mention the fact that he became a relief pitcher when he was once a starter just in order to help out the team in any way and keep playing the game he loved.  When he was traded away? He went with grace and wrote a letter to the fans saying that even though he was a member of a different ”tribe” he’d forever be a Chicagoan.  After we lost a vital member of our family, (Ron Santo, RIP!!!) he came back home, and today he retired as a Cub. In true Kid K style, he didn’t make a big deal and he didn’t fuss.  He announced early in the day that he’d be retiring and that was that. He went out in style - with a big K and a standing ovation from the fans who love him.  

I had to fight very hard to hold back the tears watching this moment today.  I wish I was there.  To think that was the last time I’ll ever see #34 throw a pitch…it hurts. I wish I could say perfectly how much he meant to me personally and how much I think it meant to the team having someone like him around….it just meant a lot.  Miss you already, Kerry.  Thank you for the memories.  Everyone says it, but I mean it.  

Thank you.