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May 4, 2008 by enchantingsunshine.
As a courtesy to some of my readers who, despite my efforts to educate them, refuse to become Orioles fans, I’m considering creating a new blog for my Orioles posts.
When I started my blog last year, I had no idea what I would write about. I started the blog in part to figure out what I wanted to write about and in part to form a habit of writing. I especially had no thoughts that I would ever have any regular readers (for that I thank all of you who tolerate my meanderings!).
When MASN magically appeared, it changed everything for me. I, myself, after so many years, did not realize how much I missed the Orioles. I never dared to dream that I would ever get to see them again regularly so I didn’t foresee that such a large portion of my posts would be dedicated to discussing (crying over) them.
Once a team is in your heart, no one can replace them. For the short time I was able to watch the Braves regularly, it was baseball, yes, but I felt no emotional attachment to the team or the outcome. On an intellectual level, I know it’s silly to focus so much attention on a sport, to feel some particular affinty or distaste for someone just because of the uniform he is wearing, but that’s how it is. So, I can choose to either deny it or embrace it. I can continue to work at solving world peace and being a better person, but when it comes to the Orioles, I have to accept that this is just who I am.
So since I can hear the groans from hundreds of miles away from half of my readers when I post about the Orioles, and groans from the other half when I post about world peace, I’m planning to separate the Orioles posts. Now, I just need a name for my blog. Polite suggestions are welcome.
Update: The new blog can be found here.
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March 9, 2008 by enchantingsunshine.
Something is definitely up. I’m having an a-ma-zing week. Here’s a brief run down of just the last few days.
This morning, my laptop was giving me issues first thing, and I thought, “Here we go again,” but my husband helped me figure out a work-around and it was all good. Our attic is almost finished now, so any day now there will be order restored to my home. Not only have I been able to listen to the Orioles games, but they’ve been playing well, and a lot better than I expected, even for Spring Training.
Let’s not forget that I was able to purchase a ticket to Opening Day.
This afternoon, I went to the gym in the fancy part of town because it’s close to a grocery store I like and I wanted to combine trips. I haven’t been to that gym in ages, and was surprised to see that all the aerobic machines have televisions attached to them!! I think the gym’s video service provider is Time Warner, so that means if TW stops fighting MASN, I’ll be able to watch the Orioles while I workout this summer!
But wait. There’s more!
I went grocery shopping and there on the shelves in the snack aisle was a product that after fifteen years of living here, I had given up hope of ever seeing in my local grocery store. It was none other than the best potato chips ever made, Utz! Utz! My favorite chips…here! I did a little happy dance right there in the supermarket aisle. I didn’t even care who saw! What’s more is that there were two bags left, which is more good news… I promptly found the manager to a) thank him and b) tell him that I waited fifteen years for this, and to please not take them away again. He said they have been flying off the shelves. Utz have only ever been sold in a small geographical region, the very same region where many Orioles fans are. So that means…there must be others here! It gives me renewed hope for my meetup group. (Membership still one.)
Things just keep looking up!
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