Sunday This and That

[susandennis]

Last night's game was a great game and a nice Diamond Club experience. It's my last game in a different seat. The Mariners gave us some free tickets so this year I've been able to sit in seats different than my own. When you are sitting that close to the action, the view is way different one seat to the next.

Plus the TV factor - making sure I don't pick my nose when the camera is on me.



The people on my right were four Canadians all decked out in their Blue Jays gear. They even brought a Canadian flag that they held up (all four of them) during the Canadian national anthem. They were Canadian nice but the woman right next to me was clearly only into it for the matching ensemble she'd put together of maple leaves and blue jays. She started whining about going back to the hotel after about the 4th inning. The Blue Jays were ahead at that point.

The couple on the right side of me were two straight guys - probably in their 30s to whom I was absolutely invisible. They left in the 6th inning. Chicks to pick up, I assume.

The guy right behind me was more obsessed with being on TV than I was. He made friends with all around and declared over and over again that all he wanted was the Mariners to win that game. He did not care who won other games.

Baseball draws some strange peops. Oh, and the Seattle Mariner majority owner was there in his seat in a casual clothes, alone, and this time he stayed the whole game. Usually he splits about half way through, presumably catching the rest of the game from his office or somewhere else in the ballpark.

The Mariners won handily. It was a fun game to watch. Today's game is at 1.

I'm still adjusting to my new living room setup. I need this table to go lower. If I removed the wheels, it would be just about the right height, I think. But, then it wouldn't roll. Or is my chair the right height. I'd love for it to be adjustable. With lumbar support. It feels too cramped over here but I'm so used to having so much stuff within reach. Maybe I need a dresser/night stand type table here on the right to hide all this shit.

Moving the table, moving the ottoman, switching sides. Lots of things to try to get it right. I need to be able to computer, watch TV, knit/crochet. Get up and sit down comfortably. Not too much to ask.

Oh, also, Biggie needs a place near me to perch that is not the keyboard.

Experimentation goes on.

Today appears to be our last Africa hot day. And the air is not too bad, either. (It wasn't horrible at the game last night, thankfully.)

I will be in here trying out various seat configurations and watching the game. A/C on, blinds down and grateful.

Comments

[kensmind.livejournal.com]

Wait, you were at that game? We watched the whole thing. I think we were distracted by the big guy in the aisle, so I never noticed you. And each time I make a point to see if you're in those good seats again. I wonder how the Canadians got there with the border still closed? Another great finish!

[susandennis]

Yes! I was there and it was great. I won't be on TV again. I'll be back in my normal seat which is to the right and just out of camera range. I can see how that big guy would be distracting!!

There were a lot of Canadians there. The ones near me flew in and out. And, apparently, others did as well because they talked about meeting them on the flight down. And spent a good deal of time trying to find them all in the crowds and waving.

[terri gordon (from livejournal.com)]

Just a thought but could you get a fairly thick seat cushion which would raise you up to a level with the table?

[texasts.livejournal.com]

Have you got carpet in your living room? You can get sliders (they have plastic bottoms) to go under the legs of your table if you took the wheels off.. Then it would still move! They even have them for Wood floors. Those have what looks like carpet on the bottoms so they don't scratch the floors. They come in a lot of different sizes too.

They both work great I can testify!

[susandennis]

You totally win. Well, actually, I win but thanks to you. I didn't know how to get the wheels off and thought my carpet sliders had gone to Goodwill but tonight I finally had had it with the desk being too high.

So I looked and NO! I still have a bag of self sticking carpet slider disks!! (actually, kind of an embarrassing amount, really).

I turned the thing upside down and yanked and the wheels came out. It's not exactly an elegant solution and might not be long term but worst case, I put the wheels back in. No harm. And so far, it glides fine and it's a good two inches lower!

So... a belated thank you for a great suggestion.

[texasts.livejournal.com]

I’m beaming! And you are most welcome.

[susandennis]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be sending you a big thank you every time I sit here and type! I'll do it via ESP.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's an amazing seat! You could probably second-guess the home plate umpire with reasonable accuracy from there.

[susandennis]

oh yeah. except, in this case, i could not see the tv to see which one of us the technology thought was correct. it was a great seat. but, honestly, i like my regular seat better. i can see the tv and it's nearer the aisle.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

We used to be able to see the TV screen provided for the grandstand seats (small screen and not very good resolution) but since we moved forward six rows we can't see it any more. (I'll take it.) From both our old seats and our new ones it's easy to tell whether a pitch is high or low, but inside/outside is pretty much impossible to judge, since we're basically seeing the batter/catcher/umpire in profile.

Meanwhile, watching yesterday's game at home, it was clear that the plate umpire was all over the map, and the commentators were all over him (Eckersley was particularly scathing).

[susandennis]

Dennis Eckersley is one of your broadcasters??? I did not know that. I need to tune in some time to hear him.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

He's an increasingly frequent "analyst" on NESN (and I expect we'll be hearing even more of him now that Jerry Remy is unfortunately going through yet another round of lung-cancer treatments). He's a lot of fun, and (as a recent column by a local TV critic noted) he doesn't pull his punches.

[susandennis]

what's NESN?

[rsc.livejournal.com]

New England Sports Network. Owned jointly by the Red Sox and the Bruins, carries most of their games. We get it as part of our cable package; there may be other ways to get it, but you'd probably have to pay.

[susandennis]

gotcha. we have the same kind of thing here. thanks!