once again begging mlb to add a position for hype guy who doesn’t play. i want siri to stay with the rays, mess around in the dugout, hug guys who hit homers, and maybe act as stylist for some of the players lacking in rizz, but i do not really want him on the field.
i believe shallan is actually low-empathy but like so many things she was told she is or has to be she convinced herself she is a deeply empathetic person (for that is a feminine trait after all)
went to the rays-guardians game last night and had the time of my Life. i’ve been a lifelong rays fan and i’ve never seen the trop that packed (sell-out!). i really thought they were gonna lose, since the bullpen was not really killing it and the offense wasn’t materializing as much as they sometimes do, and people started leaving (as usual) before the 9th to beat traffic, but that last inning was electric. down 5-3, no outs, josh lowe starts a rally with a single and is sent home by yandy diaz doubling (almost a homer). 5-4, one out (bethancourt grounded out), with the tying run on second, wander franco comes up to bat. through the whole game, clips of his walk-off homer from the night before have been playing, and people start standing, anticipating a similar result. heartbreak; he strikes out. 5-4, two outs, and brandon lowe is up (annoyingly, to cheers of “let’s go brandon”). a wild pitch lets yandy take third, and b lowe singles, sending him home. 5-5, two outs, winning run is on first, and randy arozarena, the beloved of rays fans and team mexico fans alike (not mutually exclusive), is up to bat. my hopes are high, my expectations are low. he hasn’t been the same since the home run derby/asg. everyone is standing now, and chants of “RAN-DY! RAN-DY! RAN-DY!” are filling the stadium. someone next to me comments “no pressure, right?”, and i gleefully inform her that randy is best under pressure; if the rays could somehow manage to convince him that every game was the most important of his career, we’d go 162-0. brandon lowe steals second. the count is rising. everyone is yelling. then, boom; randy hits it into center field. the screaming gets significantly louder; it looks like it’ll be caught. but it isn’t!! the outfielder drops it, and brandon lowe scores. rays win, 5-6, the BWAHHHHHH goes off, and randy is mobbed at first. incredible ending. i’m going to be riding that high for Days.
Okay so I haven’t started reading The Stormlight Archive novels yet but I asked a cute NB friend what their fave fantasy sword is and they said Mayalaran. I just started my interpretation of her shardblade form based on the wiki and the little bit of art I’ve seen on here. Okay so far? Their birthday is at the end of next month and I wanna give them a lil painting of their favorite sword with their favorite flowers, and I think the dichotomy of life and death between the flowers and Mayalaran will be especially beautiful and also *hopefully* impress this babe of a person that I’ve had such an intense instant connection with
Oh to be Suzanne Collins and have little social media presence and to write a book regarding whatever current societal trend is bothering her at the moment.