rantings & ravings

these are opinions, the only ones that matter (to me, mine), on both various stuffs and various things.

the roar of 2024

saturday, october 12th (international day against drm)

i would like the thank the detroit tigers for giving me the gift of yelling at my television and cell phone over playoff baseball for the first time in 10 years.

the tigers have one of the lowest payrolls[1] and one of the youngest rosters[2] and depending on sig figs, the youngest[3].  (the team that eliminated the tigers from mlb playoff contention in the 2024 alds, the american league central pennant-winning cleveland guardians, are in a similar situation.)  oh, and in 2024 american league triple crown winner tarik skubal, they've got arguably the best starting pitcher in mlb.  i'm, to quote a mesita song, "excited for the future".

click image to enlarge .  clockwise: me in my apartment in seattle, tigers vs. mariners at t-mobile park in seattle on 08.07.24, me in my hotel room at the mgm grand detroit in detroit, red sox vs. tigers at comerica park in detroit on 08.30.24.

this year also marked the first time in five years that i took in four tigers games.  since 2021, the tigers/mariners series in seattle has only been three games as opposed to four.  there was no series in seattle in 2020 given the shortened and adjusted schedule due to the covid-19 pandemic.  but this year during the time i was in michigan to take in the fresno state/michigan ncaa football game at the big house in ann arbor, the tigers were taking on the red sox at comerica park in detroit.  was my second time being at comerica park.  coincidentally, my first time at comerica park for a tigers game was in 2018 while the red sox were visiting.

i'm back!

thursday, october 10th (world day against the death penalty; world mental health day; world porridge day)

what have i been up to? work and lego things, mostly.  same as it ever was, at least lately.  tambien estoy aprendiendo español usando duolingo.  i just wasn't making time to do site stuffs.  i think it has helped exacerbate my approximating life as a button (being depressed).  empirical evidence would suggest that i best break out of such states via shock, either by external forces or hereditary stubbornness.  i need to spark more joy to ignite something.  it could just be things like this are sinusoidal.  i suppose if i truly felt like doing some introspection, i could try some sort of talk therapy maybe to help me uncover what might be a root cause.  but i also don't really care all that much about it.  i'm functional... enough.

anyway, i'm resolved to get back into sharing my opinions and thoughts on things to the satisfaction of me.  afterall, i'm the arbiter of what i do and don't give a fuck about.  and right now in the world, there is so much going on... that i do not give a fuck about.  as i will maintain, i could not care more as i do not care at all.  even so, there are other things i do care about.  such as, algo cosas y algo otra cosas.  stay tuned and don't forget to like and subscribe.

más tarde!