October 26, 2006

So last night I watched Oprah. I mostly flipped during Madonna’s part, because I was waiting to see the Dixie Chicks part. Now I’ll admit, I love them so my view may be biased. (So you might want to skip down if you’re not a big Dixie Chick fan.) There music is amazing, and even though I don’t always agree with what they say, their music always draws me back. With every album, they grow as musicians, and if you haven’t heard “Taking the Long Way,” I’d suggest it because it’s filled with heartfelt and beautiful music.

Anyway, I was watching it at the gym, and I don’t know if it was because I was running on the tread mill or what, but I thought I was going to cry. They show them before a concert, when they are discussing death threats sent to them. (Although I love Natalie’s response when they show her the picture of the guy who sent the death threat, “He’s kind of cute.”) But when they showed that mother trying to get her child to say “screw them” I felt so terrible for them. It was the only time that Natalie looked like she was going to cry. First of all, I thought, well that mother is total trailer trash, but then I thought how horrible for these women who basically want to go out and play music to their fans but are treated so terrible for that.

I also realize how similar in personality I am to Natalie, because I often stick my foot in mouth, so I cannot fault her for making those comments, because when you speak, sometimes you say things that maybe you shouldn’t. Not that you regret, but in a place where you should not being saying those things. Also, humor is so hard; I find that people cannot tell when I’m making a joke and when I’m being serious because I’m so sarcastic. So in conclusion, however you may feel about them personally, it should not effect how you feel about them as an artist or limit them from expressing their views, because that is what this country was founded on, a freedom of speech.

World Series Update:
It has been one crazy postseason for Major League Baseball. The Tigers/A’s game had to be moved up because of an impending snow storm in the beginning of October and there have been multiple postponements due to rain including last night’s Game 4 of the World Series in St. Louis. They’ll try to get the game in tonight, although rain is in the forecast.

Game 4
First Pitch: 8:19 PM/est on Fox
Stadium: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO
Scheduled Pitchers: Tigers: Jeremy Bonderman
Cardinals: Jeff Suppan

World Series Notes: The ratings have been pretty terrible for the 2006 World Series. Saturday’s Game 1 was the lowest rated Game 1 of any World Series, beating last year’s Game 1 between the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. Game 2 saw an increase, but the ratings were down for Monday’s Game 3. This has led Fox to announce that beginning in 2007, Game 1 of the World Series will be on a Tuesday.


NASCAR Update:
Tony Stewart will be completing for his 11th Championship on Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Smoke already has two Nextel Cup Championships, and IRL Championship and multiple USAC Championships as well as a Karting Championship. He hopes to add an IROC Championship to that list. The Crown Royal International Race of Champions race will be broadcast live on Speed at 3 PM/est.

Kasey Kahne will run a McDonald’s paint scheme on his #9 Dodge at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. Shouldn’t say, Tony Stewart have McDonald’s on his hood instead of Kahne, who looks like he passes up a few meals a week? Oh wait, Tony’s trying to get skinny (he’s already lost 12 pounds). It might be too tempting for him having to say McDonald’s all weekend.

Tommy Baldwin, Jr. was fined $5000 by NASCAR for a rules infraction by servcing the car without a uniform or helmet on. Baldwin is the Crew Chief for the #55 Napa car driven by Michael Waltrip.

Around Sports:
Baseball
Yankees slugger and all around whiney child, Gary Sheffield had his option picked up by the Yankees. He will make $13 million next year. Apparently, Sheffield thinks he can get a three year contract somewhere else. Don’t forget he missed most of this season with a wrist injury and he’s old, selfish and lost the motivation to get better. Yeah, and I’m still bitter that he left the Braves to go to of all teams, the Yankees! But we’re so better off.

Derek Jeter and Ryan Howard were named the 2006 Hank Aaron Award winners for excellence in hitting for their respective leagues.

Basketball
David Stern, commissioner of the NBA, has asked the players to leave their guns at home. David, if they leave their guns at home how can they get arrested and end up on this blog? I guess they’ll have to go back to beating up fans in the stands. (Sadly, that never gets old.)

Football
Arizona Cardinals quarterback, Matt Leinart was excused from practice on Wednesday so he could attend the birth of his first of many children, I’m sure, in Southern California. Leinart’s USC sweetheart, Brynn Cameron, gave birth to Cole Cameron Leinart on Tuesday.

The World’s Largest Cocktail Party might be gone forever. Don’t worry, the drinking will continue, it’s just the nickname of the Florida Gators/Georgia Bulldogs football game that will change if school officials get their way. They believe the name promotes bad behavior among students. Let’s be honest, those in attendance will have the same goal, get hammered early, so you can get sobered up enough to watch the game, while fans at home will continue to drink beer while relaxing on their recliner watching the game.

Hockey
Congratulations go out to Joe Sakic who collected his 1500th point, an assist in the first period of the Colorado Avalanche v. the Washington Capitals. Sakic is only the 11th player in NHL history to rack up that many points. Unfortunately, the assist was not enough as the Avalanche fell to the Capitals 5-3.

Popo in my Crib News:
Supermodel, Naomi Campbell was arrested…again. This time it was in London, but once again it was on suspicion of assault. Honey needs to join Foxy Brown at anger management class ASAP. In February of 2000, Campbell plead guilty to assault charges stemming from a 1998 incident where the model threw her cell phone at her assistant. Earlier this year, Campbell was arrested for assaulting a maid, she believed was stealing her clothes. Naomi watch out, because the popo are on your tail!

Celebrity Tid Bits:
Congratulations go out to Gretchen Wilson whose debut album, Here for the Party, has been certified quintuple platinum for sales of 5 million copies. Here for the Party features “Redneck Woman” and “When I Think About Cheatin’.”

Congratulations also go out to Keith Anderson, whose debut album, Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll, was certified gold for sales of 500,000 copies. This album features one of my favorite songs “Every Time I Hear Your Name.”

Happy Birthday Shout outs to Keith Urban (39), Dylan McDermott (45), Rita Wilson (48), Jacyln Smith (59) and Pat Sajak (59).

Random Quote: “It feels like somebody took my heart and dropped it into a bucket of boiling tears and at the same time, somebody else is hitting my soul in the crotch with a frozen sledgehammer. And then a third guy walks in and starts punching me in the grief bone.” -Michael reflecting on the death of his former boss on The Office via ew.com. Remember The Office is on tonight at 8:30, although it’s a repeat :(

It’s been fun blogging with you,

Kate