Phoenix Suns

Are the Suns the best thing in Arizona sports ever? Okay, the D-Backs winning the World Series was better, and that they won it against the Yankees was the best, but I am all for not living in the past. That said, the Suns are awesome! They have made Arizona sports fun to watch again, and I am not a great fan of basketball. Lute Olsen and his Wildcats are Gems of this state, but the Suns are "outshining" them this year. And Steve Nash is MVP again, so far as I am concerned!

Enough about sports - oh wait, there is this Randy Johnson thing! I welcome Randy back, wholeheartedly, though I still think that if the management got rid of Gonzo because he was an aging player who cost too much, how can they justify getting another aging player who costs even more? Their whole reason for booting Gonzo is moot. Gonzo was, in my opinion, the best D-Back we have ever had, because of his skill AND because of his mentoring of younger players AND because of his superb relationship and philanthropy to the state of Arizona. Randy, I welcome you heartily and hope you find peace as you finish your career here. To Mr. Kendrick and his lot: you have been very unconvincing to me, for one, that you actually care about the D-Backs organization further than your own pockets. If you want to convince me and others I know who feel the same, start meaning what you say, and doing what you say you mean. So far you have done neither.

Okay, now I am done with the sports thing. Really. Which brings me to my next topic: I have nothing else to say today.

Auntie Jane

Happy New Year

It must be astounding how many blogs out there have "Happy New Year" or some form of the phrase in the title or first line of the first post of the year. I, too, can think of no more clever title today, still recovering from the food, drink, late nights, food - oops - and festivities. Actually, I caught a cold from some anonymous Christmas shopper at Flagstaff Mall. I think what I have hacked up has been as colorful as the wrapping paper in the dumpster.

Gearing up for my Comps this semester. I haven't received the specs from Chuck and Cindy, but I have been reading whenever I can from the books I think/know they will require. I feel confident one minute, then terrified the next. Mostly I keep telling myself that it probably doesn't matter how I do on the tests, since I will probably never be able to use my degree anyway, because of the disability. MS sucks.

Resolutions? Nope. They are only failures waiting to happen. I try every day, so I don't need a holiday to add to my frustration.

Looking forward to movies expected this summer - Pan's Labyrinth sounds fun, and Spidey3 too. I am an old-time Nancy Drew fan, so it might be interesting, except that they have made it more of a parody of how "square" she is/was. Why not just update it to today's standards, or make it a period piece? Pirates, Fantastic 4/Surfer, Transformers, Harry Potter (last gasp), Hairspray, The Last Mimzy, The Number 23 - these so far I look forward to this year. Maybe that is my resolution this year...to actually SEE the movies I look forward to instead of missing them like this past year!

Favorite book today? "Mister God, This is Anna" still ranks up there. I haven't read much but textbooks for so long, I am beginning to think my favorites have "(fill-in-the-blank) University Press" as the publishers.

I love, still, Raiders of the Lost Ark, but am horrified that Ford and Spielberg are making a 4th, considering Ford is too old (sad, but true). Raiders of the Geriatric Ward?

Cheers
Auntie Jane