Victory!!

"You're simply the best, better than all the rest. Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met"

After actually looking up the lines to that song, I realize how incredibly bad it is. I never would have figured out that later on in the chorus, she wishes for death. Huh? I guess we should've seen this Ike thing coming a long time ago.

However, the first line of the song accurately depicts the past few days in the Sep's Blog World.

Let's start with Wednesday. Despite what many naysayers were mumbling about, the CHS XC girls team won their region and the CHS XC boys team came in fifth, which qualifies both of them to head to the State meet next Saturday in Colorado Springs. We had some great individual finshers as well, with Bals coming in 4th in the guys race, CH! coming in 4th to pace the girls squad, and Kels-D finishing strong in 6th. However, I was most impressed with K-Woj, (pictured here in a race in the Springs) who had a fantastic race and got 5th overall for the girls side! Everyone contributed and the trip to States is well deserved for all of the athletes. Woo-hoo Chap!

Moving along to a very important MLB game that was contested last night. Indians vs. Sox, in the Mistake by the Lake. I have to admit, I was pretty confident. As they say in the Boston side of the blog-o-sphere, "Josh Beckett is fueled by testosterone, Coors Light, and the blood of his victims". Even with Cleveland throwing out the ex-girlfriend of Beckett (left) to sing the national anthem to start the game, it didn't matter.

A home run from "Who Cares Manny" taken off the board incorrectly? No big deal. (BTW, any true Boston fan knows that the quote from Manny totally blown out of proportion by the national media. That is a good of case of "Manny being Manny" as you will ever see. Look how much he protested when they took his home run away. He was going crazy over that.)

Kenny "I played cards with Mickey Mantle" Lofton getting all up in Beckett's grill? (As the homeys in the ATL say) Not a problem, Beckett could've pushed him over and broken his hip if had so desired. And I wish he had, to be truthful and spiteful all at the same time.

And it all ended with this, Jonathan Papelbon coming in, staring down the quaking Tribe batsmen and shutting the game down. Sox win! 7-1! Jonathan really is the best closer in the game right now. Ask yourself, would you trade Corpas for Papelbon, straight up? Of course you would, if you know anything about baseball. But it wouldn't surprise me if Papelbon was a starter next year, which seems a little ludicrous to me. In Theo we trust, I guess. Now, we just need Schill the Conservative Christian Thrill to get us one more win, then we can throw the kitchen sink at the Tribe on Sunday. Should be a great weekend for baseball!


We haven't even gotten to the biggest win of the week. Every Thursday night, The Seppala family (and friends) gather at the Illegal Pete's DTC to play some good old fashioned trivia. You know, to purely exercise the brain. We always have our favorite host Thomas there, as well as esteemed quizmaster Jason. And every week, we NEVER WIN!!! We had a good string of second places there for a while, then we would bounce all over the standings. However, last night, the stars finally aligned for us. With extreme help from chick flick connoisseur CF, true Denver native R-Nack, smartest man alive Peter-man, and all the croo in the kitchen, we finally got that elusive victory. First place came to us with strategic use of the doubling joker, copious amounts of Rally Juice, and watching a lot of "The Daily Show". Reigning champs, Team Lets-Go-Red-Sox!! with a score of 88, handing out the beatdown for free. Any takers next week?

SEP