dolor

pain is just as much a part of life as happiness. wahh wahh wahh.

i believe this actually. but not in a depressing fashion...in fact, i think that we just have to accept that pain happens. but we shouldn't try to relive it. why put ourselves into those moments again? we can not go back and find happiness there.

when we cry i think it is because we feel helpless. 

fear
sadness
anger
joy
awe
whatever...it is...we cry in those emotions because we are in no control. we feel small; we are moved in that moment because something external has made us helpless.

i cannot think of a state of crying where helplessness is not the root of being brought to tears.

here is a photo of the eye and county hall in london that i took in 2006

my sentiments exactly sir

Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hit
Feelin' lit, feelin' light, 2 a.m., summer night.
I don't care, hand on the wheel,
Drivin' drunk, I'm doin' my thing
Rollin in the Midwest side and out,
Livin' my life, getting' out dreams
People told me slow my roll,
I'm screaming out, fuck that
Imma do just what I want,
Lookin' ahead no turnin' back
If I fall, If I die,
Know I lived it to the fullest,
If I fall, if I die,
Know I lived and missed some bullets

CHORUS:
I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know,
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold
I'll be fine, once I get it, I'll be goooood.
I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know,
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold
I'll be fine, once I get it, I'll be goooood.

Tell me what you know about dreamin' (dreamin')
You don't really know about nothin' (nothin')
Tell me what you know about them night terrors, every night
5 a.m, cold sweats wakin' up, to the sky
Tell me what you know about dreams, dreams
Tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin'
You don't really care about the trials of tomorrow
Rather lay awake in a bed full of sorrow

CHORUS:
I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know,
Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be goooood.
I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know,
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold
I'll be fine, once I get it, I'll be goooood.

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know,
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold
I'll be fine, once I get it, I'll be goooood.

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know,
Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness
And I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah
I'll be good

Pursuit of happiness, yeah.
I don't get it, I'll be good

Ugh.
Ah, man,
Ugh, ayite, ugh
Room's spinnin'. Room's spinnin'.
Matt... Zulie... wait.
Oh my god why did I drink so much and slug so much?, ah
Ugh, fuck.

Game 5

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images

Outside of Benoit and Valverde, Detroit you have no bullpen.  You have a good, maybe even great pitching staff, that has been able to lock down most of the length of games for you to beat opponents.

The problem is that you are facing probably the most dangerous lineup in baseball 1-9.  The Texas Rangers have the ability to wear out and/or hit any pitcher in the game.  Pitchers, no matter how dominant they are, don't carry a 0.00 ERA over time; they give up runs at some point.   Furthermore, the Rangers are in a sense changing the way baseball is played in that they are showing that a significantly deep bullpen can carry your team.  Quality Starts have been irrelevant as the club is now 6-2 this post season with no pitcher going beyond 6.0 innings, which was once.

The Texas Rangers have statistically and athletically the best team left in the playoffs.  But in the end, it's all speculative.  Guys preform or they don't.  

Oh my Rangers, I can't believe you guys are doing this again.  I'm so proud!