Dear Giants Fans...

Our San Francisco Giants have won more games away than at home. 42-31 v. 43-32. Yes, percentage wise, they've won more at home but the fact that it is this close is unacceptable. One place that we have struggled at home is in pitching. AT&T is a pitcher's park! Now it may sound like I am mad at our San Francisco Giants but the truth is, I think the blame lies with the fans.

Flash back to the beginning of the 2011 season. Even if the Giants were losing but it was still a close game going into the 8th inning, we won. The energy at the park was crazy. The fans believed in our team. Where did this go? Why don't our pitchers feel like we believe in them?

As much as I hate to say it: band wagon fans. 2010, we won. Awesome. 2011, everyone loved us. 2012 the honeymoon phase is over and the band wagon fans are getting to see what a relation with the San Francisco Giants is really about: torture.

But us forever fans will tell you it's the best kind of torture. John (Cougar) Melloncamp 'hurt so good' style of torture. I for one welcome our new band wagon fans, but I also want to invite you to really fall in love with the game. 

First things first. Don't EVER touch the ball if it's in play. We rarely saw this at AT&T Park. You would see fans respond to the ball like it was the 'happy fun ball' but this fallacy is more common now. Don't do it. Also, just say no to doing a wave.

But the real call to action goes to band wagoners and old timers alike. Get loud. Believe in the magic. Do whatever you can to get the energy up at the park. When we make it to the postseason, our team is going to need to know that we believe in them. 

GO GIANTS!

My sister and I on the field after running a 10K last Sunday!

So there's that.

Jessie

"Summer"

I had three weeks between Summer and Fall semester. Here is the short list of things I did in no particular order.

1. Hope's going away party - Yeehaw!
2. Outside Lands including seeing: Fitz and the Tantrums, Die Antwoord, Of Monsters and Men, Foo Fighters, Justice, Alabama Shakes, Explosions in the Sky, Big Boi, Passion Pit, Sigur Ros, Fun., Franz Ferdinand, Regina Spektor, Santigold, Stevie Wonder
3. Taco Tuesday with Christina and my favorite toddler
4. Lunch at the Ferry Building, walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, and Thai food in San Rafael with the seester
5. Meeting little Jameson, one of my sister's best friend's little baby boy
6. Beers and walks in downtown Santa Cruz with the roomie, Lisa Casagrande
7. Beers, Irish music, and Australian candies with camp friends in Berkeley
8. Lagunitas Brewery in Petaluma with the family
9. Listening to Douglas Adams books while driving many miles
10. Partying with the 1st years while I mentally try to comprehend the fact that I am now in my second year of PT school and I kind of know what I'm doing

So there's that,
Jessie

Disneyland 5K

(First off, I have to apologize for my very limited posting. I got caught in that place where you want to say so much but don't have the time/focus so you don't say anything but then you find more that you want to say but still don't have time. Circle of life. So my solution is going to be to get some quick, simple updates out there. I may go a little out of order. "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause and effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly time-y wimey stuff.")

So I ran a Disneyland 5K last weekend that was Cars Land themed. Okay, by ran, I mean mostly walked. There were a lot of people and the route wasn't the widest (think Main Street, USA). But it was a fun run and everyone was in a good mood. They had a lot of fun things on the side like cars characters to take pictures with and cast members dressed as mechanics cheering us on. We started at Mickey and Friends parking structure, ran the tram route, went behind the scenes a little, entered the park by Pooh Mountain, ran around the Rivers of America, backwards through the castle, around the Matterhorn, through Tomorrowland, took a stroll down Main Street, crossed over into California Adventure, around Grizzly Peak, circled Paradise Pier, and ended in Cars Land. Now that you are thoroughly impressed by my Disney knowledge, here are some Instagrams.

Mickey and Minnie above the start

Splash Mountain

Back of the castle

The (fake) Matterhorn

California Adventure

Ferris Wheel

Mile 3 marker

Entering Cars Land: Fillmore's snacks

The end!

Store at the new entrance to California Adventure

So there's that,
Jessie