world champs

So the Red Sox won the World Series last night. Swept the Rockies. In the end I got caught up in the excitement of an entire city and cheered along with them. It's infectious, you see. And I admit, it was some pretty amazing baseball they played in the last two weeks and I can't be mad at them for playing really well and making the games something to watch. I am looking forward to the parade, I hope I get to see at least a part of it. If that's the case, I'll be sure to take some pictures because I know how everyone likes pictures. Now don't go thinking that I'm a Sox fan now or anything because I'm not, but really, who are the Rockies? They've been around for like 5 minutes and good story or not I am firmly against brand new franchises winning the World Series (or Superbowl or whatever) until they've been around for at least 25 years. They need to EARN it. So there. :)

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I'm not sure how big of a story this is outside of New England, so for those of you unfamiliar: Before the baseball season began, this furniture company out here (Jordan's furniture) had this promotion called the "Monster Deal" (after the Green Monster, get it?). The deal was that if you bought any furniture from their stores during a given time frame, it would be free if the Red Sox won the World Series. As you can imagine, for the last two weeks this deal has been talked about pretty much nonstop and we've had to endure countless commercials from this guy who is incredibly grating on my nerves (sort of a Terry Hanks type figure for those of you from mid-Michigan). It appears that 30,000+ people bought furniture during this deal and the store is on the line for millions of dollars. They had people all over the news and the pregame who had bought furniture in the deal and were going to be getting thousands back. The store took out an insurance policy to cover themselves, but that is a crazy deal. Of course I'm now wishing that I could go back in time and have bought myself a really nice couch or something that would now be free, but alas. I would say I'm glad I won't have to listen to any more of those @$^@ commercials, but I have a feeling this guy will be using this as a marketing strategy for years. He's just that kind of a guy.

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So obviously the mood out yonder in Boston is pretty good today. A little sleepy, but good