Armstrong Atlantic State University/
University of Southern Indiana Baseball
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Ended up being a long day.

I woke up to beautiful weather in Savannah. It was so nice, I wasn't going to let the day go to waste. I got up, got dressed, grabbed my camera, and went to Armstrong. The college baseball season is in full swing. I haven't been to a baseball game since the one in September. I have been in the doldrums the past few months and figure that baseball and spring weather were the perfect antidote. I ended up getting a major sun burn on my upper arms and a minor one on my face, but I rather have them than be sad. The Pirates defeated the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles, 9-4. It was a double header, but I only attended one game. My poor body couldn't take another game, and I didn't have enough battery power on me. The game I saw, the Pirates darn near blew it. They put the game away in the bottom of the 8^th with a 3-run homer. Around the time of the homer, I had gotten together with one of my best friends, Joey. He'd been working the Writing Center conference at Armstrong and had a break in his schedule. He came over to check on the game.

After the game, I headed over to the conference and spent some time with him. He was driving one of the shuttles for the conference, and had me ride a few trips with him. He introduced me to his passengers as his best friend. I never thought I was best friend material, especially to him. He took them on a little detour to show them a house of the lady that hung the jury for one of the Jim Williams murder trials many years before I lived here in Savannah. It was his little personal touch on the shuttle service. The people in the car were impressed. Tourists eat up anything about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The lady of Joey's story was his grandmother's next door neighbor. He remembers her scaring him as a child.

After the conference ended, Joey and I went to his house to watch a movie he ordered last week. He originally ordered the TV movie Captain America II: Death Too Soon, but was shipped the first movie, Captain America. He didn't mind the error, so he kept it. I joked I should come see this movie. It was so 1970s and so cheesy. We kept making cracks at the silly stuff. I will say it wasn't a bad as The Master.

When the movie ended, I went home and spoke to my dad. I also picked up some of my DVDs to lend Joey. Ever since I got Airplane!, he's been wanting to see it. I also lent him 2 other movies I enjoy that he hadn't seen. One is I feel is required 1980s movie cheesiness. The other one contains a quote I use a lot that I picked up from my mother. I ended up going to dinner later with Joey and his uncles. His family's been nothing but nice to me and in a sense, have adopted me. After dinner, we went to CVS and Barnes and Noble. I got some aloe lotion for my skin and we each wanted some book browsing. I ended up getting Don't Throw Away Tomorrow : Living God's Dream for Your Life to read.

The last thing we did for the night was go to a bar. Yes, anti-bar Shawn was at a bar. But, since I was with a friend, I felt safe. We met with one of Joey's bar pals. I had met this friend the last time I went to a bar with him. We ended up spending the night playing darts and cutthroat. I didn't know how to play either, so they taught me. There was also some karaoke going on at the bar, so Joey got us and sang a few songs, too. I did have fun.

As a result of being gone all day yesterday and just having a life for once, I took today off. I may go to bed early as a result.

Posted by Shawn at February 10, 2008 9:12 PM in Baseball, Flickr Photos, General.