Yesterday I went to a game where the Oakland Athletic’s were playing at ATT Park against the San Francisco Giants. It was a pretty good game with a very nice size crowd. The park said it was sold out but I saw a lot of seats available.
I still think ATT park is one of the best I have been to, except for the stupid ramp. You have to go around so many times just to go up what would have been only a few flights of stairs. Other than that though, its a pretty nice park.
The game itself was a lot of fun. There were a lot of As fans there so the banter back and forth was really good. In our section, two fans were having a yelling match back and forth and I honestly thought I would see a fight. It was exciting.
Well thats it for today. I’m going to try to do some graphic design now.
I am still working on this blog. I have moved it over to WordPress and I have created a copy as a dev area. I am working on the styling and functionality to give me the features I want right now.
On a personal note, Amanda and I are doing amazing. She is wonderful and I’m happy with her. I’m going to an Angels vs. As game tomorrow with her. This weekend I’m going with Adrienne canoing on the Russian River. I don’t know why it is called that so don’t ask.
As a kid, I rarely remember getting sunburned. Oh sure there are those times when I would get sun burned and boy did they hurt. But overall, growing up in San Bernardino (think Hell, but not as nice), my body adjusted to the constant heat and sun. Slightly helped that I am Mexican and being in the sun is in my genes. Sadly, now my body has not seen as much sun as it used to and I think I really got burned today. It’s actually not as bad as some burns I’ve had before, but still hurts some. It’s more annoying than anything, as my knees are really burned making walking uncomfortable but my back is only slightly burned, not too bad. Overall, I’d say it was worth it to see where my body is at and where I’d like it to be. That and the fact that I spend it with Amanda was worth it.
Went cosmic bowling last night. It was pretty cool. Went with my girlfriend, (Amanda – Yehah!), her friend and another couple. I suck at bowling. Everyone else was pretty decent. Her friend Julie was really good. I think I want to get better because I forgot how competitive I can get. Watching Julie get a really good score made me envious that I wasn’t that good and having Amanda just beat the living carp out of me, while nice having a girlfriend thats better then me, really brought out my competitive spirit. I realized how much I miss sports and things like that and how much I want to do that again. Someday soon hopefully.
Ok I’m not going to lie. I like the A’s because Amanda likes them. Scratch that. She LOVES them. Yeah my last blog post I was complaining about the price of ticket’s and ordering online, but at the end of the night, it was worth it. Amanda and I had a great time. We laughed, we cheered, we didn’t cry (no need, our team won! Woot, woot!), I had a barbecue pork sandwich (messy and delicious) and best of all, we got to be on the Jumbotron-thingie. Yup, just her and I. Her looking all fine like she always is and me dancing all goofy-ish like I always do. Overall, a good night.
Ah the joys of ordering things online. I like ordering stuff online because I usually get a pretty good price on things and I love the feeling I get when I receive something good in the mail. It sucks getting bills in the mail (which is why I have changed most of my bills to paperless statements) but love getting useful and fun stuff. I got my Zune, my digital camera (first one I got not counting the camera on my phones, which is amazing considering how into tech I am), lots of cell phones, and well lot’s of other stuff. It sucks paying shipping charges but these are usually balanced out by the lower prices so its ok.
However, the one notable exception to all this is buying tickets to event’s like plays and sporting events. These places do NOT give you a discount for ordering online. In fact, they make you pay MORE for the tickets. They also make it race to buy them. First you go to the site to find the event. Then after you have found it (if you can), you have only a few minutes to buy the tickets before you lose them or have to start over. If you can manage to buy them in the precious few minutes you are given, you are charged fees up the ying yang. First there is a convenience fee of a few dollars – convenience for ordering online? They are saving money because they don’t have to have a ticket sales person manning the box office 24/7 and they charge us for their savings? Talk about a double profit. Then there is a processing fee, and a printing fee (for printing on your own printer no less).
Just to give an example, I bought tickets to an A’s game today at mlb.com but it looks like it’s using the same system as Ticketmaster. Here’s a breakdown of what I payed:
- Tickets: 2 x $13 (bleacher seats because that’s where my date wanted to sit and we are going to be late so didn’t want to pay for the really good seats for half a game)
- Convenience fee: 2 x $4.50 (1/3 the price of the ticket for the convenience of ordering at home)
- Order Processing fee: $4 (It’s a computer taking and process the order. I wonder how much that computer makes an hour)
- Delivery fee: $2.50 (This is so I can print the ticket on my printer, using my ink and paper and then handing it to myself. I love how they charge me to give myself my ticket)
So the grand total for this order was: $41.50. $41.50 for tickets that cost by themselves $26. A nice 60% markup (I think that’s what it is). Unbelievable.
So I’m trying my hand at yet another blog. I think this one will stick because I’m not setting a theme to it. It will be just a random collection of randomness. Some posts may have a point, some may even be helpful, but most won’t. That’s the way I want it and that’s the way it’ll be. Or not. I don’t know. We’ll see. Or not.
