Take me out to the baseball

So yesterday I decided I would use one of my free baseball tickets that are sitting in my room doing nothing, and took myself off to the Canadians game against the Boise Hawks. After trawling the streets nearby for parking (who wants to pay $4 to park in the car park right next to the stadium, for the prvilege of having your windows shot out by baseballs?) I managed to jam my little car in a spot a block and a half away, finding subsequently that I could actually see the car from my position in the stadium. Useful to call the police if anyone tried to break into it....

Anyway, it was Hawaiian night at the stadium, so lots of people were wearing hideous shirts and grass skirts, and they had hired some Polynesian dancers to perform at various points during the evening. There were random giveaways, strange compeitions, some fairly decently priced food for sale, and some fairly uncomfortable benches, but it was a good night. Apart from the fact that the Canadians lost, owing to the 8th inning score of 5 runs by Boise. However, there were a few highlights during the night; in ascending order of fantasticness.....
5) The opposing team's catcher falling over when jogging to his position.
4) The playing of "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" during one break, which Greg sent me a while ago and which I played to my parents when they were here, resulting in my aunt and my mother both buying Big & Rich's album.
3) The Eddie Izzard-esque bad keyboard four note tune that all baseball stadiums seem to have (Wah wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah [key change] wah wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah [How about I play some Mozart? No, just keep playing that.....] wah wah wah wah.... ad infinitum)
2) The announcement that came in the third inning; "The owner of a gold Mercury Sable, registration number blah blah blah, your car is STILL RUNNING..." Much laughter.
1) The playing of the Canadian National Anthem by, and I kid you not people, the Vancouver Ukelele Circle. It was so funny I almost died of hysterics. I'm sure it's very bad form to be laughing during the National Anthem, but the entire stadium just lost it. Think George Formby with his friends, singing O Canada speeded up. Priceless.

I'm going again tonight, as it's 'Guaranteed Win Night ' - if the Canadians lose, we all get a free ticket to another game. Which could be interesting, given last night. I'm going to sit in a different bit to see if I can catch a baseball though.

Oh, and just for good measure, OUR SWIMMING POOL IS BEING FIXED AS I TYPE.....WOOHOO!!! Party at my place :o)