It's not like there has been a bunch of Mets news to speak of lately, but still. The thing about baseball and the Mets is that they birth endless conversations. But lately, I've wanted to talk about the playoffs, Robert Moses, The Storm, Star Wars, Halloween, etc. Sometimes I bring it back to the Mets, sometimes I don't, but the most fluid theme of this blog is New York City, so even when the Mets aren't involved, The 5 Boroughs are. As we get to the last 8 weeks of 2012, however, I will certainly review some of the happenings of the New York Metropolitans, and of course discuss any current events as they occur.
So, I WILL get back to what brings us all here in the first place, you guys. For now, I hope you are all safe and that you or anyone you know affected by the storm has a safe recovery.
It seems as if we all understood Halloween would probably be a little muted this year. But I didn't think we would all FORGET about it. I am certainly in the group of the latter. Even before I knew about the storm sometime last week, I found myself shaving off an itchy few week beard, a sign I had completely forgotten about All Hallows Eve. I thought I had started an annual Facial Hair Halloween for myself the past 2 years, having gone as a dude with a mustache for my inaugural campaign*, and then as a Gentleman last year, as seen on your right. I kept the first one for some time into November of 2010, but I kept the Mutton Chop all of November 2011.
The second I started shaving, I suddenly realized this year's facial hair campaign would be halted before it began. Alas, I must have had some kind of intuition about this year, my subconscious figuring Halloween would be somewhat subdued. Normally, the NoHo area off the Halloween parade route of 6th Ave, south of Washingston Square Park, is like walking through a Gotham Imaginationland. Is there even gonna be a parade?
I'm sure, throughout the city, an Imaginationland will take shape, even with everything going on.
This is, indeed, New York. Maybe I'll go get the Luigi hat and 'Stache I saw together at a Halloween Shop when I took my lil sis to get a costume. I don't know...I think Big Bad Baseball Gypsy is gonna fetch it for me on his way over. I told him to go to the Halloween Shop and find the costume that I want. I didn't tell him what costume, but told him he would know EXACTLY what costume I was talking about when he arrived.
"Middle Aisle. You'll know." Regardless, it won't be the same as the real thing. Can't even count it as the 2nd and a Half Annual Facial Hair Halloween. I had been thinkin' about goin' with the Tim Byrdak, not necessarily GOING as the Byrd, but using the Horseshoe as a base. We'll see what I'm feelin' October 31, 2013. (After an Orange and Blue Autumn settles over New York.)
Here's the Goulish Song of the Day.
LET'S. GO. METS.
*October 31, 2010: It's like I was WB Mason trapped in some crazy time portal. Some people asked me if I was Wally Backman 'cause I was wearing a Brooklyn Cyclones Shirt. Ironically, I wore that shirt today, sans 'stache.
That boggles my mind. Up here, in Hell's Kitchen, where I've bunkered down with my family, I look out my window and see no flooding whatsoever. It just looks like it's raining hard with a lot of wind. I wonder if that is because 10th Ave and the mid-40's are already elevated naturally, unlike Lower-Manhattan, which is probably the flattest part of the Isle of Manahatta. I am a lucky one, and my best to all those out there that are affected by this storm. 'Cause that right there...THAT is gonna be a ton of recovery. Please, everyone stay safe. Be close to the ones you love, and to the loved ones you cannot be close to, have them in your thoughts, and let them know you're thinkin' 'bout them.
I am happy to be with my family, but to the loved ones I cannot be with, I hope you weathered the storm. And if the storm weathered you, I hope your recovery is as smooth as can be. Love ya. Here's to a full recovery in our Northeastern Land.
For now, bunker down with me and a Late Night Hurricane Track.
Hey, Ted of "Ted's Quote!" You've just watched the last game of the 2012 baseball season! Any last words on this year's campaign? "If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that Hunter Pence wins a World Series ring this year, I would have been so (effin') excited... Baseball doesn't always go according to plan."
