A Brutal RiteAid/CVS/Costco Trip, And Now How Bad Does Diva Favre Look?
Quick-hitters:
- 92/101F today, and fortunately, only 27% humidity. A few days ago, it was only 95F with about 45% humidity.
If it ever hits 100F with 45% humidity, you won’t see any new blogs on this site for a while 
- The Olympics opening ceremonies start in two days!
Yawn.
- Tomorrow, I will be attending Eddie Izzard’s new show, Stripped, at the Kodak Theatre!
One might say that I’m so excited, I cannot hide it.
Since his first stage appearance on London’s West End in 1993 in the one-man show “Live at the Ambassadors”, there’s been a succession of sell-out and critically acclaimed International tours including “Glorious” in 1997, “Dress to Kill” in 1998, “Circle” in 2000 and the record breaking “Sexie” in 2003. Now Eddie’s “Stripped” and he’s coming to you.
I have five of his shows on DVD—everything from “Unrepeatable” to “Circle”—though I’ve only seen “Glorious,” “Dress to Kill,” and “Circle.” I plan on doing a marathon session of Eddie Izzard tonight through tomorrow morning…sleep is overrated, right?
- Current rebate-o-meter: $1,020 and still falling.
(Speaking of which, I have about $200 in rebates that must be filed in the next couple of days. Oops!)
- Yesterday, we went errand-running at the usual hotspots. The first stop was RiteAid, where, as expected, I missed out on all the good FA(SC)R deals. I was only able to score some cheap body wash and bug spray for ~ $2 after coupons and rebates. Meh.
Next stop: CVS. Unfortunately for me, I had run out of ECBs, so this entire trip was going to be paid for with…CASH!!!
(AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!)
My sister, on the other hand, at least had a single $2 ECB.
(Don’t ask me how we used up all our ECBs. The story is too painful to retell.)
Needing to reload on ECBs, my sister and I each bought three FAECB items—Tums, Excedrin, and Extreme Energy shots—and she bought a couple packs of lip balm.
My total: $18 (ouch!). Her total: $23 (WTF). We both went into cardiac arrest after paying what we owed.
Finally, we stopped by Costco, where we were certain we were only going to buy a “few” things. Clearly we were delirious at the time, probably from the CVS fiasco. We got our usual fare—romaine lettuce, cucumbers, some snacks, and a rotisserie chicken for dinner—and we couldn’t resist another box of pluots, which were marked down to $5 for 15! My sister also had to buy a bottle of wine for a get-together this weekend, and I couldn’t resist a tub of seafood salad (which I totally regret buying now; I didn’t expect it to be sweet!). We also bought a bag of frozen breaded chicken tenderloins, which was priced at $12.99; I could’ve sworn that this stuff costs $15+.
Total bill: $70 or so. With the wine purchase, that bill was pretty reasonable. Try convincing my sister of that, though :P.
- So I know I said I was done with the whole Diva Favre situation. I know I said that the whole saga was probably coming to an end.
Double play.
Hey Diva, what happened to you wanting to come back to play for the Packers?
Favre seemed resigned to a future elsewhere, telling ESPN’s Chris Mortensen on Tuesday morning that the “best thing for this team is for us to part ways.” (source)
And you Favre myopians still insist on rooting for the guy?
“They told him, ‘We’ll trade you, but not within the division,’” Favre’s agent, James “Bus” Cook, told USA Today for Wednesday’s editions. “His first desire was to play here. Their first desire was for him not to play here.”
I believe the Diva’s first desire was to screw over the entire Packers’ organization. Something tells me he had no intention on wanting to come back.
Favre told Mortensen he doesn’t have a problem with competing with Aaron Rodgers for the starting job, and can “truly understand” why McCarthy would make Rodgers the starter. But Favre also said a competition “probably isn’t going to work” and that “the problem is that there’s been a lot of damage done and I can’t forget it.”
What a bunch of baloney. This guy has sh!t all over Aaron Rodgers, from the day Rodgers was drafted! Does anyone recall the day Favre said that (to paraphrase) that he was not responsible for grooming Rodgers? And why wouldn’t a competition work? You’re the better quarterback! Take the job away from Rodgers, and put the final nail in his Green Bay coffin!
And as far as “damage,” I’m sure the Diva thinks he’s done little wrong.
And now I just heard on my TV that Favre is not exactly keen on a trade to Tampa Bay. WTF? I’ve said this several times before, and I’ll say it again: YOU ARE NOT THE GENERAL MANAGER! YOU DO NOT GET TO DICTATE WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO BE TRADED!!!
Please, please, please, trade Favre to the Jets! I would pay to see the New England Patriots pummel Favre into the ground twice a year. Hell, I’ll turn into a Pats’ fan for those two games if a deal to the Jets happens! I will cheer on the Pats’ D to score 4-5 Pick-Sixes (INT returns for TD), even if I’m playing in a fantasy league where my opponent has the Pats’ DST!
(Did I REALLY just say all that? Do you see how much I cannot stand this story?)
Two parting thoughts:
“The football team’s moving forward,” McCarthy said. “The train has left the station, whatever analogy you want. He needs to jump on the train and let’s go. Or, if we can’t get past things that have happened, I have to keep the train moving.”
My sister responded to this with: “McCarthy can conduct the train, as long as Favre is tied to the tracks.” Yikes!
Finally, Yahoo! Sports’ columnist Michael Silver is now my new favorite columnist. Finally, someone who isn’t in love with Favre, telling it exactly like it is!