August
1
Siren makes
Seven watch Astros game on TV; Seven wonders why she hadn’t been watching them
all along
August
4
Siren & Seven decide to start attending Astros games on a regular basis once
they find out that the cheap seats at Enron Field are only $5
August
5
1:35pm-Siren
& Seven watch game;
3:38pm-Octavio Dotel pitches;
3:39pm-Siren and Seven fall in love with him
4:48pm-Little hearts continue pouring out of Siren & Seven’s ears like in the
cartoons
August
13
Seven
buys giant foam hand to wave at game.
August
14
Dog chews finger off giant foam hand
August
15
Seven continues to wave gimp, half-eaten giant foam hand at baseball games
August
24
3:23pm-Seven
decides to invent a new drink and name it after Octavio, the best damn pitcher
in the entire world
6:10pm-Siren and Seven go shopping and buy every kind of alcohol, energy drink,
juice, and citrus fruit known to man
7:21pm-Siren & Seven start mixing ingredients like mad scientists; Seven takes
notes on all combinations
9:48pm-Still inventing... still drinking
11:51pm-unknown
August
25
4:12pm-Seven wakes up with pounding headache and takes 225% of the recommended
dosage of Aleve
4:38pm-Seven vows to someday write letter thanking the makers of Aleve
7:34pm-Seven realizes what a good idea it was to take notes because she got
so blotto while doing her “research” and doesn’t remember much
September
3 (Labor Day)
Seven watches
baseball game with her grandfather; Seven brags to Gramps about what a great
pitcher Octavio Dotel is; Octavio Dotel does crummy for the first time ever,
making Gramps tease her about liking a “crummy pitcher”
September
7
Siren & Seven keep going to games in hopes of seeing Octavio pitch again that
night; He doesn’t
September
22
8:40pm-Siren & Seven sneak down to the seats right behind bullpen wall
8:43pm-Seven waves frantically, Octavio sees her and waves back
8:46pm-Seven regains consciousness
8:47pm-Seven talks about how cute it was when Octavio waved
9:12pm-Siren threatens Seven with knuckle sandwich if she doesn’t shut her trap
about when he waved
9:18pm-Seven gets knuckle sandwich
September
23
Siren & Seven make silly jokes about the scene from the movie GHOST where Whoopi
Goldberg says, “Rita... Miller... That’s MY name... RitaMiller...” but replace
“Rita Miller” with “Billy Wagner,” another Astros pitcher
September
24
8:17pm-Siren and Seven sneak into bullpen seats and peak over the wall to watch
Octavio Dotel warming up again
8:19pm-Seven waves half-eaten giant foam hand at Octavio; He waves back; Seven
maintains composure this time
8:55pm-Siren & Seven repeat Rita Miller/Billy Wagner joke a few times
8:56pm-Billy Wagner hears them and shoots them a look
8:57pm-Siren and Seven decide not to mock Billy Wagner anymore and focus their
attention on other things
9:38pm-Seven receives 2nd knuckle sandwich for failing to go 30 seconds without
bringing up when Octavio waved at her
September
25
7:05pm-Seven brings Mom and her boyfriend to the game, Siren abandons them to
sit in bullpen seats
8:20pm-Siren spots Octavio Dotel putting Sweet-N-Lo in his tea
8:43pm-Siren tells Seven about how cute it was when Octavio put Sweet-N-Lo in
his tea
11:59pm-Siren and Seven continue discussing Sweet-N-Lo
September
26
10:54am-Siren and Seven continue discussing Sweet-N-Lo
7:15pm-Siren goes to game alone and attempts to sneak to bullpen seats; She
is sent away by drill sergeant/ticket checker and comes home early
September
27
5:30pm-Seven decides to make feature for the website about Octavio and her drink
inventing 7:13pm-Seven realizes she better haul ass if she wants to get it done
before the season is over so she can show it to Octavio
9:38pm-Seven goes to the store and buys a packet of Big League Chew to get inspired
Friday,
September 28
Seven
chews Big League Chew; She remembers the last time the chewed this foul-tasting
crap when she was a kid and vows never to buy it again as long as she lives
Sunday,
September 30
Siren & Seven watch GHOST on tv and are disappointed to see that they have edited
out the part where Whoopi Goldberg says “Rita...Miller...That’s MY name...”
Monday,
October 1
4:00pm-Seven says “Jesus Christ! Tomorrow is the LAST game we have tickets for!
I better get a move on!”
4:08pm-Seven tells all the sales reps at her job to buzz off; Uses company time
& equipment to design and write material for Octavio website and doesn’t care
since she’s quitting this lame-ass job anyway
6:22pm-Seven drives home and scurries to figure out exactly how to get the message
to Octavio that she made him a website; She hears “My Sharona” on the radio
and turns it way up with the windows down, annoying the passers-by
Wednesday,
October 3
6:35pm-Siren & Seven go to Astros game
8:38pm-Siren & Seven sneak down to bullpen and give Octavio the address
to this website