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Chapter 6
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I pulled away from him VERY quickly… a little too quick actually. /: I was just caught off guard.
We just looked at eachother for maybe half a second straight in the eyes and then he apologized to me.
"Oh, 'Liyah, I'm SOO sorry!!" I gave him a confused face, because I didn't understand what he was apologizing for.
"Sorry, maybe that was too so-" I cut him off before he could finish saying 'soon' by kissing him.
I could tell he was smiling. I love that (=
But next thing I knew we were making out.
He got ontop of me and he stopped kissing me
In my ear he whispered "spend the night with me and get popular baby" in his little singing voice. I smiled, just at that fact of him quoting his own song. But I jokefully pushed him off me and said, "now that is a little too soon" I said with a huge smile on my face. I got off the bed and started walking out the hotel room. I turned my head towards him while walking away and said "see you tomorrow"
"I'll call you tonight!" I heard him yell as I was closing the door.
I don't think the smile on my face left at all the entire rest of the night.
I just went on a DATE with LIL TWIST, the boy I have been in LOVE with for YEARS.
I kept saying that in my head over and over again.
I just couldn't even believe that it was true.
I woke up the next morning, thinking about twist and I's conversation on the phone last night
Twist—I want to keep seeing you
Me—I want to keep seeing you too!
Twist—its gonna be hard, with me being on tour right now. And after when I go back home to Miami…
Me—well, how often would I be able to see you?
Twist—maybe once or twice a week once tour is over. But I don't know if I'll be able to see you again after this break until august…
Me—yeah its definitely going to be hard, but I really want it to work so we can atleast try………….
I sighed and got out of bed. I grabbed my phone to see 2 texts.
1 from twist… "Goodmorning baby :) call me when you wake up so we can make plans for today"
And 1 from my mom… "Going to Aunt Shanell's. Should be there most of the day"
I put my phone in the pocket in my sweatpants, threw my hair up into a messy bun and walked down the steps. After I made myself breakfast I called twist and he's just going to come over for the day. I was really exhausted and didn't feel like doing anything.
I didn't even change out of my pajamas, put on makeup, or fix my hair. All I did was brushed my teeth.
When twist got there, he lied and said I looked beautiful. He tried telling me he wasn't lying, but I know he was. How could I look beautiful dressed the way I was? o____o
But, we just hung out the entire day again. Made out a few times, cuddled a bunch… a few serious conversations about family and our relationship, and a bunch of random conversations that I don't even know why we talked about them.
My mom came home around dinner time and we all ate dinner together and her and twist got to know eachother better. A little bit after dinner he went home, I had school in the morning and he needed to make his way to his hometown, dallas tx, in the morning.
I had my arms around his neck and he had his arms around my waist as we were talking right before he left
"when can I see you next"
"well, I have dallas tomorrow, then Houston, then new Orleans… then a 2 day break. Ima try my best to make it here the night after the new Orleans show, so we have 1 whole day together but I'm not sure if that's definitely gonna work…"
I sighed "okay well, will you call me everyday?"
"5 times a day!! Gosh ima miss you like shit. We've only spent 2 days together but they were the best 2 days ive had in awhile"
I smiled and sighed again at the same time.
"I know, but good luck at your shows. I know you finna kill each one. No flirting with the cute fans… and all that."
He laughed. "I'll text you in a little bit" he gave me a long, passionate kiss.
"Bye, chris" I said as he walked out the door
"Oh, calling me chris now?"
I chuckled "yes, aren't I supposed to call my boyfriend by his name?"
He put a huge smile on his face as soon as I said the word boyfriend.
"bye Aaliyah." And he walked out my front door )=
Chapter 5
The next few days were a drag. I was just waiting until the weekend so twist could come visit me. We've been texting everyday and we talked on the phone like 2 more times. But it was finally Saturday and he showed up at my house. My mom answered the door and she called me down.
"What is he doing here!!!!!" she whispered to me
"he wanted to come over" I responded with a shrug.
I grabbed his hand and took him upstairs to my room.
"No hug?"
I smiled and gave him a big hug
"So, why didn't you tell your mom I was coming over?" he asked me.
"I don't know… I didn't know I had to.."
"well, did you even tell her about the concert?"
"I told her about the concert and how we've been talking I just forgot to tell her you were coming… she doesn't care though. She's cool. And she's a fan of you"
He smiled/ laughed.
"okay well, what do you want to do today?" I asked him
"Ya know…. I never been to Disneyland"
"Forreal? Oh my gosh, we have to go there then! And its only a few minutes from here"
He smiled, then I got nervous after he said "So, our first date huh?" I could tell that my face got BRIGHT ASS red too. And that never happens to me.
I just smiled and calmly said "yeah, I guess so." I was calm on the outside, but most definitely NOT the inside!
So we went downstairs, told my mom we were leaving, got money from her, and we went out my house. Of course he drove his brand new jeep to my house as his car. I was totally expecting that. But anyways when we was in the car, the B E S T thing happened. I turned to my normal radio station I listened to and Lil Twist ft. Busta Rhymes- Turnt Up played!
"OH MY GOD!" I gasped. And I completely forgot I was in the car with him -___-
He smiled
I looked at him and I shrunk down in my seat.
"sorry. I just…… well… this is my first time hearing you on the radio and I'm just happy!"
He smiled that perfect smile again.
Then twist asked me to tell me more about my self, so for the rest of the car ride I let him know everything about me.
Then when we were at Disneyland we had SO much fun. The best thing about talking and hanging out with him is that everything is so natural. Were always laughing, and there is never any of those "awkward moments" when no one has anything to say. We rode almost every ride. And when we were stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel I was so tempted to kiss him. But I knew I couldn't. i'm a little bit upset with the position our relationship is in. because its like were bestfriends. And that is the WORST thing to be with someone when youre in love with them as much as I am in love with him…
But, I way rather be bestfriends with him instead of the fan that he doesn't remember after he gets back on the tour bus or something.
After we left the park we went out to dinner.
He asked me what I wanted and I said I was just in the mood for chipotle.
He told me that his favorite thing about me is that im simple.
Im not sure if that's a good thing, but he said he liked that about me so I guess it is…
Then we went back to his hotel and he went to go check in with the girls (team twist) on twitter while I went and laid down in his bed and turned on the tv. After like 10 minutes he went and laid next to me. Well, sorta, he kinda sat up rather then laid down. But whatever. I could tell he was looking at me so I looked up at him.
"I had more fun today then I have in a while"
I smiled "oh…. it was iight….." I joke.
He read the sarcasm in my voice and smiled back.
Then before I could even tell what was going on, his soft but strong lips were pressed against mine.
Chapter 4
Devonte's mom picked us up from the concert and when I get home I realized my mom had waited up for me. "So, Aaliyah, how was the concert?" Me and my mom have the best relationship so I told her everything. "Oh goodness, isn't he a little old for you? Your 15.. he's 18…" "That's not too old! Age is nothin put a number!" "Well, jail aint nothin but a room then!" -_______________- "Stop. And, you and dad are like 7 years apart so you aint got to room to talk!" She laughed. "Goodnight Aaliyah" and she went up to bed. I went into the kitchen, got a soda, 2 amps (energy drinks) and some chips and went up to my room. I sighed. "5:00 please hurry up!" I said quietly to myself. I look at the clock, and its 2am. I'm getting VERY bored and VERY tired. So, I turn the sound on my phone all the way up and set an alarm for 4:55am. Then I try to fall asleep… but it doesn't really work. I laid there until 3:17 then I opened my laptop back up and turned my tv back on. I guess I'm too excited! The next 2 hours felt like 2 years. But it finally hit 5:00 and I was about to dial Twist's number. Then I realized that it would look bad if I called at exactly 5, so I waited until 5:11. LONGEST 11 MINUTES OF MY LIFE! It rang twice. "Hello?" and it wasn't twist's voice. I sighed into the phone. "Hi Xavier" (Xavier = Lil Za real name) "Dang girl, how you know" I laughed "Nigga I know yalls voices!" "Hi Aaliyah" I heard in the background…. That's awkward. Im on speaker. "Hey Khalil" "DAMN!" Za said "You do know our voices" "Yeah, I do… Twist" He laughed his sexy laugh "What you doin boo" The 4 us talked until like 9:30. Khalil fell asleep at 8, Twist at like 9:10 and then Za chose to go to sleep at 9:30. That was the best phone call of my life. And it was cool because I didn't act shy or anything like I thought I would. I was just being myself and we just talked like we have been bestfriends all our lives. I mean, of course Za and twist have and Khalil has for a couple of years now but I just met them a few hours ago and I felt as if I completed their puzzle :) I have now been awake for 24 hours, and I am tired AS FUCK. But I just still cant fall asleep. I know that Devonte is up by now, he always wakes up early so I decided to call him. "Hello?" Devonte answered with a yawn "Oh, shit, sorry did I wake you?" "No," he laughed "I'm just tired" "Oh okay," "so, how was your little phone call?" "Oh my gosh it was perfect!" "Did yall flirt the whole time? Did you have phone sex? Do yall go out now?" "Devonte shut the fuck up. No, no, and no." I joked. "We just talked. Me, him, za, and Khalil. No flirting. Just, talking. And laughing. It was real fun. But, he did say he's gonna fly out here after his next 2 concerts because he has a 4 days break!!" He laughed. "aww well I'm happy for you! But, have you gotten any sleep yet?" "No… I cant fall asleep!" "Nigga, go to bed!" I laughed "whatever I'll try!" And I hung up.
Devonte's mom picked us up from the concert and when I get home I realized my mom had waited up for me.
"So, Aaliyah, how was the concert?"
Me and my mom have the best relationship so I told her everything.
"Oh goodness, isn't he a little old for you? Your 15.. he's 18…"
"That's not too old! Age is nothin put a number!"
"Well, jail aint nothin but a room then!"
"Stop. And, you and dad are like 7 years apart so you aint got to room to talk!"
She laughed. "Goodnight Aaliyah" and she went up to bed.
I went into the kitchen, got a soda, 2 amps (energy drinks) and some chips and went up to my room.
I sighed. "5:00 please hurry up!" I said quietly to myself.
I look at the clock, and its 2am. I'm getting VERY bored and VERY tired. So, I turn the sound on my phone all the way up and set an alarm for 4:55am. Then I try to fall asleep… but it doesn't really work. I laid there until 3:17 then I opened my laptop back up and turned my tv back on. I guess I'm too excited!
The next 2 hours felt like 2 years. But it finally hit 5:00 and I was about to dial Twist's number. Then I realized that it would look bad if I called at exactly 5, so I waited until 5:11. LONGEST 11 MINUTES OF MY LIFE! It rang twice.
"Hello?" and it wasn't twist's voice.
I sighed into the phone. "Hi Xavier" (Xavier = Lil Za real name)
"Dang girl, how you know"
I laughed "Nigga I know yalls voices!"
"Hi Aaliyah" I heard in the background…. That's awkward. Im on speaker.
"Hey Khalil"
"DAMN!" Za said
"You do know our voices"
"Yeah, I do… Twist"
He laughed his sexy laugh
"What you doin boo"
The 4 us talked until like 9:30. Khalil fell asleep at 8, Twist at like 9:10 and then Za chose to go to sleep at 9:30.
That was the best phone call of my life. And it was cool because I didn't act shy or anything like I thought I would. I was just being myself and we just talked like we have been bestfriends all our lives. I mean, of course Za and twist have and Khalil has for a couple of years now but I just met them a few hours ago and I felt as if I completed their puzzle :)
I have now been awake for 24 hours, and I am tired AS FUCK. But I just still cant fall asleep. I know that Devonte is up by now, he always wakes up early so I decided to call him.
"Hello?" Devonte answered with a yawn
"Oh, shit, sorry did I wake you?"
"No," he laughed
"I'm just tired"
"Oh okay,"
"so, how was your little phone call?"
"Oh my gosh it was perfect!"
"Did yall flirt the whole time? Did you have phone sex? Do yall go out now?"
"Devonte shut the fuck up. No, no, and no." I joked.
"We just talked. Me, him, za, and Khalil. No flirting. Just, talking. And laughing. It was real fun. But, he did say he's gonna fly out here after his next 2 concerts because he has a 4 days break!!"
He laughed. "aww well I'm happy for you! But, have you gotten any sleep yet?"
"No… I cant fall asleep!"
"Nigga, go to bed!"
I laughed "whatever I'll try!"
And I hung up.
Chapter 3
After intermission we went back to our seats and Diggy preformed, then twist, (which was the BEST one of the night) and then Tyga. Once it was all over I got nervous.
"I'm nervous!!"
"Don't be. There just people"
"I know but…"
"Common!" he said as he took my hand and pretty much dragged me out of the arena. I was walking as slow as I possibly could to get to the room. What if when I walked in twist was already there?!
We got there and like I said… twist was already there. He was in the middle of talking to some fan and then of course, the door slammed and EVERYONE looked at me. Most people rolled their eyes but twist smiled :)
Twist watched me and Devonte walk towards his line and smiled he again.
"Did you see him smile at me?!" I said to Devonte as quite as I possibly could.
"Maybe he was smiling at me?" he joked. I stared at him.
"What? I'm pretty cute if I say so myself."
"You're not funny!"
He laughed.
I looked at Devonte, "is my hair okay and everything?" I asked
"and my makeup isn't messed up or anything?!"
"No Kaliyah, you look beautiful as always. Stop worrying."
I smiled. Devonte is so sweet. But most of the time I think he gives me compliments just to shut me up…
Next thing I know were up next to meet him. I suddenly go from shaking all over the place… to being totally calm. I'm not quite sure why, but everything just felt normal. Like this was just a regular day with a regular person.
And then it was our turn. Devonte said good luck in my ear and then turned around.
"Where are you going?"
"Just to sit over here… I have no reason to meet him"
I turned around and walked up to him.
"Hey baby" he says to me. And I smile the world's biggest smile.
He smiles, "I saw you earlier"
"…you did? Where?"
"in the crowd, you was singing all the words and everything!"
I laughed. "fuck yeah, I was hype! You did so good!"
"Aww thanks love"
"You're welcome! Umm, can I get a picture?"
Twist then put his arm around my shoulder and I put my arm around his waist and Devonte took a picture, and sat back down… for some reason he looked really upset but I just kinda ignored it… /:
"So, anyways, I feel like I seen you before?" Twist said to me.
"Umm… well I never met you before now"
"yeah I know, I woulda remember that…" I smiled..
"do you have a twitter?" he continued
"Yeah! It's ______"
"yeaaah, that's where I seen you at… yo name…. Kaliyah?"
I smiled again. He noticed me off twitter!!
We talked a little bit more and then Khalil came out.
"Khalil!!" I said and gave him a hug.
All 3 of us talked and then Cee Cee came out this time.
"Heyy! Seeing you again!!"
"hi cee cee!"
"Yall know eachother…?" Twist asked.
"Noo, I just met her outside a little bit earlier!" Cee cee said.
"But anyways, its 12:30 yall, we have to go!" she continued
"Alright hold up. Yall go lemme just say bye to Kaliyah!"
"iight," Khalil said and him and cee cee walked out.
Then it was just me, twist, Devonte and some security guard in the room.
"alright well, ill see you sometime" twist says and tries to give me a hug but I don't let him.
"hold up,"
"umm… I might look dumb as fuck asking thing but uhh… could I get your number?"
He laughed. I shouldn't of asked that………………………………
"Ya know, I have met so many fans before and none of them have ever asked me that"
"forreal? Damn. I always been sayin that when I meet you I was gonna ask…"
He laughed again.
"its, 207…"
"oh wait!" I pulled out my phone and went to create a contact.
"okay, 207…?" I said.
"its 207.345.8024." (I just made that up yall, don't be callin that number or nothing! LMFAO)
I was smiling hella big again.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome! But you BETTER not give that out to no one. & forreal I mean no one."
"I promise! But.. if I call or text you will you answer?" I said while half-way laughing…
"ummm, yeaah. If you wanna call me tonight you'll have to wait until like 4:30-5am…"
"okay… I probably won't be able to sleep tonight anyways…"
He laughed. Shit I love his laugh.
"okay, call me then!!"
"I will."
He smiled and gave me a hug
"bye boo" he said
And he walked out the door.
Chapter 2
When we pulled up at the house of blues, there were only maybe 5 people standing in line.
"Oh my gosh! Perfect!" I say looking out the window. Devonte rolls his eyes and sighs. My mom pulls off to where the other people are standing and lets us out.
"Bye guys! Have fun, but be careful!" she says out the window. Me and Devonte go and stand next to the people. One of the girls says hi!
"Hey," Devonte responds.
"are you guys here for the concert?!"
"yup!! I'm so excited!" I reply.
"I know me too!! I've been standing out here for 2 hours already…"
"Damnnn! Why so early?!" Devonte says to her.
"Because!! I don't have an actual seat. I'm just trying to meet Jawan and Trevante!!!"
"Oh… so you're not actually watching the concert?" I asked.
"Aww… well I hope you get to meet them!!"
"Aw thanks! Me too! Well.. ill talk to yall later!"
Then she turns around to her group and I turn to Devonte, and notice he's already sitting on the ground, so I join him… I'm definitely not standing for 9 hours…
"okay, so I want to explain my plan to you"
"Oh god.." he mumbled..
"nothing… what is your plan love"
"Okay well.. I'm not fans of Jawan and Trevante if I don't meet them I won't give a fuck. But, if they're standing right in front of us were obviously going to meet them… Act like big fans & take a picture and shit. Then there's Diggy and mindless behavior. I definitely want to meet them and it would be amazing if I could but they are still not our top priority. I have to meet tyga. End of story. And if I don't meet twist…… you already know"
"forreal doe" I replied to his laugh.
"okay, I got it. But we have vip… so don't we get to meet all of them?"
"yeah… but I think there will be a lot of people in there and I don't think there will be enough time."
"oh… okay."
So, its now 5:00 and now there are so many people in line behind us. A security guard comes around and asks if anyone has any sort of vip package, which me and Devonte do so we show him our passes and go with him. After they collected all the people we walked a little bit around the building and into this door that read employees only. I started getting nervous again. What is twist was standing inside that door.
Then we walk inside, and he wasn't…
The man took us to where we would be seating and said sound check would start in a few minutes. But the only mindless behavior did sound check so it wasn't that big a deal. After that there was a lady, who was apparently Jawan's mom, but I wouldn't know. And she took us into a room and she said to organize ourselves into lines. 1 line to meet Jawan.. 1 for Trevante and so on. So we organized ourselves into 6 lines. I noticed almost half the people went into mindless behaviors line. But me and Devonte of course went into twists line. There were 4 other girls also in our line. I got in the very back, because I didn't want to feel rushed while I was with him.
We waited, and waited and waited. Then finally around 6:30 Jawan came into the room. He met all the people in his line and then I called him over to me.
"Umm… I know I wasn't in your line but can I get a picture with you?" I asked him.
"Uhh… yeah sure!" and then Devonte took a picture.
About 5 minutes later Trevante came in. once again, I got him to take a picture with me.
All the people in Jawan and Trevante's lines left…
But the rest of us were still waiting and waiting. then it was 7:00. The concert was supposed to start now.
Then it was 7:15. And I can hear Jawan on stage.
It was then 7:30 and we were still waiting.
Then at 8:16 I thought my world was over.
Another lady walked in, no idea who she was but what she said devastated me.
"Now… I'm very sorry but I'm going to give everybody a ticket.. that you cannot lose!! At the end of the show go up to the box office and give them the ticket. They will give you back the $500 you paid for the vip… but not the 75$ that you paid for admission for the show. I'm very sorry but there is a small chance you will be meeting these boys tonight. But, come back during intermission because there is still a small, and hear me on this when I say small, chance to meet them. I am very sorry, and enjoy the show"
"WOW!!!!" Devonte said.. he sounded mad.
I on the other hand couldn't even say anything. My face was just :O the entire time as me and Devonte walked to the arena and to our seats. I just tried to forget about it, because in an hour or so Lil Twist & Tyga would only be a few feet away from me.
When we got to our seats Trevante was performing. Which I didn't really care about so I was talking to Devonte.. well more like screaming but whatever.
"I cant believe this!!" I said to him.
"Don't worry about it. There is still a chance!"
"Did you hear what she said?! She said SMALL chance!!!"
"That still A chance tho!! Just pretend as if you are definitely meeting them, just not until after!!"
I sighed. And realized Devonte was right. He really is the best. I give him a hug.
Right after mindless behavior got off stage we went to the room were at before, since the lady told us to come back. We were in there for maybe 5 minutes before she finally came in. and I swear they were the LONGEST 5 minutes ever.
"Good news guys!! You will be able to meet the boys after the show :)"
Dkjsaingieniwaj THANK YOU GOD!!!
"Tyga will perform last," she continued.
"And right after his performance come back here and line up in the lines like you were in earlier. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Also, on your way out put the ticket I gave you back in the little jar next to the door since you no longer need a refund. Enjoy the rest of the night and show"
I didn't even know what to do so I ran up to her and gave her a HUGE hug. "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!" she laughed and hugged me back. "Your very welcome sweetie"
As me and Devonte walked out the room, I saw Cee Cee! (Lil Twist's assistant)
"Cee Cee!! I yelled across the 'hallway'."
She turned over and looked at me, and I walked towards her. "hi!!"
"Can I get a picture with you?"
"Of course!!"
"Are you #teamtwist?" she asked me.
"HELL yes!"
She laughed, "can I take a video of you for Twist's album?"
"Umm… yes!! What am I supposed to do it in?"
"whatever you want!"
"okay!!" I said, and she turns her camera towards me
"Don't get it twisted album coming soon! Team twist!! Love you lil twist!!" was all I could think to say. I guess because I was just nervous but whatever it didn't matter!!
Cee cee and Devonte laughed. And I sighed. "sorry I guess I'm just nervous!!"
"its totally fine. But I have to go find Cortez! it was great meeting you!!"
"you too ! & thank you!"
And she walked off. When she was gone Devonte gave me a little shove.
"your dumb as fuck!!" he said while laughing.
"what did I do!!"
"what you said was all boring!!"
"shut up! I was nervous!"
"I know and I'm just playin wit you! Now can we get some food! I'm STARVING"
I laughed. "me too!!"
Chapter 1
"Aaliyah!!!" my mom screams down from the kitchen. "Come down here right now!" The fuck did I do this time.
"What mom!" I say as I jump down the steps.
"Open this envelope"
"To the parents of Aaliyah Dorsey from Central Middle School", is what read on the front. Shit. The fuck does my school want! I open the envelope & pull out a piece of paper which just has a smiley face on it which someone drew with a purple marker. I look up at my mom confused.
"Umm… what is this?" I say to her. She is trying to hold it back but I can tell she is excited about something.
"Jus-Just pull out the other paper!!!"
I sigh, and put the smiley face paper on the counter and pull out the next piece of paper and realized it was 2 tickets….. on them it reads:
106 & Parks Closer To My Dreams Tour Featuring: Mindless Behavior, Diggy Simmons, Lil Twist, Trevante, Tyga & Jawan Harris. Sunday, July 10th 2011 House of Blues Anaheim, California. Seat F Row 1.
And a bunch of other stuff but I threw everything in my hands in the air and screamed. My mom got me VIP concert tickets to see Lil Twist & Tyga!!!! (Who I am also a HUGE fan of) & in front row!!! & an extra ticket to bring a friend!!!! dkljsfaioejsaf was all I could think and say. I gave my mom the biggest and longest hug ever!!!!!!
*The day of the concert*
I wake up at like 8:00am. I NEVER wake up early; I just must have been nervous and excited. I go take a shower and when I get out I hear my phone ringing… its Devonte. He's who I decided to bring to the concert with me. He's not a big fan of any of the performers… but he's my best friend and I wanted to share the best day of my life with my best friend :D
"Hey, you excited?"
"I can tell!! Your awake and its only like 8!"
"I know. It's crazy!!! Umm, I have to talk to my mom first but I want to leave around 10…"
"Are you serious?! It takes like 10 minutes to get there tho!!"
I laughed. "I know but I wanna get there HELLA early!!"
"I can tell…… so we're just going to sit around outside for… what time is it at again?"
"Common Devonte please!! You know how important to me this is!!"
I could tell this was the last way he wanted to spend his Sunday.
"Whatever. Let me know what yo mama say doe"
"okay" and I hung up. I stepped into my walk in closet… and although I have TOO many clothes, it seemed as if there was absolutely nothing to wear. It had to be something cute, but not too cute. & something light. Since we would be standing outside in California, in the middle of summer for 9 hours…. And I bet it be hot as fuck in the house of blues… after probably 15 minutes of going through not even HALF my clothes, I just decided on something pretty simple..
I go into my bathroom and take out my makeup. I decide on a little bit of pink eye shadow, black eyeliner, and mascara. Once again, quite simple. I just went to the hair salon last night so my hair is perfect & straight! I look at the clock, 9:56. I walked downstairs "mom, ready to go?"
"….at 10 am ?!"
"okay…. Are you sure you want to stand outside that long!? It's 99 degrees out there today"
"Of course!! One of the hottest days of the summer would be today!! But yes, I'm sure!"
"Alright… your crazy! But, is Devonte ready?"
"Let me text him.."
-hey, we will be there in like 5 minutes you ready?
"Yup he's good!"
We walk outside and my mom drives off in our range rover. I suddenly get HELLA nervous!
We pull up to Devonte's house and I walk inside. I love how I am so comfortable to where I don't even knock on the door anymore!
"Devonte!!" I scream up towards the steps, assuming he was in his room.
I then walk into the kitchen and give his mom a hug.
"Hey Aaliyah!! You excited?!"
"I cant even explain my emotions right now!!"
She laughs and Devonte walks in.
"Yup!! Bye Mrs. Ciara!"
"Bye! Be good and fun tons of fun!!!"
"We will!" I say as we walk out the door.
"oh my god Devonte I am SO nervous"
He laughed and shook his head.
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Earlier this week reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski accused Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing of cheating and stealing former Penske Racing employee's who were giving away team notes.
Keselowski became a fan favorite last year by simply challenging and then beating five-time champion Jimmie Johnson in the point standings. This year is a different story. Keselowski's mouth has become a lot bigger and more absurd and he has been known to say some very absurd things.
"Gibbs stole the Roush aero director and took all the information," said Keselowski. "And Hendricks took three employees from our Chase-winning team last year."
Hendrick Motorsports Statement
"The comments Brad reportedly made were misinformed," Hendrick said. "The truth is that we hired one tire changer, who was a backup for Penske and whose contract was up. We also brought over one mechanic from their Nationwide program and, when the Penske engine shop was closing, added a few of those people. What Brad left out was that his organization also hired one of our tire changers. All of this was above board and is part of doing business in a competitive environment. I take no issue with any of it, and I expect Roger [Penske] would say the same. Brad misrepresents the facts and spends a lot of time making insinuations and accusations about other teams when he should be focused on his own program and competing at a high level. I hope he figures that out and begins representing himself and the sport with more class."
Joe Gibbs Racing Statement
"We were surprised to read the recent comments and accusations made by Brad Keselowski. Clearly those comments are misguided and irresponsible. Brad's candor is well documented, but he would do well to only speak to subjects on which he is properly informed. Obviously NASCAR is a very competitive environment and we take our hiring processes seriously at JGR. The individual he referenced in his comments was working outside of the sport of NASCAR at the time we hired him. We have a great deal of respect for Roger Penske and his organization and I feel like I have always had a good personal relationship with Roger. We look forward to competing with Brad on the racetrack, but hope that he will use better judgment in the future before making such misinformed claims and accusations."
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Originally written on MLB Injury News | Last updated 10/25/14
The San Diego Padres may have their power-hitting left fielder on Opening Day this year. Last season, they couldn't say that. However, despite fighting through the same issues this season as he did last, Carlos Quentin may be on pace to make Opening Day. According to Bill Center of the San Diego Union Tribune, Quentin has played in three-straight minor league game and is on schedule to play in a Major League game soon. If there are no setbacks or issues, Quentin might be on pace to play Opening Day. Quentin is recovering from offseason knee surgery. He had his knee surgically repaired before the start of last season after tearing his meniscus in the spring. Quentin returned to the lineup in May and instantly made the Padres better. Unfortunately, he suffered another injury to his knee and had surgery shortly after the season ended. Quentin, who was acquired for two minor league players, in December of 2011, was good last season. However, he only got into 86 games. Overall, he hit .261/.374/.504 with 16 home runs. He could surpass those numbers easily if he can remain healthy this season. Follow @mlbinjurynews !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="http://www.mlbinjurynews.com//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-34100676-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Looking for fantasy baseball advice?
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Episode 8: Doug's Bloody Buddy
This episode begins with a Scooby Doo fantasy.
As Shaggy, Doug leads the gang into the cemetery to find the Bluffington Vampire. One by one, the gang is trapped or kidnapped without Doug noticing. Finally, all alone, Doug walks into a mausoleum, saying they finally found the vampire. Then he turns around to see a monster behind him and he's surprised by who it is because he's watched enough Scooby Doo to know the five main characters, but not enough to know he should never be surprised by who it is. Anyway, we don't see who the monster really is, and Doug says "zoinks" before the fantasy ends.
At school, Connie has taken up a new hobby. She's started spreading rumors. Her first rumor of the day is that Skunky has detention through his 21st birthday. People are shocked! Annoyed, Beebe drags Connie away, saying they should go to Mr. Swirly's. Connie says she heard Mr. Swirly's was haunted. She's not even making up believable rumors.
In pointing out that it's almost Halloween, Doug mentions the school has bats hanging out in the tower. Connie says bats like staying near their master, and so someone in the school must be the Bat Master; a vampire. Connie's first guess is Ms. Crystal. Doug has a fantasy. Her desk is now a coffin and she dresses like this.
She scares the whole class, but then just starts reading Dracula to them. After the fantasy, Skunky suggests it could be Mr. Crushy (?) because they don't know anything about him. This guy is a construction worker trying to finish the school. After Skunky points him out, we see Bob White yelling at him to get rid of the bats. Mr. Crushy tells him he can't because he's scared of bats. Connie suggests they just keep watching the tower. Whoever is the Bat Master will have to go up there to check on his loyal subjects.
In band class, the band leader is yelling about how winning music wins football games. Connie takes this opportunity to start another rumor; the Bloatsburg band leader has a spy in their classroom to steal their plans for the big game.
The band leader takes this seriously and implements Plan B. He won't tell any of the students what Plan B is because he doesn't know which one is spying. Later in the episode he cancels practice to work on Plan B alone. At the end, Connie finally tells him she made up the rumor about the spy right before Plan B goes off. He rushes to stop Plan B, but it's too late. A ridiculous setup triggers and a small container pops up in front of Bloatsburg's band leader. The container opens and a bee starts flying around the band leader, causing him to wave his arms and conduct the band very poorly. It's all very silly.
After school, Doug asks Skunky if he's seen Skeeter. Instead of answering, Skunky asks Doug if he could be the Bat Master without knowing it. Doug says he'd be up in the tower with the bats if he was the Bat Master. Skunky is dumb. Also, he just spotted Skeeter walking up to the tower with the bats.
Oh fuck. Skeeter's a vampire. At Skeeter's house, Doug is playing a game where Frankenstein's monster is fighting a mummy when he asks Skeeter for some water.
While Skeeter's gone, Doug starts searching his room for evidence to support the vampire theory. In one drawer, he finds a bloody hook, a monkey's paw, and an opera cd. These aren't proof of anything. Perfectly normal.
In the cupboard under the stairs he finds a coffin. Inside the coffin he finds a delightfully contradictory "Vampire Day Planner."
In the planner Skeeter has written out the times that he had planned to bite certain people. And Patti is next! Doug leaves and rides his bike to Patti's. When he tells her, she laughs. It's too late.
Skeeter bit her yesterday. Doug's on his schedule for tonight. He's already bitten everyone else.
Oh, and this is all a dream. Of course.
Doug is so scared from his dream he falls out of his bed. Climbing back up from the floor, tiny bat versions of Patti and Skeeter scare him again.
It's another dream. Doug wakes up and falls out of bed again, then mentions that he hates double dreams.
At school the next day, Doug is trying to tell everyone that the Bat Master might be one of them. Skeeter says there's no such thing as a Bat Master.
After he walks away, Skunky pops up to tell everyone he saw Skeeter up in the tower yesterday. Connie takes Skeeter's denial of the reality of vampires as proof that he's just covering up the fact that he's the Bat Master. Connie is dumb.
At home, Doug decides he needs to ask his dad about vampires. He walks into the family dark room, and asks, "could you tell me about preternatural phenomena?"
Being as useless as ever, Phil thinks he's asking about sex. Doug quickly stops him and asks specifically about vampires. Phil continues with what he was saying about sex, but the hypothetical man and woman are now vampires. No help at all.
The next morning everyone at school is convinced that Skeeter is a vampire. Doug denies the rumor and asks for proof. Connie says he's blue, the color of the undead. Doesn't fuck my theory if all the kids are crazy like Doug, which they clearly are. Roger says Skeeter could only be as smart as he is if he was 200 years old. Willie points out that Skeeter has a bandage on his finger, and then says vampires wrap themselves in bandages. When Doug points out he's thinking of mummies, Willie is shocked to learn that Skeeter is a mummy too.
Connie knows she just made this shit up. Why is she actually believing it instead of just laughing at the whole school? Ignoring all this shit, Beebe walks up to show off her new jacket that's wired for cable tv. She's trying to make nouveau riche Roger jealous, but he shrugs her off. He just bought all the latest anti-vampire stuff to protect them from Skeeter. Connie looks in the bag and pulls out something one of you assholes better get me for my birthday.
I will provide pictures. You will be disappointed.
Anyway, Roger got an awesome camera so he could look at what Skeeter's hiding in his locker. After mostly normal shit, Roger sees a small pile of dirt at the bottom of the locker. He reasons that it's from Skeeter's homeland so he can sleep in his locker. Unbeatable logic. Doug says it's from his science experiment about dirt clods. Then the camera spots a bag of Bat Chow. This causes Doug to have a fantasy about Vicious Blood Sucking Vampire Cola. Skeeter is eating some Bat Chow.
And he needs something to drink, of course!
It makes perfect sense.
After band practice was cancelled, Doug runs back to Roger and Connie because he FINALLY realized the most obvious evidence against the argument that Skeeter is a vampire; vampires have to sleep all day. When he tells them, Roger dismisses that as a bullshit made up by vampires to fool everyone. Connie tells him to get on the bus; the whole school can't be wrong. This is how conspiracy theories work. It's fantastic, and I'm glad Doug isn't so gung ho about it. He may be a delusional ball of anxiety, but he won't hear your shit about chemtrails. At least…not at first.
At lunch, the entire cafeteria falls silent when Skeeter enters.
He says hello and does his trademark honk. Everyone flees.
At home, Doug is reading about vampires and finally accepts that his best friend is a vampire. He wonders if this means he can't be friends with him anymore. He has a fantasy where everyone in town runs away at the sight of them riding their bikes. It actually seems kind of nice. After the fantasy, the doorbell rings and Doug answers it to find a mob.
Roger informs him that they took a vote. From now on, everybody stays clear of Skeeter. Pretty awesome that they took a vote without Doug, right? How nice of them. Doug asks them why. "What did Skeeter ever do to anybody?" Roger shows him what Skeeter did! Skeeter sent everybody invitations to a Halloween party! What a bastard! Only a vampire would do such an evil thing as that! While the crowd is explaining to Doug the absurd, the phone rings and Theda tells Doug it's Skeeter. Roger tells him if he talks to Skeeter, nobody can talk to him as a matter of public safety. After too little thought, Doug says, "tell him I just stepped out," and leaves with the idiot crowd.
To counter the evil Bat Master Skeeter, Roger has an anti-vampire party at the same time. Everyone goes to Roger's party. Doug has dressed as an especially scary jar of paste.
Roger goes around his party handing out garlic, as wearable hoops or as snacks. This party sucks, but it's delicious. Meanwhile at Skeeters, Mr. Valentine is not so delicate about asking Skeeter where his friends are.
Back at Roger's party, Doug imagines what his life would be like if he never sees Skeeter again. First, playing that Frankenstein's monster vs. mummy video game will be boring. Because it was much more exciting in that dream where Skeeter watched him play and then fetched him some water. Second, he'd have to play ping pong alone. That means hitting the ball across the table, then walking over there to collect the ball and hit it across the table again.
I don't know why he just doesn't play. It's not like kids are obligated to play certain things whether they have the required number of participants or not. Also, Doug has other friends. He'd just start hanging out with Chalky, Patti, Roger, Beebe, Connie, Al and Moo, Fentruck, or Skunky more. Oh, another thing Doug will just do alone instead of not doing? Photo-booths.
This is just sad.
After the fantasy, Doug says he can't dump his best friend. Connie asks if his best friend is worth dying for. Doug points out that her rumor about talking gerbils in the science lab was false. Maybe she's wrong about Skeeter too. She says there's too much proof. Everyone agrees.
Love three-headed Charlie Brown. Top notch costume.
Patti, who never really fell for the rumor to begin with, finally joins Doug's side and argues in favor of Skeeter. Doug decides to leave and just ask Skeeter about the whole vampire thing. He asks if anyone is with him, but leaves alone. Roger takes the opportunity to whip up the crowd to stop Doug. They start chasing after Doug and Patti starts chasing after them.
Doug rushes down into Skeeter's room to find a very lonely, depressed Skeeter. Skeeter gets excited, and Doug tells him everyone thinks he's a vampire. He doesn't get to reply before the mob rushes down to his room and finds him dressed as a vampire. Roger tells everyone to make crosses with their index fingers and chant "melt." When Skeeter doesn't melt, Roger says someone must not be doing the thing. Crowds are dumb. Without saying a word, Skeeter walks over to the wall and flips a switch that makes fake bats fall from the ceiling. He is brilliant. Roger is terrified. Patti finally catches up and says, "you're not a real vampire are you, Skeeter?" Skeeter laughs at them and asks if his costume is that good. Connie says it's because of her big mouth. She started a stupid rumor. Skunky asks why he was up in the tower with the bats. Skeeter says, "Mr. Crushy's afraid of them. So for a science project, I found the bats a new home."
I like that he says it's for a science project. That's not a science project. That's just being a nice person. Skeeter dealt with a pest problem without killing the pests, and he did it to help someone he doesn't really know. Fuck you assholes. All of you can eat shit and die.
Doug's crazy in this episode, sure, but it's really more about mob mentality. Crowds easily believe and do some crazy shit. It makes sense that Doug is so resistant to the crowd, but not surprising when he joins them, however briefly. Doug's crazy on his own. When the crowd starts acting crazy, being rational is the new crazy. But then Doug is still a kid in the awkward ages, striving to fit in. So yeah, he'll try to shun his best friend to maintain the rest of his friendships.


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Bull helps the Romania's Ministry of Environment to ensure a better environmental protection
A 3.8 million project - supported by grant aid from PHARE1 - completed in under a year
In order to boost efficiency and promote a unified and coherent environmental and nature protection policy, the Romania's Ministry of Environment chose Bull to act as prime contractor for the implementation of its Geographic Information System (GIS). A central pillar of the country's environmental program, the GIS project will enable the Ministry to take environmental decisions based on field-consistent data. The system contains a huge volume of data related to environment protection, including topographical data, satellite imagery and digital elevation model, species distribution, protected areas, dump-sites, industrial areas, noise maps, etc. All data is available to local and central governmental bodies, as well as to citizens through a user-friendly Web portal.
"In Romania, or indeed any other EU Member State, the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) built as a result of a PHARE-funded project and successfully implemented by Bull is definitely one of the most advanced SDIs ever built in the environmental field. The project to create the Romanian environmental SDI is part of our program aimed at implementing the INSPIRE 2Directive ; one of the most recent and challenging EU Directives. So the fact that Bull managed to successfully deliver such a complex SDI on time has elevated Bull to one of leading companies in the EU capable of building such systems to meet the demands of implementing the INSPIRE Directive ," commented Iurie Maxim, Head of Biodiversity, Biosecurity and Environmental Protection Office within the Ministry of Environment.
"We are proud that the Romanian Ministry of the Environment chose Bull as its IT partner to implement such a highly sophisticated solution. Our ability to deliver innovative projects is proof once again of Bull's integration expertise when it comes to building robust and ready-to-use solutions." explained Luc Saint-Jeannet, Vice-President International Operations, Bull.
"For 15 years, Bull has been involved in a large number of modernization projects in Romania, as well as in other Eastern and Central European countries, to support their accession to the European Union. We enjoyed a double-digit growth rate last year and are expanding our workforce at our new head office. This pioneering GIS project has been enthusiastically supported by all of our teams," added Andrei Petrescu, General Manager of Bull Romania and Bulgaria.
The new system will benefit a wide range of organizations, including:
The Ministry of Environment
The National Agency for Protected Areas
The National Agency for Environmental Protection
42 local environmental protection agencies, who will be responsible for keeping the data up to date
Eight regional environmental protection agencies
Five environmental research and development institutes: the National Meteorological Institute, the National Institute for Hydrology and Water Management, the National Institute for Environmental Research & Development, the National Institute for Marine Research and Development 'Grigore Antipa', and the Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development. The five institutes will be the 'power users' of the GIS system, having access to data and virtualized applications through VPN channels.
The scope of the program covers the entire IT infrastructure - both hardware and software- and the appropriate services necessary to build the geographical information system. The system is using data from SPOT3 images covering Romania and thematic maps. Bull implemented the whole IT infrastructure, now running since end November 2008.
The GIS system is based on leading software solutions including:
A highly complex ESRI GIS software solution, among the biggest in Europe with the world leader ArcGIS Server Enterprise Advanced package and its extensions including Spatial Analyst, Enterprise 3D, Image Server....
The Microsoft SQL Server database running on a 4 quad-processor Bull NovaScale cluster
The ERDAS solution for complex geographic imaging processing
The Definiens E-Cognition solution, a sophisticated grid software package which recognizes different entities on images based on image fragmentation algorithms
SAS Enterprise Business Intelligence software for reporting (including SAS Web OLAP Viewer, used to interactively analyze the spatial data)
Citrix Xenapp for virtualization of some applications to be used remotely
Backup and recovery software
The hardware architecture deployed within the Ministry's core Data Center includes: 12 quad-processor Bull NovaScale servers, 8 dual-processor Bull NovaScale servers, Bull StoreWay storage solutions and a complete Cisco network infrastructure.
The services delivered by Bull encompass:
Integration of all software, to provide the Ministry with a turnkey solution
Installation of Cisco networking and security equipments
Around 50 training sessions held across the country
A five-year program of software upgrades and maintenance.
The project was implemented by Bull between January and November 2008.
1 The PHARE program - Poland and Hungary: Assistance for Restructuring their Economies was initially set up in July 1989 to support their transition to democracy and to a free-market economic model. PHARE is now the main channel for EU assistance to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
2 The INSPIRE Directive sets the rules for establishing the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community in order to assist policy-making in relation to policies and activities that may have a director indirect impact on the environment. The INSPIRE Directive entered into force on the 15th May 2007.
3 SPOT: (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre in French) Earth observation satellite
Bull is the trusted partner for enterprise data. The Group, which is firmly established in the Cloud and in Big Data, integrates and manages high-performance systems and end-to-end security solutions. Bull's offerings enable its customers to process all the data at their disposal, creating new types of demand. Bull converts data into value for organisations in a completely secure manner.
Bull currently employs around 9,200 people across more than 50 countries, with over 700 staff totally focused on R&D. In 2013, Bull recorded revenues of 1.3 billion.
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Games Are Most Popular Apps, Study Finds
Smartphones are good for so many things, but it seems users are most fascinated about the potential for mobile gaming, judging by a new study. Market research firm Nielsen released data showing that the most popular category of app downloads is games.
Nielsen's Mobile Insights and Mobile Apps Playbooks included download numbers for apps in the last three months. They showed that 64 percent of smartphone users in a survey who had downloaded an app in the last 30 days had downloaded a game.
That doesn't mean that other app categories are necessarily suffering. Nielsen reported that 60 percent of users had downloaded a weather app, and 56 percent had downloaded social networking apps. Maps (51 percent), music (44 percent), news (39 percent) and other entertainment apps (34 percent) followed.
People aren't just downloading these games and forgetting them, especially iPhone users. Nielsen found that iPhone users spend 14.7 hours per month on mobile gaming , nearly twice the industry average. Android users averaged 9.3 hours of mobile gaming and Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry users spent less than 5 hours.
Mobile game developers will also be happy by results showing that people are more willing to pay for game apps than any other kind of app. The study found that 93 percent of app downloaders are willing to pay for games, while 87 percent would pay for entertainment apps, 84 percent would pay for productivity and navigation apps and 76 percent would pay for news apps.


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When a visitor lands on your website, there are two questions they need answered:
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2. Why should I buy this product or service from you?
If your site does a good job of answering the first question, congratulations – you're one step closer to making a sale, but that alone won't necessarily close the deal. To push the visitor to commit, giving you money in hand, you must be able to answer the second question sufficiently as well.
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A Country House in Treviso, Italy
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Sometimes a house is so simple and raw that the beauty of the home itself it what you notice more than what's furnishing it (don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic vintage pieces in here!). This private, country residence it Treviso, Italy is such a place. The clean exterior lines are accentuated by ivy that covers the house. The crystal clear glass reflects the beautiful surroundings in such a way that it winds up looking like mirrors. Venture inside and you find beautiful stone and wood floors and steel touches. Everything works so well together and creates a comfortable and sophisticated home. Well done, Zanon Architetti Associati!
(photos from ZAA via Home Adore)
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eldavojohn writes "Someone accidentally released a 266-page report on hundreds of sites in the US for stockpiling and storing hazardous nuclear materials for civilian use. While some ex-officials and experts don't find it to be a serious breach, the Federation of American Scientists are calling it a 'a one-stop shop for information on US nuclear programs.' The document contains information about Los Alamos, Livermore and Sandia, and opinions seem to be split on whether it's a harmless list or terrorist risk. One thing is for sure: it was taken down after the New York Times inquired to the Government Accountability Office about it."


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What are YOUR predictions for 2012 food trends?
- mattstolz Jan 17, 2012 10:29 AM
So people are making their predictions everywhere. Seriouseats has their list, chow has some of their guesses, even my local paper is taking some guesses. But I want to know what the Hounds think! Here are some of mine:
Beets! I think theyre gonna have a boom this year. already seen them making appearances this season
Almonds. Especially marcona. theyre delicious, healthier, and make fantastic nut butter
Cinnamon Rolls. Theyre sweet, yeasty, gooey, and endlessly adaptable.
Scones. like cupcakes, can be made sweet or savory, and are fast, easy, and delicious
Farro. Again, very versatile, and a good change from rice and pasta
Downfall of some trends: I think its about time for cupcakes and gourmet grilled cheese to go about their merry way. In their place: ice cream and dressed-up grits, respectively.
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Why should something as basic as basic as beets disappear or appear? They've always been there, perhaps the spotlight wasn't on them. The same goes for lettuce, peas, potatoes or bread.
re: Wawsanham
I'm not suggesting they should disappear, just that the focus on beets as a "food trend" is behind us. It's a pretty ubiquitous ingredient - not as much as in Eastern Europe, but hard to consider as an underutilized item.
re: ferret
well... ive never cooked with them before and have only eaten them a handful of times. so they might be a new food trend in my house!
re: ferret
I agree, ferret. Where I am (which is not in eastern Europe) they're a common item on restaurant menus and, of course, similarly readily available in the supermarkets.
re: ferret
You can look at Top Chef from last week, where they said something to the effect of beets being over and done with. I happen to really like beets, but I see them all the time on menus, and I'd like to see something else get highlighted. Cinnamon rolls would be a tasty dessert on-the-go to replace cupcakes, they'd get my vote. Farro, amaranth, and buckwheat would be three great carbs to go to after quinoa. Granted, I've been eating quinoa for about.... 12 years, but again, seeing it everywhere on menus gets old.
re: kubasd
I wish quinoa tested better.
I realize this thread is about trends, but if you (or a lot of people) like certain foods, can't they be on menus all the time--can't they just become "common and traditional". What's wrong with that even if some people get bored? Might it be that one of the problematic attitudes and approaches Americans have to food--which has lead to all kinds of pernicious consequences--is this demand for everything to constantly to change and be new? What about cherishing one's own food cultures?
Comments about one's own preferences or experiences are not really what this topic is about, seems to me. This is about trendiness more than actual trends: where's the buzz? You'll probably never get any Southerner over fifty to eat a beet, much less like them, but even in Nashville the beet salad is on trendy-place menus, as it is out here in SoCal. And I'll not tire of it, nor will Mrs. O, but I think as a trendy thing it's had its moment. As for what else is over, I think bacon and pork belly will settle into simply being ingredients where they're appropriate; much as I adore bacon, I'll not be sorry to see it stop being so overused.
I'm looking for new vegetables, or new interest in heirloom varieties of potatoes, corn, rice, the cabbages and their relatives. As humane food animal practices become more common, and one hopes the norm, some meats we've been avoiding because of abusive handling practices, such as veal, should regain their old popularity. As more people take up animal farming and respectfully-raised meat becomes more widely available, I believe this will help to tilt the market enough to make the factory farmers and the big packers see this as a bandwagon they need to get on. I do NOT expect to see humanely-raised Berkshire boneless pork loin on sale for $3/lb, but I do expect to see the meat in Ralphs' meat case, at a price the occasional carnivore can afford. Oh, and I also expect to see more occasional carnivores, both former veggies who gave up meat on humane grounds and committed omnivores who are finding more attractive non-meat options.
re: Will Owen
I agree with you, Will, about the heirloom vegetables. The great success (and exposure) that Sean Brock has been enjoying should help push the trend. Moreover, it's one worth lauding.
I similarly find your related thoughts concerning the gastronomical opportunities arising out of changes in acceptable animal farming methods to be on the right track. It's not hard to see how both of these potential food trends are arising from a fundamental, and welcome, shift in the zeitgeist. Growing distrust in the motives and products of massive, international corporations is perhaps most recognizable when people make choices about what they put on their plates.
re: MGZ
I do "trust" the motives of those guys, however much I fail to share them. I trust them to keep an eye on which way the market is heading and to assure their own continuing survival and success by co-opting the new practices. Okay, if we have to treat the pigs nice, dammit, we will. Let'em run and play. Just make sure it gets plenty of publicity.
I haven't bought any Niman Ranch products since Bill Niman got forced out and his practices, if not dropped, then seriously compromised. But I'm still pretty sure that those animals are treated better than the ones at Harris Ranch or any of Farmer John's suppliers.
re: Will Owen
I'm a southerner over fifty, and I like beets!
re: Cliocooks
My sincerest congratulations! What I encountered most often during my 27 years in Nashville was the attitude expressed by a man at the plate-lunch counter of an H.G. Hill store and the server: "What's THAT?" "Them's beets." "People eat them?" "Not me, man, they're just nasty!" "So why ya got'em?" "Boss said so, but they ain't movin'." "He from somewheres else?" "Chicago!" "Figures." So of course I had to have some, along with the fried chicken and some mac'n'cheese. Pickled ones weren't uncommon, but plain cooked and buttered beets were thin on the ground. I'm sure that has changed a bit; I get a daily email posting from Miel, a restaurant in Nashville that grows most of its produce, and they frequently have beets on the menu.
re: Will Owen
I like roasting and pickling beets, but the darn things are expensive and stain everything they get near.
re: Will Owen
Are we talking the application of beets, such as in a beet and goat cheese starter out of a cylinder, as an ethnic staple such as borscht, or just as is?
Restaurants in 2011 went to pork belly to be trendy and yet offer a good price point. Consumers went for it. 2012 will be the year of "sausage cuisine--"boutique sausages made in-house and served with European sides. (Especially with pasta.) I agree that cupcakes have run their course and will be replaced by rustic breads---served with sausage.
re: Leper
You may be on to something there with the sausages. Where I live there is a new restaurant by a major restauranteur in an up and coming neighborhood that focuses on in-house sausages. If that's not an indicator of a new trend, I don't know what is. The force behind this restaurant did steakhouse before that was trendy, gastropub before that was trendy, comfort food before that was trendy, etc.
re: gaffk
And sausage is something that offers the cooks room for creativity and pride in a house-made product without having to write a HACCP plan to do cured meats. Fresh sausage is a safe, easy, quick form of charcuterie, and charcuterie in general has been increasingly popular the last few years. Plenty of chefs would love to cure and hang their own prosciutto, coppa cola, etc. but time, space, and the health department are major obstacles.
re: Leper
Interesting sausage comment. I was going to say it appears meatballs are blowing up everywhere. People seem to be bored with sliders and burgers are burgers, but I keep seeing meatballs popping up on menus. The thing with gourment meatballs, is that they can be served alone or within other dishes. There is also so many varieties of meats that can be used.
re: jhopp217
I just can't see the meatball thing at all. Far less interesting than a slider or burger, at least those one can put topping, such as cheese, but put something in a meatball? Just seems really mundane. That is not to be critical of the poster, rather just the way I see it.
I guess, all I can see about the meatball is how it utterly failed in The Great Next Restaurant reality show that Bobby Flay did. In the end folks said," but it's just a meatball. "
re: Quine
i think meatballs are pretty variable. you can make them from any meat you can form into a ball, you can top them with any sauce, you can flavor them with any spice, stuff them with anything small enough to wrap some ground meat around (or just use enough ground meat to wrap whatever you want to stuff in it) serve them on a sandwich, on a grain or pasta, on pizza, chopped or whole...
Unadorned fruit conserves. Forget the additions of herbs or jalapeno. The sought-after quality will be the fruit itself, its heirloom variety, even "terroir".
Wheat-free four mixes. For too long, gluten-free baking has been a sad gummy substitute. Now, many talented chefs are taking the challenge to create delicious breads and pastries with Teff flour, amaranth, coconut flour, etc. Mainstream foodies will enjoy these novel flavors and textures.
more fresh ginger juice in beverages.
Box graters instead of electric food processors.
re: val ann c
i would almost say that gluten-free baking has been on the upswing already. i think it kind of hitched a ride with cupcakes on their way up to the top
I agree with posters who said beets are a "trend" that needs to stop. When I saw your Cinnamon buns, I thought, has this guy never been in a Mall ever? Cinnabons, so over franchised that they are fading fast.
For me I think trending will be home craft (or in house) of traditional foods, such as already mentioned sausages, but also fermented foods, kim chi, sauerkraut, pickles, House crafted sodas with flavors made in house and then carbonated.
re: mattstolz
What I did say however is that I think that like beets, they are a trend that has past.
I also think Korean food will start to trend as more people discover Korean BBQ, banchan and soju.
re: mattstolz
Yes, same here in South NJ. I do know that due to the industry mega corporations like Samsung, South Korea is trying to trend tourism and introduction of Korean culture and foods to the rest of the world. I you don't mind reading subtitles there is a fantastic Korean series called Gourmet (it a multi episode drama) that will positively having you constantly drool over the food scene. You can watch it on Hulu.com,
re: Jerseygirl111
Oh I know go to H Mart and I have been to the restaurant above it, which, to me is just OK.
re: monavano
oh me too. i love marshmallows as much as the next guy, but that would just not be cool
re: monavano
Nope just read an article about Gourmet marshmallows. And as I recall it was in the Food Network's rag mag, But just like salted caramels that popped up in everything and uber expensive flavored/sourced salt, it will be a food/yuppie metro trend.
re: brilynn79
admittedly, homemade marshmallows are MUCH better than store bought. however, a marshmallow store would be overkill for sure
re: mattstolz
There is a Peep store not too far from me in a very touristy area. They seem to be staying afloat. Basically a really gross marshmallow store.
re: mattstolz
Do a Google search for Gourmet marshmallows and see what pops up!.
re: plasticanimal
Made a comment before seeing this. I think Meatballs will blow up in 2012....they started to in the very end of 2011
re: plasticanimal
They're already on the scene and I'm on the fence about it. I can see it turning into "gentrifying" what is a peasant dish-- cheap and soul-nourishing, and yuppifying with a high price tag, as if I should be honored to pay big bucks for what I can easily (and I mean easily) make at home.
If it is done, I say, do it right. Otherwise, no thanks, I can make at least a dozen versions off the top of my head.
In DC:
re: monavano
Mmmm . . . pheasant meatballs.
re: monavano
Found this snippet:
:In January 2010 Bon Appetit revealed their foodie trends for 2010 - are they (BonAppetit) the trend setter or the prophet for what's hot on America's plates? Bon Appetit said "With a return to homey, comforting cooking this year, meatballs made it big, appearing on restaurant menus and kitchen tables everywhere. They're affordable, easy to make, absolutely delicious - and have inspired cooks from all over the world." Bon Appetite, January 2010, pg 59."
from this article: http://studio5.ksl.com/index.php?nid=...
Seems that meatballs trended out and now is rolling back down the hill.
• Nearly everyone will become gluten intolerant (rolling eyes)
• Meatballs
• Locally sourced products
• Eastern European will start to trend in Peruvian already is
• Ramen will be big
• Charcuterie will make a comeback
• More offal on menus
• Home cooking of gourmet meals will surge
• Food trucks will continue to grow
• Trendy salts will explode
• Donuts will be the new cupcake
• Sustainable fishing will be a new buzzword (seafood csa anyone)
• Homemade cheeses
re: RetiredChef
i would say several of these (local products, ramen, charcuterie, offal, salts especially) have already become pretty big. but i also think several of these will continue to grow as well
re: mattstolz
I agree and should have been more precise, "grow to an even greater level."
For example there are chains that are working on promoting local sourced products and I just saw 10 different salts being put on a low end grocers shelf just a few days ago. And I just had dinner at a non-foodies house and they offered two different salts on their table.
And where I live Ramen is not big and offal meats are hardly seen but we have two restaurants in town making homemade charcuterie.
re: mattstolz
Agreed. WF now has a "salt" bar, gee wow I can pay $8 or more for trendy salt.
I do think some new "allergen" will surface because the gluten folks are becoming so common.
I am see a larger influence of raw foods, so that may expand out of the So Calif area.
re: RetiredChef
>> Trendy salts will explode
I love the image of trendy salts exploding.
>> Nearly everyone will become gluten intolerant (rolling eyes)
I wish I could roll my eyes at gluten intolerance. Wheat makes me ill. I would like nothing better than to eat like normal folk.
>> Food trucks will continue to grow.
I hope so! Also, enterprising prepared food producers will continue to launch their businesses out of farmers markets.
re: val ann c
My comments about gluten intolerance comes from 30+ years in the industry and watching all forms of trendy diseases or intolerances creep into the eating public. It is NOT meant to belittle those who truly are inflicted but instead to belittle those who claim they are afflicted falsely.
""It's becoming extremely fashionable to the point that it's almost alarming," says Dr. Stefano Guandalini, founder and director of the Celiac Disease Center at the University of Chicago. He and other gluten gurus say most people on gluten-free diets don't actually need to be: they've either jumped on the bandwagon or misdiagnosed themselves as gluten-sensitive"
According to the CDC the chance of someone being gluten intolerant is about 1 in 245, however in a recent AMA study showing disease trends among Americans 1 in 18 are claiming to be gluten intolerant. That means out of 14 out of 245 people are claiming they have this yet empirical studies say only 1 does.
"A recent survey by market-research firm Packaged Facts showed that only 8% to 12% of people who purchased gluten-free products did so because of gluten intolerance. Most simply thought these products were healthier or of higher quality or could help them manage their weight."
Trendy diseases come and go and I remember the following food related ones in my restaurants very clearly:
Lactose intolerance
Strawberry allergy
Tomato allergy
MSG intolerance
It's just something you learn to deal with but I tend to (roll my eyes) at a regular patron who is allergic to strawberries one year yet gorging themselves on them the next.
re: RetiredChef
Thanks for the explanation. It makes me think of the years when fats were the big evil, so we were subjected to all sorts of fat-free concoctions.
re: RetiredChef
Good list. My thoughts:
- Ubiquitous gluten intolerance: agreed.
- Meatballs: agreed
- Local: sort of a trend already. I see this more holding steady this year.
- Eastern European: I sort of doubt it
- Ramen: I thought that was big like 3 years ago
- Charcuterie: Lord, I hope so. But I'm calling that as the trend of, maybe, 2015. Too soon. Let people get sick of meatballs first.
- More offal: Probably, though I think this is a trend already, and will just continue to pick up steam
- Home gourmet cooking: Probably not so much as a trend
- Food trucks - yep, this trend will continue
- Trendy salts - strikes me as a trend that mostly played out a few years ago
- Donuts replace cupcakes: I think slices of layer cake are more likely. People dig their cake
- Sustainable fishing: No big trend this year. More buzz somewhere between 2013 and 2016 when it is announced that the wild bluefin tuna is effectively extinct
- Homemade cheeses: sounds nice, but I doubt it. Not enough buzz currently for something involved like cheesemaking to take off yet. Maybe in a few years.
re: cowboyardee
Any thoughts on Peruvian replacing Brazilian Rodizio as the go-to South American cuisine? Peruvian encompasses fresh seafood, asian influences, as well as african spices. Can't say enough about roasted rotisserie peruvian style chicken if you are lucky to be near one.
re: Janet from Richmond
I don't know how many times I've heard that the ability to make an omelette correctly is the penultimate benchmark of a good chef. Even as a home cook, I'd argue that one 'til the cows come home. But, I will say, making a good poached egg is even more tantamount to not screwing up a dish, and it's exceedingly rare.
That, and keep your quail and duck eggs off my food ;-)
Harissa will steal some of sriracha's thunder. Totally different items, but both hot sauces that have a variety of uses and I've seen more and more mentions of harissa lately.
Have cake pops already peaked?
Offal on more menus, not just those considered "trendy" or "foodie"
Korean food in general becoming more mainstream. It exists in most cities, but IME is mostly consumed by Koreans, other Asians, and people who are super into trying different cuisines. I predict it moving more to the level of Thai or Indian, cuisines that plenty of people go out for and isn't seen as overly exotic.
With offal becoming more acceptable to the mainstream, I predict the extreme eaters will start moving towards insects.
re: mira_r
Let's hear it for harissa! I've used the dry mixture, but I really love the paste. My favorite one is the French Le Cabanon ("En Tube!"). Got six tubes from an Amazon affiliate to save money on the shipping, but neglected to refrigerate them. Bad move; used two of them, went to open a third, and they'd all started fermenting and burst through the bottoms. What a mess!
My favorite use was to mix it with olive oil or mayonnaise and spread that on lamb chops, pork chops or chicken thighs and then roast them. Quite delicious.
re: Will Owen
I've noticed flash restaurants using seasonal ingredients that would have been considered 'cheap' not too long ago: brassicas, bony, oily and fiddly seafood, apples...
I predict the ascent of the potato in all it's multihued and multipurpose glory. Spuds are probably "so last week" in the US though!
re: Will Owen
I'm seeing peri-peri making a big push especially on rotisserie chicken concepts.
The move towards "local & seasonal" will continue.
The revival of "traditional" dishes will accelerate.
Reflecting immigration trends where I am, east European food will start to become more popular, with restaurants opening.
I posted this article in the Food media board.
James Oseland of Saveur Magazine listed his top food trends of 2012. Some of the things predicted in this thread (like meatballs) are mentioned by him as being trends from 2011. So you guys are slow on the uptake! haha
re: CDouglas
Didn't we do this 10-15 years ago?
re: FoodPopulist
I'm betting on Ethiopian. Anyone who's had good tibsi or wat with an authentic injera has immediately become addicted in my experience. Once people start fusioning injera wraps a whole new trend will start. Step up to the plate Marcus Sammuelson! :)
re: FoodPopulist
Peruvian. And I'm Colombian BTW.
re: Alan Sudo
I agree. I don't shop for liquor often, so when I went to the liquor store last week I was amazed at both the variety of flavors of spirits and the number of new, small producers. Recent changes to laws in WA have led to several new small distillers opening here, with tasting rooms. There is also new Mexican restaurant and 'mezcaleria' I've been wanting to try. People still drink in a lousy economy.
re: Alan Sudo
Alan, I hope you are right about Mezcal. My concern is that great small batch mezcals are produced in quantities too small for distribution in the U.S. , and large scale production will compromise quality. I have never found a great one more than 500 KM from Jalisco. It's one of those things you have to go to the source to get. So far.


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No. 6 – SEO Advent Tip
Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by Calum Shepherd in Digital Marketing, Thoughts
Day 6 of the bigmouthmedia SEO Advent Calendar. You can read day 5 here.
Store Location Strategies, important for Bricks and Mortar Visibility this Christmas
'Location, Location, Location' – what was once the name of a popular show on Channel 4, of which has now been repurposed, recycled and refocused as the title for this blog post. The importance of a store location strategy is at times lost, however it should be a key focus point for many online retailers whom still operate a wide berth of bricks and mortar stores. Traditional stores do not always have the same range of products as their online counterpart, with the web acting as a one stop shop for everything within the retailer's portfolio.
Store location strategies should be double barrelled where appropriate, especially for online retailers with a large portfolio of stores. Think about location, but also think about the services that location offers. Loyal customers may just travel a little bit further to their next nearest store to get the last minute gift they were looking for this Christmas. If this information is not available, it may result in an unnecessary visit to a particular store by your customer, in turn driving them to a local competitor.
Onsite Promotion
Shopping at the last minute is not an alien concept for many people at Christmas, myself included! In the run up to Christmas, many people will be trawling the internet for details on local stores once the standard delivery window for mail order has expired and discovering that only expensive 'next day delivery' options are available. Combining this with weather related delivery delays (especially sunny Scotland) and we can begin to identify store based footfall as being of renewed importance as a revenue stream.
Online retailers should think about promoting local stores from their homepages. As Christmas approaches, stores are a prime option in situations where delivery timeframes and weather might be impacting online sales.
3rd Party Location Platforms
Offsite promotion also plays an important part, with a number of location based services such as Google Places and Foursquare providing good exposure for individual stores.
Identifying, documenting and maintaining profiles and information contained on 3rd party websites ensures customers do not end up at stores that do not exist, or have since moved after the information was made available. These 3rd party profiles can all be closely integrated with any associated store pages on the 1st party site.
Individual Store Pages
Guidelines should be in place to ensure all individual store pages provide the most up to date information, so that as changes take place these can be reflected on site. Where stores are individually operated or franchised with separate social profiles, it's an idea to begin to think about what rich content you can pull into these pages.
Customer reviews, social profile integration, easy to remember URL's and promotion from within each individual store may well help create a loyalty aspect that not many other online retailers can match.
Ensure you're ready for Christmas, update your store pages to truly reflect their offering, promote them on site so they become a viable option for customers then ensure all 3rd party profiles and store details are also up to date. Not everything is this post might be applicable, however throwing some ideas around has never hurt anyone (Well, – not that I'm aware of!).
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A healthy recipe perfect for party tartlets, as a dip, in pasta tosses or in omelets.
We love the rich, hearty flavors of fall. But in the throes of the holidays, our palates long for the bright, fresh tastes of summer. Although ratatouille is summer's quintessential dish, we loved this version made from winter produce. After Relish Chef Brian Morris whipped up Ratatouille Tartlets for The Relish Cooking Show, we found ourselves tossing the leftover vegetable mixture into omelets, over pasta and onto chips for a brief, bright respite from all the heavy party fare.
Use this fresh filling in tiny tartlets for a healthy appetizer or toss with pasta for an on-the-go dinner.


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Jacki Monaco is a Green Mountain alum who blogs about successfully overcoming binge eating disorder. Her story was featured recently on CNN.com. Ever had this conversation with your fridge? Dinner is over. It's barely 7:00 PM. I'm not going to bed for at least another 5 hours. I can hear the faint hum of the refrigerator whispering to me from […] Read more »
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Fall tryouts
New faces in right places
Published: Aug 08, 2012
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Welcome to fall training! Tryouts are coming soon to a stadium near you. Teams with no chance of winning anything this year will be bustling with auditions and casting calls to fill major roles for the '13 season. One of the many good reasons to pay attention to these tryouts is that the major-league GMs are looking for the same qualities we like best: big talent and small salaries.
While many of us think March is the time when on-field performance will sort out the winners and losers of position battles, most GMs give more weight to what happens in August and September. After all, games played now are in bigger stadiums with larger crowds and a higher level of competition than anything we see in spring training. Today's games and stats go straight into the official record books.
The July 31 trading deadline helps us (immensely) to identify which teams are focusing on personnel decisions for next year and which teams are still concentrating on playoff berths. Although I am not the first (or last) Fantasy Source writer to examine this subject, I like to survey the landscape about a week after the deadline, when most of the dust has settled. Following are some of the future-oriented teams with positional trials and look-see activities already under way.
The Blue Jays' outfield/DH picture has a whole new look. Jose Bautista is on the DL with a sore wrist that isn't showing much improvement. Adam Lind is out with a back injury. Eric Thames lost his swing, found it again in the minors, and then got shipped to Seattle. Travis Snider lost the left-field job to Thames, regained it in July, and moved on to Pittsburgh.
The beneficiaries of these departures in Toronto are Rajai Davis, Anthony Gose, Moises Sierra, and David Cooper. Starting outfielders Colby Rasmus, Davis, and Gose have as much speed as any trio in baseball. Davis has become an everyday player with high value for his stolen bases, especially in rotisserie scoring.
Cooper, a former first-round pick, has good power. His only problem is that every 1B or DH prospect has good power. Cooper needs to show something impressive now at age 25 if he wants to be in the running for a regular big-league job when camps open in '13.
The jury is still out on whether Gose can hit enough to utilize his blazing speed and cannon arm every day in the majors. In five minor-league seasons he never hit above .263 until this year (he was at .292/.342/.395 when called up). Most scouts like his chances. So do I. He will be just age 22 on Aug. 10.
Sierra is in the mix because he has decent power and a good arm for right field. He's working on becoming smoother and more disciplined at the plate. (Often, teams will conduct tryouts and offer coaching at the same time.)
Along with Toronto, the Phillies have one of the most changed outfields of '12. Their run at another pennant ended quite early. With a powerhouse offense and four Cy Young candidates in their rotation, who would have thought the Phillies would be dumping stars in July? But here we are. Big-ticket outfielders Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence are gone. Prospect Domonic Brown and John Mayberry are in.
Although Brown failed to impress enough to win a spot on the opening-day roster, and has looked lost at times in the minors this season (even while his stats were good) he looks like a new and improved player since his recall. Brown has become more relaxed at the plate, patient, disciplined and willing to use all fields. He had a five-game hitting streak through Tuesday. If he doesn't attract too much attention, he has a good chance to be one of the better sleepers next year.
While Juan Pierre got a brief surge in playing time when Victorino and Pence left town, now it's Mayberry getting a long look. From a tryout perspective, this change makes sense. Everybody knows what Pierre can do. Mayberry remains a question mark at age 28. If he's ever going to be more than a bench player, he needs to step up now. He probably has only about a 40 percent chance of succeeding; still he's getting a chance many players never get. Meanwhile, Pierre retains value in standard rotisserie leagues, because he can steal a base when he comes into a game as a pinch runner, about as easily as he can get one when he starts a game and steals account for most of his value.
Most observers don't seem to like Brett Wallace as much as I do. Although he will sit down occasionally against a tough lefty starter, expect him to play almost every day for the remainder of '12. He was a first-round pick four years ago, left a trail of glittering stats in the Triple Crown categories coming up the farm ladder, then fizzled somewhat in his early tries at the majors in '11 and '12. He is one of those players who would get more respect if he had never yet played in a major-league game.
Josh Rutledge is getting a chance to show what he can do as the everyday shortstop for the Rockies, not because Troy Tulowitzki was a high-priced veteran who got traded away, but because Tulo got injured. A contending team would have used Marco Scutaro at short, as the Rockies did earlier. But Colorado, about 20 games behind in both their division and wild-card races, shipped Scutaro to the contending Giants. Although Rutledge has been a marvelous pickup, he's not quite as good as what he did in his first 22 games: a .356 average with production that prorates to 33 homers and 99 RBIs in 585 at-bats -- and this mostly from the No. 2 slot in the batting order. But he is good.
Not attracting much attention yet is Indians outfielder Ezequiel Carrera. Although he's not much for mixed-league competition, the high-speed, high-average 25-year-old should be on a roster in every AL-only league. He's available almost everywhere.
The rebuilding teams are worth knowing off the top of your head, because a sudden call-up is more likely to get significant playing time than would a callup for, say, the Yankees, White Sox, Reds, Nationals or Giants (for example). Already holding tryouts are the Astros, Cubs, Rockies, Padres, Phillies, Marlins, Brewers, Jays, Indians, Twins, Royals, Mariners and Mets. That list will eventually grow to about 20 teams even if the new playoff system creates as many contenders as Bud Selig hopes it will.