Thanks for checking out my blog! It was started in January 2008, and then took an unintended hiatus from May 2008 until the present, which is late February 2009. With the promise of a new season comes the promise to update the blog more regularly (dare I say after every game?), but we'll see how it goes. So a bio of me, eh? Well, I have been a proud Pittsburgher for nearly five years. I moved out here to get my Master's, and over the course of my graduate studies, a most unexpected thing occured -- I fell in love with Pittsburgh. Now, when asked when I will leave, my response is, "when the hearse drags me out, baby!" I live and work in the East End, and spend every free moment that I have watching, listening to, reading about, or contemplating the Buccos. I'm also really involved in my church, and pitch for our softball team. I am also the proud "mama" of two adorable cats, Kitty and Kato, who are kind enough to tolerate my yelling at blown saves and poor pitching, not to mention my annual last-day-of-the-season sobfest. I've always loved baseball, and was actually a Yankees' fan (ew!) until about four years ago. That was the first time I went to PNC Park, and saw what would become my beloved Bucs. Something about the way they were trying, and the atmosphere in the park, and the deep interrelationship between the city and the team really appealed to me. My first summer in Pittsburgh, when many of my school friends returned home, the Pirates kept me company, in a way. And thus the love affair was born.

Watching and listening to the Bucs, reading, playing softball, going for walks, enjoying the cultural and historical life of our great city, watching bad reality TV.