I was on bloodhorse.com tonight reading some blogs from the staff members and this one blog had commented about a horse named Arrrrr (that's 5 r's!) and Tom Durkin calling the races for this horse and how funny it is. Now, I must say, personally, I think Tom Durkin is the best horse race announcer in the industry. He's got that nice voice to listen to and he's really good (not that other people aren't, but I just like how he calls a race). I'm not signed up with TVG so I couldn't watch the races of Arrrrr, but I figured...Hey! YouTube has almost everything! Sure enough...YouTube has the two races announced by Tom Durkin for this horse Arrrrr. I watched them and just laughed! Tom Durkin just plays with the name when he says it and it's hilarious! I must say, whoever named the horse DEFINITELY has a sense of humor because, think about it, this horse in any race has to have its name called out! Anyway, the combo is hilarious.
Below are the two races called by Durkin for Arrrrr. The video quality is horrible, but the sound quality is fine. After the horses break, there's a slight "dead air" before Durkin starts talking, so don't turn your volume up thinking you can't hear anything! Give it a few seconds.
Arrrrr's Belmont Race in June
Arrrrr's Saratoga Race in July
As for tonsil stuff...I'm feeling GREAT! Swallowing is much easier now. It hardly hurts at all to swallow now. I still get some random ear pains every once in a while (at truly random times), but for the most part they're okay. My left side is still slightly tender, but I don't worry about what I eat at all anymore. Talking is still an issue, oddly enough, though I can talk at basically a normal level and at fairly long amounts. I still feel like I'm slurring my words sometimes and not enunciating as well as I could, but at least it's getting better. I'd say my speaking capabilities are about 85%. I find talking more difficult at various times and sometimes I feel like if I talk too much, it gets harder to talk later on. It's kind of weird. It's very much "come and go," I guess. I still avoid talking on phones as much as I can because phones are hard to hear over sometimes and since I'm not enunciating as well as I usually can, it just makes me not want to talk on the phone. LoL Speaking in person is pretty good, though. I still can't "yell" or raise my voice really loudly. So...let's hope there's no reason for me to yell for a bit longer because it wouldn't be fun!
I leave for Chicago in a little less than a week (Monday, August 4th!). I'm EXCITED!!!! It's going to be fun. The wireless at the Chicago Hilton is $12.95 for 24 hours. So...I'm still debating what I'm going to do about wireless as I'm bringing my laptop. My roomies might split the cost with me or we may just truck to other places around us. Rumor has it the hotel next to the Chicago Hilton has wireless for $6.95. :P We might also be able to get it free in the lobby, but that still has to be determined. LoL We're plotting ways of cutting down costs too like buying oatmeal, easymac, and other things we can use hot water for since we'll have a coffeemaker in our room. We're also thinking of buying drinks and whatnot too so we don't have to buy them in the city. We're going to work the system!
Anyway, with that, I should head to bed since it's almost 3 am. My sleeping schedule is totally messed up and I can sleep for like 7 hours, be dead tired the whole day, and still fall asleep at 3 am. It's horrible. I'm sleep deprived and it's almost a guarantee I'll be sleep deprived in Chicago too. LoL
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