Something Squirrelly this Way Comes

I'm surprised that a couple of you didn't give me grief for not posting about the Canes Capitals game on Saturday. Although I'd rather focus on Friday's game between them. Shocking, I'm sure.

I met up with some friends & their friends for the game at the Verizon Center. After horrendous delays on the yellow line (waited 30 minutes for it to show, then another 10 after I got on the train), which was after it took me 20 minutes to go about 2 miles to get To a metro station, I get to the arena at 7.00 exactly. Our seats were up high so we missed the puck drop entirely. As it turns out, I could've been even later & not have missed much that I wanted to see...

You won't get any play-by-play from me on the game. Suffice it to say the Canes lost Saturday, 7-3 (but they won Friday 6-2!!!). Nifty thing that they did was at the end of the game. All the players that scored a goal had their name announced & they came out & skated a bit & then went back in the tunnel so the next person could do their spin. Good way to honor the players & to let them relive the thrill of scoring.

One guy had his first ever NHL goal. I don't remember his name & I currently feel no motivation to look it up as he isn't a Cane. Last time I was at a hockey game (something like 2 years ago), they didn't do the bows for the goal scorers. I think it's a great idea & I hope all the clubs are doing that.

Lesson learned in all this? Don't watch the Canes play the Caps from the 400's at Verizon Center wearing my (previously lucky) maroon t-shirt. Perhaps my 2004 NHL draft t-shirt that AO signed. Hmm....

Labels: Canes, Carolina Hurricanes, hockey, NHL, Washington Capitals

Casablanca was on last night. Yes, I'm one of those people that if it's on then it's damn near impossible for me to not watch it. I'm always struck by how many popular phrases are in that movie. If it wasn't so good then all the cliche's would drive me to distraction (the overuse & commonplace defintion of cliche, thankyouverymuch). One of these days I'll actually get the movie on DVD. That may cut my tv watching urge in half. Possibly.

The Avs won last night. Woohoo! Canes vs Craps tonight & since the cable people have an agreement to air all craps games, I'll get to watch. Yes! I'll be keeping my beady little eyes open for friends in the crowd. Let's Go Canes!!!

Labels: Canes, Carolina Hurricanes, Casablanca, hockey, Washington Capitals

The Bruins beat the sabres last night. Woooohooooo!!!! :) I somewhat like the Bruins but I really dislike the sabres so yesterday's game was defnitely a win-win situation.

Unrelatedly I think I figured out the torrent stuff. So anybody maybe Thinking about giving me pointers, feel free. I can always use more info. I evem nabbed the U2 PopMart show I saw (Kansas City 1997) but am still looking for the Vertigo (U2) shows I atteneded (DC, DC, Pittsburgh & Cleveland). Anyone have those? Hook me up with them?

Labels: hockey, PopMart, torrent, U2, Vertigo

Between winter finally making an appearance here, programs not working normally & the news that a former coworker had a baby boy (well, his wife did) I plum forgot to post an entry before now. Sorry yall. I know that a couple of you have prolly been checking every 10 or 15 minutes, waiting for my pearls of wisdom & squirrelly tales to appear. How ever do yall survive the weekends??

I made a yummy salad for dinner last night. Fresh baby spinach, diced red onion, diced roma tomato, sprinkle of shredded "italian cheese" (mix of parmesan, romano & mozzerella), dash of salt, vast quantities of black pepper (I'm an addict) and a dressing made of extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar. Scrumptious! It only seemed slightly odd to be eating a salad while yelling at the tv - two hockey games were on last night.

Actually I think there were 10 games played last night but only two were televised for my viewing enjoyment. The craps clobbered the Flyers and the Avs lost to the Red Wings in a shoot out. Stupid shoot out.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy - The Canes won last night! And it feels like winter outside!

Grr Argh - Three inch heels are a pain to walk in.

Consistency - The shoot out as a way to determine the winner of the game is Crap! Oh and The Edge is a funny, witty man.

Labels: Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, hockey, spinach salad, The Edge

I had this brilliant idea for an entry today. Thought of it last night and neglected to jot it down so, of course, I can't remember what it was. Lemme retrace my steps yesterday...

Grocery store. Read the paper. Made a modified version of the Harvest Pork Stew (added green lentils, black eyed peas, used pureed cooked squash instead of cubed, granny smith instead of Mac appples, I coated the pork in flour before cooking in skillet (to thicken up the soup) & I put it in the crockpot) - it's okay, apples have lost all flavor & are mush though. Read a book. Thumbed through Q magazine. Texted peeps. OH! Right!

I was on Animal Planet last night :) AP was having a special on the Giant Pandas at the National Zoo. I was in a segment called Baby Panda's First Year which premiered last night.

I have to get this out of my system - Tai Shan is TOO CUTE! Oh man. He's such an adorable, cuddly, fuzzy little ball of cuteness. Okay. I think I'm good for now. But my sheer joy at his cuteness & squirrelly behavior is ever present. So don't be surprised if more commentary about how much I adore Tai Shan pops up.

Anyway I was on at the very end of the segement, during Tai Shan's first birthday party. Yes I went to the Zoo early on July 9, 2005, stood in line, sweated my eyebrows off just to stand at the observation deck with hundreds of other people and see him eat his fruitcicle. Well worth it. You can see my back and the back & side of my head. I recognized my hat. I think I was on the screen for all of three seconds :)

Also, a shocking thing happened to me on Saturday. I was watching the Crapitals vs Thrashers game and, at the very end, actually Cheered when Alex Semin scored with only 17 seconds remaining in Overtime. It was a pretty goal and a great pass from Emminger. Alex O. also ended his goal scoring drought during the game. Will my peeps in Raleigh ever let me watch hockey with them again?? Cheering on the crapitals -surely that's a sign of the apocalypse. I know Buffy would agree....

Labels: hockey, pork stew, Tai Shan, Washington Capitals

I'm not going to focus on the Canes' game last night. Nope. Nosiree. Stupid Coyotes. And why are they named the Coyotes? And is it pronounced Kai-yote or Kai-yo-tee? I've lived in four states & I've heard both versions and have been laughed at incessantly for saying the latter, "Only little kids say kai-yo-tee. hee hee hee." Whatever, Missy. If the person saying that to me hadn't been a good friend, I might have had to smack her.

Instead let's take a gander at other games last night. The Bruins & the Maple Leafs - Holy Crap!! 10-2!! Geez! Poor Bruins. Actually, last night was just a crappy night, hockey wise. The teams I like lost and the teams I despise won. Grrrrrr. And no, I don't despise all the teams that won last just the stars, the devils (sorry TC!) and the crapitals. Admittedly, Ove has elevated the craps in my personal rankings. They're no longer the Most despised team on my list.

Bright note - It's Friday! and it's raining. It's like spring outside.

Sad note - It's like spring outside and it's winter. Oy! Bring on the snow!! The frost! The heavy coats! There's major flooding in the world, drought, blizzards, warm weather when it should be cold and yet there are Still people who doubt that climate change is happening. I bet they even say Coyotes funny... maybe coy-yotes.

Constant note - Cam Ward still rocks my world. Well, not as much as The Edge does, but then, who could?

Labels: Carolina Hurricanes, climate change, coyotes, hockey

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary has a variety of definitions for Objectivity. The one I'm interested in defines objectivity as

expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations (objective art) (an objective history of the war) (an objective judgment)

The application of the above has no place here. Especially when dealing with hockey. If I don't see the game then I can, of course, draw wild conclusions based on the outcome. For example, Tuesday night the Canes lost to the Penguins. Obviously it's because the Canes LET the Penguins win.

See the Canes won the Stanley Cup last year and the Penguins, well, nicest thing I can say about their season last year is hahahahahahaha. Err I mean, it wasn't Stanley Cup worthy. So the Canes let the Penguins win one out of the goodness of their hearts. A New Year's gift to the Penguin fans. Yep. Gotta be it.

In other hockey news, the Sentators clobbered the Sabres last night. WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!! And I joined an NHL Bloggers thingamajiggy (yes, that's a technical word). Click on the spiffy link over to the right for more info.

Labels: Carolina Hurricanes, hockey, objectivity