Okay, so the confetti has settled, the Cup’s been skated, and now it’s time for all of us to look deep into our hearts and figure out what in the hell we’re supposed to do between now and October. And while we won’t pretend to think IPB can fill that void in everyone’s lives, we are pleased to give you, Gentle Reader, an idea of what’s on tap for the lazy summer months ahead!
– IPB’s Official 118 Reasons (In No Particular Order) Why We Love Hockey. That’s right, every day we’ll be coming right back at you with a new reason why we love hockey, and some days there will even be two reasons, or maybe even three! “Why 118?” you ask? Well, there are two explanations for that. The first is that we’re too lazy and/or stupid to figure out how many days the off-season actually is. The second is that when we first got season tickets with the Devils we sat in section 118, and while we later moved up to 227, 227 seemed like an awful lot of reasons to have to think of. We originally engaged in an activity like this back in the summer of 1999; we got unusually buzzed on a bottle of sauvignon blanc and proceeded to attempt to enumerate 100 reasons we love this game. We can’t recall now whether we managed to get to 100, so it’ll be an exciting exercise to see if, now that we’ve publicly announced our goal, we can top that previous high by 18. You won’t want to miss it!
– Liveblogging the NHL Awards show. Be there or be square. (And by “there” we mean “whenever it is that VS is airing it”. We’re not sure when that is.)
– Liveblogging various and sundry things out of desperation and boredom. Anyone up to hearing Pookie’s radical ideas for improving the so-called “sport” of baseball? Keep your eyes peeled, then, for the inevitable MLB game we’ll liveblog. Want to hear about cars going in circles? Maybe we’ll give the IPB Red-Carpet treatment to a NASCAR event! Want to get a glimpse of a night of video-game hilarity? Well, we might just liveblog an attempt by the playstation-impaired denizens of stately IPB Manor to mount an NHL 2K7 tournament (Andrew told us it was easy to play — and he lied!).
– SPECTRE Saturdays! We’ve mentioned before in this space that we wrote a fake hockey season during the lockout; the project was known as Simulated Play Exquisite Corpse Team Recreation Experience, or SPECTRE. The document hasn’t aged well (we and our friends were very narrowly focused on the Devils at the end of the ’03-’04 season, and, frankly, ready for a little vacation from hockey. We did a very poor job of anticipating the post-lockout NHL), but we’ll still be posting some of our favorite and most outlandish excerpts weekly. So if you want a glimpse into the poetic soul of a disgruntled Brett Hull, or want a taste of “Brian Gionta, Tiny P.I.”, or want to know what happens when NHLers get their own time machines (hint: Brett Hull has some run-ins with the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World), stay tuned!
– Commentary on free agent signings. Yeah, we’ll be paying attention to the NHL’s actual news, too. Although be forewarned: even at our most attentive, we still do a terrible job of keeping track of off-season moves. The first two or three weeks of each season are generally filled with choruses from us of, “Hey! When did [insert player name here] become a [insert team name here]?” So while we might weigh in on signings, we don’t recommend you use us as a primary news source. Because we know you were planning to.
– And lots, lots more!
So don’t worry, Gentle Reader. Summer might suck, but it’s always hockey season in IPB’s hearts.
Oh! My good name has been soiled! Well, my name anyway….but regardless, I was talking about NHL 2003! That’s the easy one! Sometime around ’05 they really amped up the uses for buttons, in turn making the control schemes a little crazy.
Nonetheless, I would love a video game liveblog! Pure hilarity!
So the ongoing offseason saga of a certain Joe Motzko will go without being novelized?
Dammit! NHL ’03 is the easy one? Crap. (We were totally like, “Wait, this is supposed to be easy? Are we retarded?” when we first cracked open the ’07 version. Of course, at least this version is full of players we know — if we had to play an ’03 version we’d probably approach it way too literally and be all, “Steve Yzerman? But he’s retired!”)
Earl, I think the Motzko novelization can be filed under “free agency news” or “much, much more”.
Wait, Sleek isn’t your move Triangle, Triangle, Square?
Wait, Sleek isn’t your move Triangle, Triangle, Square?
You remembered that? Heh. I’m a man of many moves. That one works occasionally, but I’m much better at executing the ol’ “knock the controller out of my roommate’s hands and then score quickly” maneuver.
I’m a man of many moves.
I am just going to leave that one alone.
NHL 07 is the most intuitive one I’ve ever played. And I’ve played a lot of NHL games. Still crap at all of them.
I knew I said I was going to sleep… but I lied. It’s too stinking warm to sleep.
Earl, yeah, that generally works.
Just you and me, a-oil? This could turn into a lawsuit real fast. :)
Oh my, oh my. I found this blog far, far too late. I stumbled upon this wonderful site yesterday after a google search (don’t worry, it wasn’t for “Ray Emery Lamborghini”) led me to a blog of a Buffalo hockey fan, which led me here. Since yesterday I’ve been reading everything you’ve written on my Buffaslugs (I haven’t had the heart to read most of the liveblogs of the Sens series for… personal reasons, but I’m sure I’ll toughen up and get to it eventually), and then rejoiced in reliving the SCF with all of your hilarious commentary. Reading the witty abuses you systematically put upon the Ottawa Senators was like chicken soup for my soul (no offense meant to the Sens fans in residence, I am just an unfathomably bitter, sore loser). My only regret is that I didn’t stumble across IPB sooner, so that I could have commented on all its brilliance in such a time frame as would actually be seen by anyone. (Another tiny regret is that you are Devils fans. I have nothing against that, I just can’t help wishing that you were Sabres fans so that I could look forward to infinite amounts of love for my team from you guys. I guess I’m just selfish and don’t want to have to share you with another team.)
In all seriousness, though, this is exactly the kind of hockey community I’ve been looking for. Too many of the sites I chose to haunt over this past season were rife with douchebaggy college boys, whose “discussions” about hockey invariably end in colorful homophobic insults. I find your female perspective on this great sport profoundly refreshing, and, needless to say, endlessly entertaining. Also, as a woman, I like the idea of being able to freely discuss who I think is hot without immediately being dismissed as knowing nothing/not caring about hockey. Hockey boyfriends are an important part of the game to me. (Incidentally I also chose Ryan Getzlaf as my SCF boyfriend, before I even found this site. Fortunately, I never looked very closely at his teeth.)
I’m getting long winded, but all I really came here to do was to introduce myself, thank you for making this wonderful blog, and plead with you to let your Crunchy/Staffy love sway you into keeping the Sabres in your top four teams for next season! Either way, I’ll be sticking around to read and comment. That is, if you don’t mind having yet another Buffalo fan in residence!
Oh, hey Mags. Didn’t see you hiding there.
*watching in fascination* Wonder what’s going to happen in today’s episode of IPB Manor…
is something cooking in the kitchen with sleek and a.oil?
have the cat ears been removed from all further comments?
ZOMG!!! Who shot Niekon with the confetti cannon?
It’s coz I’m tiny like.
HELLOOOOO there BGM. Our kind blog owners are not here, but the IPB Regulars will do their best to welcome you to the fold!
Too many of the sites I chose to haunt over this past season were rife with douchebaggy college boys, whose “discussions” about hockey invariably end in colorful homophobic insults.
Well, fortunately you can count us douchebags here on one hand.
Earl….isn’t that Doucherockets?
is something cooking in the kitchen with sleek and a.oil?
Well other then he can kick my ass in NHL07 but then I would force him to get on the REAL ice and he would be going DOWN!
Well, we have more doucherockets here than we do douchebags. You might need two hands to do a proper doucherocket count.
Oh yeah, Sleek + real ice = bad news.
Especially if I toss the Penguin Peanut and the Pink Piranha on the ice.
Mags….no sleep huh?
Is there a Pink Piranha v.2 yet?
Poor Sleek. Need me to tug you across the rink (it’s ok, Jiggy does it too)
Oil, nope. It’s 85 out. I’m not used to this weather. I knew I never should have moved South.
Is there a Pink Piranha v.2 yet?
Picking it up Sunday. I have to drive about 40 miles to pick it up. Hard to find a youth pink left shot stick.
I knew I never should have moved South.
I went to school in North Carolina and I tell ya, the summers were BRUTAL! Constantly in a state of melting.
I lived in Hawaii for 4 years (where PP, the budding hockey star ironically was born)….it was perfect….warm with trade breezes…….
Earl, I spent 4.5 years in Hong Kong, I know hot and humid. I still have nightmares about my hair. But we had aircon there. I don’t anyone in this country has ever heard of that cooling miracle.
I stand corrected btw, it’s 91 and raining.
Well, I won’t bore you then with the L.A. weather today. When I woke up, it looked like there might be some chance of rain, but that never materialized.
Actually, SoCal had been kind of gloomy for a while until a couple of days ago. Whenever people remark on the change in weather, I offer, “Well, of course. Hockey’s over now, so summer can start.”
Picking it up Sunday.
Good for PP, plus it buys me a few days of sound sleep (the threat of a good Piranha beating is enough to keep me up late into the night).
Yes and then she will have two…one for each hand….
You know you’ve hit a slump when you start discussing the weather. I can’t believe we started this early in the off-season. Seriously, no one want any chocolate cake?
Oil, I seriously want to meet PP one day. Sounds like my kinda girl.
yo BGM! There’s always room for another Sabres fan. We will try and keep the douchebaggery (great word, btw) to a minimum, but no promises.
Well she has grand hockey plans, so I am sure you will hear her name somewhere (even if is just in the papers about how some little girl beat up a SoCal guy with hockey sticks)
She is the only little girl I know who’s room is covered in hockey stuff. Oh and a banner or two about the Seahawks run to the superbowl.
oh and both PP and I are down for some chocolate cake.
Well, if PP ever needs any encouragement, you could always offer, “PP–you are more talked about on the internet than Sidney Crosby was at your age.”
Well good on her. I look forward to playing her one day :P. Tell her to try my top shelf because she hasn’t got a chance at anything down low ;P
*boxes cake* it’s got sprinkles and icing and everything.
It is funny. Her goal is to go to a DIV 1 University and play hockey and as an afterthought she mentions she might as well play in the Olympics as well. She handles it pretty well that she wont get to play for her beloved Silvertips or in the NHL.
Her first goal in a game was as she likes to tell it “right through the 5 hole”. It is actually a 15 minute story where is likens herself to Zack Hamill and Sidney Crosby and how she was so stealthy that she snuck up on the goalie (read: She skated up right infront of him). However, a 5 year old in goalie gear is a sight within itself and the poor kid could barely keep upright let alone block a shot.
However, a 5 year old in goalie gear is a sight within itself and the poor kid could barely keep upright let alone block a shot.
Hmmm, a future Ray Emery?
Folks, the off season has turned me into a complete wreck. I was just watching the HNIC playoff tribute and I cried like a baby. Somebody save me.
Ah man, if I ever have kids I want them to be like PP. Actually, she sounds like my sister. That Left Wing bitch. (Kidding, love her really, but she scores on me too often)
Earl, hehehehe. Brilliant.
No that is our goalie. Oddly enough his grandfather was a goalie for the Penguins. He seems to be part Hasek with his odd flailing and part Emery for his love to wander out of the crease. Last game poor kid went behind the net to get the puck, unfortunately the other team swooped in he tried to get back to the net but he kept falling over in pure exhaustion (it was the end of the 3rd period) finally the ref came and picked him up by the back of his jersey and drug him back to the net.
Earl, hehehehe. Brilliant.
Don’t tell Sherry I said that. I’m supposed to be nice and avoid getting told “TOO SOON”.
That’s pretty funny A.Oil…those little tykes are hilarious when muddled down in all that gear.
Don’t tell Sherry I said that
Silent as the grave.
:0 hey mags you spent time in HK? I was born there.. in my opinion, the weather is as close to an inferno as you could get. I never wanted to leave home.. or somehow magically travel to the nearest mall through tunnels.
On the topic of weather – Toronto’s having a storm.
I sometimes think I want to move south (i lived socal (monterey park) for a while). then i realize i would miss the continuous hockey coverage.
This is one when she got to go skate on the “big” ice with the Silvertips
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p43/zhockey/MikesPicture.jpg
One of her first tournaments in Seattle…..(sorry Earl – pre-pink piranha)
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p43/zhockey/nats_crew.jpg
I am kinda thinking that maybe Emery could use that kinda of Ref help as well…….when he gets too far out of the crease they could just drag him back.
then i realize i would miss the continuous hockey coverage.
You can only miss it if you’ve ever experienced it, I guess.
During the offseason, I feel like I subscribe to the L.A. Times for three small pieces of the paper:
a) daily Sudoku
b) daily crossword
c) Hockey transactions, usually lumped into “Miscellaneous” on the second-to-last page of the sports page.
Those three things combined wouldn’t even cover an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper.
Vinny, cool! HK represent! This may make me sound super shallow, but I seriously miss the malls. The weather, not so much. Singapore is hotter, and more humid, but HK STINKS.
Oil, they could attach him to an elastic, so that if he goes to far he simply get’s yoinked back…
Then Sens might want to consider that next year. It might improve their game.
Man…you guys are like fish on a dock when it comes to switchin’ blog screens! btw NHL 2007 Awards are in Toronto (Usually are at the Royal York Hotel – nice old place but overpriced) Thursday, June 14, 2007, 8:00 p.m. – will be broadcast live on the CBC … dont know what that means to you but, if you live in Canada, that’s the channel on every TV on every Saturday night from October ’til June (ibid Hockey Night In Canada).
Toronto, as you can imagine, is infinitely better. For fans, not so much players? Unless you like that kind of fishbowl atmosphere. Scratch that. Insert “40 years” joke.
I’m pretty slow at Sudoku. I’ve been told there are tricks to solving those puzzles. Any tips Sleek?
I get the CBC feed! I may be saved! For a while…
Dear NASN,
Please, for the love of everything hockey, broadcast the NHL Awards. Postpone my execution by No Hockey a little while m’kay?
Love, Mags
Any tips Sleek?
The only tips Sleek has are:
1) Triangle, Triangle, Square
2) Everything is better with booze
I think Ottawa woulda had the cup in ’05. Alas, we will never know…
Mags i know! AHAHA i don’t think it makes us shallow. We’re girls. We like to shop. Actually it’s weird, because my cousin went back to HK to work at a hospital there, and every time we talk he always asks how the Leafs are doing and always complains about the weather. He’s gotten skinnier. He says it’s the heat.
Oil, they could attach him to an elastic, so that if he goes to far he simply get’s yoinked back…
what happens when he gets yoinked back and deflects a puck into his own net…..
I think Ottawa woulda had the cup in ‘05. Alas, we will never know…
I’m a really horrible person, but after this season that suggestion makes me somewhat glad 04-05 never happened. Sorry Sherry, Bill.
Naw…the Sens have Phillips he is their key deflector no need for Emery to do it.
Any tips Sleek?
Umm, nothing practical I can offer through comments. The impractical advice? (It’s true, though).
Start with 1, and then work your way through 9. Once through, start the cycle again.
what happens when he gets yoinked back and deflects a puck into his own net…..
That’s simply punishment for wandering out too far in the first place.
Hello back to everyone! Don’t worry, I did a full check of the douchebag levels before I decided to post and they were well under the acceptable limit. Doucherocket levels were something entirely different, though… Have to keep an eye on those.
Out of curiosity, how is everyone dealing with their hockey withdrawal? It’s only the second day of the off-season, and already I feel like I’ll never make it to the season opener. At this time last year at least I had the World Cup (*sigh*) to look forward to. It’s times like these that I wish I actually played hockey, or at the very least had a platform on which to suck at playing NHL 2K7…
’04/05 was terrific where I live. I did miss the NHL… BUT .. our London Knights won the Memorial Cup that year with Corey Perry on the team (amongst other tremendous prospects) and Sid played on our ice… closest I’ll ever get to greatness, me thinks.
It’s times like these that I wish I actually played hockey, or at the very least had a platform on which to suck at playing NHL 2K7…
I’m going to go and buy one. I’m just waiting for exams to be over and the withdrawal symptoms to come full-force.
Clearly as you can see BGM….we have not really dealt with the reality that the season is over (shhhhh…….Sleek isn’t even aware of it yet – although we fear he is in liver failure and has been in a booze haze since Wednesday night)
Which is why we all clammor on here and live in our dream world of hockey all year long.
I literally wandered around my house last night… tonight’s even gonna be worse… I might actually have to talk to my kid.
BGM, I play hockey and my season is over. And my mates have called a moratorium on going to play with me after I forced them to come every day when there was nothing on TV. In other words, I’m dealing very very badly.
Sandra, jealousy abounds.
Sandra…step away from the spawn…under NO CIRCUMSTANCES is that a good plan. Really.
I’ll tell ya what to do BGM, catch up on movies and books that you put off during the season, enjoy the weather (if applicable), and obsessively follow the free-agent/trade news. That’s what I do!
Sandra will gladly ship one 6’2″ 15yr old left-handed defenseman who knows everything to Mags to supply hockey-withdrawal company. AND, as a bonus, you can have his 14 yr old gf too!
Hey, no need to worry about me. My body is trained to know that the season can’t end until you lose your last game.
I’m still in midseason form.
London Knights… All I know is that Pat Kane is apparently currently tearing that team up. South Buffalo native, so it’s been all over our news.
Hm…if we are talking shipping….Mags you can also have one 5 year old left handed center (or so she claims) she will be pleased to go hit the ice with you 24 hours a day.
If Briere gets shipped outta Buffalo, I may… (not saying this out loud), I may have to add a team to my ‘favs list’ on the net. Perish the thot
BGM….Kane is outta sight. Best prospect we’ve seen since Perry. Love that he’s American too. Not many find their way to the Ontario Hockey League.
Someone make me stop watching highlights on Youtube. I’m dying. (again, dealing badly with the off-season)
Mags will gladly have him over and he can try to beat a 5’9″, 143 pound 19yo goalie. And I’ll have PP too. ANYTHING for hockey.
Mags….weather and time update?
If Briere gets shipped outta Buffalo, I may…
i take it Sandra would rather have Briere over Drury then?
bc i’d love to take Drury off your hands for my team.
wow… we could shoot pucks in the driveway all summer… oh, I just included myself in that
but, I wantem both! You can have numminemenenenem
Someone make me stop watching highlights on Youtube.
I’d love to. Except I’m doing it.
Everytime I watch mic’d up I lament over how I can’t watch all the mic’d ups. So I keep watching.
87, rain. 0:32.
pardon my ignorance, but wth is it 87f at 12:30 am and why do you live there?
Because the weather hates me, it’s southern Holland and that just so happens to be my country of residence.
Ok you all. I have to take PP to street hockey game with the boys. You all have fun….I will be back in a couple of hours, which I am sure means only a couple of you (Sleek) will be around.
Wow Mags, is it ususally like that there this time of year? Hard to keep ice in your glass when its like that.
Sandra… That’s awesome. I’ll have to keep my eye on him in the league. I just hope he doesn’t go to a team I loathe. It’s always nice to see a Western New Yorker do well in hockey. Like Todd Marchant!
And no matter who ends up inevitably leaving the Sabres this offseason, I might have to add a favorite team. I love them all too much. Except for Spacek, but unfortunately there’s not much chance of him going anywhere.
Campbell is from a small town just up the road from me. Strathroy. poopspot on the map but a great little hockey town.
It’s the first time that I can remember that it’s been this bad. We’ve actually got a weather warning. That said, it’s much, much colder near the coast. I gave up on the ice about 2 days ago.
Oil, given my present insomnia, I might still be around.
God I’m a slow typer!
I literally can’t bear the thought of either Drury or Briere leaving, but I think losing Drury would be harder to take. Just the thought of him in another jersey breaks my heart.
Someone make me stop watching highlights on Youtube.
I just watched the Tonight Show bit where they had Giguere, Pronger, and Brad May on with the Cup on Leno.
You’d figure between Leno’s chin, Pronger’s elbows, and May’s suckerpunch there would have been some sort of head injury, but I guess Jay just got lucky.
I just hope he doesn’t go to a team I loathe.
GAK! BGM… just checked the Roster page on the London Knights. Kane is eligible in ’07 – that’s next week’s draft… damned if Philly won’t get him.
BGM, yeah, I can understand how you’d feel about either of them leaving. Watching them play this year (I am entirely at the mercy of what NASN feeds me, so I’ve seen a large variety of teams this year) has been a blast. I hope we get one of em… :P
Where’s that vid Earl? Mostly, I’m scared of Jiggy’s teeth…
Speaking of weather warnings, Mags, we had a tornado warning on Wednesday. In California! A godamn tornado warning! Strange.
I saw it on Mirtle’s blog.
Yeah I knew he was eligible for this coming draft and I knew Philly was a contender for him, but are they first? On the one hand it would be really awesome for him to go first overall, but on the other I really hope Philly is biased and goes for the top-ranked Canadian player instead of the American. Then Kane can go to… who? Washington? Ugh… Ovechkin.
but are they first?
I recall Chicago winning the draft lottery, I thought (?). Philly then would pick second.
BGM… just checked the Roster page on the London Knights. Kane is eligible in ‘07 – that’s next week’s draft… damned if Philly won’t get him.
well Pat Kane is projected Top 5 right? So I’m thinking no one’s sane enough to trade him and assuming top five stays… he goes LA, Philly, Washington, Phoenix or Chicago.
Actually i’m hearing Philly wants VanRiemsdyk :X.
Mags TSN did a little clip of that on Sportscenter.. you could try their site =)
Thanks Earl.
Andrew, wth? For real?
Oh and youtube is a black hole which has swallowed up what was left of my summer after hockey was done with it. Don’t ever look up Price is Right clips. I mean it. You’ll watch them for days.
Mags… TSN (canada’s futile attempt at ESPN) has a live broadband feed of the games…
go to http://www.tsn.ca
BGM… actually there are two more London Knights picked to go higher in the draft than Kane – Sam Gagne (see world juniors this year) and darned if I can remember the other one.
Corey Perry’s little brother is currently on the Knights and so is Kotstitsyn’s little brother (elder Kostitsyn plays for the Habs)
Ok, I officially love how Pronger sticks out like a sore thumb. You’re too tall dude!
BGM, youtube owns part of my soul judging by the amount of time I spend there.
And yeah, I seem to remember Chicago won the Draft lottery.
Youtube is the greatest invention man has ever known, well, second to beer I guess.
Yeah Mags, crazy…it’s been 80-90 degrees and clear skies for 2 weeks straight, and then on Wednseday it was all dark and windy out. Nothing touched down, but still, that kind of shit doesn’t happen around here often.
Oh, and before everyone goes crazy on the “Earl, Earl. Are you OK? Are you breathing? Are you passed out drunk?” stuff, be warned.
I’m heading out from work now–see ya all later!
HA! Andrew… it was the Hockey Gods causing all that wind.
Chicago already signed the best Canadian Kid this year too! Johnathan Toews (again, Canada’s IIHF World Jr team)… Watch that kid go
What can we say Earl, everyone is very concerned for your well being here on IPB.
Sandra, I recall TSN only loves you if you live in Canada. Europeans need not apply (this sentiment is shared by Don Cherry, and I hope he goes down for it)
Earl, see you around!
Aint Cherry a piece of work. The guy goes on HNIC and states to the world that European players are pussys cuz their wear visors… now the GM’s are thinking about making all rookies wear them in year 1. Hmmmm
He needs to just… SHUT UP. I used to love him, but living in Europe, meeting great hockey players here and having to hear him trash their every effort is really hard to deal with.
Sandra, I recall TSN only loves you if you live in Canada
For hockey, it sure beats ESPN.
Cherry, Cherry, Cherry. There are no words to describe the (entertaining) nonsense he spouts.
by no means does entertaining equal intellectual.
If you put Don Cherry and Pierre McGuire together, do you get a Monster Fruit?
There are currently freaky weather conditions in Buffalo, too. First it was sunny and then it started to rain and thunder while the sun was still out, and then it got really dark and windy, and now it’s completely still. I can only conclude that the Hockey Gods are mad at the Sabres for not winning the cup, and have decided to ruin their good golfing weather.
Sandra, I love you. You’re going to get IPB Mistress love for that comment, I can feel it.
Out of curiosity, how is everyone dealing with their hockey withdrawal?
I’ve started watching bad reality TV. Hell’s Kitchen, Gene Simmons Family Jewels and the Real World/Road Rules Challenge are now a part of my weekly viewing.
I probably won’t start getting really twitchy for hockey until August or so, but I have Miracle, Slapshot and the Rick Jeanneret dvds to keep me sane until the season starts again.
Sandra, I love you. You’re going to get IPB Mistress love for that comment, I can feel it.
Bring on the IPBucks? =D
You get those just for commenting (although, if I keep this up, I’m going to lose IPBucks for spamming and general IPB addiction)
No, it would be the coveted “Comment that made Schnookie/Pookie laugh the loudest” award. (for the record, no matter how hard I try, I’ve never won it :P)
HA! I joined a group on Facebook (something altogether alien to me – but I’ve joined every Sabres group going and started a Canadians for Buffalo Sabres group myself) (I digress) Anyway, I searched on McGuire – whom I LOATHE – and found a group The Anti-Pierre-McGuire Assoc:
For all those of us out there who are sick to death of this simpering little nobody and wish he would just propose to Dion Phaneuf and get it over with all ready.
Unquestionably the most annoying commentator/pundit on either side of the Atlantic, in any sport.
Sleek, I know I may seem not too bright but you forgot that I’m capable of reading.
It’s nice that people still consider my feelings though, that’s a nice change!
Amy, that is some truly bad TV you’re watching! Next time you get the urge to turnon the tube, take a shot of whiskey instead. You’ll kill the same amount of brain cells and you won’t have those bad memories that only reality TV can create.
I’ve only rarely had to witness Pierre on TV, and he’s funny when viewed in moderation. I can totally understand where he’d be COMPLETELY NAUSEATING in other situations.
I’d like to propose Mart Smeets for most annoying, but none of you can understand what he’s saying so I suppose he doesn’t count. His English is also the worst attempt at the language I have ever heard on television.
Oh, Amy, Miracle is truly an awesome movie to watch once hockey is over. I remember I used that as part of my healing regime at the end of last season, and it was helped along substantially by the fact that the goalie in that movie looks freakily like Crunchy. Also in that vein I really want to watch the Mighty Ducks now, but for some reason my Blockbuster doesn’t carry it… I was very dissappointed to learn this.
Mags, that’s a wailer! Cherry’s english aint so great either… he cant finish a sentence.
For all those of us out there who are sick to death of this simpering little nobody and wish he would just propose to Dion Phaneuf and get it over with all ready.
I thought he was after Briere?
-o-. the man is fickle.
Only ‘hockey movie’ i have seen is Mystery, Alaska. I currently rates as one of my favourite movies of all time.
Wait, I think I saw Slapshot as well… I am old enough to have seen that when it debuted in the theatres – my head is starting to hurt tho.
If Smeets finishes a sentence in Dutch I’m proud of him. Another thing: if he could call a sports event without referring to the Tour de France or speed skating at some point, I’d buy him a beer.
Hey, I’ve got 50 bucks (won a bet, beat a guy in a shootout) to burn, anyone want to recommend their #1 hockey movie to me? Don’t own any, so everything is an option.
I have a sudden uncontrollable urge to listen to the Goo Goo Dolls and Five for Fighting…
Mags… Mystery Alaska is a great movie – especially if you like Russell Crowe
Unfortunately Pierre is obviously a philanderer because he needs to pull himself away from Crosby too.
The only hockey related movie I’ve seen were the Ducks ones. I definitely want to see ‘The Rocket’…if only to see how the real NHL players they used do with their line deliveries. The commercials don’t their acting chops justice, I’m sure.
Also “Bon Cop, Bad Cop” is good for a few laughs although I’m told it’s almost too Canadian.
Sherry – Bon Cop, Bad Cop has subtitles I think – of course, filmed in Canada with two official languages – I wonder if the subtitles are in English AND French?
Crosby is mine. Pierre needs to lay off my boy.
I saw the Ducks ones. They made me cry bitter tears of OMGDISNEY.
Hey, Canadian is good.
Mags killed the comments.
I’ll get my coat.
Throw me in on the “I love Danny but please God don’t let Chris go somewhere else” train. I appreciate that Danny is being so vocal about how much he loves Buffalo and wants to stay, but I can see us replacing what he does a little more easily than replacing what Drury does. (i.e. everything). I’ll miss either guy but Dru’s the man for me. Plus I don’t want to have to deal with a crying husband which is what I’ll have on my hands if Chris goes elsewhere.
ack… i’m here but suspect that BGM may have had a power outage in the storm
Heather… I hear that loud and clear… except for the husband part – dispatched with that baggage many years ago.
Replacing Briere at 6.5MM per year would be fairly easy me thinks.
Sandra, re: BGM, craptacular.
Heather, I see your point. Can we have your Danny now?
I’m really hungry. I should have had that cake at 11, but I didn’t think I’d be up for another 2 hours.
Sorry Mags, I was uploading my pictures from the Bulldogs rally, haha.
I’m going to warn you about signing players to $6.5M contracts…just because when we did it it sort of blew up in our faces, but that probably won’t happen to you.
Everybody keeps saying Briere to Philly cause of the Biron connection. See? Biron’s wicked! But I don’t think Briere would want to go to a non-contender. Well, who knows…those bastards might take us ALL by surprise.
I left my flickr software do that sort of thing for me.
Contracts that big are only ever going to result in craptacular seasons. Such is life.
Philly does not deserve The Sickest Looking Man To Ever Endorse Vitamin Water. The orange would make him look even sicker.
Sherry, I dont think Briere would go to anyone who didnt finish in the top 4 in their conference – purely my opinion. As for ‘blowing up in faces’ can you say Yashin?
Oh, Ca$hin. At least the Isles learned from their mistake. But honestly we could have told him that.
one thing Ottawa did right!
Ca$hin, I love it. Why hadn’t I heard that one before?
I think you meant one of many ;)
You got it Sherry, although I am NOT an Ottawa fan, I will admit (assuming no one else is listening) that they have a heckuva good team
Sorry everyone! No power outtage, I was just looking elsewhere on the site and got distracted.
I’ve heard all the rumors about Briere joining Biron, too, but I don’t really think it’s true. At least, I’m hoping it’s not true because between Danny and Marty, I don’t think my hatred for the Flyers could stand up to such conflicting love, and my head would end up exploding. On the other hand, I think Drury’s rumored shift to San Jose to join friend Mike Grier is much more likely, and that scares me.
To preempt any further rumors, power-related or otherwise, about my absence: I’m going to eat dinner.
Sherry, I am sorry, I can never admit to such a thing. I’m still angry with Ottawa for making my Devils look like useless children.
Chocolate cake really is like the crack of 2 am snackfood.
dinner? hmmm that sounds like a tremendous idea. Not eating dinner in front of the Game tho? wow, I’m getting melancholy
Haha, thanks Sandra. I can also admit on my part that I was terrified of facing the Sabres in the Conference Finals.
Mags, it’s okay…I don’t expect you to :P I know what it feels like to have your team look like useless children. [Sigh]
Someone just got past the comment filter, because we all got bumped up a post (which means I now have post 87, 100 and 111. Cool beans!)
Congrats :P Time for dinner. Hope you guys don’t miss me too much.
Haha, thanks Sandra. I can also admit on my part that I was terrified of facing the Sabres in the Conference Finals.
who promptly didn’t show up.
But both had amazing amazing seasons.
Chocolate cake sounds really good to a starving Vinny right now.
*attempts to email vinny chocolate cake*
*fails*
I’m getting off topic again aren’t I?
s’okay Mags.. i’m trying to configure out how you guys italisize (sp) everything
wait, I’ll look it up, I explained this a little while ago.
<i< what you want in italics here </i<
Sandra just use blablabhlabh
minus the spaces.
*attempts to email mags lots of love*
eep. i forgot that the one space thing doesn’t work. Sorry Sandra!
LOL… Vinny… so, it’s like writing html code…
bugger, <i> and </i> sorry
Sleek, I know I may seem not too bright but you forgot that I’m capable of reading.
It’s nice that people still consider my feelings though, that’s a nice change!
Oops, should I put another Baileys in my “I owe Sherry” journal?
I know what it feels like to have your team look like useless children.
Thanks to the Sens, so do I. Although it doesn’t take much to make Danny Briere look like a child, then, does it? Thank god for Chia Pet Drury cancelling out Briere’s babyfacedness, or else the Sabres’ beard leadership would have been in bad bad shape.
Earl, you’re going to owe Sherry a lot of Baileys at this rate.
BGM. Dany’s lack of beard was completely adorkable. But I see your point.
Mags, I agree that it’s really cute that Danny can’t seem to grow proper facial hair, but still, a team needs beard leadership, and I think the NHL agrees with me. Maybe Niedermayer’s beard should have gotten the Smythe.
Clearly I went to sleep way too early.
Anyone played NHL 07 on the PSP? I almost got kicked out of a lecture playing it. Fuck it is INTENSE. On EASY LEVEL. I miss outscoring the Canes 20-1. With Lupul. HAH.
Sleek – Out of curiousity, what else is in that journal?
BGM, I’m actually quite disappointed in the Playoff Beard performances of my team. Most of them elected not to bother with Fisher turning out the most impressive attempt. Preissing’s would have taken the cake had he decided not to trim it after Round 2
nieder’s beard was awesome
Earl, you’re going to owe Sherry a lot of Baileys at this rate.
At this rate, she’ll never collect them anyway. If she were smart, though, she’d make me drink them as some sort of payback.
And if I were smart, I’d stop pretending that Sherry won’t be reading this soon.
Wel if I were Sherry I’d smash every single one over your head. But I’m violent like that.
Nieder’s Beard was frigging awesome even if it looked and smelled funny. If he werent a hockey player I’d throw pennies at him.
Sleek’s “I Owe Sherry” Journal
- “There, there, you’re team didn’t play THAT badly” x 5
- Bottle of Baileys x 2
- “I’d like to have Ray Emery on my team, that’s for sure” x 1
That third one’s going to be the hardest to pay, though.
Jordi, I have, I was Crap with a capital C.
Fisher’s bears was actually really cool. But Nieder Sr.’s beard was a thing of beauty.
Mags: Throw pennies at him? Oh wait PSP NHL 07. I got better eventually after fiddling with the settings. Checking is not as easy as the PS2 version though. I used to get a kick out of throwing Dion across the ice with Hemsky (“THIS IS FOR ALL THE PAIN YOU’VE CAUSED HIM!”)
Oh wait Sleek, you better convert those to hugs, she loves hugs.
That doesn’t sound like much of a punishment to me. More like ‘Sleek’s normal afternoon routine’ Besides, how then will I get to drink them?
You can add designer clothing to that list.
Don’t worry Jordi, if he keeps this up I just may take your advice with the severed Duck heads.
I can’t believe we haven’t hit 200 yet. We’re usually better than this. Although, yesterday’s NHL battles did make for great spam.
Jordi, you sound like me. With the hitting. I can’t even check someone in NHL 07 on the PS. I’m that crap.
severed duck head? did I miss a thread here?
a hockey beard hall of famer :)
Jordi: so definitely NHL 07 for the PSP is a go? i need to pick meself up one of those.
HAHA, no Sandra this was between me and Jordi. She recommended that I get out my aggression by buying some stuffed ducks and sending him their severed heads.
There, there, you’re team didn’t play THAT badly.
Sleek, now you’re just mocking me.
Jordi is also officially on notice with her hugs comment.
Lol…. i have to pass this along… editorial in our local paper last monday – cartoon showed pronger sitting on a sofa, dressed, watching a tv – caption – Man, he was a Sitting Duck
Sid’s Reebok commercial just came on and I sat there smiling like an idiot the entire time. I HATE THAT COMMERCIAL WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MEEEEEEEEEEE.
Sherry… That’s actually a completely genius plan.
Pronger’s elbows on the other hand…
There, there, you’re team didn’t play THAT badly.
That’s like 5 drinks cause fuck me that you’re is not meant to be there.
NHL on the PSP can feel a little rusty and if you like waiting 3 minutes for each game to load then the NHL on PSP is for you. I mean it could be better but it’s no slouch. The problem with these games is that is leaves you fantasizing a lot. Like, “Why can’t Roli win most of his games in real life?”
HA Mags… elbows on the other hand
What!? No way! I give great hugs!
Man, he was a Sitting Duck
I think I’ll make a cartoon/graphic soon about Chris whining that Lauren won’t let him spend his day with the Cup.
“No, Chris, you can’t touch it, dear. My socialite club is admiring it, and later we’re taking it to the mall.”
Mags – It actually is! Except that would take money to actually buy the stuffed ducks because I’m not sacrificing mine.
Jordi – Oh man, I didn’t even notice that, AHAHAHA. I’ll settle for flowers and an ‘I’m Sorry’ mix-tape.
That’s like 5 drinks cause fuck me that you’re is not meant to be there.
Damn! Good point!
I thought Pronger would be ready to go show his Cup to his friends until someone reminds him he doesn’t have any.
Sherry, I don’t make mixtapes and flowers is 8.50 AUD postage and Canada doesn’t accept flora or fauna! Sheesh! I still have that bubble pack to fill with things to send you. I’ll just give you a pack of tim tams and chocolate to take away pain.
Tim Tams are amazing :X.
did you know canadian smarties and american smarties taste different? it’s true.
i’m not joking and i’m not weird. it’s true. ._.
Awwwww, that almost made me feel sorry for Prongs. Almost.
and Canada doesn’t accept flora or fauna
I heard that one before today. She didn’t specify whether the flowers be real or fake though.
i’m not joking and i’m not weird.
Well surely it’s one or the other. I can’t really think of a third option. :)
Erm Earl… Vinny is right. We must both we weird/joking (it’s the HK influence)
Wowza. I was stuck in an all-day in-house staff training session today (which I really shouldn’t complain about to much since it introduced me to the wonderful, addictive world of Guitar Hero) so I didn’t get a chance to read the comments until now (I also had to take a several hour nap, of course!). I feel compelled to inform you all that “doucherocket” has gained the coveted Pookie Seal of Linguistic Approval. In fact, I think I may start saying it all the time. At work. As in:
Patron: I’d like to use a computer please.
Pookie: (channeling a lethal combo of “The Wire” and IPB) What does an ass-stupid doucherocket like you need a computer for?
Then I’ll get fired and have more time for reading IPB! Yay! So anyway, Andrew, I’m sending a case of non-sequential, unmarked IPBucks to you for introducing that fabulous word to the IPB vocabulary.
While on the subject of IPBucks, Mags you might not have won the award you mentioned, but you do get an even more important (in my book) award: The Only IPB Regular Brilliant Enough To Be A Devils Fan Award! ;)
And last but not least before I leave to do the Friday Times puzzle (wish me luck in my effort to finish before Schnookie [a feat I think I've accomplished three times in seven years]), welcome to the fold, BMG! There’s always room for more Sabres fans, even if we might spend more time next season talking Devils than Slugs. I’m going to be counting on all our Buffalo-area readers to keep me up to date on Staffy’s many accomplishments next year.
I said that to Schnookie when she requested. Fake flowers aren’t nice. Unless I paste the photos of members of the Senators team on the head. Holy fuck that’s an idea! Sherry will loooooooove that.
I love Tim Tams. Hell people love Tim Tams, they even pay to ship it overseas at insanely jacked up rates.
I can think of a few things that are the same yet different in taste tween US and Canada – BEER, coffee, BEER
to the wonderful, addictive world of Guitar Hero
Everyone has played that but me. I feel like I’m missing out on something.
I have played Guitar Hero II once… got booed off the stage and never went back
Sandra: Bacon?
Oh man coffee. I need some. a cappucino. with extra shots. It’ll be beautiful.
Good luck beating Schnookie! See if you can distract her by knocking the puzzle out of her hand and then pouring paint all over it or something. That would be a classic Sleek maneuver.
Jordi – I meant Sleek would have to be responsible for the mixtape and flowers since it was his gaffe. YOU can send me the care package for having the audacity to talk about hugs.
I have no idea what Tim Tams are, but I’ll take your word for it.
Speaking of mix-tapes I’m putting together a playlist for my show next Friday. Send in your requests, so I don’t have to use my own brain to think.
to the wonderful, addictive world of Guitar Hero
Oh my goodness. You have no idea how absolutely addicted my housemates are to Guitar Hero II. I am determined to master “Less Talk, More Rock” on Hard one of these days.
BACON.. definitely, my mom takes all of those things with her to her house in FL every year. Packs six months worth of coffee, bacon and cheese
Never played Guitar Hero. Am I the only pathetic fool who’s never heard of it in fact? Holland = gamers nightmare.
Pookie: Jay! Devils for the win!
Sherry, what do you usually play? That way we won’t go too far off the usual fare and completely stun and surprise your listeners.
Sherry: no mix-tape is complete without Westlife!
Tim Tams are GOOD. Like GOOD GOOD.
Speaking of tim tams. I think I’m going to shower.
Mags: HK pride? must be from all the heat.
good luck pookie :D
TIM TAMS ARE GOOD
Count me among those who have barely any clue about Guitar Hero. Though I’m probably the right kind of personality to get completely drawn into something like that.
Mags, I’m more pre-disposed to Indie Rock, but really our station pretty much plays anything but we tend not to play the top 40 hits just because every other station does that, haha.
Jordi – I think you owe me the Bailey’s now.
Did I see a mention of Westlife?!
Every so often I lapse into a ’90′s boyband phase’.
it ain’t complete without Westlife. Would I sound teenybopper if I said it’s also not complete without 98 Degrees? bc i really did like them.
I bot a new car last month that came with satellite radio… i’m super-hooked now… actually sit in the truck and listen to it in the driveway
Sleek, have you ever played Dance Dance Revolution? It’s essentially the same thing with guitars and more hair metal involved.
Vinny – 98 degrees was the only boy band I ever liked! I was never much into Westlife but my housemate loves them. Like will play-their-cover-of-Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart-on-loop-for-12-hours love them.
I gotta bolt – i’m addicted to you folks now (not a bad thing) but my ass hurtz from sitting here for hours. I have not eaten for 9 hours and I MISS HOCKEY – think i’ll have a drink too… catchya on the rebound my friends. Mags, get some sleep sometime this month huh?
Sherry, that’s scary. I shall dig around my playlist for you.
Anyone want to DDR battle me? Because you are going dooooown
Sandra, maybe. At the moment my attitude is very “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”
OK, maybe that’s not my thing, then. I’m more of a Grand Theft Auto guy–but those games nowadays takes weeks to finish. That’s why we had to put a TV next to our TV. :)
HA! spoken like a true NJ native – dint bon jovi say that first?
HA! spoken like a NJ native – dint bon jovi say that first?
Ok, I am clearly getting delirious. Sandra may be right. I’m going to bed folk. See you on the flipside.
wow… now my pc is lagging… night all!
and I can’t spell anymore. And I think he did.
Mags – Hourray! To encourage all of you to listen, it’ll also involve some hockey talk. I’m thinking about playing Cake’s version of “I will Survive” since it’s my “How-to-heal-a-broken-heart” song but I think we only have the version with swearing in it.
Sleek – Guitar Hero isn’t as colourful and athletic as DDR, it’s actually quite fun. My housemates and I should film a video of us playing it someday. GTA takes a long time to finish? Isn’t that just a racing game?
Sherry – REALLY? I liked 98 Degrees :X i have a nice long playlist full of 90′s boybands for when i suddenly feel like…90′s boybands? Westlife is really quite good though, IMO kind of like the 98 Degrees type.
DDR is amazing. the only non-amazing thing about is that somehow it’s supposed to help you lose weight. but it’s never helped me. it’s a conspiracy.
GTA is a game built purely around crime. It’s absolutely senseless. You shoot people, steal cars, rob warehouses, get chased by cops, and blow up buildings as part of a hugely laid out storyline of crime family ascension.
I’m squarely in the “don’t let your kids play these games” camp, but even so, it’s horribly addicting.
Vinny – 98 degrees was awesome because you could tell they were actually talented. Especially the early stuff they released with Motown. Drew was my favourite, for those keeping track. Oh, poor, useless Drew.
Sleek – I figured as much but I didn’t realize you could actually spend hours on it. Admitting you have a problem is the first step. Be sure not to let Teemu near it!
Cake’s version of “I will Survive”
Love that song!
I remember a few years ago my little brother and I used to take turns playing GTA, and once you died/were busted twice you had to hand the controller over. I remember I used to really piss him off by following the traffic rules: staying on the road, obeying stop lights, not crashing into people etc. Still, I was so craptastic with the controls that half the time I ended up driving myself into the river anyway. And I think that was my only experience with GTA.
I will echo all the Cake love.
The real beauty of GTA, BGM, is that aside from your character, the city operates perfectly. Cars drive by, people walk around, everything is at peace. Only your character can cause chaos–and it’s amazing how much chaos that can be. Fleeing from the police can be the most thrilling part of the game–the more you run, the angrier the cops become.
Uh, not for kids. :|
Ahaha isnt GTA a racing game. Oh Sherry you make me laugh so much. Oh and Baileys? Pfft yeah right, what am I going to do? Go into a liquor store underage? Floops.
Me and my sister didn’t play GTA much but we were very much entranced by it. You know when you kill everyone the helicopter comes? It’s funny but we got so scared shitless.
My boyfriend was very recently obsessed with GTA San Andreas and all I remember was him bitching about how all the motorcycle missions are damn near impossible. Apparently you can crash a car into several buildings and it’s still drivable, but if a hooker breathes on you the wrong way when you’re on a motorcycle you wipe out. Of course, this could have lots to do with the fact that he was playing the game on his computer and not with a controller.
Jordi, haven’t you ever heard of a fake ID? Yeesh.
I think GTA is the type of thing that would give me a headache and proceed to piss me off. I don’t know, killing hookers isn’t really my thing I guess :P
Nor should it be. Nor should stealing ambulences, or shooting cops off of motorcycles.
But it’s pretty fun.
I’m not sure if it’s good to say that brutally murdering people with a lead pipe is the best form of stress relief. But it is!
I do have my sister’s expired DL but how will that impress people when they realise it’s expired and I get busted? I may buy drinks with that but fuck I’m not putting my body on the line for your Baileys!
I have red wine?
Sleek, Jordi if you want stress relief, play the Taiko Drum game. It is not only super happy but it certainly gets out pent up aggression.
It’s Bailey’s or the mix-tape. Nothing can’t be healed by a good mix-tape. I’m actually convinced it didn’t work out between my ex and me because he never gave me a mix-tape.
Does anyone here play Katamari Damacy? That’s my favorite.
Frig Sherry you really love them mix tapes doncha? I told you I’m giving you tim tams and swanky hand made chocolate!
I’ve played the Taiko game waaaaay too many times. Even the PSP one because my sister said it was going to be awesome. They always ended in tears.
Oh god if you utter Katamari Damacy to my sister it’s mayhem. She overruled my Willie Mitchell wallpaper for… wait for it, the King of all Cosmos. I’ve only finished the first and it’s still my favourite. The other ones are great but frig I dont want to get sucked it again.
So I’m bizarre enough that the CD in my car right now is a soundrack to “Everyone Loves Katamari” (the second game). It’s enthralling to drive around to.
I’m not good with puzzles. I think I’ll stick with Bubble Bobble.
Hah I liked the first soundtrack, I mean it was the first thing to have nanaaaaa nanananananana na Katamari Damaccyyyyy.
HA! Well done. I sang along as I read.
So, if you’re in the dark, Sherry. Don’t worry. You’re fine on this one.
It’s a kid’s game from Japan, with strange songs most all of them in Japanese and written for children.
But one of the best games ever.
Earl, I wish I’d seen your crossword puzzle tip earlier. Schnookie beat me by a mile! It was a pretty easy puzzle, which makes me feel good that Schnookie’s victory is diminished but also bad that I still had to ask for help. OK, IPB is off to get some culture, watching “The Queen”. I wonder how soon into it it will be before I wonder where the hockey players are.
OK, I gotta head out for dinner now.
na naaa na na na nana na nah na Katamari Damashee ee ee ee
Sleek, it’s all right. I used to listen to a lot of Japanese music…and anime songs. I’ve seen the game, haha but I much prefer Bust-a-Move :P
Tell us how you like ‘The Queen’ Pookie! I went to watch ‘The Science of Sleep’ and they had a trailer for that before the movie and somebody behind us was like “Wait, is this a comedy?” Yeah, I know.
Oh man, Katamari Damacy is amazing. Sooooo addictive.
I curse Torontonian weather for giving me a quick outage and time without my internet.
I look up and I see Bubble Bobble.
the characters are so cute :X. Sometimes I play it with my little cousin.
I need to google this Katamari Damacy :X
all the games i’m learning today………
No way Katamari Damacy is freaking awesome. Oh man if I were with you Sherry I’d change your mind.
I need some breakfast though it’s already noon. All this talk of games has me wanting to settle down to some GTA or Katamari.
Vinny, I’m in TO too. Well Sauga, technically and my Internet’s been screwy but that’s just because my ISP sucks sometimes.
We were getting tornado warnings in Hamilton. We ended up with only a little bit of rain, frankly it was a little bit anti-climactic.
Sherry – I’m in the scarb area and i’m hearing from my friends areas are periodically getting power outages. go figure.
I was in Hamilton last week to check out the McMaster campus.. it’s really quite nice there! weather not taken into account.
Are you thinking about coming to Mac? I’m going into my 4th year there.
the Mac campus is lovely, the rest of the city isn’t as spectacular haha. But the weather isn’t bad. It’s a lot warmer than year round that it would be in TO but it rains a helluva lot.
Jordi – If you were here, you could have gone to the rally. And we all know what could have happened there.
It would be his fault for leaving himself unguarded!
Are you thinking about coming to Mac? I’m going into my 4th year there.
you mean i could’ve been your … underclassman (i have no idea what they call them actually)? Mac accepted me for healthsci, and I really wanted to go, but in Sept i’m heading to Queens’ instead.
to keep this more ontopic to my knowledge, hamilton hockey > kingston hockey, which makes me sad. but then again anything is better than the scarb area.
i get looks for telling people i can’t go out bc i want to stay home and watch hockey ._.
Yes, you could have! Mac has a great Health Sci program too! So great in fact, I’m pretty sure other faculties suffer as a result. Queen’s is still a pretty darn good school though.
Hamilton Hockey >>>>> Kingston Hockey. We’re pro champions, baby!
I also get the same looks, no worries. It kind of also helps that I don’t have much of a social life either way anyways
:0 wish i met you earlier! Few people from my school head to mac so no one was there to “sell” me the school. I’m actually going to Queens’ for Commerce.
I think it’s bc we’re asian girls too? Not to be discriminatory, but more than a few people (and teachers) stared at my jersey when i wore it to school game 5 scf :X
btw Sherry OT, but any idea where to get nice non-leafs youth-size jerseys? I got my jerseys online, but it’s my newly-persuaded-hockey-fan best friend’s birthday next week and I don’t think they’d arrive in time. Unfortunately she has no affinity for the leafs.
HAHA you’re going to be a commie, huh? I’m a commie over here at Mac. Queen’s Commerce is a really prestigious program, so you probably made a pretty good choice. I think the whole Asian thing has a lot to do with it. My mother still gives me odd looks of extreme disapproval and concern when I mention that I really enjoy broadcasting. She also thinks that my affinity for hockey is the reason why I’m still single.
I’d try the store in the Hockey Hall of Fame, they pretty much have any jersey you can find. Also, Coast Mountain Sports and Sportchek both should have lots of non-Leafs youth jerseys. What team is she loyal to? Because if it’s the Senators, we’d have much to talk about ;D
Jeeze I leave for a inline hockey game….dinner and a beer and come back to all of this??? Took me forever to read through it all!!! Agh….I missed so much *sniff, tear, sigh*
You are all in bed I guess…..(ok, so it is 11:10 pm here in Seattle) but still.
See you on the flip side.
Mags, commenting from the grave. Talking about Katamari when I’m not around is mean. I am the queen of Katamari! (I knit a Katamari hat too, because I’m dorky like that) As for other games, I’m a huge RPG geek, and spend way too much time playing Final Fantasy games.
Off to make breakfast.
Ah I just had one of the best dinners I’ve had in a while! I wish I had a camera :(.
Mags: You have a Katamari hat? Way awesome. I’m very jealous. I still haven’t finished FFXII. Everyday I tell myself I will finish it. But RPGs? I played way too much for my health.
I love it, I’m having breakfast and you’re having dinner. Brilliant.
Jordi, yeah, knit it when I got a bit crazy after exams. If it makes you feel any better, I got so bored with FFXII that I gave it to my sister. I totally wasn’t feeling any of the characters.
Not even the bunny lady with a thong that rides up her ass? To be honest I never really got into the FF games beyond 9. Actually I mostly played those games for the novelty factor. But how many games have I actually finished? 8? 9? Hell, they were even bad games that no one played anymore by the time I finished. Except for Suikoden 3. I was up. Every night.
What’s for breakfast?
Fran? Her accent is a hoot, but aside from that she’s just way too mysteeeeeriiiooouuuuus. Throw me a bone here Squenix, I don’t want to have to speculate for a hundred years to finally find out wth is up. Balthier was sex though.
I liked FFX. X-2, not so much. But Cloud will always have my heart.
Chocolate croissants, that’s what’s for breakfast.
My favourite part about 7 was that Cloud had a huge box hands and whenever he had a brain freeze he always held it to his head and shook it back and forth. That and chocobo racing. Am I the only one who finds it cheap that riding those things never came naturally as a side quest anymore?
Mang, this has made me really need to play a game.
I have bad experiences with croissants. I had one for breakfast and spewed it all out ten minutes later.
I’m playing Me & My Katamari now! Awesomeness!
Oh dude, I used to be all about the RPGs. I have to say FF VII was the best one, even if everybody had crazy cement block hands. Much like our dear Chris Kelly.
Sherry, :^::::::::::::::::::
Folks, NASN has blessed me with… NO NHL AWARDS OR DRAFT BROADCAST!!! Death. Death. Death.
Does it feel like everybody wants a piece of Jiggy? It’s not July 1st yet folks.
:X that’s a tribute to Jiggyness.
FF is one the few RPG games I love but suck ridiculously at. I think I was just never built for acing games.
I think the whole Asian thing has a lot to do with it.
I agree. But broadcasting is a great career :0 go for it! Hahaha when I started watching hockey a lot my mum asked me if I found myself a boyfriend. You sure that statement doesn’t go the other way?
btw weird, but she likes the Sabres. which is probably why she has no Leaf love. sorry Sherry!
Mags – That’s why you have to tune in to the liveblog and get all of the bad Ron McLean jokes. Joy.
Vinny – I sucked at RPG games too they take tooooo freaking long.
Broadcasting is a great career if you’re good at it, haha. And I don’t think I am. It’s really competitive to break into so I think I’ll just stick to doing something corporate and soulless like a good little girl :P.
In the case of my mother, her words were that no guy would want to date somebody who watches more hockey than he does.
Sabres? BOO.
Mags – you know I vaguely remember some sites are streaming the awards and/or broadcast. If you have Sopcast you can definitely catch it, if not I believe one of Comcast/CBC (use a Canadian proxy) is. :)
Sherry – but they can be fun if you get the hang of it. and addictive. Though if you’re like me, and you can’t seem to get past anything it’s no longer all that fun. -o-.
have more confidence – maybe you are good at it! and commerce is soulless, but there’s nothing “good” and “little” about it. IMO :X
she’s got lots of Crunchy love. What is it about him that everyone likes? =D
In the case of my mother, her words were that no guy would want to date somebody who watches more hockey than he does.
Ouch. That’s mom for you, though.
My mom absolutely hates me during playoffs. “What?! You won’t have dinner because of what?!”
She also isn’t thrilled when I buy tickets, invite people to the game, and don’t charge them.
Oh girls and Sleek. Hockey is just something best not discussed with mothers. q
My baby brother and I are going to the rally this afternoon. We’re pretty excited. In a way, our family might be symbolic of the SoCal market.
The two of us are crazy into the Ducks, but my folks and two other siblings are oblivious. My dad has been to a few games, but embarrasses me by complaining about 45-second shifts. “Tired already?!” and junk like that.
My mom knows nothing other than I participate in a blog about hockey.
My other brother wrote me an e-mail from New York, indicating that he had heard something about the Ducks and the Cup Finals but couldn’t find the Versus channel to watch G2.
My sister generally mocks us, and probably can’t name a Duck past Teemu Selanne. She’s not afraid to go and be seen at games, though.
Oh well, it’s coming, I guess. My brother was able to find NBC for the later games :)
We are all so jealous……represent for the rest of us!
How is your morning going? I am kinda hungry….what are you fixing for breakfast?
Ummm, I’ll probably go out for breakfast a bit later–kind of a lazy Saturday tradition. Maybe an omelet or something.
Have to fill up, though. Drinking to come!
Ok…..where are we going? I would really like some sort of scramble thingy???
2 choices–C.J.’s Pantry or Eat At Joe’s. I live right at the midpoint between them, and both are self-proclaimed as the “best breakfast in the South Bay” (word-for-word, or very close).
I lean a little more towards C.J.’s, as they actually have some fruit. (Joe’s is more eggs-meat-and-potatoes)
ooohhhh……now I am getting hungry. So what is on the agenda with the Ducks Rally?
Mr. B. plays NHL 2006 (PS2) and my favorite thing about it is the excessive goal celebrations. Thomas Vanek riding his stick like a horse? Awesome. Chris Drury doing the moonwalk (on skates!) while waving his hands? Doubly awesome. That last one in particular had us on the floor laughing because I’d probably keel over dead if Drury ever celebrated like that. Totally out of character.
And for the record, I had a mint iced cap and butter croissant from Tim Horton’s for breakfast.
Timmy Ho Ho’s………I miss Timmy Ho Ho’s……..
meet at bar at 3:30 (my baby brother might be getting there earlier)
eat and drink for a bit, maybe watch some angels
walk over maybe at 5:30, event starts at 6:30. I’m not sure what the routine will be, but afterwards we’ll probably head to my folks’ place, where I’ll spend the night and sing at church in the morning. Easy.
Earl???? Sing in church???? Boy…that isn’t the Earl I know….
Mr. B. plays NHL 2006 (PS2)
Is that the one where you can play classic NHL 94 as one of the features? I forget which game that was specifically, but it was a great feature. NHL 94 was the thing that first got me into hockey, oddly enough playing as the L.A. Kings.
Earl’s got a flipside, to earn him points with the hockey gods. I sing in a 100-person choir at my folks’ church down in Tustin. What’s crazy about it is that’s like 45 minutes away–I live on a block of 5 churches and haven’t been to any of them.
But it’s a good choir, and I’m quite good now at being a wreck on Saturday night and still making it through the next morning.
Well you just reminded me of the weekly requirement of Mass (since PP goes to a Catholic school). Not that I mind and during WHL season Saturday night Mass if often filled with Silvertips jerseys as everyone leaves and goes straight to the game!
I try not to discuss hockey with my mom but since it’s usually on at the time whenever I’m home, it’s sort of hard not to. It’s her way of ‘bonding’ I guess :P
Sleek sings in a church, that’s adorable. The music geek in me approves. I used to sing in church all the time too and I was in the community choir and we got to sing at the Vatican.
And then I went to music school and it just sort of sucked all the fun out of it.
I loved NHL ’94, we still have it on the SNES which my brother refuses to sell. I haven’t played any of ’07 or 2K7 yet though. Which one is the one where you can just randomly start fights? Cause I think I’d like to play that one.
Sherry at the Vatican. Wowza.
I haven’t been to church in oh, 8 years. I can’t stand the way they heap guilt on me. I do enough of that myself.
PP and I spend a good deal of the time people watching during church, it helps pass the time. We were particularly thrilled with the last priest from Malawi and we spent most of the time trying to figure out what the hell he was saying.
The chocolate cake with sprinkles was delicious by the way……
Mags, hey it’s not a completely unrealistic image. I’m a good Christian girl, after all! It was absolutely beautiful there. The Pope’s security people wear funny pants.
Mmmmmm chocolate cake. I’m going to a Bridal Shower later this afternoon, there better be chocolate. But I did have some delicious sushi for lunch
The Swiss guards? They wear pj’s.
Speaking of things to do. I’m going to a Rolling Stones concert. And considering how much the ticket cost me, I’d better be getting “I can’t breathe on you” close to Crazy Keith Richards. Which means I have to go get changed into something that will make me not look like a stick thin girl and more someone who can hold her own in snakepit.
So, you all around in 4-5 hours!
Sleek, yes it is the one with NHL ’97. That’s pretty much the only way I play. That and when it’s in the mode when the players have little teeny tiny bodies and huge heads. For some reason that amuses me so much that it doesn’t bother me that I suck.
I love that we go away for a day and now we’re all discussing our respective church-going experiences — you guys are really the best! I’m not sure which thought I find more jarring: Sleek diligently participating in choir, Sherry at the Vatican (I am soooo jealous — so much art there I want to see!) or PP regularly attending mass (I mean, we’ve heard she’s such a demonic little dervish!). Pookie and I are not very church-musicy, being Quaker and all. Lots of silence. And very few hockey sweaters.
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