For some reason we thought this game was scheduled to start an hour later than it was. Thank heavens MSG decided for the thousandth time this season to interview Brandon Dubinsky during the first intermission of the Rangers-Senators game, or we never would have gone to peruse the guide to see what else was on and notice the correct start time for this one. So there you go – something the Rangers are good for. Namely: driving a hockey fan to desperately change channels in search of something, anything less heinous to watch.
Steve opens the broadcast by telling us all about how this is Sutter v. Sutter tonight, and oh by the way, Zach’s out with the flu. Pookie: “We’re losing tonight.”
FIRST PERIOD
19:44 Filling in this evening for Zach on the Popper line is… Rod Pelley. While we love Pelley, he is not quite as interchangeable with Zach as maybe we’d like in this situation.
19:13 We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that the picture tonight is surprisingly good for a coming-from-Calgary feed. The sound, though, is really bizarre, and sounds like the crowd noise is being piped in through a long metal tube.
19:06 Madden carries the puck up the wing on a three-on-two, and shoots way wide.
18:58 We look away for a moment after a Flames shot goes wide, and when we look back there is a large scrum in the far corner in the Devils zone. We turn to Chico for an explanation of what’s going on, and he explains why this is going on thusly: “I have no idea why. I looked away for a minute.” Sigh.
16:53 Clarkson picks up where he left off in Edmonton, doing good work in front of the net, and he tips a shot up over Kiprusoff that flips over the goalie’s shoulder and drops into the blue behind him. Alas, no one is heads-up enough to find the puck before Kipper does.
16:13 Conroy slaloms through a bunch of defenders and gets a great chance in close, but Marty is just up to the challenge. A Devil takes a penalty on the play, but we’re too busy discussing dinner with Kate the Great, who’s spending Christmas at Stately IPB Manor, to notice who and for what.
14:35 FSN tries to come to our aid and puts a little graphic up telling us who took the penalty, but it says it was Cory Sarich. That is… not helpful. Pookie: “Maybe we just saw a glimpse of the future?”
13:17 Nystrom and Brookbank “fight” in the neutral zone. It is not very scintillating, as Brookbank fells Nystrom with a few weak pushes.
13:02 Asham takes a really pathetic slashing penalty at the Flames blue line. We are having a hard time getting into this game on our end, what with having company here, and the Devils are not helping by doing this.
There is no clock Conroy sets a pick on Mottau in the corner that gets called for interference.
10:27 As the Devils regroup on their power play, Doc and Chico decide to tell us about how Robin Regehr grew up in exotic locales thanks to his missionary parents, and mention that he had both a monkey and a tiger as pets when he was a kid. Chico marvels at the tiger, saying that he can’t imagine that you’d pet a tiger much after it gets to be about a year or two old. “There no such thing as a lap tiger,” he informs us.
9:47 Paulie laces a laserbeam pass diagonally across the zone, but Kipper is able to stop the shot, thereby robbing PaulieMartinNation the opportunity to celebrate a fabulous assist. We narrow our eyes with disgust.
9:10 Clarkson flattens Phaneuf when he hits him like a cannonball behind Kipper’s net. Phaneuf, ever focused on his role as the ascendant Greatest Defenceman Of All Time, goes out of his way to hit Clarkson back in open ice a few moments later. Chico and Doc are all a-quiver that this could turn into an interesting evening of exchanges.
6:51 Yelle gets called for hooking Paulie after “losing a step to Martin” (per Chico). PaulieMartinNation: “Well that’s what Steph Yelle gets for thinking he can keep up with Paulie.”
5:26 Chico tells that the Flames are built, aside from Iginla and their goaltenders, around their defense. Pookie: “Because Iginla and their goaltenders aren’t very good at keeping the puck out of their net.” Pause. “Yeah, I said it.”
4:51 That was not a great power play, in case you were wondering.
3:57 The crowd noise rises to a distant, metallic hum when Hale carries the puck down behind Marty’s net, and holds and holds and holds, then passes to the high point… but has to turn into a dull metallic groan when Marty calmly makes a save.
There is no clock again Poor Travis is just not the same player when he’s not between the blue lines. He gets the puck behind Kipper’s net after a failed attempt by Langer at a nifty tip-shot, and his aspiration at handling the puck to make a play out front fizzle out and he is easily stripped by the defender.
0:00 That was a zippy, hard-hitting period, during which we learned that perhaps we should not try to diarize games when not everyone in front of the TV here at stately IPB Manor wants to be watching hockey. We barely noticed a thing.
Steve interviews Langer and asks how Langer is coping with having Zach out of the lineup, since his absence “affects you on so many levels.” We’re sure he didn’t mean as many levels as we can imagine. Langer’s smirk suggests that perhaps the Devils are happy to be free of all of Zach’s craziness for one night.
FIRST INTERMISSION
FSN talks to Brian Sutter, and we don’t listen to him at all. We do, however, note that when they flavor this interview with footage of Brent Sutter coaching some stretching Devils during a practice, we see a bunch of Devils tying themselves into pretzel shapes, and Paulie not stretching at all. When the interview finally ends, Boomer says, “Well, I guess he got the talking gene in the family,” and Pookie grouses, “Actually, that was like one huge long Geico Quotebook.”
SECOND PERIOD
No clock again We get a picture tour of Doc, Chico and Steve’s visit to Viking, including a shot of the three of them inside the Viking General store. Chico says cheerfully of the good prices there this time of year, “There were a lot of people taking advantage of those great holiday savings!” Thanks, Chico.
??? Travis tries to have a Zachless Popper-style shift, and draws a hook while attempting to walk out of the corner after some good pressure. Scorched earth time!
??? Marty tries to catch the Flames PK on the change by firing a pass to Patty, who’s standing up at the Calgary blue line. Patty then decides to take a week for… something or other (his teammates to catch up with him? Who knows?), and instead both Travis and Gio go offsides on the delay. FANtastic.
16:50 While the Devils meander up the rink without much focus or visible intent, Doc tells us that Mike Mottau admitted that when he was a kid he wanted a drum set and a dog for Christmas, and never got either. In fact, he finally just had to break down as an adult and get his own damn dog. Pookie suggests that when Doc asked Travis what he wanted and never got, he answered, “Presents.”
16:09 The Devils ice the puck. On the power play. Doc says, “This doesn’t happen often,” and Pookie finishes for him, “To other teams.”
15:19 An Iginla-led flurry of pressure forces Marty to make a handful of saves before desperately flopping forward to cover the puck. The crowd responds with a tinny roar.
13:52 Patty’s line does some good work moving the puck around the perimeter and getting some half-decent looks at the net, but Zubrus spends this shift staggering around operatically, trying to convince the officials that he’s been the victim of all manner of penalties.
13:33 Perhaps Patty decided to illustrate what a real penalty looks like? Whatever his motivation, he gets called for a stupid holding infraction well behind the play on a change.
13:07 Marty makes a great post-to-post save on an Iginla one-timer after a zippy-fast cross-crease feed.
11:43 Harvey the Hound can be heard leading a “Go Flames Go” chant, and it sounds like he’s banging against the top of a Quaker Oats container.
??? After surviving a sharp-looking Flames man advantage, Greener decides the kill was so much fun for his teammates that he takes a slashing penalty in front of Marty’s net.
??? Paulie and Madden drift through the heart of the Flames zone while on a fairly passive short-handed bit of forecheck, and suddenly the Flames forget they’re supposed to be the team with the puck, and Madden rips a shot that we momentarily think has gone in, but which has actually just skipped wide and gone behind the net.
??? Gio is giftwrapped the puck all alone in the high slot, and he takes this glorious opportunity to do the Devils special – shooting wide.
??? Zubrus manages to force a turnover when he drills Hale behind Kipper’s net, but kind of just gives the puck back to the Flames while still expending the maximum effort possible while not retaining possession. As the play finally dissolves into clear, calm Flames control, Pookie comments, “Just for old time’s sake, I have to say it. ‘Hale Schmale!’” Oh, Cutting Edge references, how we love thee so.
??? Doc calls a shot attempt by Travis as “well off the mark.” Boomer, with mock outrage: “What?? ‘Well off the mark’? It was at the right end of the rink, wasn’t it?”
6:10 Oh for goodness sake. Zubrus impersonates a squirrel running up and down around a tree, only uses a Flame as the tree. He gets called for holding. Letting the Flames play most of this period on the power play can’t possibly lead to anything bad for the Devils, can it?
4:47 Marty attempts to force the officials’ hands in evening up the calls in this period by falling over when a Flame comes within a few feet of his crease. The officials do not take the bait.
3:27 The niftiest little keep by Greener under all kinds of pressure at the point is, of course, rendered moot when the ensuing point shot is clumsily tipped off to the sideboards by Patty. Thanks, Patty. We guess since he got that huge goal in Edmonton, we can’t expect another one for another ten games or so.
3:10 Asham gets tripped while circling in the offensive zone when Primeau gets just the tip of his stick blade under one of his skates. The Devils are momentarily confused that they’re now the team that will have the extra attacker for the next two minutes, instead of the other way around.
1:51 Kipper has to make a good save on a point shot by Madden that could have been trickier if Gio was doing his job standing in front of the net instead of realizing too late that maybe a screen in front would have made that a higher-percentage chance.
0:32 Patty gets called for hooking while pursuing the puck after Madden loses an offensive-zone faceoff. We’ll mention that the Devils have certainly made themselves look all kinds of undisciplined in this one, but in this case, Patty’s got a beef that the Flame went down awfully easily and overdramatically. Boomer takes this opportunity to intone gravely, “The next goal? Is going to be huge.”
0:00 Marty makes a wild, windmilling save after the buzzer on an Aucoin shot, then gets up laughing about it with the official.
We get an interview with Pelley, and Kate the Great, who is not often exposed to hockey players on television, can’t help but say, “That is one pale human being.”
SECOND INTERMISSION
As we gorge ourselves on gingerbread cookies, we discuss which type of cookies to add to the mix tomorrow. Schnookie would like butter cookies, but Kate the Great and Pookie are voting for a double-chocolate snap recipe we found a few years ago. Meanwhile, FSN is showing that feature about the making of that commercial in which Iginla plucks his eyebrows. Yes, we’ve seen that feature a thousand times, and yes, we’ve seen that commercial a thousand times. And no, we have no idea what the commercial is for.
THIRD PERIOD
19:35 Langer is busy putting on some shot-blocking heroics on the PK while Doc and Chico tell us more about their visit to Viking, including Doc being very excited that he got to go up in the loft in which the young Sutters used to play barn hockey.
18:31 There are about four Flames and a loose, bouncing puck in front of Marty, but somehow a goal is not scored.
18:04 Mottau clears a loose rebound out from in front of his own goal, then sets the offense up the ice with a crisp pass. Gio makes a great move around a defender and fires a shot that Kipper can’t quite handle clean, but Patty shovels the rebound just wide. The Flames promptly sprint down the other way and Marty makes a leaping-from-his-knees shoulder save, and things wheel up again the other way. We can barely keep up with this pace, guys. Please, show us some consideration.
16:55 We finally get a whistle when the Devils ice the puck after a torrid stretch of end-to-end play.
15:13 Mottau receives the puck on a gorgeous cross-zone feed that turns a two-on-two into a three-on-two, but instead of shooting, he decides to try to add another gorgeous pass to the play. It barely needs to be mentioned, Gentle Reader, that it does not work.
14:27 With Flames falling all over the place behind the play, suddenly the Devils find themselves on a four-on-two with Gio carrying the puck on the wing. No worries, though, Flames fans. Gio shoots wide.
12:36 Elias, Clarkson and Rupp motor in on a long three-on-two, but since Rupp’s the one with the puck, it’s not as exciting as it sounds.
12:08 Kate the Great suggests both goalies tonight are nursing shutouts because neither team is very good offensively. We advise her that Marty is, in fact, playing out of his mind. Kipper, though? Well, no, he hasn’t been called on quite as much.
10:07 Iginla cranks up a giant slapshot just as the metallic hum of the crowd rises to a buzzing fevered pitch, but he manages just to get a huge piece of Madden with the shot instead of breaking the 0-0 tie.
8:50 A misplay at the high point by the Flames turns into a Brylin-Clarkson two-on-one, but the driving-hard-to-follow-up-on-the-rebound part of the play is fruitless.
8:34 We start freaking out when Marty tries to play the puck behind his net and is beaten to it by a forward, but Paulie calms our fears by being the cool head in front of the net, easily breaking up the centering pass.
8:06 Patty proves that he’s no Joe Thornton when his attempt at “The Pass” is not quite in Gio’s wheelhouse. Or even really within three feet of his stick.
6:17 Patty rips a shot netwards, but Doc’s call on the play tells us it’s “calmly blocked down by David Hale.” Pookie: “Guys, come on. This is David Hale.”
4:42 Harvey’ drum-banging and the accompanying “Go Flames Go” horn honking prompts Kate the Great to declare, “I would kill that mascot if I was there.” It’s good to know our sister is of like mind with Craig MacTavish.
2:37 Doc is already talking shootout, but as the Flames begin to threaten again, we find that prospect increasingly unlikely.
1:43 Paulie tries to keep himself plastered to Huselius going after the puck into the corner, and ends up doing a Flying Oduya (in which he sort of spins through the air while flinging his stick around willy-nilly).
1:00 In the middle of a stream of classic, high-paced, frenzied play-by-play call, Doc sets up the PA announcer to let us know there’s a minute left in the game.
0:18 Marty holds fast on the post with Tanguay hammering at the puck in his feet. Chico describes the play as Marty “lowering the garage door.” Pookie: “It’s a good thing Marty’s garage door works better than stately IPB Manor’s. Otherwise it would have gone halfway down and gotten stuck.”
0:00 Doc announces excitedly that the Devils are heading to overtime in a scoreless game for the first time in weeks.
OVERTIME
5:00 We get some shots of the Devils bench before the puck drop, and Boomer remarks while Schnookie is looking down, “You really have to wonder what bet Larry lost.” Schnookie glances up and says, “What, to still be stuck working for this team?” No, actually, Boomer was talking about his odd hair color. But still.
4:35 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO THE FUCK WAY! Patty coughs the puck up in the defensive zone, then gets it back when a Flame whiffs on it while trying to move in from the point. He stays on his feet when the Flame swings his stick at the puck and his feet, then sprints down on a two-on-one with Gio. The two back-and-forth two passes, and Patty, being taken down from behind, lasers a gorgeous shot through Kipper’s desperation split, and the Devils win 1-0. And seriously, there is no more adorable goal celebration in hockey than the Devils congratulating Patty when he scores in OT.
No Parise? Noooooooooooooooo!
I know! We were joking that Zach probably just tried to fake being sick so that he could fly home early, but then found out that Sutter doesn’t roll that way. So now he’s stuck back at the hotel feeling fine but not allowed to play. Poor Zach.
I keep hearing Doc say David Hale a lot. Perhaps the Flames feel sorry that our top scorer is out, so to make up for it they are giving Hale a lot of ice time. :P
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I wonder if Paulie and Hale had some pre-game burritos for old time’s sake.
Frisby, I think your boy Clarkson’s gonna have a big game.
He’s having a good game in the hits department and getting under the opponent’s skin.
Zach’s out with the flu. Pookie: “We’re losing tonight.”
Agreed. There is no way that anyone gets that assist or we even get a goal. Who’s gonna take all those shots now?
I am so pissed that Zach decided to get sick now. Why not wait until you have a week off? Geez.
I miss seeing his pretty face on my TV. This is a travesty. I never fully realized how much I appreciated Zach’s pop-iness until now. [continue major Zach withdrawal]
My boyfriend is jealous that I want to take care of Zach more than him (when he’s sick). Can you blame me?
We think Travis is playing like he’s free from Zach’s incessant Robin-ing. But I, too, miss Zach. My television is crying over not being able to present his glorious visage. I do feel sorry for him that he’s sick for Christmas; poor little Zach!
I know. Travis had so many opportunities, but of course, refuses to capitalize on them. I think the guys in the locker room are secretly happy that Zach’s gone. But I’m not.
I hope he gets better in time for the holidays. *crosses fingers, sings a little prayer, and crosses more fingers*
I hate that we can’t even manage to play two minutes without a damn penalty. Zach must be squirming in his hotel room (because I’m 250% sure he’s watching this game) and is probably like, “I say, Boxworthy. This team is dismal without me!”
Zach, come back soon!
Zach’s waiting until the waning moments of the 0-0 tie so that he can swoop onto this ice in full Batman regalia and save the day with a goal a la his ridiculous shorty the other day. He had Boxworthy sneak his name onto the roster when Sutter wasn’t looking to make the play legal.
Hahaha! That’ll show Travis.
Boxworthy is so efficient. Zach is damn lucky.
Zach applied his insane work ethic to the hiring of his turtle-of-affairs; there was no way he wasn’t going to get the best one available!
So I really didn’t sleep well last night and I decided to take a little nap – like an hour, maybe two. That was…..5 hours ago and I just woke up. I can’t believe I’ve missed precious hours of saying “GO FLAMES GO!” over here!
Now that I’m up though – GO FLAMES GO!
Also it’s apparently sexy former Caps night in palatial CC estate because I’ve got Zubie on one little screen and Jeff Halpern on the other. Life is good.
CC, I think I’ve mentioned this before, but we’re totally FIHTING! :P (A five-hour nap sounds SO NICE.)
I love naps like that, but I’m sorry you missed the first two periods of this one. They’ve been… um… exciting?
No Zach? What’s the point in watching the Devils? :(
No Zach? What’s the point in watching the Devils? :(
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FIHT FIHT FIHT! Bring it on!
(Ugh, it was nice in theory…I’m not a napper, though, and the odds of me sleeping at a normal time tonight are not good. Luckily I don’t celebrate this crazy holiday you gentiles are all gearing up for so I have nothing to do tomorrow…)
Pookie, I have no doubt that a game between the ever-exciting Devils and the flamboyant Flames has been a thrill ride. And if not…they were just waiting for me to wake up to get going.
Acorns needs to get me some acornbitties! I’m getting hammered in fantasy hockey this week.
What’s the point in watching the Devils you ask?
Marty Brodeur’s AMAZING goaltending, I tell you.
Zach applied his insane work ethic to the hiring of his turtle-of-affairs; there was no way he wasn’t going to get the best one available!
Of course he would do that. He’s too used to having the finer things in life.
I had a great nap today. We went to a holiday party yesterday at my aunt’s house, and we stayed up until 3:30 in the morning (and that’s why I’m still at my aunt’s house). So I slept until noon, and at 3 in the afternoon, I had a four hour nap. It was amazing.
alix, I’m sorry. My fantasy teams (football and hockey) have taken a beating this past week. But some stellar play by some of my players had made up for the shitty play of everyone else.
Thanks Bethanie! All my guys are either shitty or randomly injured. Losing sucks. But we still have fun. Acorns dresses up as Batman and teaches macrame and paper maiche.
Acorns dresses up as Batman and teaches macrame and paper maiche.
He’s so advanced at these skills that he makes delicate macrame-esque designs out of papier mache as well as macrame-ing papier mache sculptures. No one’s sure how he does it, but he does!
Bethanie, I was up until 2:45 playing Katamari last night and then, because Kate the Great was working on a Christmas present for me in the dining room this morning, I had a great excuse to not get out of bed until 1:15 this afternoon. So I’ve been up for less than ten hours but all this talk of napping is making me think, 10:30′s not too late for a nap…
I see somebody else is trapping it like it’s hot :P (I apologize for that one, but I just saw the video and the song is annoyingly stuck in my head)
HEE! That’s an awesome song! But yeah, it’s been stuck in my head for like 3 days.
Hey Sherry, we haven’t seen the final score, but we just heard from Doc that we have your boys to thank for a Rangers loss today. So thanks! :D
My hotel has free internet! I love that!
Is Zach seriously sick? Oh no! They’re so losing tonight.
(hey, the flight did not suck, I got a Devils shirt at the NHL store and the Sens won! Heatley waved at me! My day is good)
“He’s so advanced at these skills that he makes delicate macrame-esque designs out of papier mache as well as macrame-ing papier mache sculptures. No one’s sure how he does it, but he does!”
Acorns is so a savant. Now if only he could get over his fear of acorns and start scoring. He’s too pretty not to take part in goal celebrations and close ups of the goal scorer.
Oh, Schnookie it was our pleasure :P One of the most memorable parts was when Avery dramatically took a tumble in an attempt to either draw a penalty or bowl over Martin Gerber but ended up collapsing into an unsuspecting Chris Drury instead.
Heatley waved at you? Awesome!
Mags! Heatley waved at you? Details! The last time I was in the same building as Heatley, I was taking pictures at the glass during warm-up and he gave me a really stern, displeased look :P
Thanks Bethanie! All my guys are either shitty or randomly injured. Losing sucks. But we still have fun. Acorns dresses up as Batman and teaches macrame and paper maiche.
wtf. Acorns is weird. And yeah, my team is awful. Has been for the past three weeks. Goodbye, ten point league lead. :(
Bethanie, I was up until 2:45 playing Katamari last night and then, because Kate the Great was working on a Christmas present for me in the dining room this morning, I had a great excuse to not get out of bed until 1:15 this afternoon. So I’ve been up for less than ten hours but all this talk of napping is making me think, 10:30’s not too late for a nap…
NOOOOO. Pookie, don’t leave us! Napping is good and all, but the Devils need you right now!
Heatley waved at me! My day is good
My day would be good too. :D
He’s too pretty not to take part in goal celebrations and close ups of the goal scorer.
Word.
Heatley waved at you? Details!
Flutter and I were standing up close to the glass during warm ups and we were waving at all the guys as they came by (I was making ugly faces at Gomez and Drury [he didn't react to being called a herpes robot btw, but objected to SFW] and she was making fun of Spezza’s ears and Vermette’s hair) and at one point I yelled “Hello Heater!” and waved like a loon, and Flutter started to try and beat me up and he laughed and waved back. Gerber did too. It was cool.
Pookie suggests that when Doc asked Travis what he wanted and never got, he answered, “Presents.”
Nahhh. She means “acorns”.
…but ended up collapsing into an unsuspecting Chris Drury instead.
Sweet!
Mags, glad the flight and the game were good! Hope you have a blast in NYC! (If you’re looking for a great, inexpensive meal, head to Burritoville — best burritos in the whole wide world!)
alix, Travis is too hot to not be in close-ups. Maybe he’s just shy and unsure of his good lucks. If only he read IPB he’d not have that problem.
Avery dramatically took a tumble in an attempt to either draw a penalty or bowl over Martin Gerber but ended up collapsing into an unsuspecting Chris Drury instead.
Yeah, that was funny.
WTH was with Lundqvist throwing off his mask in the second? I never made sense of that. Felt like stalling to me.
Oh, I’m not leaving, Bethanie. I just need my second wind so I can stay up until 2:45 playing Katamari again tonight!
Flutter and I were standing up close to the glass during warm ups and we were waving at all the guys as they came by (I was making ugly faces at Gomez and Drury [he didn’t react to being called a herpes robot btw, but objected to SFW] and she was making fun of Spezza’s ears and Vermette’s hair) and at one point I yelled “Hello Heater!” and waved like a loon, and Flutter started to try and beat me up and he laughed and waved back. Gerber did too. It was cool.
That is so awesome. I loved that you decided to piss of the SFWs. Gomez deserves it.
But Heatley seems cool. What a great story. I will go to sleep tonight just running this through my head, wishing it were me in your place. It will be entertaining to imagine Heatley waving back.
I’m talking utter nonsense here. It must be the fact that Zach isn’t here.
No wait. I talk like this everyday.
Well…shit. 0-0. I have to say, I didn’t see that happening in this game.
“alix, Travis is too hot to not be in close-ups. Maybe he’s just shy and unsure of his good lucks. If only he read IPB he’d not have that problem.”
Travis’ parents didn’t give him enough good lucks when he was a kid? :p Just bugging ya. Maybe the Devils need to hire someone from IPB to watch all of the games and reassure Travis he’s totally hot.
0-0…. well, they’re getting at least 1 point out of this…
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
:DDDDDDDDDDD
Today is PERFECT. Fucking. Perfect.
Jesus…christ. Merry Christmas to me, I guess. *SIGH*
Y’all, I have absolutely no hockey mojo this weekend. My teams all decided to simultaneously suck at once.
…congrats, I guess :P
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Yeah, Elias!
Travis is too hot to not be in close-ups. Maybe he’s just shy and unsure of his good lucks. If only he read IPB he’d not have that problem.
If only, if only. We need to make Travis feel wanted. Maybe for his birthday.
Oh, I’m not leaving, Bethanie. I just need my second wind so I can stay up until 2:45 playing Katamari again tonight
Aight, cool. As long as we can celebrate an awesome Devils victory.
YES! Flames lose?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, indeed! That goal was, dare I say it, Patshit crazy? WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Travis’ parents didn’t give him enough good lucks when he was a kid?
Oops! That’s what I get for typing during the waning moments of a 0-0 tie! As for the “Watching Travis” thing, I’m all for it!
Travis’ parents didn’t give him enough good lucks when he was a kid?
Burn?
No, but seriously. Travis has all the goods to be totally hot. He’s still at that “adorkably cute” phase. We can all change that.
Sorry, CC, but…. WOOOOOOOO!!!!
WOOOHOOOO! Flames suck.
I’m not sure it’s been said here yet:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(And nice one, alix, getting on Pookie for the “good lucks”. Heh. She should be banned for that kind of typo. :P)
Okay, now alix and I are in a fiht. Hey, alix, how are the ‘nucks doing tonight? ;)
Travis has all the goods to be totally hot. He’s still at that “adorkably cute” phase. We can all change that.
Perhaps that should be IPB’s new mission statement?
Alright, I’m off to watch my game on tape delay. Congrats Devils fans! This would be the best day ever if the Canucks win and the Flames lose.
Good luck to the Canucks, alix!
Perhaps that should be IPB’s new mission statement?
It would be an honor. But I think we need to make the transition from “adorkably cute” to “smoking hot” for Travis a lot smoother.
This does not include a haircut similar to Zach’s.
Speaking of that game, the freaky thing is I went to grade school with (and totally had a crush on) a guy named Cody McCormick and when he scored his first goal with the Avs I pretty much went online to search right away to make sure he wasn’t the guy from my elementary school. Because that would make this world too weird.
This does not include a haircut similar to Zach’s.
But I like the hedgehog look! Although, it probably wouldn’t suit Acorns.
On that note, I’m getting kind of dizzy from lack of sleep (24 hours, oy) so I’m headed to bed. I’ll see when I get back on (probably not this week, but who knows)
Good luck, alix! We’ll be retroactively cheering for your boys!
Bethanie, Travis is making big strides towards smoking hot this year. (I just mistyped that “smocking hot” which totally sounds like a Waldorf thing, doesn’t it?) He did this weird weight-shift-hip-shot thing that last time he was interviewed and it nearly made me fall off the couch it was so hot. Smoking hot. Smoking smocking hot.
Sherry, I’m sorry the Avs Cody isn’t as cool as your Cody.
This does not include a haircut similar to Zach’s.
No, no it decidedly does not. :D
Acorns should have a more laid back look. The hedgehog works fine for Zach, but not so much for Travis.
‘Night Mags, and enjoy your vacation!
Bethanie, Travis is making big strides towards smoking hot this year. (I just mistyped that “smocking hot” which totally sounds like a Waldorf thing, doesn’t it?) He did this weird weight-shift-hip-shot thing that last time he was interviewed and it nearly made me fall off the couch it was so hot. Smoking hot. Smoking smocking hot.
Oh definitely. But we have to ease him into it. You can’t just shoot to “smoking smocking hot.” That’s gonna be too much for the ladies. They wouldn’t be able to handle it.
It’s just like how the entire Devils team has gotten progressively hotter.
OMG. Look at Smoking Smocking Hot Travis in a suit and tie.
God, FSN loves us.
Sherry, I’m sorry the Avs Cody isn’t as cool as your Cody.
To be honest, he really wasn’t all that cool :P
Look at Smoking Smocking Hot Travis in a suit and tie.
Screen cap!
I know! Thanks for the Christmas present, FSN! I liked the paisley tie with the pinstripe suit, but Schnookie pointed out it looked like in the rush to get out of there, he just grabbed any suit, not necessarily his. Still, I love his shy little Mona Lisa smile! I was loved his bewildered look when Steve asked him how the team was doing “compositely”.
“Every win tastes great” is going to be IPB’s motto from now on!
He looked so disheveled. What a rebel.
Hot rebel.
Maybe this is why Zach “got the flu.” He didn’t want to be seen with an adorkably cute guy, so he wanted to divert the attention of the IPB Manor away from himself so that he could aid Travis in his metamorphosis.
Zach has to be so involved in everything.
Zach has to be so involved in everything.
I can’t believe he has to make even Travis being smoking smocking hot about himself. Zach is such a “me, me, I, I” guy.
We’re just going to rewind now to parse some of the important team news and notes Travis spoke of during his interview. We’re all about the statbits here.
I officially love Patty. The reporter asked some question and Patty was all like, “What? Well, I screwed it up! I screwed up the play!”
It was adorable.
I can’t ever stay mad at Patty, because no matter how Patshitty he’s being on the ice, he’s just so damn lovable in interviews.
I can’t believe he has to make even Travis being smoking smocking hot about himself. Zach is such a “me, me, I, I” guy.
I know. He really wants to be Batman, God. He makes things so complicated.
I can’t ever stay mad at Patty, because no matter how Patshitty he’s being on the ice, he’s just so damn lovable in interviews.
True story. Patty has made up for his Patshittiness these past few days.
Patty, I forgive you!
I was loved his bewildered look when Steve asked him how the team was doing “compositely”.
I didn’t see this but it does sound hot. Any player that is obviously listening to the question, plus gets thrown off by made-up words, gets a ton of hot point with me.
He really wants to be Batman, God. He makes things so complicated.
I honestly thought Travis might bust out with some acornbitties tonight what with the air being cleared on the Batman front for at least one night. Poor, poor Travis.
Patty has made up for his Patshittiness these past two games.
Patty, I forgive you!
Congrats on your win, Devil’s fan’s!
Any player that is obviously listening to the question, plus gets thrown off by made-up words, gets a ton of hot point with me.
Hee! It really looked like Travis was thinking, “Please, God, let him sum up his question when he finishes rambling here, because I have no idea what I’m supposed to be saying.”
Zach can’t let anything be! He’s always getting into everything! And he doesn’t have Boxworthy help when he meddles with the other guys’ business, so hilarious disaster always ensues!
Congrats on your win, Devil’s fan’s!
Thanks, Patty! And congrats to your Star’s! (I was especially pleased to see a certain Ribs trying to take a piece out of the Wives there. Does he hate you or something?)
Congrats on your win, Devil’s fan’s!
Thank’s Patty! And congrats on your Stars’s win!
And that should have been “hot pointS“. Sheesh.
I hope you didn’t think I was awarding him appliances, like on a game show. :D
I honestly thought Travis might bust out with some acornbitties tonight what with the air being cleared on the Batman front for at least one night. Poor, poor Travis.
I know. I had such high hopes. Why Travis, must you toy with my heart this way?
Hee! It really looked like Travis was thinking, “Please, God, let him sum up his question when he finishes rambling here, because I have no idea what I’m supposed to be saying.”
I think everyone feels that way. They just don’t look cute doing it.
(I was especially pleased to see a certain Ribs trying to take a piece out of the Wives there. Does he hate you or something?)
What did he do? I didn’t see.
Do you mean adding points to the Marauders? Ehn! Who cares. If he didn’t, the Wives would still lose, so I’m okay with him doing whatever he wants in real life.
He’s very hot as well, you know. Very pretty teeth.
I hope you didn’t think I was awarding him appliances, like on a game show.
Oh, I totally thought you were. :D
So we’re watching the highlights here of the Rangers/Sens game, and we noticed Gomez scored tonight, and it happens to also be his birthday. He rather famously scored a hat trick at MSG on his birthday his rookie year, and ever since then it’s been, like, this Gomez Legend thing, about how drawn he is to the bright lights of NYC. So this exchange ensued when we saw the highlights:
Schnookie, oozing sarcasm: “Oh, look. Gomer scored on his birthday at MSG.”
Pookie, even more caustically sarcastic: “Well, that is what he signed there for.”
And congrats on your Stars’s win!
Thanks, Pookie and Schnookie! It was very nice.
Are the Canadiens any good? I have to admit that I know the least about them than any other team.
I need to know if we’re really that good, or they’re just bad. Because we pretty much ran that game.
You guys, we are getting Christmas early at IPB Manor. Seriously, the report about why the Rangers have been sucking lately on today’s “On The Fly” is fantastic sports television. My god, it’s like my entire DirecTV subscription just paid for itself.
Schnookie, oozing sarcasm: “Oh, look. Gomer scored on his birthday at MSG.”
Pookie, even more caustically sarcastic: “Well, that is what he signed there for.”
He’s probably having major post-coital depression now that it’s over, knowing he will have to be a Ranger for so many more years.
Patty, my Habs are like every other Eastern team. Consistently inconsistent and mediocre.
*SIGH* Did my Jeffy Poo at least score? I need something good to come out of that game…
Oh, I have to switch it over! Isn’t On the Fly awesome?
Did my Jeffy Poo at least score? I need something good to come out of that game…
I think he got an assist, CC. Plus, he looked totally hot the whole time, chewing on his mouthgard during breaks in play.
I know. I had such high hopes. Why Travis, must you toy with my heart this way?
Poor Travis. Really, he only seems to know what he’s doing between the blue lines. I mean, he is a BEAST on the backcheck in the neutral zone, the Master of the Yoink Steal, but as soon as he’s in the offensive zone, he’s lost. I think the coaching staff needs to convince him that the offensive zone is just a continuation of the neutral zone, and then he’ll be fine.
And Patty, I honestly have no idea whether the Canadiens are any good. They’re not in our division, so I don’t have to pay attention to them. :D
DAMMIT!! Mouthguard!
I really need to let that stuff go, but I can’t.
He’s probably having major post-coital depression now that it’s over, knowing he will have to be a Ranger for so many more years.
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Of course, every year, once a year, he’ll get to enjoy this again.
DAMMIT!! Mouthguard!
I really need to let that stuff go, but I can’t.
It’s your obsessive attention to detail that keeps you from being banned.
Poor Travis. Really, he only seems to know what he’s doing between the blue lines. I mean, he is a BEAST on the backcheck in the neutral zone, the Master of the Yoink Steal, but as soon as he’s in the offensive zone, he’s lost. I think the coaching staff needs to convince him that the offensive zone is just a continuation of the neutral zone, and then he’ll be fine.
He has this unnatural fear of the offensive zone. Scientists even can’t figure out why. Personally, I think he has hallucinations of squirrels in the offensive zone.
The poor boy really does fear acorns.
And for good measure, I’m so happy to be back in the States to see a smoking smocking hot Travis. ^_^
He looks so yummy in that suit and my oh my does he have some good bone structure. While I would’ve appreciated a better tie, his shy and mumbling nature (besides impeccable cheekbones and torso) more than makes up for that fashion faux pas.
And the celebration after Patty’s goal? Adorable! ^_^
I love Yahoo Sports and all, but sometimes their boxscores are crazy. For tonight’s game it’s saying all the Dallas goals were on the power play and the lone Montreal goal was shorthanded. When actually, they were all even-strength.
But, watching the game, you might get the impression that Dallas had an extra man the whole time. Burn!
The poor boy really does fear acorns.
We need to produce some educational filmstrips about how acorns are our friend and then send them to Travis.
Welcome back to the States Tricia! And what a nice welcome-back gift from the boys, to boot!
Travis was putting on a clinic of mumbling, shy adorkableness there, wasn’t he?
There is NOTHING IN ALL OF SPORTS cuter than the Devils celebrating Patty’s OT winners. I just adore how much the guys clearly really like him.
We need to produce some educational filmstrips about how acorns are our friend and then send them to Travis.
And how there couldn’t possibly be squirrels in the offensive zone.
We need to produce some educational filmstrips about how acorns are our friend and then send them to Travis.
With a free instructional video to help transition from cute to hot.
I remember Patty’s other OT goal celebration. There was some sort of orgy going on between him and Zach. And someone was just standing there, watching in amazement (or fear).
And how there couldn’t possibly be squirrels in the offensive zone.
Nope, only turtles.
Hey, Tricia, welcome back! It’s like Travis knew you’d be around! Steve was probably going to interview Madden and Travis shyly said, “Ex-excuse me, I’d like for Tricia to be able to see an interview with me, please.”
And how there couldn’t possibly be squirrels in the offensive zone.
Travis has a very complicated relationship with squirrels. On the one hand, he hates acorns, so he should really like that they keep stealing them from him and burying them where he can’t find them. On the other hand, he just hates that they keep stealing his shit, acorns or no.
There was some sort of orgy going on between him and Zach.
I said during tonight’s celebration that Gio was probably like, “Oh crap, I’m really regretting Zach not being here right now. He’d be taking this bullet instead of me!”
(Okay, On The Fly just made my life terrible by exposing me to the AWFUL calls by the Avs announcers of all their goals. The guy doing the play-by-play was cheering as if he was me. On speed. Seriously, I don’t understand how that qualifies as professional sportscasting.)
It’s like Travis knew you’d be around! Steve was probably going to interview Madden and Travis shyly said, “Ex-excuse me, I’d like for Tricia to be able to see an interview with me, please.”
Where’s the lovin’ for the rest of us?
I think everyone was wishing that Zach were here to take their place in a very cute (but totally uncomfortable) goal celebration. Even though they don’t really miss him in the locker room.
I think everyone was wishing that Zach were here to take their place in a very cute (but totally uncomfortable) goal celebration. Even though they don’t really miss him in the locker room.
Yeah, the goal celebration totally reminded them all why they keep Zach around. Although maybe the other guys have already established Patty’s boundaries for him (i.e. “No licking the column of my throat, Captain Hugs”), and Zach’s just the sole guy who doesn’t mind it? Or is just the only one of them who hasn’t gotten around to filing a complaint with Devils HR?
Where’s the lovin’ for the rest of us?
I know. I’m starting to feel a little jealously possessive here. :D
No, I think Zach likes to feel included. But Zach, I’m sorry to break it to you, but Patty is taken.
Indeed he was, making it so hard for me not to swoon over him. ^_^
However, his lack of offensive production is worrying and want to refuse he’s suffering from any slump. He have to take notes from acorn-starved squirrels.
Even though they don’t really miss him in the locker room.
I bet he was in the dressing room tonight telling them all what to do while also looking as pathetically ill as he could, just to get sympathy.
On a related note, our TiVo recorded NHL All-Access: Sophomore Sensations, so we zipped through it yesterday. There was a little segment on Zach that was your standard Zach fare (hot but boring). The highlight was a series of a cute-as-a-button little kid shots of Zach. The series ended with a shot of a middle-school-aged Zach after a big hockey game hoisting a giant — and I mean GIANT — trophy. Next to him? Jordy, wearing a teensy tiny medal. Schnookie suggested the medal just read, “Participant”. Anyway, it cracked us up.
Where’s the lovin’ for the rest of us?
I know. I’m starting to feel a little jealously possessive here. :D
Yeah, seriously. I feel so neglected here, sitting in my chair, having to hear my man complain about his life, watching Ocean’s Eleven.
The highlight was a series of a cute-as-a-button little kid shots of Zach. The series ended with a shot of a middle-school-aged Zach after a big hockey game hoisting a giant — and I mean GIANT — trophy. Next to him? Jordy, wearing a teensy tiny medal. Schnookie suggested the medal just read, “Participant”. Anyway, it cracked us up.
I wish I could have seen it. :(
Hehe, sorry to start the possessiveness! I can only hope that any Devil player would be thinking – “I want anyone who exchanges banter on Interchangeable Parts to be present during interviews.” ;)
Okay, I’m sorry for like, triple posting.
But I’m out for the night.
And I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and New Year, and hope to talk to you guys soon. :D
“I want anyone who exchanges banter on Interchangeable Parts to be present during interviews.”
I think we have a 96th IPB Theses here!
No, I think Zach likes to feel included. But Zach, I’m sorry to break it to you, but Patty is taken.
Zach just shrugs, “Hey, a tongue snaking its way up my neck is a tongue snaking its way up my neck, no matter who it’s attached to.” He’s a very lonely man, our little Zach. :P
I bet he was in the dressing room tonight telling them all what to do while also looking as pathetically ill as he could, just to get sympathy.
I’m imagining him wearing old-fashioned striped pajamas, a burgundy cashmere robe (tied at the waist with a gold, tasseled cord), and Regency-era slippers, while clutching a box of tissues under one arm while his hedgehog hair is sadly only half-spiked (as in, the spikes are all kind of limply folded over). And he’s in the middle of the dressing room lecturing his teammates through a thickly stuffed nose about every tiny mistake they’ve made so far in the game. He’s so much fun for them to have around.
Happy holidays and new year, Bethanie! Thanks for stopping by tonight!
I have make note and apologize for horrible grammar and hope that my main point and concerns were understood in those jumbled sentences! >_<
Have a great night, Bethanie! Thanks for hanging out here tonight, and have a happy holiday, happy New Year, and all that good stuff! Hope to see you again soon, too!
I have make note and apologize for horrible grammar and hope that my main point and concerns were understood in those jumbled sentences!
Sorry, Tricia, but we ban people for bad grammar. :P (Just kidding! We can figure out what you mean! :D)
Zach just shrugs, “Hey, a tongue snaking its way up my neck is a tongue snaking its way up my neck, no matter who it’s attached to.” He’s a very lonely man, our little Zach. :P
I can help that. XD
Thank you, Ookies! This was a fun night, and so, I think I will cap it off with a Zach Sombrero.
This was a fun night, and so, I think I will cap it off with a Zach Sombrero.
There’s no better — or more toxic — way to celebrate a Devils win! :P
I just suggested perhaps a more appropriate drink for tonight would be a Patty Sombrero, by the way, but we’re kind of afraid what might go into that. We’re thinking champagne, foeces and a whole oyster.
I think I’m going to sign off now too, but I think I’m going to pass on the Zach Sombrero! To anyone who’s around, have a great holiday (or happy Monday and Tuesday to those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas)!
On the Fly just claimed that Dallas got four power-play goals! Dude, if you’re just going to quote Yahoo stats, what good are you?? I can do that myself!
Surely Yahoo is wrong. Because I think Razor would have mentioned it if we got four power-play goals!
Did you see Ribs being interviewed there, Schnookie?
Happy Holidays to y’all! Although I’ll be in and out the next two days. Then back to dumb ol’ work.
I meant to say goodnight, Pookie, too!
Did you see Ribs being interviewed there, Schnookie?
I did indeed! While he’s not really my type personally, I can see how a girl might be into that. He does have very nice teeth, though. That’s undeniable. :D
The official scoresheet from your game, Patty, seems to think only the first Dallas goal was on the PP.
The official scoresheet from your game, Patty, seems to think only the first Dallas goal was on the PP.
Woops. Didn’t think to check the official one. :D Duh.
Even though I was thinking there were zero PP goals, so good on us.
I think Ribs is pretty, but he’s way down on my list, too. For a team with fewer hotties than the Stars (which is most teams, of course), he might rate much higher. :D
Sorry about having to hear the Avs call, Schnookie. It is dreadful. It’s in the same category as the Wings PBP guy. Every goal is screamed at the top of his lungs like it was a Cup-winner. I don’t know how Wings and Avs fans stand it.
I was just looking at the official scoresheet and I still think that’s wrong. There’s no penalty being served at the time of the goal. But there are only four skaters listed to be on the ice. I think they just missed somebody. Or they screwed up a change or something.
I don’t know how Wings and Avs fans stand it.
Seriously! Of course, they’re so wrapped up in their self-admiration in those cities that they probably don’t even hear it. :D
(I’m relieved to hear that you’re not into the Ribs thing. I was very afraid I was going to have to tiptoe around saying that I think he looks like a serial killer.)
(I’m relieved to hear that you’re not into the Ribs thing. I was very afraid I was going to have to tiptoe around saying that I think he looks like a serial killer.)
That’s okay. I still think he’s pretty good looking. But I kind of have a thing for the Hispanic/Spanish-looking types.
Wait. Are you saying you might be tiptoe-ing around some not-so-nice things you might be thinking about Philippe Boucher? And keeping quiet because I’m so obsessed?
If I was tiptoeing around not liking Boucher, I’d say things like, “Well I guess if you weren’t, you know, disgusted by cough drops you might think this guy’s hot…” No. I totally approve of the Boucher. HUGELY. :D
Woohoo, Devils! What an awesome weekend this has been for hockey, huh? I mean… unless you’re a Flyers fan!
What an awesome weekend this has been for hockey, huh? I mean… unless you’re a Flyers fan!
I know! It’s been an INCREDIBLY marvelous weekend! Um, except for alix tonight, I guess. And all those Flyers fans out there. Heh.
I totally approve of the Boucher. HUGELY.
Thanks goodness!
Oh, and if everyone is wondering how crappy MY life is, I have to go to work tomorrow. Yeah, on Christmas Eve. I’m, like, Bob Cratchit. I’ll spend my day tomorrow huddling next to the one ember in my potbellied stove in my otherwise freezing office, scribbling with my quill on Ebenezer [My Employer]‘s ledgers. It’s so rough being me.
Oh my gosh. I did it again. Oh, forget it.
It has been a good weekend, Gambler! Poor alix, but they’re not as bad as the Flyers… so she’ll bounce back, I’m sure.
Yeah, on Christmas Eve.
That’s terrible! Are things so busy there?
Are things so busy there?
Hardly. I just used up all my vacation time, so I technically have to go in since the company’s open. In order to not DIE from an entirely self-imposed sense of guilt, I’m going to go in, but probably for no more than an hour or two. Probably from 10-12. My boss is on vacation next week, and he said when he left on Friday, “Don’t work too hard while I’m gone.” Really pointedly. In that, “If you come into the office AT ALL I’ll be really disappointed” kind of way.
BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Stupid Avs. And stupid NHL for giving my team another back to back.
Aw, alix, I’m sorry. Of course, still smarting from that 5-0 game, I’m not overly sorry. :P
It’s been an INCREDIBLY marvelous weekend!
You know, I think the best part (aside from the winning, of course) was that this weekend really helped me put my feelings for Briere in order. At first I was starting to go a little soft on him, what with all the lip service he was giving to Buffalo, and I got a little nostalgic. Not that I wanted him back or anything, I just actually started wishing him well and everything. And then by the end of Saturday’s game I was just like “Yuck, look at that Flyer. Oh, is that Briere?” It was sort of awesome.
I’m sorry you have to go into work and freeze all Cratchit-ally tomorrow, Schnookie! I’ve heard those pharmaceutical companies are quite stingy with their coal rations.
Sorry about your game, alix! I’m sure your guys will make it up to you, though! (Right? Aren’t they still good? God, it’s embarrassing how dead to me the WC is.)
And then by the end of Saturday’s game I was just like “Yuck, look at that Flyer. Oh, is that Briere?” It was sort of awesome.
I was surprised I felt that way about Gomez almost immediately when I first saw him actually playing in a Ranger sweater. Up until then, in all the publicity pictures, I just totally spazzed in vomitous rages of disgust. Then, as soon as play started, it was just like, “Yeah, that guy’s a Ranger. He used to be a Devil, but now he’s a loser. Who really cares about him, anyway?”
I’ve heard those pharmaceutical companies are quite stingy with their coal rations.
They really are! (And I’m the keeper of the vacation days in my department, which makes it doubly stupid that I didn’t just change my “official” record to give myself an extra day off. In the past I’ve been encouraged by my VP to take extra days, so if I’d just thought ahead and blocked tomorrow off on my calendar, I’d not give it a second thought that I’m technically not allowed to take it off. But since my calendar says I’m going to be in, this stupid, misplaced sense of duty I have is forcing me to go in. If I stay there more than 90 minutes, though, I’ll eat my hat. :D)
Thanks, ladies. Yeah they are pretty good. They’re tied for first in the division. I was just so hoping for a win going into the holidays. And I hate the Avs so. And Matty O was out with a sore neck, so it was just a bad, bad game for me in particular.
Sorry you have to go into work, Schnookie. Awwww, I wish I could see that Travis interview. He sounds absolutely adorable.
Wow! No Matty O and no Zach tonight? It was a dark night indeed for fans of hotties everywhere.
I know, eh? At least a loss with Matty O I can be comforted with hot shots from the bench :p
And Matty O was out with a sore neck, so it was just a bad, bad game for me in particular.
Can you imagine the type of sling they’d have to rig up to support his big, injured, humming giraffe neck? Hee!
HEE!
Oh, and of course I’m really sorry that your Matty O is hurt, alix. Hopefully it’s not anything too serious!
Thanks, Gambler. I hope not! And I’m going to see a game on Thursday, so I REALLY hope he’s better by then.
I love the thought of a giant giraffe neck-sling! HEE!
Well, if anyone’s still here now, goodnight! And we probably won’t be around much tomorrow, so Merry Christmas, everyone who’s celebrating it!
Merry Christmas, Schnookie! Have fun with the fam.
And I’m going to see a game on Thursday, so I REALLY hope he’s better by then.
Well, I’m sure if you let him know you’re bringing a hot friend with you, he’ll make sure to show up.
And with that I have to sign off. This German paper isn’t going to write itself, no matter how much I want it to. (That’s right, I have a paper due on Christmas day. This semester will just never ever end.) Goodnight everyone, and have a happy holiday!
HA!
That’s horrible, Gambler! What a mean Prof. Good luck with that. Happy Holidays!