We might not be especially smart people, but one thing we think we’ve finally figured out is this simple mathematical equation:
Ookies who are tired and cranky from having too much to do during the work day + a Devils team that is playing like they think it’s the first round and they drew the Rangers as their playoff opponent + writing a game diary = excruciating, unending pain.
So we’re going to enjoy (or, more accurately, “enjoy”) tonight’s game the way the hockey gods intended — with an open thread. We hope you’ll join us!
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No Peters for you tonight! Yay!
No to Peters and yes to HD? Things are looking up! (For now.)
Enjoy your HD, pampered denizens of IPB Manor. Remember to give a thought to the denizens of Mike in Idaho’s hovel who will watch the game in DVRd blurovision later this evening.
I wish today would have been like yesterday where I completely forgot they were playing. Unfortunately so did they.
I wish today would have been like yesterday where I completely forgot they were playing.
I’m so jealous! I wish I’d forgotten the game yesterday!
Remember to give a thought to the denizens of Mike in Idaho’s hovel who will watch the game in DVRd blurovision later this evening.
Mike, I’m always thinking sadly and with great sympathy about your blurovisioned misery. I’m so sorry!
I wish today would have been like yesterday where I completely forgot they were playing. Unfortunately so did they.
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http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2010/01/no_plans_for_nj_devils_to_move.html
A banner featuring Zach Parise is now hanging from the New Jersey State Library building.
The “Score With Reading” banner calls Parise a “NJ Library Champion.”
Adorable!
The “Score With Reading” banner calls Parise a “NJ Library Champion.”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m going to let our resident NJ librarian figure out what to do with that.
What?!? Zach’s a Library Champion?! Surely this means he’ll be touring NJ libraries, right? Surely this means he’ll be there at work when I go in tomorrow, right? Surely this means I can kick him in the nuts if he loses tonight, right?
I’m going to let our resident NJ librarian figure out what to do with that.
I think I lose my “library advocate” badge thanks to the fact that my first thought was “I’d rather he be a Stanley Cup champion, thank you.”
Chico’s one of those guys who never wears an overcoat, no matter how cold it gets? Dude! He’s like those frat boys who wear shorts and flipflops even in the dead of winter!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/njlibraryevents/4310001530/
I wonder if he gets to carry around a gaudy belt, as a Library Champion.
I think I lose my “library advocate” badge thanks to the fact that my first thought was “I’d rather he be a Stanley Cup champion, thank you.”
I’d be lying if I said my first thought was any different. I’m like, fuck reading being fundamental. WINNING is even MORE fundamental.
Enjoy your HD, pampered denizens of IPB Manor. Remember to give a thought to the denizens of Mike in Idaho’s hovel who will watch the game in DVRd blurovision later this evening.
I dream of the day I can upgrade from radio to blurovison.
I’m sure Zach scores with reading very often. Heh.
I love that the poster has “Score with reading!” in quotes as if Zach said it. Zach’s like, “I was misquoted! I said ‘score with sound positional play’!”
Surely this means I can kick him in the nuts if he loses tonight, right?
Only if Schnookie and Boomer have the bail money handy for when you get arrested for assault.
Do “Librarian Champion” costumes come with capes and tights?
I dream of the day I can upgrade from radio to blurovison.
:^:::::::::::::::::::: This is so sad! (Of course, you can imagine in HD while listening to the radio, right? :P)
Tim, I had the same problem when I was in college. I’d talk to other fans who would try to play that “radio’s the purest way to listen to a game” card and I’d be like, “When was the last time you had to listen to a game on the radio?” and they would be all, “Look at that hobo!” I feel your pain. And I can tell you that someday you too will have a glorious HDTV and you’ll back on these days and chuckle.
I don’t have other fans to talk to, I’m all like “hey, hockey?” and they’re all “NASCAR WOOO!” Stupid Indiana.
In 10 years Parise will be bouncing around the National Library League, and getting pushed down to school libraries for cap reasons.
I can just picture Zach in the locker room, carrying a backpack full of children’s books:
Zach: Guys! Guys! I figured out how to solve our scoring problems! We can score with reading! (Reaches into his backpack and tries to hand a book to Fraser)
Fraser: What the hell Zach? You think just because a guy’s black he can’t read?
Zach: What? No! I-
Fraser: You racist motherfucker.
Hey Tim, have you checked out http://www.myp2pforum.eu/nhl-icehockey/50388-ice-hockey-today-jan-27th.html for a Devils feed? You might have to download some software. But SopCast + IE add-on for Firefox + Kilonet is pretty good. They’ve covered every Devils game so far this season.
I don’t have other fans to talk to, I’m all like “hey, hockey?” and they’re all “NASCAR WOOO!” Stupid Indiana.
I was in Indiana during the 2007 playoffs. My family down there is transplanted Buffalonians, but they don’t “get” hockey. For them, the Colts are the be-all and end all of sports. I was just the twitchy one flipping out over the hockey games.
:^:::::::::::::::::::: This is so sad! (Of course, you can imagine in HD while listening to the radio, right? :P)
My imagination is really good at doing that. Niedermeyer’s a Na’avi, right? Can’t imagine how Miller manages to get himself around the crease in those wizard robes.
Gunner, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That’s EXACTLY how it goes down! Of course, Zach’s got the wrong coach for that kind of off-beat thinking. If only Robbie Ftorek was still around…
In 10 years Parise will be bouncing around the National Library League, and getting pushed down to school libraries for cap reasons.
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In 10 years Parise will be bouncing around the National Library League, and getting pushed down to school libraries for cap reasons.
Zach would be the worst school librarian because he’d keep packing up and closing the library in mid-April. The principal would be like, “Mr. Parise, you do realize the school year continues for another month.” Zach: “Huh?”
Zach: What? No! I-
Fraser: You racist motherfucker.
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My imagination is really good at doing that. Niedermeyer’s a Na’avi, right?
The Better is. The Lesser is an Ent.
Niedermeyer’s a Na’avi, right? Can’t imagine how Miller manages to get himself around the crease in those wizard robes.
That’s exactly what it looks like, so clearly you’re not missing anything.
Funfetti.
:obligatory:Marty plays too much:/obligatory:
You know what I liked best about that goal? That as soon as the Sabres set up in the zone, I knew they were going to score. Because I hate listening to other teams’ stupid goal sirens, I told Pookie to be ready on the mute button right before the puck went into the net.
Gunner, I’d actually prefer a smooth radio feed than a herky-jerky streaming video. Just me though.
Niedermeyer’s a Na’avi, right? Can’t imagine how Miller manages to get himself around the crease in those wizard robes.
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Oh, and funfetti.
:obligatory:Marty plays too much:/obligatory:
:obligatory:Marty plays too much, and the rest of the guys on the team play too little:/obligatory:
Zach: C’mon Rob, won’t you try to score with reading?
Ent-ermayer: Reeeeaaaaaaadiiiiiiiiiing?
Zach: Yes reading!
Ent-ermayer: Wiiiithhhh boooooooooooooks?
Zach: Yah! Books!
Ent-ermayer: Maaaaaadde frommmmmmm paaaaaapeerrrrrrr?
Zach: Uhhh…
Wait… where was Mottau in that replay? I’m confused.
Mottau was there dressed as Adam Mair.
Wait… where was Mottau in that replay? I’m confused.
:^::::::::::::::::::::: Oh god. It seems the horrid affliction called “Mottau” is spreading. I fear all the Devils have it now.
And who is Zach kidding? He can’t read either!
Booooo.
Sherry Ross just questioned what the Devils were thinking “psychically”.
If they’re psychic, why do they keep letting all those goals in?
Gunner, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::!
(I’m too busy to quote everything you said. It was ALL funny.)
If they’re psychic, why do they keep letting all those goals in?
That’s the tragic part — they know it’s going to happen, but they’re powerless to stop it. Being psychic is a blessing and a curse.
I’m psychically booking tee times for these guys for April.
Can’t imagine how Miller manages to get himself around the crease in those wizard robes.
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That’s the tragic part — they know it’s going to happen, but they’re powerless to stop it. Being psychic is a blessing and a curse.
Mottau’s new name is Cassandra.
We just had this exchange here:
Pookie: “I didn’t hit rock bottom yesterday, unlike Schnookie, so I’m worried it’s going to happen tonight.”
Schnookie: “Oh, I’ve plateaued at the bottom of the sea.”
Pookie: “As if you had drowned. Long ago.”
Truer words were never spoken.
Zach Parise’s currently reading Agassi’s book on meth and balding. If he wants to repeat on that Library Championship, he’s gonna have to step up to at least Roald Dahl. No more of this coasting.
I actually read the Agassi book. It was a pretty good read.
Schnookie: “Oh, I’ve plateaued at the bottom of the sea.”
Is this where the Devils start serenading you with “Under the Sea?”
Is this where the Devils start serenading you with “Under the Sea?”
Heh. They fucking BETTER. :P
Pretty good reads don’t put banners in the rafters!
Pretty good reads don’t put banners in the rafters!
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Truer words than that have also never been spoken!
Well, Schnookie, ask and ye shall receive:
Zach: Under the sea!
Pelley: Under the sea!
Rolston: Darling it’s better, down where it’s wetter, take it from me R-)
Marty: Sur le rivage, ils travaillent toute la journée
Mcammond: Out in the sun they slave away, Hambone
Ent-ermayer: Whiiiiiiiiiiile weeeeeeeee deeeeeeeeevoooooootinnnnnnnnnnn’
Bergfors: BOR! BOR! BOR!
Mottau: Under the- Shit. My bad, Marty. My bad.
Pretty good reads don’t put banners in the rafters!
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I just though Chico said, “Now is the time to not apply extra pressure.” The Devils are like, “Done and done.”
Chico: Zharkov… has an extra step…. will this be the game where he gets that first goal?
Well, now that you mention it? NO.
Mottau: Under the- Shit. My bad, Marty. My bad.
Oh, it’s funny because it’s true! (And Amy should have known better than to get a musical into play here… :P)
Do you know what’s marvelously stupid? The Devils.
Chico: Zharkov… has an extra step…. will this be the game where he gets that first goal?
Well, now that you mention it? NO.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: This is why being a Devils fan is so rewarding — the utter certainty. Their sucktitude is like a safety blanket.
And Amy should have known better than to get a musical into play here…
I honestly wasn’t trying to turn it into another sing-a-long blog.
But how the heck did that Zach/Langer rush not go in the net?
But how the heck did that Zach/Langer rush not go in the net?
I’ll give you a hint: it’s the part of the story there that rhymes with “blach/blanger”.
Hey, remember back when Boogerfors was one of the top contenders for the Calder trophy? Yeah, me neither.
If Bergfors is still on the list of Calder candidates, all the other rookies this year must be TERRIBLE.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
If Bergfors is still on the list of Calder candidates, all the other rookies this year must be TERRIBLE.
That’s a good point. This must be the worst year for rookies EVER. That, or Boogerfors isn’t really on the list of Calder candidates, and that was just Chico being Chico.
Wait, WHAT?
WHA????
Is that…????
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! (I feel so strange saying that.)
That camera angle was so wide that I have no idea what just happened.
Apparently the 1945 Calder winner was one Frank McCool, which sounds like the name a character in an anti-smoking PSA would have. His nickname was “Ulcers”, because he had them and because The Greatest Generation were a bunch of bullies.
Also, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
His nickname was “Ulcers”, because he had them and because The Greatest Generation were a bunch of bullies.
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His nickname was “Ulcers”, because he had them and because The Greatest Generation were a bunch of bullies.
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I can’t keep up! Y’all are cracking me up.
Apparently the 1945 Calder winner was one Frank McCool, which sounds like the name a character in an anti-smoking PSA would have.
You know, we watched a bunch of 1940′s-’80s PSAs on DVD over the Christmas break, and one of them was a British filmstrip from the ’50s about menstruation. In it, girls were advised that when they’re having their period, they should endeavor to keep their feet dry. Like, they should carry extra socks with them, just in case their feet should get damp walking in the rain or something. I can assure you that Frank McCool NEVER walked around with damp feet when he was on the rag.
WINKS GUYS! WINKS!!!! R-)
I own two dvds from rifftrax of them tearing apart PSAs from the 40′s-70′s. I nearly peed my pants watching them.
R-)
What the eff do dry feet have to do with being on the rag? The bigger PSA should be about how to keep your homicidal psycho-beeyotch tendencies in check.
Haven’t you seen Carrie? She got her feet wet while leaking, and she got pummelled with flying tampons. Do you want that? Huh? No! So keep your feet dry!
I LOVE Rifftrax!
Haven’t you seen Carrie? She got her feet wet while leaking, and she got pummelled with flying tampons. Do you want that? Huh? No! So keep your feet dry!
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Exactly! And again, did Frank McCool ever get pummeled with flying tampons? No! He didn’t!
The bigger PSA should be about how to keep your homicidal psycho-beeyotch tendencies in check.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::: Frank McCool wasn’t so good at keeping his homicidal psycho-beeyotch tendencies in check, but that’s a benefit for a hockey player.
Hey! That Chuck the Duck segment SUCKED! What’s UO with them thinking they can just PHOTOSHOP him? I’m appalled!
I hate this new trend where every hit somehow deserves a fight. A perfectly good hit by Fistric, the guy barely bounced off the glass — seriously — and he came over and picked a fight with Fistric. For a regular hit.
Drew Stafford sounds like somebody who should play hockey with a popped collar.
Oh come ON. Let’s see two and two on that. Crunchy was just doing the ballerina-shot-out-of-a-canon thing.
the ballerina-shot-out-of-a-canon thing.
I think I’d pay $15 to see that actually happen.
Drew Stafford sounds like somebody who should play hockey with a popped collar.
He’s BFF with Zach, but more likely to play hockey in a ripped tee, leopard print pants, fake mustache and a hard hat.
And Langer, you’re on the list for trying to kill Crunchy.
And Langer, you’re on the list for trying to kill Crunchy.
Please. Cruchy’s on the list for being a big fat fucking diver. :P
I think I’d pay $15 to see that actually happen.
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Well, at least there’s hockey justice and no one scored on that PP. :D
Crunchy’s on the list for being a big fat fucking diver.
Crunchy: “I’m not fat!”
And seriously, instead of a ballerina and a canon, can we use a tree and a winch like they did on Mythbusters?
Crunchy: “I’m not fat!”
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And a ballerina shot off of a tree with a giant winch would be awesome! I might pay $16 to see that!
Well, at least there’s hockey justice and no one scored on that PP. :D
The Devils and Sabres have each only had one power play shot tonight. That’s it. One lousy PP shot each.
The Devils aren’t doing much to keep me from being distracted by the State of the Union.
The Devils haven’t done much to keep me from being distracted by this quilt pattern. But I will give them at least that they’ve gotten one more point tonight than I expected.
Awesome quilt pattern, Schnookie. Is that what you’re currently working on or is it being added to the to-do list?
That’s going on my to-do list. But it might be bumping some items further down. I’ve been saving up for fabric by giving blood for money at work — I’m going to have to beg the group that uses the blood to start putting together more assays so I can cobble together the funds for that one!
FYI: Biden does an awesome “Damn skippy! You da man!” head nod.
If Langer had gotten called for a BS penalty earlier in the game, I think we might have seen some genuine Captain Fuck This Shit action. Maybe even a goal.
Biden does an awesome “Damn skippy! You da man!” head nod.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::: Isn’t that one of the most important parts of his job?
He also does a pretty good “You’re a wise man, who has given me something very serious to consider” head nod.
If Langer had gotten called for a BS penalty earlier in the game, I think we might have seen some genuine Captain Fuck This Shit action. Maybe even a goal.
Heh. Langer was totally aiming at Crunchy’s head with his shots after that. It was so nice to see a tiny glimmer of what he used to be.
He also does a pretty good “You’re a wise man, who has given me something very serious to consider” head nod.
Now that’s just going above and beyond. :P
Langer was totally aiming at Crunchy’s head with his shots after that.
Any bets on whether Burke calls Langer tomorrow and says “don’t break the damn goalie!”
You know, when the Devils are totally incapable of putting the puck in the net, it’s not in Marty’s best interest to engage in moronic poke-check attempts.
We just suck right now.
Well, that sucked.
Well, at least quilting fabric never lets me down. That’s why it’s my favorite hobby tonight. *Glares at hockey*
I’m sorry for your loss, Devils fans. I hope they pull out of their funk quickly for you.
We just suck right now.
Yeah. From top to bottom. There isn’t a single player on the Devils right now who I have even a shred of confidence in.
Thanks, Amy. I’d try to say something nice about your win, but it would be a lie. :P
Thanks, Amy.
Hockey: Look, over the past few years, you’ve made me play outside, play in Italy, and now you’re forcing me to stay in Vancouver for two weeks. I’m exhausted. Just be happy I still put out? Or would you like another year of no hockey?
Okay, okay! I take it back, hockey! I didn’t mean it*!
*I meant it a little.
I don’t know if you guys saw this on your broadcast, but before the OT started, Marty was at the bench wiping sweat from his brow, and he looked exhausted. Zach was sitting on the bench, and while he looked like he had put in an effort on the ice, he still looked like he had something in the tank for the remainder of the game.
The difference in the two was really quite noticeable. Maybe Marty does need to sit his ass down. He’s not letting the team down if he takes a break. Maybe the goalie change will spark them? Who knows.
Sorry, Devils fans. :(
Maybe Marty does need to sit his ass down. He’s not letting the team down if he takes a break. Maybe the goalie change will spark them? Who knows.
Sadly, however good an idea that might be, there is nothing in my past history with the Devils that suggests I should hold out hope it will happen. No matter how badly he plays, no matter if he single-handedly throws a shootout like tonight, no matter what, he’s not going to sit. No, the best we can hope for is that Lou fires the coach. :P (Also, that’s funny that you guys saw haggard, worn-down Marty. We were being shown breezy, chatty, laughing-with-his-teammates-at-the-bench Marty.)
And thanks, Patty. We’re watching your game now. It’s… not helping. :(
*tiny voice* Congrats to Sabres fans.
Now we can all go back to outwardly hating the team we’re playing. :D Does it help that the lowly Hurricanes stomped the Rangers 5-1?
Yes. This game won’t help anybody. We have to win this one, and hope that MIN beats DET so that we can get closer to DET and also not let MIN catch us, and also get closer to CAL.
I don’t know why I keep watching the standings. We’re never going to make the playoffs.
Does it help that the lowly Hurricanes stomped the Rangers 5-1?
If I’d known that was going to happen, I’d have tivoed that game! That’s MARVELOUS news!
I don’t know why I keep watching the standings. We’re never going to make the playoffs.
There is SO MUCH BRAHMS left. Don’t do the kind of standings watching yet that requires math!
Does it help that the lowly Hurricanes stomped the Rangers 5-1?
Does it ever!
Wooo! The Real Deal scored! At least we’re only down one for the third period. That’s overcome-able, right?
Aww. Trevor Daley’s so cute.
You know who’s not cute? Every Flame.
The Flames are disgusting. Utterly disgusting. :P
You know who’s not cute? Every Flame.
AGREED.
And one goal is WAY overcomeable! Especially against a team coached by Brent Sutter!
So what did Fistric do to get a match penalty?
Hey! What’d I tell you about a Brent Sutter team and one-goal leads? :D
Wooooooooooooooo!!! It’s TIED!
Richards was NOT going to give up on that play. He tried it, like, 5 times. :D
Fistric made a perfectly clean hit on Nystrom and Nystrom picked a fight with him after the whistle. In the fight, Fistric pulled his helmet off and while it was still caught up in his hand, he threw a punch and hit Nystrom with the helmet.
Then he flung it aside and finished the fight. There’s no way Fistric did it on purpose, but I can see why they’d call it. Let the home office figure it out, I guess. If they can override match penalties based on actual intent, I would hope they wouldn’t suspend him. Nystrom got a 2-minute unsportsmanlike at the time, too, for picking the fight.
There was really nothing even controversial about the hit. Nystrom just doesn’t like getting hit, I guess.
I’m sure I’m misspelling his name, but who cares. :P
Ah, thanks. I can see how hitting a guy with your helmet would be a kind of automatic penalty. Bummer, though. :(
Actually, he hit Nystrom with Nystrom’s helmet. I wasn’t clear in the description there. He was pulling on Nystrom’s helmet and it came off in his hand but he was swinging too fast to stop and flick it off.
Heh. That’s even worse. :P
It’s a variation of ripping off the guy’s arm and beating him over the head with it. And Fistric’s just tough enough to do that. That Flame should consider himself lucky. :P
So is there anyone else around today? I’m having one of those work days where you feel like you have a zillion things that need to be done, but you honestly can’t remember any of them. So I figured I’d try to drum up a distraction here. :P
I’m around today! Trying to distract myself from the fact that I have to work on the children’s desk today. ::shudder::
EW! Children are THE WORST!
Poor Pookie, having to deal with kids. Bah.
Schnookie, good luck remembering what you’re supposed to be doing.
Me, I’m knitting, and celebrating that I have no cause to do anything at bloody all until Monday. I had my last midterm this morning (a fright of a subject, the 3rd incarnation of Philosophy of Science we’ve had to study. I wonder how many more times we’re going to have to read the same texts and interpret them in yet another way), then went to skate with my Injury Buddy, then slept for most of the afternoon. It was AWESOME.
Congratulations on finishing Midterms, Mags! And WOO HOOO! for such a DELIGHTFUL-sounding day! I wouldn’t mind sleeping for most of the afternoon… (I walked to work yesterday, so I got to leave early and take a long, delicious nap, but no such luck today.)
Hey, you know what’s good about today? NO DEVILS GAME! :D
I’m fifteen minutes away from having to leave work to walk to the auditorium where they’re holding our annual post-mortem, aka the all-employee meeting. Fun!
I get to go home and call FedEx and yell. Apparently “signature required for delivery” means “we’ll just put it in the door and hope for the best.”
Hey, you know what’s good about today? NO DEVILS GAME! :D
Thank GOD for small favours!
Gah! They’re just so frustrating! It’s like, I know somewhere deep down that they can do so much better, but there’s nothing I can do about it. They just suck right now. It’s not like with my own team where I can yell at people to stop trying to fix everything and just do the little things right, and then it’ll be ok. I can’t tell Marty to SIT THE FUCK DOWN, because it wouldn’t bloody matter whether he played or not, they’d lose in any case. Even though I really want to. But I can’t. I can only watch them struggle and dig themselves into a hole.
Of course, the whole point is completely moot, because I haven’t actually WATCHED a Devils game in almost a year. I don’t even know what they look like anymore.
*whinewhinewhinewhine* I’ll have some cheese now, thanks.
Fun!
Interesting sense of humour you’ve got there!
Fun!
Interesting sense of humour you’ve got there!
I wish. I’m trying (unsuccessfully) to use the power of positive thinking (TM) here.
I’ve got class on French essays and plays in 20 minutes, then class on glam rock tonight from 7:15 to 8:45. I skipped Tuesday to watch the Senators debacle and missed an entire class on Bowie. But I watched Labyrinth yesterday, so I’m pretty sure I’m all caught up.
I wish. I’m trying (unsuccessfully) to use the power of positive thinking (TM) here.
If that doesn’t work, try positive drinking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKN7aWTUrIU
If that doesn’t work, try positive drinking.
Helps you on the way, my friend :)
How about a suit?
Tim, I wish my class schedule was half as interesting! I can’t honestly remember everything on my plate next semester, but one of them is communication science, and another is a project on financial instruments. I’d take French essays over CS, though maybe not over financial instruments.
Okay, all-a y’all are having way more horrible days than me! I just spent half an hour collating handouts for my VP’s meeting this afternoon. Normally I’m cool with how “slumming it” my career choice is, but there’s something about shuffling through copies and stapling them together that makes me think about how effectively I’m putting my college education to work. So, to cheer myself up while I was menially doing a job any half-decent copy machine should be able to take care of, I turned on some Franz Ferdinand, because it was really quiet on my hall, and I was singing along rather embarrassingly loudly when my boss wandered by. There went all the professional respect I might have been getting from him. :P
But I watched Labyrinth yesterday, so I’m pretty sure I’m all caught up.
There went all the professional respect I might have been getting from him. :P
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to both of you.
I survived my hour in the children’s area. Fortunately, all the kids were in school. Apparently they get out at 2:30. So I spent the time from 2:30 to 3:00 alternately watching the clock and the door, praying one would go faster and the other would stay closed. Heh.
Mags, this is my last semester, so I’m taking it easy. Also, I have to keep space for a 30 page paper on the effects of religion in modern western European politics, so it’s that, l’essais et pieces francais, rock music of the 70′s and 80′s, and religion in popular culture. I’d have picked an easier French class if they weren’t all full up. Senioritis ftw.
I’m around today! Trying to distract myself from the fact that I have to work on the children’s desk today. ::shudder::
Over the summer I work in a country club snack bar. I love dealing with the kids. They’re adorable, but messy. Being next to the pool full of trophy wives isn’t terrible either.
I survived my hour in the children’s area.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! POOKIE IS SAVED.
Senioritis ftw.
*sigh* I wish. You have no idea. The fact that I’m not a grad student right now is no fault but my own, for picking the wrong major to begin with.
I love dealing with the kids. They’re adorable, but messy.
I like kids, much, much more than I like teenagers. But always in small quantities. When I coach, I always prefer the 6-10 YO groups over the 11-14s or the 15-18s. The little ones are energetic and hard to focus, but at least they don’t talk back or call you names. Plus, they think you’re the be-all-end-all of cleverness, and sort of fun to be called “Miss Mags” ;)
Too true, I much prefer the 4-10 year olds than the teenagers, who think they’re all cool and what what.
Miss Mags is rather saucy as a title.
Dya think? It beats “Juf Mags” (Juf is Dutch for a female teacher). Or Mistress Mags, which is what my coaching colleagues call me.
Silly Flems.
My teammates just call me Tim, instead of the more officious and collegiate Captain Morgan. I haven’t got anyone to coach, but it seems like it’d be good fun. I don’t play hockey though, I play hurling, which is hockey’s grandpa.
Back when I worked with elementary school-aged kids, I was assisting a veteran teacher running an after-school program. She was one of the cool kinds of teachers who had the kids call her by her first name, so I never got the “Miss McCrotch” treatment. But one particularly nerdy kid refused to call me my first name, and insisted on doing the “Miss Schnookie” thing. And while “Miss Schnookie” sounds kind of funny or saucy, “Miss Liz” just sounds annoying. I wanted to punch that kid every time he called me that.
I like kids provided I can send them back where they came from after an hour or so. I taught swim classes in high school and really liked my younger kids (the pre-teens not so much) but I never liked babysitting because that was just too much time with brats.
Yeah, babysitting is on their home turf, and you’re like the lowliest substitute teacher imaginable. You have no authority as a babysitter. But as a teacher? That’s some power. Heh.
I’m getting slightly better at dealing with kids for short periods of time, but I hate working the children’s desk because I don’t know anything about kids’ books. So parents will ask for a book suitable for x-age and I’m like, “Uh…. Lee Child? No, wait, that’s not right.”
hate working the children’s desk because I don’t know anything about kids’ books.
Yeah, that sucks. A librarian–probably in a similar position–recommended The Whipping Boy for me when I was little. I refused to read Newbery Medal winners for YEARS after that.
You have no authority as a babysitter.
To a certain extent. I remember my cousin figuring out I meant business when I sent him for a 10 minute time out and kept time on the hockey game clock (with commercials!) and not the regular clock.
HA! Amy, that’s great! I was nowhere near as ingenious a babysitter as you were. Fortunately, I almost never did it.
You guys, we’re watching the Flyers feed of the tranny/Thrashers game, and the broadcast team is HILARIOUS. A team muckety-muck and Comcast muckety-muck sent a fake letter from the league to the “between the benches” sideline reporter guy saying that he is required to wear a helmet when he’s standing down there during games (he got hit by a stick a few games ago and needed stitches). So the sideline guy apparently spent the whole last week whining to anyone who would listen about how he has to wear this helmet, and in the pregame skate, Fartsmell was making fun of him for having to wear it (he’s mic’d up tonight), and the play-by-play and color guy spent the entire first period talking about how the sideline guy looks so ridiculous, and so on and so on. Then at the start of the second period they finally told the sideline guy that it was a joke. It was FANTASTIC. Apparently they’d been getting emails all during the first period from a bunch of the other guys around the league who do “between the benches” broadcast work, including Pierre McGuire, being all like, “Wait, we have to wear helmets???”
That is FANTASTIC.
Pierre McGuire, being all like, “Wait, we have to wear helmets???”
He really SHOULD wear one all the time.
I’m watching the Penguins VS the Senators. Honk shoo! Honk shoo! Dullsville.
Honk shoo! Honk shoo! Dullsville.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Well, the Trannies game is delightful! :D
And while this joke on Steve Coates was hilarious, it would have been even better if someone had done it to Pierre.
I don’t think they make helmets small enough for Pierre McGuire.
That’s a good point, Tim. Just think of what a plum advertising opportunity it would be, though, for whichever equipment manufacturer custom-builds one for him!
Pierre would just stuff the empty space in his giant helmet with cuttings from his Sidskin coat.
Are you a dwarf? Are people constantly trying to crush your skull thanks to your inability to say anything anyone wants to hear ever? Come to CCM!
Are people constantly trying to crush your skull thanks to your inability to say anything anyone wants to hear ever?
Pierre: [sitting on couch eating ice cream out of the carton while watching highlights of Sid from WJCs past] Who me? Yes! Yes I am!
Pierre: [sitting on couch eating ice cream out of the carton while watching highlights of Sid from WJCs past] Who me? Yes! Yes I am!
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sometimes he takes a break out of that grueling schedule to work on his screenplay “Mother, May I Sleep With Sidney?”, which he’s hoping to sell to Lifetime.
“Mother, May I Sleep With Sidney?”
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“Mother, May I Sleep With Sidney?”
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I don’t see what’s so funny about that, I always ask my mother’s permission before sleeping with people.
I don’t see what’s so funny about that, I always ask my mother’s permission before sleeping with people.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: You and Pierre have so much in common! :P
“Mother, May I Sleep With Sidney?”, which he’s hoping to sell to Lifetime.
Lifetime Rejection Letter: Needs more Pregnancy Pacts/abuse/alcoholism and either Jennie Garth, Jennifer Love Hewitt or Alyssa Milano to even be considered for production on our station.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Pierre’s like, “MORE of those things? But I already worked all of them in, just like Sid’s and my real life!”
And good morning, everyone! Yowza, it’s cold today!
Why am I awake right now?!? I don’t have work until 3! RAAAAH!
Tim, you’re crazy. That’s all I can think of to explain why you’re awake. And not only awake, but online! I mean, I’m often “awake” at 9:20 (wait, you said you’re in Indiana? Does that make it 8:20???), but certainly not in any manner of awakeness that includes interacting with other human beings, let alone typing to do so. :P
Tim, if I didn’t have to be at work right now I would definitely not be awake. And you’re a college student?! Isn’t that in violation of, I don’t know, college-student rules or something? Shouldn’t you be sleeping until like 2:30?
Yowza, it’s cold today!
And here it’s been so warm this January too. That was a shock to the system this morning.
It’s still 9:27 here. Illinois is the time-change barrier. My brain hates me during the week. It arbitrarily decided a long time ago that 8:30-9:00 was the ideal time to wake up, ignoring that a) I hate mornings, b) I’ve nothing to do, and 3) RAAAAAHHHH!
I’m gonna try to go back to sleep again, see what happens.
Tim, you’re crazy.
Yes. Quite mad.
Then again, I woke up at 7 am this morning, despite having nothing to do all day. No one else in the house was awake yet, so I turned up the music, then made an unholy racket in the kitchen and played with the rabbits until one of them came to yell at me for waking her up. It was a fun way of getting revenge for their house destroying sorority party a few nights ago.
And here it’s been so warm this January too. That was a shock to the system this morning.
I know! I left the house in, like, short sleeves! What is UO with winter suddenly coming back??
Good luck getting back to sleep, Tim!
And Mags, that sounds like a fantastic revenge against your housemates! I keep hoping I’ll think of some version of that for suburban neighbors who mow their lawns at 8:00 in the morning on summer weekends, but so far I haven’t come up with anything really effective.
It was a fun way of getting revenge for their house destroying sorority party a few nights ago.
Hee! I love you, Mags!
Good morning IPB! It’s Friday! I thought it would never get here. It is cold and wet here. I don’t mind cold but I hate cold and wet. Bleh.
I would give anything to not be at work right now! I am SOOOOO disinterested in doing anything today. It used to be I would always slack off on Fridays, but it’s been a while since I was able to. Maybe today’s the day to get back into that habit.
I think the revenge for the neighbors mowing at 8:00 am is us staying up until the wee hours during the playoffs and shouting and hooting and hollering when goals are scored. :D
Good morning, Myra! I’m jealous of your cold and wet. It’s too cold here to be wet. :P
I think the revenge for the neighbors mowing at 8:00 am is us staying up until the wee hours during the playoffs and shouting and hooting and hollering when goals are scored.
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Schnookie, I have no idea how to help you out there short of TPing their houses.
I love you too, Myra :D
To be honest, I haven’t even started on my revenge. There’s still cleaning the bathroom tomorrow morning, then making dinner for one for all of next week. And then “losing” the mail key, so no one has access to the mailbox except myself. And you can bet I’m not going to take any but my own mail out of the box. Yes, I am very, very petty, but those were two nice lamps that they broke!
I don’t mind cold but I hate cold and wet.
Agreed. I don’t so much mind the cold, or the wet, or the wind, but any combination of those factors doesn’t really do it for me, or anyone else I imagine.
Okay, I’ve been at the office for two hours, and so far I’ve done just about nothing. I’m having such a productive day!
Okay, I’ve been at the office for two hours, and so far I’ve done just about nothing. I’m having such a productive day!
Isn’t that just lovely though? I always like those “STOP” days.
I’ve been here 2 1/2 hours and I can’t believe it is only 10:30 here. Gah. This day is going to take forever. I can just tell.
I need to write a little article for our website and I am having a very hard time getting motivated. Technical writing is not near as much fun as writing about hockey.
Just in case you were wondering.
Isn’t that just lovely though? I always like those “STOP” days.
You know, it really is lovely! Time is flying, but I’m just sort of chilling out! (Although I just found out that my VP’s visa application, which I dropped off in NYC last Friday, will probably not be ready for pickup by my coworker today. In fact, it probably won’t be ready for at least another week, because the consulate just changed their policy on turnaround time. Meanwhile, my VP thinks she’s traveling on that visa this Sunday. That’s going to be a fun phone call for my coworker when she calls the VP at 4:00 this afternoon to report that there’s no visa yet.)
Technical writing is not near as much fun as writing about hockey.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I would never have expected that!
I’ve been here 2 1/2 hours and I can’t believe it is only 10:30 here. Gah. This day is going to take forever. I can just tell.
I hear ya, Myra! It’s only 9:45 out here. Also, our office is all here at work on a Friday for the first time since October. It was not too easy waking up this morning.
Ouch, andrew, that must have been brutal! I’m so sorry you have to work a Friday like a normal person!
I’m so sorry you have to work a Friday like a normal person!
Thank you Schnookie! All I ask for is tons and tons of pity. Is that so unreasonable?
I was out on the road on Mon and Tues so that breaks it up pretty well, even though it’s still work. We had a doctor’s appt. yesterday morning, so I got a couple of hours out of the office there too. Gotta get it where ever I can!
I’m back and refreshed.
Friday work sucks, except for those last couple hours when absolutely buggar all happens.
except for those last couple hours when absolutely buggar all happens.
I’ll tell you Tim, working for the gov’t….buggar all never happens. It’s pretty lame. Years ago when I worked at a mortgage company, the boss had his mini fridge stocked with beer. Every Friday at about 3:00 pm or so, that would be all she wrote.
All I ask for is tons and tons of pity. Is that so unreasonable?
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Absolutely not! It is, in fact, the least the world can do for you!
We had a doctor’s appt. yesterday morning, so I got a couple of hours out of the office there too. Gotta get it where ever I can!
I’m glad you’re using that as an excuse to get away from the office. :D
I’m glad you’re using that as an excuse to get away from the office. :D
haha…hey, if Tracie does it, then so can I! Actually I’ve gone to all of the pre-natal appointments thankyouverymuch (whether it gets me out of work or not!).
So, the doc wanted to do an ultrasound just for kicks yesterday. She said it’s too early to tell, but that if she had to venture a guess, she said we might be having a boy. Would have been cool to find out for sure. Now we just have to wait until the 19th!
Hey andrew!
How’s things on the baby front?
Poor Andrew, having to work on Friday. How will you ever stand it? And another thing, how was your trip, and how is the Lady?
I’m boooooooooored. I memorised this lace knitting pattern 5 repeats ago. That is all.
Completely random other news, I’m not sure how much I like Crunchy’s USA mask. I like Nabby’s though.
And you already answered. Are you having another ultrasound on the 19th?
The pictures they can get now are amazing. One of our sales guys has one on the way and sends me their pictures.
You should be able to see his bits pretty clearly as time goes by, if it is a boy. Heh. :P
How exciting, andrew! I’m assuming you’re letting us name the kid, so it’s good to know this far ahead of time that we need to think of boy’s names… :P
I’m boooooooooored. I memorised this lace knitting pattern 5 repeats ago. That is all.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::: I shouldn’t laugh, but man do I know that feeling all too well. I thought I’d rid myself of it when I stopped knitting, but it seems every handcraft has its own version of that particular hell.
And another thing, how was your trip, and how is the Lady?
Trip was good! Spent some time in Hollywood, which is always…surreal. Bought some new music. All in all, it was A-okay. The little lady is good. We might finally be past morning sickness. She’s been free of nausea snd migraines for about 3 days now, it’s been heavenly.
Are you having another ultrasound on the 19th?
Yep! Should know for sure at that point.
The pictures they can get now are amazing.
the one we got yesterday is mildly creepy actually. It’s all ribs, spine, and skull! Tracie said, “Congratulations dear, we’re having an alien.” I love that girl.
You should be able to see his bits pretty clearly as time goes by, if it is a boy.
Funny, the doctor said it was too early to tell but it might be the umbilical cord or it might be a tiny little third leg.
I thought, “Tiny!? What have you heard!?” Then I realized she was talking about the baby.
Completely random other news, I’m not sure how much I like Crunchy’s USA mask.
I’m completely sure that I don’t like it at all. Ugly!
That’s exciting news (or possible news) on the baby gender front, Andrew!
I’m assuming you’re letting us name the kid, so it’s good to know this far ahead of time that we need to think of boy’s names… :P
It’s the least I could do! Although it’s gonna be hard to explain to my wife why our kid’s name is Farts.
That’s exciting news (or possible news) on the baby gender front, Andrew!
Thanks Meg!
I thought, “Tiny!? What have you heard!?” Then I realized she was talking about the baby.
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And I should think you’d be even more excited to have an alien than to have a human baby! Also, an alien named Farts makes a lot more sense than a little boy named Farts, so I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that the creepy ultrasound was being accurate.
I’m sitting here with two and a half hours to go until l normally leave for work and yet I still don’t know if I am. It’s not that I’m being indecisive, it’s because work doesn’t know if it will be open because of the “snow”.
*looks out window*
Nope, still nothing. The weatherman swears that it is indeed snowing, it’s just evaporating before it gets to the ground. Whatever. I think he’s just trying to cover for whoever decided last night to cancel school today.
I think he’s just trying to cover for whoever decided last night to cancel school today.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! The kids in your neck of the woods got a snow day today, but there’s no snow? That’s awesome! I really hope you get out of work too.
I thought, “Tiny!? What have you heard!?” Then I realized she was talking about the baby.
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I’m completely sure that I don’t like it at all. Ugly!
I didn’t want to go quite that far, but, erm, yeah.
The weatherman swears that it is indeed snowing, it’s just evaporating before it gets to the ground
Oh horse shit! That sounds faintly like someone is grasping at straws!
Congrats on the alien, andrew!
The kids in your neck of the woods got a snow day today, but there’s no snow? That’s awesome
That happens more often than you think. The weather dudes get everyone into a tizzy by predicting that the worst snowfall ever is coming and so schools shut down. By the time all is said and done, an inch has fallen. Egg on faces for everyone!
And the passenger seat on my car got a nice coating of Iced Cappuccino on lunch. I guess I need to work on my “wiggle into car because jackass next to you left two inches of space between his car and your door” maneuver.
And I like Crunchy’s mask. Just for the sole reason that it looks like Uncle Sam has a wonky brow like Crunchy does. If that was intentional, it proves Crunchy just might have a sense of humor.
I really hope you get out of work too.
Unfortunately I get paid by the hour now so I want to work today. Well not so much work, but at least clock in, hang out for eight hours, and then clock out.
And I should think you’d be even more excited to have an alien than to have a human baby!
But whatever you do, don’t let the government catch wind of him.
The weatherman swears that it is indeed snowing, it’s just evaporating before it gets to the ground
Oh horse shit! That sounds faintly like someone is grasping at straws!
It’s also snowing here in New York. You know, up in the clouds. Not here on the ground. Where it’s partly sunny.
Well not so much work, but at least clock in, hang out for eight hours, and then clock out.
Ooh, that’s perfectly understandable. And, I think, the least the world owes you!
I guess I need to work on my “wiggle into car because jackass next to you left two inches of space between his car and your door” maneuver.
Honestly, Amy, you’re just so BAD at that! :P
That’s crap. My school system wouldn’t close unless the buses couldn’t move. Sliding into trees was perfectly fine with them.
I want to see the ugly goalie mask! Where are they?
That’s crap. My school system wouldn’t close unless the buses couldn’t move. Sliding into trees was perfectly fine with them.
Yeah, that’s what my district was like. And it was way at the end of the alphabet so you had to watch the whole tedious news scroll just to find out that all the other districts were closed but you still had school.
It’s here, Tim. I don’t remember where I saw the image on the other side, but it’s the Don’t Tread on Me snake.
Tim, here.
My school system wouldn’t close unless the buses couldn’t move. Sliding into trees was perfectly fine with them.
Mine didn’t close the day we got about a foot of snow in an hour. Except the trains didn’t work, so my prof couldn’t make it to class. And no one told us, so we few, we insane few who actually attended the class, sat in the lecture hall for 15 minutes before the concierge came to ask what we were doing. That was FUN!
it looks like Uncle Sam has a wonky brow like Crunchy does. If that was intentional, it proves Crunchy just might have a sense of humor.
Why NEVER! Crunchy? A sense of humour? No, no, that just won’t do.
Oooh, looks like I need to check the Puck Daddy’s that aren’t about the Devils for interesting stuff. Huh.
As grumpy as he is there, Uncle Sam’s looking pretty fabulous. Like he’s about to get in a fight because someone spilled his cosmo on his candystriper pants.
And it was way at the end of the alphabet so you had to watch the whole tedious news scroll just to find out that all the other districts were closed but you still had school.
In high school, since I was at a Catholic school, it was always fun to try and figure out how many of our feeder public school districts had to close before we closed. If the public schools weren’t in session, the girls from those districts had no buses to come to school.
No snow in the central valley of CA, but we did get 2 and 3 hour fog delays weekly and cancellations every so often throughout the winter.
Congratulations on Alien Farts!
I get to leave work in 90 minutes! Woo-hoo! And not a moment too soon!
I’m gonna go get lunch and go to work. Have some awesome:
http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=4979203
Just got the call, no work tonight.
*looks out window*
Nope I still don’t see any snow. Well I guess the good news is I’ll be able to watch the Devils game live tonight. Well that better be the good news. *glares at Devils*
Just got the call, no work tonight.
*looks out window*
WOO HOOO! (Although I’m sorry you don’t get paid on snow days. That blows.)
And I had completely forgotten the Devils were playing tonight. Thanks a lot, Frisby. I was having a good day until you mentioned that. :P
Just got the call, no work tonight.
Oh boo! Can you make up your hours some other time?
And I had completely forgotten the Devils were playing tonight. Thanks a lot, Frisby. I was having a good day until you mentioned that. :P
Yeah, and against the Maple Leafs no less. Could they possibly hurt us any more?
Anyhoo, I’mma nap, then I’ll be back for the game. Try not to miss me :P I’m going to go right ahead and predict they’ll go down 2-0 before the game has even started!
I have no doubt that you’re prescient about tonight’s game, Mags! Have a good nap — sweet dreams of kicking off the weekend with a soul-killing loss to the Leafs!
Could they possibly hurt us any more?
Devils: “Hmmm. Can we get back to you later tonight?”
Hey, I just ate a sweet little birthday cake! Yep I’m getting older, but it just took a nice dinner and a sweet bottle of wine to make this completely meaningless! :)
And you know the best part? I’m having my real birthday party tomorrow, which will keep me away from the habs while they get humiliated by Ottawa! Woooo!
Have a good night everyone!
Bon Anniversaire, Grrrreg!
Bon anniversaire indeed, Grrrreg!
Happy Birthday, Grrreg! (I’m not all fancy and multi-lingual like some folks here. :D)
Happy birthday, Grrrrreg!!!