Quote du Jour:
Chaos, panic, disorder… my work here is done.
–Unknown
Tonight is the night! The long awaited moment. The time we’ve been looking forward to for over a year. THIS IS IT! Tonight, folks, we get this:
SWEEEEEEEEEET!
It’s the home opener for the Dallas Stars.
:woohoo:
I love me some hockey boys.
Yesterday at the office, I was moving some things around (we’re renovating and we have to clean out our areas for new carpet. It’s thrilling, let me tell ya), and the building maintenance guy was changing out some lamps (yes, lamps.. I’m married to an electrician and they are called LAMPS not BULBS you see). One of the engineers said, “Hey, did you see that game last night?†(meaning Monday Night Football)
Before the maintenance guy could reply, I said, “Who cares! It’s football!â€
You should have seen the looks of death I got. Very funny. You’d think I insulted someone of importance. Not football. I then proceeded to tell them the ONLY sport worth watching is hockey. Those players are the toughest men on the planet. They play with broken wrists, back spasms, etc. I admire them (and of course they’re HOT). Most of them are educated, NOT drug addicts, NOT wimps, and they’re family men (despite being on the road so much).
So the maintenance guy says, “You like the violence, don’t you?â€
“Yeah! It’s HOT!â€
I got looks of disdain. And a few chuckles.
And here’s something that ticks me off. We were watching the 6:00 pm news last night and when the sports came on, first they talked about the Dallas Cowboys (as if we care), then the Texas Rangers (boo hiss), then ONE SENTENCE about the Dallas Stars, THEN THEY FRICKING TALKED ABOUT THE TRAINING CAMP FOR THE DALLAS MAVERICKS. Soooooooooo… why the hell is football, baseball and basketball MORE IMPORTANT that my hockey? WHY? I ask you, WHY? F’ers. I’ve a mind to write a nasty letter to the newscasters and complain. I just might do it too.
So yesterday was a day of manual labor. Hated.It. And then Monday we get to put everything back together. Hate.It.Too.
BUT, this weekend I’m going away for a long weekend with my RWA chapter. It’s our annual writers retreat AND I get to spend THREE days with good friends, good food, talking about writing and having a great time. Leaving Friday morning and will be returning on Sunday morning. I won’t have internet access (THE HORROR) but it will be good for me. I can’t wait!
Okay, WAY jealous you get a retreat!!!
Have fun!
You must have some Canadian in you, Michelle. I swear, WAYYYYY back one of your ancestors must have had a fling with an Eskimo or a polar bear or something. It’s 24-7 hockey preview shows here. Oh baby! Tonight is the Flames opener also, and the Leafs. We can’t watch the Leafs on Tele because it’s regional (east/west – just another way our media is trying to divide our country) but we can hear it on internet radio, or go to a pub. Like we needed another excuse.
I HATE that violence comment. Hitting in hockey is just the same as hitting in American Football. Only the football players have more padding! Fighting is another strategic part of the game, just like boxing. I wonder if those wankers you work with (no offense) ever watch boxing. Now talk to me about violence.
And hockey players ARE the best atheletes. They are always humble – you never see hot-dogging in hockey the way you do in football. Oh man, don’t get me started! I like American Football as much as the next person, as long as there is no hockey on, or Football (soccer) and I’ll bet on the Superbowl, but really. Come on. Whatever. It’s like telling a Scot that Golf is a more intense and interesting game than footy (soccer). Okya, I’m done.
Excuse me, Leigh, what about that Brashear incident that made so much noise a few years back? What was strategic about that? I went to one NHL game ever (boss gave me tickets as a reward), Phoenix at Edmonton, and one guy went up behind another and tried to clothesline him with his stick. Strategic? How? It’s assault with a weapon, he could have seriously injured the guy, and the crowd booed the referee for giving him five minutes. Five minutes for assault with a weapon. That’s insane. That’s hockey.
Except for that, I have to agree, Mik, y’all need to move to Canada, enjoy the weather and the hockey. Me, I’m a NFL fan, I loathe hockey, and CFL football leaves me mostly indifferent. It’s dull and the skill level is nowhere near the NFL. Having expressed that opinion a few times around Canadians, I know what you mean about getting nasty looks… To each his own, I guess. I used to have a man who watched hockey, and an aquarium next to the TV. The dollar-a-fish show looked pretty much exactly like the million-dollar-crybabies show: go to one end, go to the other end, fight fight fight, go to one end, go to the other end, fight fight fight, do that all evening. Bah!
Anyway, enjoy the game and good luck to your team!
I totally agree. What is it with the press on the Dallas Cowboys? Have fun at the retreat.
LOL@hockeyyy……I love me some soccer and basketball and I respect :dallasstars: hockey but you can have that wimpy ass football shite and baseball. Slowest sport ever created.
OMG Guess what? I have no kids this weekend.
Have fun at the retreat…I’ll be thinking about you while I”m writing and blogging and stuff in my quiet house.