i never came back to write anything about it, but the aeros did win the calder cup. to me, it's a strange looking cup. at least when i compare it to the stanley cup or the turner cup - which are really the only other cups i know. anyway ... yay aeros! and all that.
congrats to the devils. i didn't really want them to win (again), but i didn't really want the mighty ducks to win, either. so ... hockey is hockey as far as that goes. the aeros, however, lost game 6, so we'll find out who gets the calder cup on thursday night.
miss zoe went to her first hockey game last night.
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aeros lost 5-4 in double overtime. boo! oh well, they still lead the series 3-2, so now back to grand rapids for game 6 (and perhaps, game 7).
again, i have been neglecting the hockey. neglecting to mention it in here, anyway. go red wings! see, i have to root for the wings because every other year in history i have rooted against them just to irk david. now that david is all moved away and i miss him, i feel like i should root for his team. my mom had been pulling for the avs, but after the massacre that was game 7 in the western conference finals, she said "i see red!" and changed her tune. she passed out the other night after the 2nd OT - she couldn't last any longer. my dad likes to make stupid comments about things my mother & i do, just because he's like that. if he walks through while we're watching hockey, one of his favorite things to say is "blood on ice!" where he got that from, i don't know. i thought of him during the third OT, though, when duchesne took that puck in the mouth.
... moreargh. aeros are down 3-1 in this best of 7 series. it's only minutes into the 2nd period and they're already losing 4-0 to the frigging wolves. translation: it doesn't look good. probably no more hockey for me until next season.
yay hockey! but boo, stupid wolves! what an exciting game, though. rob was late getting there because of work, so he heard the first goal on the radio on his drive in. exelby was being a big goon. i can't believe that he only got thrown in the box once. actually, their whole team was gooning. they had 3 penalties going at one time and my mom was all upset about the fact that it didn't leave them with only 2 players on the ice. heh. wow, 61 shots on goal - of course they did play 94 minutes of hockey. also, yay for my boyfriend scoring a goal! man. look at that DOB: 11/16/81. good god, he's just a baby. oh well, he's still a cutie with his red hair, and that's all i'm gonna say about that.
they gave out 'rally towels' to the first 2,000 people there last night. actually, i think they gave away more than 2,000 because we actually managed to get one. normally when the # of anything they are giving out is that small, we're out of luck. anyway, the label on the rally towel proclaimed 'made in pakistan'. hmm. i made some comment about the people who actually made the damn things wondering something similar to "what the fuck?" and rob's comment was "towels for the infidels!" i dunno, it was just bugging me all night for some reason. for once i think 'made in china' would have actually been comforting.
what other news do i have? hmm. well, my back still hurts. damn me and my stupid non-healthy back. i had scoliosis surgery when i was 15. can i just say that sucked? 'cause it did. of course without it i'd be so much worse off now, but still. ouch. rob & i were in a minor car accident about 3 1/2 years ago (we got rear-ended) and after going to the doctor complaining of back & neck pain, i found out through x-rays that my rod was broken. oh yay! however, after going back to the doctor who actually performed my surgery, we were told that this was fairly common and that i had nothing to worry about. i guess you have to trust the doctors, right, but man - every time i look at that x-ray it still looks completely fucked up. it makes you think that rod should be sticking straight out of my back (which of course it's not). yesterday my back was hurting so much that i went and bought on of those work belt things. i feel like a big dummy walking around with it on when i'm not actually doing any work, but it seems like the lumbar support is helping. i've just been wearing it off & on - or i'll put it on when i have to get down on the floor for something, like tending to ms. zira. i just wish my back would heal already as this whole pain thing is really getting quite tiresome.
random movie quote:
"you're like one of those chatty cathy dolls, except i'm not pulling the string - you are. blah, blah blah!"
yay hockey! aeros won, and virta got a hat trick. hooray! i think attendance was close to 10,000. that's an unusually large crowd. i bet it was a season-high. there was actually a line to get into the arena and then we had to wait in another line to get our mascot bobble head (which rules, by the way). it was boy scout hockey night. there were a lot of boy scouts, but i don't know if that's why the crowd was so big or if everyone was just hoping to get a bobble head.
i got my puffers today, but i got a different species than i had originally planned on. i bought five peruvian puffers. they're just as cute, though, don't you think? yep, i think so. they're also supposed to be pretty mellow, so that's good news. i also bought four harlequin rasboras for my 29-gallon tank. i only had one left and i think he was lonely.
i'm beat.
random movie quote:
"wait a minute. nice boys don't kiss like that."
"oh yes they fucking do."